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With the Open Geoviewer function, you can click in the drawing area and specify a viewing direction. OCAD opens by default a web browser with Google Street View at the chosen position and direction.
The Apple Look Around Viewer now offers itself as a real alternative, as it can be more up-to-date and more comprehensive depending on the area, see example below.
How to access Apple Look Around Viewer in OCAD
The prerequisite for using Geoviewers is that the map is georeferenced and covered by the Geoviewer service.
Why you should use Geoviewer?
The use of Geoviewer can be very helpful for sprint maps, as many objects can already be drawn at home or a certain scene can be checked again afterwards. This reduces the amount of field work. It is advisable to test different Geoviewer services.
The video recording about recent and ongoing developments in OCAD at the 21st International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM on 03.11.2024) is available on our YouTube Chanel:
https://youtu.be/UZpF2_2b4CU
The following topics are presented:
– Function Define Paper Size
The paper size is visible in the drawing area and the area outside is grayed out. This is useful for displaying a print area or creating a map layout.
– Function Feature Maps
The Feature Map can be used to recognize objects close to the ground such as stones, walls, tree trunks, fences, or cars which were previously not or only poorly recognizable on background maps that can be created with the DEM Wizard in OCAD.
– Prototype of the OCAD Sketch App further development
The further development of the OCAD Sketch App will support vector objects.
You will be able to easily switch between sketches and vector objects to enable efficient mapping in the terrain.
The 21st International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM) will take place on 3rd November 2024 (postponed from 29.09) as an online event.
We will present the latest functions in OCAD and give an insight into where our development focus currently lies.
A link to the meeting and a detailed timetable is published on the IOF website.
Participation in the conference is free of charge.
The International Specifications for Ski Orienteering Maps have been modified and released as ISSkiOM 2019 Revision 3, which is valid from 1st December 2024.
The most important changes:
How to work with the new specifications?
To work with the updated symbol sets already now, you can download a so-called silent update in OCAD under the menu Help>Download Update. The next complete OCAD update is planned for November.
To update an existing ski orienteering map to the latest symbol set, use the Update Symbol Set function.
