What's New in ArcPad 7.0.1

Highlights of ArcPad 7.0.1 include

• Significantly faster loading time on devices - Load speed improvements of 25-50 percent have been observed on various devices
• Faster drawing of features - Features with and without labeling draw significantly faster, particularly noticeable with large datasets
• A custom datum configuration tool - This tool assists users in defining new datum transformations and selecting default transformations
• Support of multiple lines in label expression fields - A vertical scrollbar can be used to view the text
• ArcGIS 9.2 support - The default style sheet and projection files have been updated to match those in ArcGIS 9.2
• Enhanced localization - Korean and Czech language packs have been added

At version 7.0, ArcPad expands the capabilities of mobile GIS applications with new features that dramatically improve the productivity of working with spatial data in the field. ArcPad provides field-based personnel with the ability to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display geographic information. ArcPad 7.0 offers enhancements in the areas of performance, ease of use, productivity, enterprise GIS integration and customization.

New features include:

• Quicker access and loading of spatial data
• Support for ArcGIS symbology and style sheets
• Advanced editing tools, including offsets, repeated attributes, segmented line features, snapping, and undo
• Integrated support for rangefinders and digital cameras
• Support for freehand marking and taking notes on maps
• Usability enhancements that streamline connecting a GPS and creating custom input forms
• Support for new raster data formats: JPEG 2000, TIFF, MrSID, MG3, and GIF

The development framework for building custom ArcPad applications for mobile GIS, called ArcPad Application Builder, is easier to use and offers many more customization options at version 7.0. Application Builder is licensed separately and is scheduled to be released winter 2005/2006.

Some new features include:

• A wizard for creating forms
• Improved script and XML editing tools
• Compile tool and ability to download to device
• Support for JScript
• Expanded ArcPad Object Model: New Rangefinder, FTP, Archive, and Multimedia objects
• Expanded extensions API: New interfaces for cameras, rangefinders, projections, and datum transformations