News/Enhancements April 2005

Highlights for VanMap ActiveX Viewer version for Internet Explorer/Windows

• New user interface that reflects the input received from the public during the usability study conducted for the City in late 2003.
• New Address Search that is significantly enhanced and which incorporates the "hundred block" search.

Highlights for all versions of VanMap (except VanMapLite)

• Help & documentation have been re-organized and are easier to use.
• Currency of most data layers has been improved. Most data is now at most one day old.
• Zoom Goto Address accesses a fuller set of addresses.
• New Zoom goto facets - a new way of zooming.
• Lots are now displayed as polygons.
• Browser compatibility chart to show how different operating system and browser combinations are supported.
• There are better tool tips, making VanMap easier to use.

New Layers of information

• Greenways
• Multiple Building indicators
• One way streets
• Orthophotos from 2004
• Satellite imagery

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