Blog : Background Maps

Street View on your drawings

The Street View palette in ‘Spatial Manager’ (CAD versions) allows you to visualize dynamic Google Street View images directly in your CAD application by selecting a point on any geo-referenced drawing. There is no need to enter street or road... more


Airbus OneAtlas imagery in Spatial Manager

‘Airbus OneAtlas’ service provide access to high-resolution satellite imagery, innovative geospatial analytics and industry-specific insights. This post explains how to configure ‘Spatial Manager’ Background Maps in order to dynamically access OneAtlas imagery from your maps or drawings in AutoCAD, BricsCAD,... more


Background Map OLE capture and printing troubleshoot

‘Spatial Manager’ (CAD versions) allows you to capture Background Maps areas as static images in various image formats, but also as OLE images embedded in the drawing, which simplifies the storage or sharing of the drawing in a single file... more


Improved preset Background Maps

The Background Maps technology built into ‘Spatial Manager’ allows access to user-defined WMTS, WMTS and XYZ/TMS map servers, but also includes access to some of the most widely used image map servers, such as OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Mapbox, Bing, and... more


Trim localized Image Maps

‘Spatial Manager’ dynamic Background Maps technology allows you to graphically enhance your maps and drawings, and turn them more readable and practical. In this example we will show you how to combine the image capture of the Maps with some... more


Mapbox customized maps in CAD and Desktop

The online maps service provided by Mapbox allows the users to customize their maps or create variations through a wide range of options and tools included in Mapbox Studio. Find out here how to apply these customizations and how to... more