Map and measure on your PC using MapView—a tool that enables you to view maps at a large range of scales.

• Data
• Features
• Registration
• CD coverage 
• Purchasing details
• Further information

 

Examples

• Urban image: .6m pixel (PDF, 100 kB)* 
• Rural image:2.5m pixel (with contours) (PDF, 212 kB)* 

MapView also enables you to:

• display cursor coordinates and height
• find a location
• zoom in on a keymap 
• measure distances, areas and slopes
• record/display geocoded text, contacts or web links
• record a map profile  
• display GPS position direction and vehicle speed
• display selected data.

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Data

MapView consists of two main datasets:

• raster images—the key map background and high resolution orthophotos, (aerial photos that have been corrected to remove distortions caused by camera tilts and the effect of changing ground elevation)
• vector data—information on themes, drainage, contours, feature names and symbols.

This data is structured into the following six themes, each including several of the following data layers:

• system
• aerial photography
• transport
• topography
• culture
• symbols.

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Features

MapView tools include:

• overlay manager to turn themes and layers on or off within ranges of levels, or to reformat them (e.g. change colour or font)
• draw  to enable or disable the drawing of vector layers
• level selector to change views quickly from one scale to another
• quick zoom to set the level selector to display either a map level or the map scale
• measure to calculate distances, areas and slopes
• radius to draw a circle at a given radius around a selected point.
• profile to record a profile of the ground surface
• GPS input to control signals from global positioning system receiver
• scale bar position to select one of nine locations for the scale bar.

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Registration

To use MapView, you must:

• register as a user
• authorise each CD for use on each PC on which MapView is installed.

This registration number is also necessary for purchasing security codes to save map image files.

CD coverage

The following CDs covering South East Queensland are available:

• Brisbane north (PDF, 118 kB)* 
• Brisbane south (PDF, 179 kB)*
• Cooloola (PDF, 62 kB)*
• Esk (PDF, 259 kB)*
• Gold Coast (PDF, 215 kB)*  
• Ipswich (PDF, 213 kB)*
• Nambour (PDF, 60 kB)*
• Noosa (1995 imagery) (PDF, 208 kB)*
• Sunshine coast (PDF, 75 kB)*

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Availability

MapView can be purchased from any NRW service centre.

Prices and a list of available titles can be found in the Products and services catalogue.

For further information please contact:

MapView
Mapping Products and Services
Locked Bag 40
Coorparoo DC Qld 4151
Phone: (07) 3896 3771
Fax: (07) 3896 3573

 

*Requires Acrobat Reader

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