SoftMap Newsletter
 June 2007 Vol.7-5 

 

:: This month's promotion

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Promotion

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Summer

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SoftTip

 
Promo

A subscription to one region of Canada at the 1:50,000 will let you choose 2 free GeoTIFF Ontario maps

TopoWeb Canada subscription: each one-year subscription ($19.95) gives SoftMap 5 users, access to the selected province or region via Internet; the maps are in SoftMap format at the 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scales.

Click here to view an example of a TopoWeb Canada map.

SoftMap GeoTIFF Ontario: maps developed in vectorial format by the Ministry of Natural Resources of Ontario and converted to raster format by Northway-Photomap. Each map at a scale of 1:10,000 (covers 5 km x 5 km) or 1:20,000 (covers 10 km x 10 km) can be viewed in SoftMap or any other cartographic viewer that can read GeoTIFFs. The maps are transferred by download.

Click here to view an example of a GeoTIFF Ontario map .

This offer is valid until end of June 2007.

 
 

:: Summer promotion

 

Québec topo20 complete collection on DVD : 20% rebate (summer promotion)

Detailed topographic maps
Summer Promo

This package of DVDs gives you the entire province at a scale of 1:8,000,000, 1:1,000,000 and 1:250,000 plus available topographic maps of all the administrative regions at 1:20,000.

And,

  • Street and Address search;
  • thousands of points of interest: hotels, campgrounds, stores, golf clubs, schools, tourist attractions, etc.
  • access to territorial limits: parks, outfitters, ZEC, administrative limits;
  • and more!
 
 

:: SoftTip

Je veux recevoir cette lettre d'information en français

| Version française |

The Print tool! Or
Why use the printing zone?

SoftMap 5 allows printing the maps in two ways: Print the map or Print a printing zone*. The printing zone has the advantage that it can be saved in the session so it's always available and you can reprint it. You can also modify its parameters and move it.

Create a printing zone

1. Select the option Create a printing zone printing zone.
2. Click on the map at the center of the area where you want to create the zone. This will open the window Printing parameters with inset.
3. Choose an Inset and give a Name to the printing zone.

Once accepted, the zone will be added under the Printing zone tab of the Session window. To make the limit visible, i.e. the printable coverage, check the box beside the name of the zone.

Printing zonePrint preview
 To verify if the zone contains all the information you want, use the print preview. Go to the File menu; choose Print preview then Printing zone…

Move a printing zoneMove a printing zone
 It’s possible that the zone does not cover exactly the desired area. In this case, you can move it. Just select the zone with one of the selecting toolsselecting tools and move it to the desired location.

Modify a printing zone
To modify the printing zone parameters (name, scale, inset etc.) click on the zone name with the right mouse button and choose Properties…

Print problems?
 If you have some problems to print especially large sizes, verify the printing resolution. More often than not, printing problems come from a high resolution that generate files too large for the printer.

*SoftMap Pro 5 also allows to print to a file.

Additional informations

You would like to know more? Take a look at the SoftMap 5 animated presentation at: http://www.softmaptech.com/fr/movie/demo.html?movie=introVisite_EN.swf&width=800&height=550&lang=9.

You still have some questions? Visit our frequently asked questions (FAQ) page at:
http://www.softmaptech.com/en/pages/faq_en.html.

For detailed explanation of all SoftMap 5 options, see the guide available in the SoftMap 5 group of the Windows Start menu.