New Features in Surfer 11

• Measure distances and calculate areas in map units directly on the map.
•  Create watershed map types that calculate and display drainage areas and watershed boundaries.
• Create profiles automatically from map layers.
• Add attribute information to map layers, map frames, axes, or individual objects in a map layer.
• Add labels directly from attribute information for polylines, polygons, and symbols on base map layers.
• Increased the number of allowed classes in a classed post map layer to 200.
• Moved the Fill contours option to the Levels page for contour maps.
• Add a new left, right, top, or bottom axis to an existing map.
• Prompt for the coordinate system when creating or adding a map layer from an unreferenced file.
• Non-displayed axes are no longer exported when exporting a map layer.
• Export boundaries from a base map layer.

• Lock object position to prevent the object from moving.
• Use the new Text Editor to make it easier to change font properties for individual characters.
• The new Text Template Library facilitates inserting math equations in a text box.
• Full Unicode integration to allow international fonts and characters in all aspects of the program.
• Read and display numbers with the decimal separator as either commas or periods.
• Automatically blank outside the data with the new convex hull option in the Grid Data dialog.
• File names displayed next to the map layer name in the Object Manager.
• Display the map and file name at the top of the Property Manager.
• Updated the Options dialog to make finding and updating advanced options easier.
• Added a Tools | Defaults command to update default settings for dialogs and properties.
• Set the symbol line color and fill color separately.
• Set the number of lines in an ASCII grid file.
• Choose to add a blank line between rows in an ASCII grid file.

• Convert a polygon to polyline command.
• Convert a polyline to polygon command.
• Combine multiple polygons into a single complex polygon.
• Break apart a complex polygon into multiple polygons.
• Connect multiple polylines into a new single polyline.
• Break a polyline into multiple polylines.
• Digitize Coordinates window stays open until you close it, making it easier to edit the data or digitize multiple times into the same data file.
• Added the ability to add attribute information to drawn objects.

• Round data with the Data | Transform Round equation.
• Convert text to numbers with the Data | Text to Number command in the worksheet.
• Save data in Excel XLSX file format.
• Read commas as decimal separators in the worksheet.

•  Import attribute information from files that contain attributes, such as TIF, GPX, or SHP.
• Set line wrapping for ASCII GRD files.
• Set numeric format for ASCII GRD files.
• Import Global Weather Data grid GRIB file formats.
• Export ZMAP files.
• Import GPS exchange file GPX files.
• Import ZIP and USGS SDTS topological and grid files in .TAR.GZ, .TAR, .ZIP, and .TGZ format directly without unzipping.
• Export GeoPDF format in vector PDF files.
• New compression options for raster and vector PDF files, creating smaller exported files.
• Export partially transparent objects to vector PDF file format.
• Export PDF files with page sizes.
• Preserve object properties when exporting KML files.
• Export KML post map symbols as Google symbols.
• Export CPS-3 grid files.
• Import E00 grid files.
• Export attribute information for polylines, polygons, and symbols to BLN, BNA, GSB, GSI, KML, KMZ, MIF, and SHP file formats.

• Zoom in and out in the grid node editor using toolbar buttons or keyboard shortcuts.
•  Coordinates are now tracked in all open plot, worksheet, and grid node editor windows with the Track Cursor command added to the grid node editor.
• Click the Fit to Window command to zoom to the entire grid.
• Display grid node labels in the grid node editor.
• Set label format and font properties for the grid node labels.

• New Zealand Map Grid
• Updated Hotine Oblique Mercator
• Updated Hotine Oblique Mercator 2-Point

New Coordinate Systems

• Hungarian National Grid EOV
• Italy Zone 1 Gauss-Boaga (EPSG 3003)
• Italy Zone 2 Gauss-Boaga (EPSG 3004)
• Sardinia - Gauss-Boaga
• Sicily - Gauss-Boaga
• New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000)
• New Zealand Map Grid
• State Plane 1983 Kentucky Single Zone
• State Plane 1983 Kentucky Single Zone (Feet)
• Irish National Grid
• Switzerland - CH1903+LV95
• Switzerland - CH1903 LV03
• Japan Plane Rectangular CS IX
• ITRF90 (Bursa-Wolf)

New Datums

• Hungarian Datum 1972
• Rome 1940 - Italian Peninsula
• Rome 1940 - Sardinia
• Rome 1940 - Sicily
• New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949 (Bursa-Wolf)
• New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000)
• CH 1903 - Switzerland (Bursa-Wolf)
• CH 1903+ - Switzerland
• ITRF90 (Bursa-Wolf)
• ITRF94 (WGS84)
• Japanese Geodetic Datum 2000 JGD2000 (WGS84)