XViewSDTS is a viewer that runs in the X Window System and displays
maps from SDTS1 files. It also allows you to
create overlay maps with objects that you define.
Sample Screen: Measuring a path.
Who is it for?
XViewSDTS is aimed at users who enjoy working with topographic maps: hikers,
canoeists, bicyclists, historians, or anyone else who wants to look closely
at a small corner of the planet.
Who is it not for?
XViewSDTS is not for people who just want to find Elm Street. It
is for people who know where Elm Street is, but may want to know how long
it is, or what is the shortest path to it. In fact, if you need to
find Elm Street, this is not the product for you: the supported SDTS files
do not contain street names; keep looking, many street atlases are available
on the Web.
What does it do?
XViewSDTS displays any of the the thousands of maps that are freely
available from the U.S. Geological survey in the SDTS format.
XViewSDTS also allows you to, in effect, draw on top of those maps to
create maps customized for your needs.
Supported products:
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1:24,000 series DLGs from the USGS
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1:100,000 series DLGs from the USGS
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1:2,000,000 series DLGs from the USGS
Supported themes:
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Boundaries
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Hydrography
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Roads and Trails
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Railroads
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Miscellaneous Transportation
Supported projections:
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Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
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Equidistant Cylindrical
For additional details see XViewSDTS Features.
What does it not do?
Many of the limitations listed in this space for previous versions of
XViewSDTS have been eliminated in versions 0.04 and above.
XViewSDTS is not just a viewer anymore. You may now create,
edit, print, and export overlay maps that are displayed on top the
SDTS data. However, as before, the SDTS data itself may not be
edited.
Notes:
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SDTS, the Spatial Data Transfer Standard, was developed
by the federal government, and is a common format for map files from various
federal agencies, including the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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