ToolBox Features

Drawing Tools

The user can use the mouse to draw lines, boxes, circles, irregular polygons, and free-form shapes on the map. These can be used to overlay for database queries, printed, or sent as graphics to other TGDE users. You can add:

Polyline - draw either a straight line, or a multi-segmented line. Curve - draw freehand curves and lines. Polygon - draw any polygonal shape with an optional fill color and pattern. Rectangle - draw any rectangular or square shape with an optional fill color and pattern. Oval - draw any oval or circular shape with an optional fill color and pattern. Text: - add text on the map and change its size and font.

Drag & Drop Geocoding

you can use Drag and Drop geocoding to perform bulk address lookup with any windows-compatible spreadsheet or database program such as Excel or Access. Simply open both TGDE and your database, select and drag the desired records onto the map window. TGDE will automatically perform the geocoding and display each address record as a "clickable" point on the map.

E-mail Custom Maps

Creat custom maps using the drawing tools, save them, and e-mail to anyone who also has the Thomas Guide Digital Edition™. They will be able to load the saved map in TGDE and see the map you created.

Use GPS

By using GPS (Global Positioning System) input, you can display real-time, real world coordinates on the TGDE map viewer. Works with any NMEA standard GPS unit that can be connected to your computer's serial port.

Map Display Editor

Use this powerful feature to turn on or off polygon, point, and label layers and customize the look and feel of the map. Multiple settings can be saved for different applications.

Query Builder

The Query Builder is a powerful business and spatial analysis tool. You can create a data query based on either attributes of the data, or a map overlay, or a combination of both. This works on both the data supplied with the Thomas Guide Digital Edition™ and with data you created with the Geocoder or with the Drawing Tools. Display the results of the query on the map, or (using MS Access™) generate a report.

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The ToolBox "Quick Tour", is an automated visual tour of the ToolBox and Thomas Guide DE. Save this file to a temporary directory on your local system, then run Quicktour.exe to begin the tour.

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