What's New in LandView® IV?
There are a number of new features and improvements in LandView IV. Below are some of the highlights.
- 32-bit LandView software interface supporting both MAC and Windows platforms. Identical look and feel on both platforms. Supports faster computer processors.
- Internet interface that connects to sponsoring agency sites allowing the user to retrieve the most recent data as well as Help information.
- Takes advantage of Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) technologies to provide entire U.S. on a single disc thereby allowing cross state analysis throughout the U.S.
- Up-to-date detailed map information for roads and related features based upon TIGER/Line® 1998.
- Addition of Barrios and Barrios-Pueblos to Puerto Rico under the Minor Civil Division (MCD) layer.
- An expanded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) database containing over 1.6 million records from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
- Improved thematic mapping offering several color schemes and automated range scaling.
- Redesigned radius calculation based upon 7 million 1990 census blocks.
- MARPLOTŪ mapping program has several enhancements including WYSIWYG printing of maps and a shape file translator utility Shp2Mie that allows importing ESRI Shape Files into the MARPLOT User map.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Last Revised: Tuesday, 30-Jan-2001 10:58:40 EST
