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Pythagoras GIS+CAD: Powerful but simple to use

Pythagoras GIS+CAD is part of a new generation GIS software. No complex commands to memorize, but instead: intuitive and simple functions with powerful integrated drawing possibilities. Pythagoras GIS+CAD all GIS and CAD functions you need, combined in one application!

Pythagoras GIS+CAD bridges the gap between GIS and CAD. 

GIS features Creating spatial data

Pythagoras GIS+CAD allows you to import and combine data from multiple sources: DXF/DWG, SHp, Pythagoras CAO+GIS drawing, (GEO)TIFF. JPEG, etc. You can combine and gee-reference vector and raster data, resulting in numerous possibilities while making location models, preliminary designs. and thematic maps. Pythagoras GIS+CAD can even combine thousands of different maps into one drawing. Pythagoras GIS+CAD supports multiple object types: points. lines. arcs, circles, polygons. polylines and texts. Any of these objects can have database attributes

Creating databases

A Pythagoras GIS+CAD document can contain an unlimited number of tables. Pythagoras GIS+CAO supports both attribute tables and dictionaries. Complex relationships can be defined representing the attributes of objects and the relationships between them.  All fields in the tables can be indexed. allowing fast queries. analyses and report generation. You can even access external databases that are linked to graphic objects using Pythagoras VBA and DOBC

Defining queries

Pythagoras GIS+CAO is easy to use. You don't need to know query languages in order to perform most common queries. Queries can be named, which allows less experienced users to use them with a few simple mouse clicks. Queries can be based on fields in tables, geographical data or spatial relationships.  The result of any query can be used to export data. to generate reports or for a mail merge. For example, printing a letter to all people affected by the maintenance activities of the water supply.

Spatial Analysis

Pythagoras GIS+CAO allows various spatial analysis possibilities by creating specific thematic maps, summary statistics of attribute data and the use of point In polygon analyses.

Thematic Maps

The powerful drawing features of Pythagoras GIS+CAD assist in generating high-quality thematic maps. Any of the symbols. line styles or polygon patterns that you created within Pythagoras GIS+CAD can be used to create thematic maps. at any scale and/or color. The result: a great looking map. understandable by novices, that can combine different themes. Database attributes can be presented graphically and relationships can be analyzed. A detailed legend completes the thematic map

Spatial Interpolation

Spatial interpolation between points can be calculated using any numeric field or expression in the database It enables simple interpretation of data and visual reporting.

Reporting and Exporting

Generating the result of a query, making a report of an analysis. mail merge, ... with Pythagoras GIS+CAD you can do it all with just a few mouse clicks.  Pythagoras GIS+CAD seamlessly interfaces with Microsoft Office products. The data from your database can be merged with your letter or into your spreadsheet. Even a drawing can be included in the report

Unique drawing functions

Geographic drawings have their specific requirements. Pythagoras GIS+CAO can handle the most complex symbols, line styles and hatchings. Pythagoras' GIS+CAO unique application allows you to define these drawing elements in both paper and real dimensions. Forget the time consuming scale alterations. Would you like your texts and symbols to remain in a horizontal position, even after rotating your drawing on the page? Pythagoras GIS+CAD can easily take care of that. Furthermore. even the general drawing functions are designed with the needs of the modern designer in mind: perpendicular and parallel lines, arcs, polygons. coordinate systems. layers. etc. Never before could you make your drawings so easily and so Quickly

Intelligent cursor

Whenever the cursor approaches an object on the screen, a 'target' appears, The shape of the target depends on the object and the place of the object that it refers to. This way, the cursor automatically snaps to points. lines, points of tangency, etc. At the same time exact information about the object is displayed in the control panel. A few simple mouse clicks suffice to obtain any 3D information: the distance between a point and an arc, the radius of an arc. the difference In height between two points, the slope distance. an area of a polygon, etc.  Need to see the attribute data from the database? Just click on the database tab page and you'll get all the details. It's as simple and Quick as it looks

The Control Panel

The control panel is your instrument panel while making your drawings. calculations, etc. The information in the Pythagoras GIS+CAD control panel is context sensitive, i.e. the information in the control panel will change, depending on the object that you want to draw and how it relates to other objects, Thanks to the control panel and the intelligent cursor, exact drawing with the mouse of any chosen object becomes effortless.

Professional presentations

Pythagoras GIS+CAD works according to the WYSIWYG-principle: what you see on the screen is exactly how your drawing will look when it is printed Adding a border is very simple: just draw in page coordinates. directly onto your page, without having to take into account the scale of the drawing.  Selecting a different page layout? Your drawing coordinates will not change and the border will stick to the page. The result? A perfect printout of your drawing.

Viewports - Views - Sheets

Viewports allow you to show both overviews and details in one document at any scale. Even the content and the theme can be specified according to the needs of the task.  Pythagoras GIS+CAD allows you to create views, A view defines the layers and the thematic maps that are shown. A Pythagoras GIS+CAO drawing can contain multiple sheets. Sheets are powerful tools to efficiently manage visualization and print outs of a project Sheets and view ports may use predefined views

Programmable Pythagoras VBA

Pythagoras GIS+CAD allows you to exchange data with other GIS or CAD applications in various ways (e.g, DXF. DWG, SHP, ...). More importantly. Pythagoras GIS+CAO is an open application. allowing programmers to create direct links between Pythagoras GIS+CAO and other applications. The object is to create client specific functions and the integration with other information systems and databases. Pythagoras GrS+CAD supports hundreds of properties and methods to allow a programmer to automate drawing, database, analysis and thematic functions.

You can link external databases using ODBC, generate reports in a MS Excel spreadsheet, or generate and print MS Word documents using content based on data in the drawing.  Custom data sheets, specific access rights for internal or external data. bases. detailed reporting, real-time data collection (e.g. from a hand held GPS), are just some of the many possibilities.

Applications

• Municipal planning

• Utilities

• Waste Water Services

• Police Departments

• Geomarketing

• Land Use Administration

• Tax Departments

• Environmental Studies