What is new in SMS 8.1?

• OpenGL graphics allow for real time panning and rotation, faster zooming, and realistic 3D shading of model terrain.
• 3D Shading options allow you to position the light source to give intuitive rendering of the model terrain. The shading function supports constantly colored surfaces or continuous-fill contoured surfaces.
• Continuous fill contours allow representation of many contour levels by shading based on scalar value.
• New legend options (display locations, scientific notation, etc.)
• Functional surfaces allows semi transparent surface representing the scalar value to be displayed over the terrain.  This new feature is perfect for representing water surface elevations in an intuitive 3D picture.
• Updated and improved RMA2 interface to match newest version of the RMA2 model code
• Nested STWAVE grids
• Faster interpolation computations
• Zonal classification
• Image improvements - SMS now supports TIFF, JPEG, or MrSID images.  Updated functionality includes automatic image refresh, map collar cropping, and multiple image support