Open Printable/Searchable Copy - Global Mapper

♦ Export Raster/Image Spatial Database Command
♦ Export Vector Spatial Database Command
♦ Batch Convert/Reproject
• Print Command
• Print Preview Command
• Print Setup Command
• Exit Command
Open Data File(s) Command
The Open Data File(s) command allows the user to open additional data files into the main Global Mapper
view. If no other data is already loaded and the user has not explicitly set a projection, the view will adopt the
projection and datum of the first data file selected for loading. If other data is already loaded, the selected data
files will be displayed in the current projection/datum.
The data will automatically be displayed at the proper location relative to other loaded data, creating a mosaic
of data that is properly placed spatially. You don't have to do anything special to create mosaics of multiple
files, this happens simply by loading the geo-referenced files into Global Mapper.
Note: Global Mapper automatically opens files with tar.gz extensions without the use of a decompression tool
such as Winzip. This is particularly useful for SDTS transfers, which are typically distributed in a .tar.gz
format.
The Open Spatial Database command allows the user to open additional data into the main Global Mapper
view from a spatial database connection. If no other data is already loaded and the user has not explicitly set a
projection, the view will adopt the projection and datum of the first spatial table selected for loading. If other
data is already loaded, the selected data files will be displayed in the current projection/datum.
Click here for more information about loading data from a spatial database.
Open Generic ASCII Text File(s) Command
Global Mapper User's Manual
The Open Generic ASCII Text File(s) command allows the user to import data from a wide variety of generic
ASCII text formats.
Selecting the Open Generic ASCII Text File command prompts the user to select the file(s) to load and then
displays the Generic ASCII Text Import Options dialog (pictured below). This dialog allows the user to
specify how the text file(s) are formatted so that they can be imported.
Global Mapper supports coordinates in decimal format as well as degree/minute and degree/minute/second
coordinates.
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