DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 for XMap GIS

Handheld GPS with XMap for GIS Data Collection - A Serious Tool for Your Important Field Force Jobs

Let XMap GIS Help Drive Worker Productivity Today

XMAP GIS Software with Earthmate GPS PN-Series is assisting  construction companies at both site planning and site preperation stages.  XMap can help your site managers make better decisions by providing GIS data visualizations of construction areas and the surrounding terrain.  GPS data collection and navigation hardware can help your construction workers stay on task and on target.

XMap for Construction

• DeLorme's XMap GIS Enterprise software is helping construction companies optimize their construction site workflows by getting people and equipment on-site on time - even in remote rural environments
• Understanding the environmental impact of construction work on surrounding areas can avoid downstream trouble.  XMap can provide visualization of your work site with a variety of overlayed data layers like creeks and rivers, endangered species, and the impact of spills based on grades and slopes
• Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, accurate maps and imagery, GPS data collection, and navigation tools are critical tools supporting construction planning and preparation
• XMap is the easy-to-use data visualization tool providing site managers with comprehensive, shared views of existing and future infrastructure including, centerline, as-builts, and survey data

NEW!!! Earthmate PN-40 Extension for ESRI Software
            Introducing XMap from DeLorme
            XMap Comparison Chart
            Earthmate GPS PN-Series with XMap

The XMap GIS Family of Products

XMap 6 GIS Enterprise, XMap 6 GIS Editor, and XMap 6 Professional provide a three-tiered GIS solution for efficiently creating, importing, editing, classifying, querying, and sharing your GIS data in an enterprise environment.  XMap 6 is equally suited as a standalone GIS software solution or as a supplement component to your existing GIS Infrastructure.

In addition to GIS, these versions of XMap include powerful routing and in-vehicle navigation tools; advanced GPS support for field tracking and navigation; interoperability with Earthmate PN-Series GPS devices for field data collection and exchange of map data, waypoints, and tracks;  map viewing software for PDAs; 3-D terrain modeling with simulated fly-over functionality; advanced printing tools; and much more.

XMap 6 GIS Enterprise

The upper tier of the XMap suite is designed to meet specific needs of enterprise GIS managers who need to efficiently manage and deploy GIS data throughout a company.  XMap 6 GIS Enterprise also includes all of the features in XMap 6 GIS Editor.

• Access your existing GIS databases with ArcSDE 9.1 and 9.2 support
• Ensure data integrity with check-out/check-in tools
• Share data across the enterprise with database synchronization tools
• Create your own raster data layers with multi-point image registration
• Use the API Command Window to perform basic mapping functions from a third-party application

XMap 6 GIS Enterprise in conjunction with multiple seats of XMap 6 Professional provides a complete field force GIS data collection system.

XMap 6 GIS Editor

XMap 6 GIS Editor is a perfect choice for small GIS departments or for a company or organization that is considering the development of a GIS to increase productivity.  XMap 6 GIS Editor also includes all the features in XMap Professional.

• Import and work with a variety of GIS file formats including, ESRI .shp and .e00; MapInfo .mif and .tab; AutoCAD .dwg and .dxf; and more
• Geocode your existing data in .mdb, .xls, and other formats to create GIS layers
• Create and edit points, lines, and polygons with freehand draw tools or with precise coordinate geometry input tools
• Ensure the integrity of your line layers with topological editing
• Access advanced classification, annotation, buffer, and geospatial query tools
• Use the bulk importer-exporter for automated import and export of standard spatial data files
• Share your data online with XMap Web

XMap 6 Professional

XMap 6 Professional is ideally suited for field crews and mobile professionals.  By offering access to GIS data that has been processed using the GIS Editor or GIS Enterprise editions of XMap, it provides an affordable alternative to a full-fledged GIS for use on the road and in the field.

• Optimize response time with the latest in-vehicle, voice-controlled navigation tools
• Perform country-wide searches of address locations and points of interest
• Easily redline data corrections to Enterprise GIS data and efficiently share these edits with your GIS administrator
• View your data in stunning 3-D with the latest terrain modeling technology

XMap 6 Professional offers essential and fundamental mapping functions that include data visualization, access to aerial and satellite imagery, address-to-address routing, annotation tools, document linking, advanced printing, GPS support, and more.  In addition, you can view and print GIS maps created using XMap 6 GIS Editor and X Map GIS Enterprise.

NEW!!! Earthmate PN-40 with ESRI Extension Software
Now Export ESRI Maps to a Handheld GPS for Field Use

DeLorme's Earthmate PN-40 provides mobile professionals with affordable GPS tools for navigation and field data collection.  Now the Earthmate PN-40 Extension allows ESRI software users to export map views to the PN-40 handheld GPS receiver for field reference.

The Earthmate PN-40 Extension enables the efficient capture and exchange of data between the PN-40 and ESRI software:

• Export ESRI Raster map views for use in the field - supports 9.2 and 9.3 versions
• Supports MrSID & GeoTIFF files
• Affordably collect, symbolize, and label waypoints and track files, import waypoints and track files as shapefiles
• Save field-collected waypoints in ESRI shapefile format
• Includes USA Topographic vector maps on 3 DVDs - precut for use on the PN-40

Share Critical Information throughout Your Organization

Share critical map views with field technicians.  Export GIS map views, aerial imagery, or geo-registered scanned images to the Earthmate GPS PN-40 handheld receiver.  Improve decision-making and empower construction technicians by providing remote access to critical data.

• View critical infrastructure data against aerial or satellite imagery.  Conduct side-by-side analysis of before and after maps.  Build environmental compliance visualizations
• Import and geo-reference scanned images and blueprints - Transfer the resulting raster map layer to the Earthmate GPS PN-Series devices
• Efficiently direct your field technicians to the job site using GPS navigation.  Get outside-the-vehicle navigation using the Earthmate GPS PN-Series devices
• Automate data synchronization for field editing processes, including query views, redlining, and data check-out/in.  Develop work flows that maintain data integrity across your mobile field force
• Full GIS support.  Supports ESRI .shp, MapInfo .mif, .tab and AutoCAD .dxf, .dwg files. 

XMap Workflow Automation

Easy-to-use Application Programming Interface (API)  lets developers access mapping functions to automate data updates, improve efficiency, or share map views between field associates.

• Automate map searches, route generation, map rendering, or batch data exports
• Automate links to 3rd-party applications
• Search for, locate and update asset status with new pipeline stationing feature

Access Low-Cost Aerial Imagery

View readily-available imagery in MrSID or GeoTIFF format - Export image files to the Earthmate GPS PN-Series devices.

• Access your existing corporate imagery sets or access low-cost libraries on the Internet
• Layer various year vintages for change comparison or map data accuracy improvements
• Import and geo-reference scanned images and plans - Transfer the resulting raster map layer to the Earthmate GPS PN-Series devices

Damage Prevention

Apply GIS and GPS technologies to mitigate the risk of accidents through HCA management and Dig Safe technologies.

• Manage maintenance, one-call, ROW, and integrity inspections with map plotting, object searching and GPS routing functions
• Post maintenance, inspection and one-call locations as GIS layers
• Attach one-call forms and pictures to critical map locations

Information Technology Administration

All XMap software titles support Microsoft Vista and advanced installation protocols.  DeLorme technical support representatives are prepared to help your IT people get your XMap configured.

• XMap installation support is available to help navigate today's OS, permissions, and database protocols
• XMap software, installation, training and support will make your budget submittal a winner
• XMap training services can be provided on-site or online