In KB "Panorama" the GIS "Panorama" version 14.5.1 has been developed. In the new version the possibility of requesting the information from databases of external information systems through web-protocols has been implemented, in the the "Report Designer" task the tools of creating digital reports have been realised, tools for managing the palette of images and geoportals have been expanded. Import and export of DXF format and import DGN have been improved, the list of basic Python scripts has been supplemented, the "Complex of cadastral tasks" and "Geodesy editor" have been improved.

Connecting to external information systems - "1C: Enterprise" and others, allows you to use data from these systems as additional attributive information for the displayed territory. For example, the information database "1C: Enterprise" contains information on accounting objects - land plots and buildings, their lease payments, terms of lease, types of permitted use and other indicators which can be displayed in the GIS "Panorama" in logic connection with objects of a vector map and/or a spatial database.

Access to external information systems is carried out using the HTTP protocol. The response from the system is a data set in XML format, which is provided to the user of the GIS "Panorama" in the form of a table in a separate dialog box. The dialog provides various interactive modes of operation: search on the map for an object corresponding to the current record, and vice versa - search for a record in the table for the current map object; setting filters for displaying data in the table with the ability to select objects on the map that meet the filter conditions; filtering records in the table by selected map objects; viewing the selected table record in a separate dialog box; export of the table into a file *.csv and others.

Link of records of a data set from an external source with objects of a map is carried out on conformity of value of a key field and predetermined semantics of object that is specified in the settings. For example, information on real estate objects in the 1C database can be associated with map objects by cadastral number.

On a web service, the data from the "1C:Enterprise" information database can be published in two ways: publishing a data set using a programmed HTTP-request handler and publishing regular resources of information database using the OData protocol. In the second case, a programming on the "1C:Enterprise" side is not required; data publication is enabled by a simple setting in the configuration of information database.

A map of land plots and buildings and a configuration of the "1C:Enterprise" information database containing information on these land plots and buildings have been added into the demo data included in the GIS "Panorama" installation. In a configuration of information base the publication by the OData protocol of directories has been prepared and the example of programed formation of the XML-response to a request to HTTP-service is contained.

The problem "Report Designer" is finished. Possibility of creation of the project with a background map instead of insert is added. The background map can be the project of the data or a separate vector map. For it restriction of area of display is established, and documents, illustrations, a legend of a map, insert of other maps from above are added. The background map in the report project allows to create the digital report, instead of paper. Unlike the maps placed in inserts, the background map is accessible to execution of queries, the decision of settlement problems, supports display of co-ordinates.

The "Report Designer" task has been improved. Added the ability to create a project with a background map instead of an inset. The background map can be a data project or a standalone vector map. For it, a limitation of the display area is set, and documents, illustrations, a map legend, insets of other maps are added on top. A background map in a report project allows you to create a digital report rather than a paper one. Unlike maps placed in insets, the background map is available for performing information requests, solving computational problems, and supports displaying coordinates.

The "Report Designer" task has been improved. Ability has been added to create a project with a background map instead of an inset. The background map can be a data project or a standalone vector map. For it, a limitation of the displaying area is set, and documents, illustrations, a map legend, insets of other maps are added on top of it. A background map in a report project allows you to create a digital report rather than a paper one. Unlike maps placed into insets, the background map is available for performing information requests, solving computational tasks, and supports a displaying coordinates.

The task "Select object" has been improved. "Close contour" mode has been modified on "Metric" tab. If the first and last points of contour are located at a distance of more than 1 dm between each other, then one more point is added to close the contour of the object, otherwise coordinates of the first point are written to coordinates of the last point.

For the palette of raster images and geoportals, the "Saturation" parameter has been added with a range of values from -16 to 16. The initial state of the palette is set to 0. When the value increases, the color of the image (the degree of difference from gray) increases. Increasing the color of the image improves the quality of visual interpretation. Decreasing the value reduces the color of the image. At the minimum value, the bitmap image becomes gray grayscale. Lowering the color of an image allows you to prepare it as a background image. The background image can be used for drawing applied objects of the user map.

In the tasks of export and import of data into DXF format a saving and reading the colors of the conventional symbols of objects in the RGB format has been implemented. The RGB color model covers a larger range of colors and provides maximum color accuracy compared to the previously used indexed color of the AutoCAD palette. Into the "Export a map to DXF file" dialog, the ability to customize the processing of all open maps has been added when the "Process all maps" option is enabled, that allows you to automatically export the data of each map to a separate DXF file. In the "Load from DGN format" task, the possibility of creating objects that are described in the source file as a complex chain is implemented. As a result, the elements of each chain are transformed into a single object. The dialog interface has been updated in order to automatically process a set of selected data and create a separate user map for each DGN file.

There is added a support for service semantics 31013 "Background color of polygon or signature" for labels. When adding to object of title type of semantics 31013 a color of a background of the title will be displayed according to the value specified in semantics in RGB format. Semantics can be added in object through the "Select Object" dialog, through the semantics editing modes of selected objects in the "Map Editor" task or in other tasks.

The script "Calculate the distance to an object and write into its semantics" has been added into the list of basic python scripts. To execute the script, it is necessary to select objects on the map, specify the object to which the distances from the selected objects will be calculated, and call the script through the menu Tools\Run Application, Scripts tab. In the dialog, you need to select the semantics into which the distance to the specified object will be recorded for each selected object, and click the Run button. For general information on writing and debugging scripts, see Help.

In the "Geodesy editor" task, the formation of the "Forest declaration" has been improved. For the correct filling of Annex 5 to the forest declaration, the procedure for displaying the total area of the object (cutting area) and the area according to documents has been corrected. Forced conversion of PDF file to EMF has been added.

In the "Complex of cadastral tasks" in the "Create objects from an XML file of the cadastre" mode, a new procedure for filling in identification semantics for isolated plots as part of the EZP - single land use has been implemented. In the "Semantics of the object of cadastral works" dialog, functions have been added to automate the input of initial data. If the object has the KADNUM_K semantics, its value is displayed into the field "cadastral number of quarter", and if it is absent, the function of searching for the cadastral quarter and displaying the cadastral quarter into the corresponding element of the KADNUM semantics dialog is called. The rounding is corrected at calculation of the area of a multicontour plot. The areas of individual contours are first summed up and then rounded up to integer values. When generating a printed form of the approval act for adjacent sections, the output of the values of the method and date of notification, the details of the document of the representative of the allied company, and the method of removing objections have been added. To support these functions, the survey classifier versions 5 and 6 have been updated, in which the new semantics have been added: "Details of the document confirming the authority of the representative - DOCTRASTED", "Method and date of notification of the coordination of the location of boundaries - NOTIFICATION", "Method of removing objections regarding the location of boundaries - OBJECTION". For the correct filling of the Act, the semantics "Copyright holder" (LANDHOLDER), "Type of right" (PRAVO) and "Document of the copyright holder" (DOCHOLDER) must be filled by using the "Semantics of the object of cadastral works" dialog, on the "Additional information" page. In the "Technical plan" dialog, processing of the mode of forming a real estate object has been added and the output of the date of inspection of geodetic base points has been added into the report. The template 02_techplan.dot has been updated, in which markers have been added to display the date of the inspection.

The new version of the program is available for download on the Download page.

Specialists of KB "Panorama" have prepared a video lesson on working the "Union of objects" mode. Users of the "Workstation of cadastral engineer", GIS "Panorama" or "Panorama-editor" can unite the polygonal objects using the tasks of the "Geodesy editor" complex.

The mode "Union of objects" is intended for uniting the areal objects at which semantic values coincide. For example, to automate the process of uniting the forest inventory allotments into forest blocks. The mode provides stream processing of map objects that have adjacent boundaries and the same attribute values. In this case, only areal objects of the type specified in the dialog, located on one map sheet, are processed. The result of the work are newly created objects.

Before using the "Union of objects" mode, you need to make sure that the data is correct. To do this, users of the GIS "Panorama" or "Panorama-editor" can check the structural integrity of digital data, the completeness and quality of the metric and semantic description of objects and perform automatic correction of detected errors. The task "Check of vector map quality" can work in two modes: checking the data and editing the data. In more details the mode work is considered in a training video on checking the quality of a vector map in the GIS "Panorama".

Creation and editing of objects on the map is carried out with the help of the applied task "Map Editor". The editor of a vector map is controlled with the help of the control panel placed when starting in the left part of the main program window. The control panel of the vector map editor can have a standard view (users of the "Workstation of cadastral engineer") or a professional view (users of the GIS "Panorama" or "Panorama-editor"). The standard panel of the map editor includes the minimum set of modes of creation and editing of objects of a digital vector map. The professional panel of the map editor represents the expanded variant of the standard panel and includes a number of modes providing additional service for creating digital vector maps "from zero".

You can get acquainted with the training materials in the "Video lessons" section.

Specialists of KB "Panorama" prepared and posted on the geoportal "Bank of spatial data" maps of the Vologda and Murmansk regions. Maps have been formed according to OpenStreetMap data. To work with maps, you can use the GIS Panorama Mini program or other software products of KB "Panorama".

The maps were led to the modernised classifier of large-scale plans of scale 1: 5 000 (map5000m) and saved to a packaged project (MPTZ). Publishing of updates in bank of spatial data is made by using the program of Databank of digital maps and remote sensing data. Publishing contents of bank of spatial data on the geoportal and data access for downloading are implemented by means of GIS WebServer SE.

Free maps on the basis of OpenStreetMap data are available for download on the page "Digital maps".

In KB "Panorama" the GIS "Panorama" version 14.2.4 has been developed for OS "Astra Linux Special Edition" (release "Smolensk") and OS "Alt 8 SP" (architecture x86-64). In the new version, the possibilities for obtaining cartographic data for the preparation of reporting documents have been refined, the interface for managing the selection of open digital maps has been improved, new tools have been added for specifying the dimensions of the created map objects, the display of sea maps has been refined, and the quality of the displaying the graphic symbols on the map has been improved.

In the program the possibilities of saving the data of digital maps into vector PDF format have been improved. The data of vector maps is saved into a PDF file along with rasters and matrixes of heights loaded into them. Customization of displaying map layers by means of the "Over Map" parameter allows to operate a moving of the required layers onto the foreground both at map visualisation on the screen, and at formation of the saved image for vector PDF file. Customization of a choosing a fragment of displayed area allows you to display an image of the all area of works or the fragment of a map limited by a rectangular area, the selected map object or the size of a current map window displayed on the screen. The vector PDF format preserves the quality of the map image at any specified display scale, which expands the user's ability to choose the scale of the formed PDF file. The mode of saving the map to PDF vector format can be used when preparing reporting documents.

Display of the list of open maps in the main menu in the "Window" section has been added. The list of open maps in the main menu provides more flexible settings for selecting the current active map when several digital maps are open at the same time. The menu clearly shows the names of the maps loaded into the program. In the list of maps, the currently installed active map is marked. Clicking on another item in the list of open maps switches the active map displayed on the screen.

The mode for creating an object with the selected mode "Horizontal rectangle" has been improved. When performing an interactive selection of a rectangle on the map through the context menu of the mode, you can call the dialog for setting the rectangle size by specifying numerical values for the width, height and area of the selected area. The lengths of the sides of the rectangle can be set in meters or kilometers on the ground, or in millimeters on the map. The area can be specified in square meters, square kilometers or hectares on the ground, or in square millimeters on the map. It is supported to specify the dimensions of the rectangle to create a new map object, taking into account the standard dimensions of the page printed on the device by selecting from the list of page format.

Displaying sea maps according to the S52 standard has been improved. The implementation of the procedures has been refined: Depval - formation of depth values based on attribute values for underwater obstacles, taking into account underlying objects, Udwhaz - requesting the code of the displayed symbol and display flag with taking into account the depth of the obstacle, or requesting the code of an isolated underwater hazard with a depth less than the safety contour, Wrecks - displaying the remains of a shipwreck.

The quality of displaying graphical symbols on the map and in the symbol preview windows of the properties' dialogs of the selected map object and the Classifier Editor has been improved. For graphical symbols, the image of which is stored in files, an anti-aliasing algorithm is applied during display, which allows you to get rid of the "pixelation" effect when the symbol size is changed in the classifier. The use of anti-aliasing when displaying graphic symbols expands the user's options for customizing the view of symbols in the classifier and improves the visibility of the map when displayed on the screen.

GIS "Panorama" - universal domestic geoinformation system. The program is designed for accumulation, storage, the automated processing and display of data, calculation results and forecasts with geospatial reference. GIS "Panorama" contains tools of displaying and processing vector, raster and matrix maps. The application provides users with tools for solving specialized tasks of modeling the movement of special objects against the background of 3D model, forecasting of consequences of emergencies at hazardous objects, monitoring of aircraft movement, conducting of geodetic and topographic work, processing the data from GPS/GLONASS navigation devices, printing the displayed spatial data to various output devices and many others.

The new version of the program is available for download in the Download section.

Specialists of KB "Panorama" have prepared a video lesson on working the modes the Calculation of occurrence of objects, Viewing of occurrence of objects and Control of occurrence of objects. Users of the "Workstation of cadastral engineer", GIS "Panorama" or "Panorama-editor" can calculate, view and execute control of occurrence of objects using the tasks of the Geodetic Editor complex. The tasks the Calculation of occurrence of objects and Viewing of occurrence of objects carry out overlay operation of multiple imposing of objects of two classes using the intersection method. Objects of the source classes are defined by two lists: the first list is the objects of the overlay and the second list is the objects to be analyzed. Lists of objects of source classes must be prepared in advance by means of a mode the Lists of objects.

Results of working the modes are the calculated values of the areas of occurrence of objects of one list (analyzed objects) onto objects of other list (objects of overlay). The program detects multiple occurrences of list objects and calculates the area of each occurrence in absolute units and as a percentage of the overlay object. The task of Control of occurrence of objects performs the operation of control of the mutual arrangement of objects of two classes. Objects of initial classes are defined by two lists: the first list - objects of overlay and the second list - the objects for control. The control requirement is that an object from one list is completely contained in one of the objects of another list. In this case, the objects can have common metric points along the border. The result of the mode operation is a list of objects of one list that do not satisfy the control requirement.

You can get acquainted with the training materials in the "Video lessons" section.