Spatial Manager Blog : Desktop L1 (Basic) (page 2)

Search Locations, postal addresses, streets, ...

We are all increasingly familiar to locate places on a map using Google Maps or similar services, but what about being able to do it directly on our drawings or maps? ‘Spatial Manager’ (AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD and Desktop) has recently... more


8 New Bing maps added in SPM v6

‘Spatial Manager’ comes with a variety of preset Dynamic Background Maps (OpenStreetMap, Bing, Mapbox, etc.) in all versions (AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD and Desktop). The latest release (v.6) introduces 8 new Maps in the Bing group that further extend the advanced... more


Two ways to bring your drawings or maps to Google Earth

Google Earth is one of the most popular platforms for 2D and 3D visualization of spatial and geographic information, not only because it is free and very accessible to any non-expert user, but also because of the included tools and... more


Enhanced ASCII data provider (CSV, TXT, ASC, XYZ, …)

The ASCII data files (often named “Comma-separated values” CSV), are one of the most common types of files to store Points tabular data. They are plain-text ASCII files, without binary numbers or any other data type that has to be interpreted... more


Hyperlinks in Data fields

Sometimes, certain data of the spatial elements in a table include references to external information, such as web pages, images, etc. Spatial Manager™ provides a little trick to find the links to this information Please, watch the video and read below:... more


Point coordinates also as data fields

There are many situations where it may be interesting to include the values of the geometric coordinates of Points as alphanumeric data, added to some other personal data of the Points. The Spatial Manager™ ASCII Points data provider includes this option... more