New Features in Discover 11

• Support for MapInfo Professional 10
• Updated support for version 4.2.0
  of the acQuire database model.
• Direct link to our regularly updated and
  searchable online Knowledge Base.
• New Command Search function (either
  by tool name or keywords) means
  no more browsing through multiple
  menus to find that elusive tool.

Discover 11 allows the visualization of
LIDAR data with existing vector, raster
and grid data sets, as well as it’s analysis.

• Import LIDAR LAS data as
  attributed points using the new
  LIDAR LAS importer, for viewing
  in both 2D and Discover 3D.
• Convert multiple LIDAR ASCII and LAS
  datasets into gridded surfaces using
  the new Large Multi-file Triangulation
  tool in the Surfaces module.
• Manipulate and analyze gridded LIDAR
  data using the Grid Utilities enhanced
  support for massive (1GB+) grids.
  Functionality such as calculating the
  volume between grids, or a grid’s
  surface area, roughness, slope angles
  or slope directions is now supported.

Enhanced Grid Utilities

Building on the very large grid
(e.g. continental-scale) import and
visualization support implemented
previously, Discover 11 can now
manipulate massive grids using
its powerful Grid Utilities, such as
Reproject, Clip, Overlay and Merge

New Large Multi-file triangulation tool

Discover can now build very large
grids from multiple input files and/or
massive data sets such as LIDAR data.

• Interpolate multiple input files
  into a single gridded surface
  using triangulation.
• 
  Interpolate massive data sets such
  as LIDAR ASCII and LAS data,
  TAB point and contour files into
  gridded files using triangulation

New large grid formats supported

• USGS DEM grids
• USGS grids
• Geopak grids
• GeoTIFFs with embedded elevation

Discover 11’s new hydrology toolbox can
automatically extract drainage features
from gridded digital elevation surfaces.
This will greatly assist disciplines
such as environmental monitoring,
water management, exploration and
engineering.

Functionality includes:

• DEM pit filling to remove unnatural
  pits, permitting continuous flow
  along drainage networks
• Flow direction, slope, accumulation
  and threshold calculations.
• Stream junction extraction as points
• Stream network extraction as polylines,
  with hierarchical stream order ranking
• Watershed/catchment.
  delineation as polygons.

New Data clock graph type

The new Data Clock graph type is
ideal for Time / Frequency or Temporal
analysis, such as pollution monitoring in
streams, water or salinity-level monitoring
in bores, sewerage/water discharge
rates and wind direction related data.

Any of the following date or time intervals
can be extracted from a Date/Time
field and displayed as either exterior
wedges or interior circles of the clock:

• Year
• Month of Year
• Day of year
• Day of Month
• Day of Week
• Hour of Day
• AM/PM
• Minute of Hour
• Second of Minute
• Unique

Additional enhancements made to the GraphMap tool

• A new visibility control, for
  filtering displayed points based
  on a grouping or filter field.
• Data Preconditioning can now
  convert between data field types
  and includes a data preview.
• Redesigned Graph Builder wizard
  for more interactive graph creation.
• Ability to customize the graph
  bin colours in a Pie chart.
• Improved setup of multiple
  table relationships.
• Improved Date/Time
  support on graphs.

New Polyline Section definition tool

Drillhole cross sections can now
be defined along a non-linear
path, using a selected polyline
(for vertical drillholes only).

This functionality is ideal for the
hydrological, geological and
environmental engineering industries who
often need to analyze data along non
linear sections such as pipe lines, roads,
tunnels and subsurface palaeochannels
or aquifers.

New Project Session management

Project Sessions allow cross-section
and plan layouts and all associated
components (titleblock, legends,
scale bars, map windows, etc.) to be
easily saved and reopened, much like
a MapInfo Professional workspace.
However, drillhole project sessions also
preserve the parent drillhole project,
reopening all the required data and
settings when the session is opened.

This is a very powerful way of handling
projects when saving multiple sections’
layout windows for hardcopy output,
or regularly opening a number of
cross-section map windows.

New Display Downhole Data tool

A completely redesigned tool makes
creating and finessing the downhole
data displays on your sections interactive
and painless.

New features include:

• An intuitive interface that provides clear
  visualization and easy modification
  of display settings, including the
  adjustment of the individual display
  type offsets with respect to each other.
• Downhole display settings are
  now easily shared between users.
  These can be project specific, and
  are automatically stored with each
  section for hassle-free reuse.
• The width of linegraphs and histograms
  can now be specified (rather than a
  scale) in millimetres, allowing precise
  sizing control to prevent overlaps.

Additional interface and performance
improvements have been made
to the following tools:

• Project Manager
• Section Manager
• Draw Section Grid
• Add Section Layout

The Discover Tenement module
has been completely redesigned to
provide an interactive interface for
creating new applications, searching
through existing tenement data and for
downloading regular tenement updates:

• Download regularly-updated Australian
  mineral tenement data via a webbased
  subscription service.
• Straightforward tenement
  querying by date, licence type
  and holder information
• New application interface with
  interactive state and datum selection.
• Create polygonised block and
  sub-block reference grids.
• Create new or modify existing
  applications by selecting sub-blocks
  manually or interactively, including subblock
  counter, limit and area checks.
• Tenement application reports
  automatically created for entry into
  standard statutory application forms.

New Import Support

• DataSight database importer:
  Import data directly from the
  DataSight environmental data
  management platform.
• ioGAS Importer.
• LIDAR LAS importer: Import LIDAR
  data as points. LAS data can now
  also be gridded using the new Large
  Multi-file Triangulation tool.

Raster Imagery Support

Support added for largesraster image formats
Discover can now automatically open and
register the following large image formats:

• ER Mapper’s ECW/ECWP.
• JPEG2000/JP2K.