General Description:

DMAP for Windows is mapping software designed specifically for producing Distribution Maps and Coincidence Maps which are displayed in colour on-screen, with multiple zoom capability. The maps can be printed at high resolution in colour or black and white, or they can be exported as high-resolution images to other software for incorporating high-quality maps in reports or publications.

Base maps for specific areas can be supplied with DMAP, on request, or can be downloaded from the Internet, or they can be newly-digitized using the DMAP Digitizer software, or in the latest version of DMAP they can be produced by a scanner.

Data entry for DMAP is very flexible and can be done in a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, a database, or a biological recording software package. The distribution data can consist of Grid References, a variety of other metric co-ordinates, or Latitude+Longitude.

DMAP is currently used by more than 1,000 individuals and organizations in over 40 countries, world-wide. A selection of comments from a few of these users can be seen on the What the users say... page.

Main Features:

• Can be used for any scale of mapping.
• Offers a wide range of symbol types for displaying distributions.
• A Key to symbol types can be generated.
• Comes with maps for the British Isles, north-west Europe, Australia, USA, and the World (low resolution).
• Additional maps available, including lat/long maps for most parts of the World.
• Base maps can be digitized images or scanned images.
• Latitude+Longitude co-ordinates supported.
• British, Irish, and UTM Grid References supported, as well as other metric co-ordinates.
• User-supplied text can be displayed on maps.
• Multiple zoom facility.
• Distributions can be displayed at a variety of grid scales.
• High resolution vector-drawn maps produced on high resolution screens and printers.
• Full colour supported on both screen and printer.
• Maps can be exported as EMF, WMF, EPS, BMP and GIF files, or via the clipboard (Edit|Copy).
• Simple database program supplied with DMAP.
• Excel Workbook supplied with built-in link to DMAP.
• Can accept distribution data as comma-delimited text (CSV) files from databases and spreadsheets.

System Requirements:

Any PC running any version of Windows or Apple Macintosh PC with Windows emulation or any PC running Linux with Crossover Office.

Further Information:

If you would like to see some further, more detailed, information about DMAP, please explore the rest of this Web site, including the topics:

• Example Maps which illustrate a selection of map styles produced by DMAP.
• The Additional Maps topic for information about obtaining maps for your particular study area.
• The Data Entry topic for information about ways of entering and storing your distribution data for DMAP, including downloadable Excel Workbooks with a built-in interface to DMAP.
• The Biological Recording Databases topic for information about Biological Recording software packages which have built-in interfaces to DMAP.

Cost and ordering information:

• Click here for information about the current cost of DMAP and how to order DMAP.

If you have further queries before making an order Contact Alan Morton