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New GIS Module

A new "GIS Module" has been added to version 5.0.  This module greatly simplifies the process of importing and converting GIS data from external sources.  To fully utilize the GIS module, a license of ArcGIS (formerly ArcView) version 8.0 is required.  In this case, portions of ArcGIS are effectively run inside of GMS using the new ArcObjects library.  This makes it possible to use the GIS module to open virtually ANY GIS database supported by ArcGIS. 

Once a GIS database is opened, the data are displayed in the GMS window using the ArcGIS map rendering engine.  This results in beautiful, professional looking maps that can be displayed in the background of a GMS modeling project.  The user has access to all of the standard ArcGIS tools for modifying the display of the map.

Once a GIS database is imported and displayed, the user can select a portion of the map using either a simple graphical selection or an SQL query.  The selected data can then be converted to standard GMS feature objects using a simple and intuitive GIS Property Mapping Wizard.  The user is prompted to indicate how each of the columns in the GIS attribute data should be mapped to corresponding GMS feature object properties.