The GeoInformation® Group has announced the release of its newly enhanced image management software, CRImage Manager version 3.0. The new tools included within this image management system, now used by over 10,000 professionals worldwide, represent a remarkable advance in desktop functionality that goes far beyond other simple viewers currently on the market.
CRImage Manager version 3.0, bundled free with all Cities Revealed™ aerial photography, extends current functionality by offering a significant number of valuable tools for improved data management operations. The CRImage Manager release, which focuses on new features and an improved user interface now includes native vector overlay, the ability to locate a geographic point via a gazetteer as well as the ability to simultaneously compare past and present images.
The advantage of CR Image Manager is that the user does not require any specialised client software or GIS knowledge. In addition, it provides access to compressed SID and ECW image databases resulting in dramatically reduced file sizes which optimizes rapid image viewing performance.
The latest release of CRImage Manager includes the following new features:
- Vector overlay – ability to natively import DXF, TAB or SHP files
- Change detection – comparing two orthophoto images through multiple viewing windows or blend and swipe facility
- Advanced measurement – measuring areas, multiple lines and line segments
- Gazetteer – search for locations in your own custom built database
- Index Map – providing easy identification of major features within an aerial view
- Previous viewing – using backward and forward buttons to show previous and later views
- Telescope view – providing an overall view of the entire dataset containing a box highlighting the area currently being viewed
- Web Button – linking direct to www.crworld.co.uk for downloadable samples
- File compression – supporting ECW and SID compression files
CRImage Manager enables a user to define an area of interest through the gazetteer, via coordinates or by zooming to the desired area of the imagery. Once the area has been selected, a user can design a map template with their logo and text that can be stored so maps can be regenerated again and again, with the user’s unique cartographic style. Users can print or save a map for distribution to colleagues or interested parties which is especially advantageous for those involved in planning control, monitoring environmental change, highway planning, map making and asset management.
