V6.0 New Features

System

• DLLs reduce size of TNTmips for Windows 95/98/NT ~30 megabytes.
• Project File increased to 16 terabytes for Windows 95/98/NT and DEC UNIX.
• Objects increased to 4 terabytes for Windows 95/98/NT and DEC UNIX.
• Use icons in Object Selection dialog.
• View detailed "info" about any object in Object Selection dialog.
• Use "Add All" and "Remove All" for fast selection of objects.
• Improves small TrueType on all platforms by using hinting and smoothing.
• Incorporates HTML interpreter to provide linked information screens.

TNTlite

• Increases raster object size to 614 by 512 pixels for AVIRIS images.
• Increases point elements in vector objects from 500 to 1500.

Visualization

• Fly smoother turns in the simulator and control maximum turn rate.
• See cursor simultaneously in all 2D views.
• Render a layout (e.g. 3D view) directly to a raster object.
• Choose from many new 8-bit colormaps.
• Make several theme maps with the same ranges for comparison.

Import/Export

• Import MapInfo native, internal format (both graphics and attributes).
• Import AVIRIS and ENVI hyperspectral images and SDTS DEMs.
• Import XYZ coordinates in text files as 3D line segments.
• Export Arc BIL/BIP; attributes from SDTS; georeference for GEOTIFF and ERMapper.

Geotoolbox

• Integrates, expands, and streamlines scattered tools into new Geotoolbox.
• Use selection, measurement, sketching, and region generation from a single window.
• Select a single graphical element and use in multiple functions.
• Quickly move between tools and reports using tabbed panels.
• Select GPS input as a surrogate for cursor.
• Select specific group in which to sketch.
• Create region in a raster layer from a solid area or boundary trace.
• Create any kind of TNT point, line, polygon, or text style in sketch tool.
• Make and save a cross-section from a surface and a polygon layer.
• Draw a line in a 2D view to position the cross-section.
• Transfer polygon attributes to the cross-section vector object.

GPS tools

• Setup input from multiple GPS devices using Geotoolbox.
• Choose a different color cursor or TNT point style for each moving GPS position.
• Choose another cursor or symbol for a temporally static GPS position.
• Move any graphical tool (e.g. circle) with a GPS position.
• Log any and all GPS devices.
• Playback a GPS log in real time.

Hatch Pattern Editor

• Fill polygons with simple lines or complex TNT line styles.
• Use new hatch pattern editor to create and edit.
• Control line angle, spacing, offset, thickness, etc.
• Superimpose several line patterns to create complex fills.

Editing

• Use the Geotoolbox outlined above for efficient element selection.
• Filter out islands below a selected size.
• Show statistics information for all filters being tested.

Database Management

• Use table editor to define constraints for each field.
• Constraints act as data filters when fields are filled in.
• Set a field to be a multiple choice from a list.
• Restrict the range of numbers allowed in a field.
• Control upper, lower, and mixed case for string fields.
• Restrict key fields to allow selection of field from only primary table.
• Define how key fields should be represented in a single record view.
• Show a scrolling list of the valid values in a field which can be selected.

Hyperspectral Analysis

• Animate RGB displays of materials with unique Hyperspectral Explorer.
• Animate search for materials with n-Dimensional Visualizer (rotating scatterplot).
• Use Self-organizing Map Classifier (unsupervised classification using neural network).
• Compute principal components and view eigenvectors and component variance plots.
• Import and export spectral curves from text files.
• Select a wavelength range(s) to define bands used in all steps.
• Use a variable averaging window (kernel) to extract multiple pixel spectra.

Network Analysis

• Assign drawing styles to network elements.
• View all lines with their TNT line styles.
• Show DataTips for viewing names of all lines connected to a node.
• View labels with stop numbers.

CAD Merge

• Combine several CAD objects into one.
• Use same database joining options as in Vector Merge process.

Create Geospatial Products (SML)

• Create display layouts with multiple groups and positioning.
• Popup a dialog for editing a database record.
• Turn off any unwanted icons in a 2D or 3D view.
• Directly read and display coordinates from multiple GPS devices.
• Test a GPS position to determine if it has changed.
• Use HTML to design and present attractive instruction scripts.
• Read and write georeference objects.
• Classify multispectral images (20 functions).
• Perform network analyses (83 functions).
• Script with ~170 new functions (total now ~770).

New Tutorial Booklets

• Network Analysis
• Windows Installation and Setup Guide
• Analyzing Hyperspectral Images
• Macintosh Installation and Setup Guide
• Sharing with Other Products
• Optimizing Windows 3.1x for TNT Products