Monthly Archives: November 2013

OCAD supports Windows Location API for Real Time GPS

Not all Windows computers support anymore COM ports. In such cases internal or external GPS devices can be connected using the Windows Location API. OCAD supports this interface since service update 11.4.0 .

Choose Windows Location API in the new Interface group box.
Choose Windows Location API in the new Interface group box.
Click Test button to test the connection settings.
Click Test button to test the connection settings.

Real Time GPS works still in the habitual way.

OCAD 11.4.0 Supports LAZ Files

The newest OCAD Service Update 11.4.0 contains some patches and also new features.

LAZ File
A LAZ file is a compressed LAS file for airborne laser scanning data. OCAD 11 uses the free laszip tool  from Martin Isenburg  to decompress these files.
Use the full range of possibilities of the Lidar data in OCAD 11.

LAZ Import

Import laz files.

Calculated 1m contour lines with Lidar classification map

Calculated 1m contour lines with Lidar classification map

1m contour lines with vegetation height map (yellow=open areas, green=low vegation, white= high vegetation)

1m contour lines with vegetation height map
(yellow=open areas, green=low vegation, white= high vegetation)

1m contour lines with hill shading

1m contour lines with hill shading

GUI in Czech Language
Martin Simco, Machovsky mapy s.r.o. has translated OCAD 11 to Czech language. Many thanks to Martin.

Download OCAD 11.4.0 from our website, install it and use the new features or update to OCAD 11.