TopoFusion Features

Exclusive to TopoFusion's PRO Version

• Canadian Topo Maps
• TIGER U.S. Street Maps
• Cycling Power functionality. Also Heartrate and Cadence visualization.
• Add and calibrate your own maps - user calibrated maps with transparency
• New display engine running Direct3D9.
  • faster display
  • graphical waypoint symbols
  • transparency (faster combo blending)
  • anti-aliased lines
  • animated sprites (runner/biker)
• Enhanced PhotoFusion features
  • - Thumbnails on map - mouse over enlarges
  • - Photos as waypoints - can be moved/deleted/added
• Export/Import of ESRI (ARC) shapefile format
• Ability to view LANDSAT maps across UTM zones
  • able to view entire planet now
• And much more...

Available Imagery

USGS Topographic

1:24k, 1:100k:, 1:250k USGS topographic maps.
COVERAGE: Entire United States
RESOLUTION: 2 meters per pixel
SOURCE: Terraserver

Canadian Topographic (Pro only)

1:50k, 1:250k:, NRCan topographic maps.
COVERAGE: 1:250k - All of Canada; 1:50k - Most areas covered
RESOLUTION: ~6 meters per pixel
SOURCE: NR Canada (*)

Landsat

Color imagery from the Landsat 7 ETM+ satellites.
COVERAGE: Global
RESOLUTION: 15 meters per pixel
SOURCE: NASA's OnEarth Server

Aerial

USGS DOQ black and white aerial photographs at one meter per pixel.
COVERAGE: 95% of United States
RESOLUTION: 1 meter per pixel
SOURCE: Terraserver

Color Aerial

High resolution color aerials for major urban areas.
COVERAGE: Many U.S. cities (see list)
RESOLUTION: 0.25 meters per pixel
SOURCE: Terraserver

Tiger Street Maps (Pro Only)

TIGER census street maps and features for the Unites States.
COVERAGE: Entire United States
RESOLUTION: 4 meters per pixel
SOURCE: Tiger Mapping Service

Elevation / 3D

Automatic 3D downloads can be combined with any of the above image types for stunning 3D scenes.
COVERAGE: Entire World (except extreme latitudes)*
RESOLUTION: U.S. - 30 meter, World - 90 meter
SOURCE: NASA's OnEarth Server

* Latitudes 61 S to 61 N are covered by 3D download

FUSION Combo Maps

Fuse topo, aerial, color aerial and TIGER maps together for amazing new views.
COVERAGE: Varied
RESOLUTION: Up to 1 meters per pixel
SOURCE: Various. See: TopoFusion Combo Maps for example images.

• All maps are downloaded from public servers. You only download the maps you need. Once downloaded, maps are permanently available on the hard drive, for offline use.

GPS Support

• Transfers GPS tracks, waypoints, routes to and from GPS units. Also supports realtime tracking.
• Garmin - All USB and Serial Garmin units are supported. Examples include GPSMap60CSX, Forerunner 305, Edge 705/305, VistaCX, eTrex family, GPS12.
• Magellan - USB and Serial Magellan units are supported. Examples include eXplorist series, SportTrack Pro, etc. (Triton unist are not supported)
• NMEA - NMEA gps units are supported for real-time ("live") tracking.

Data import/export

• GPX - GPS eXchange format.
• Import - .gpx, .tcx/.crs (Garmin), .kml (Google), .txt (Timex NMEA), .txf (Maptech), .mxf (Maptech), .txt (UTM / Lat/Lon), eXplorist .log / .upt.
• Import - ESRI Shapefile (TopoFusion PRO only)
• Export - .gpx, .tcx/.crs, .kml, .csv (excel), eXporlist .log / .upt, .txt (UTM), .txf (Maptech), .mxf (Maptech), .svg
• Export - ESRI Shapefile (TopoFusion PRO only)
• Image Export - Export any map view in high resolution (up to 8,000 x 8,000). TopoFusion Pro can also generated high resolution 3D exports.

Display Features

• Optimized display engine using DirectX.
• Smooth panning/zooming. Handles large GPS files.
• 3D view mode available for the entire globe using auto-download or local DEM files.

Photo Management

• Reads time headers (EXIF) from your digital photos to place pictures along your route. See PhotoFusion.
• Automated HTML and imagemap generation. Create an image map with thumbnails of pictures taken with a digital camera along your GPS track. See PhotoFusion.

Data Analysis

• Computes trip statistics: distance traveled, total trip time, elevation climbing/loss, average speed, Pace (minutes per mile), Moving time, stopped time, uphill time, downhill time, flat time, up/down/flat distance, average uphill/downhill grade, max speed.
• TopoFusion Pro adds Heart Rate, Cadence and Power anaylsis features.
• Profile tool plots elevation, speed, pace and grade versus distance and time.
• Track playback plays back your trips in real time, showing position and statistics.
• Supports 9 map datum including WGS 84, NAD 27, WGS 72, Ordinance Survey

Advanced Features

• User Calibrated Maps - Add and calibrate your own maps in .jpg, .png, .bmp formats. (TopoFusion Pro Only)
• Combine topo and aerial maps using Alpha Blending.
• Multi-Track playback offers a variety of trip visualization and comparison options.
• Combine and average GPS tracks using GPS Networks
• Track your training with the The TopoFusion logbook.
• Exclusive - Power output for runners using new research. See GOVSS.
• Compute splits by miles, kilometers or laps using Lap Analysis.
• Climbing analysis compares different methods for computing elevation gain.
• Add elevation data to tracks, or correct faulty GPS elevations using Climbing Analysis
• TopoFusion "Difficulty Index" and "Effort Index".
• Compute Area inside track
• Simplify and Spline GPS tracks
• Auto download of GIS layers - city names, major roads and U.S. Wilderness boundaries.

Further Information

Implementation details - Information on speed, design, hard disk use.

(*) (c) Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, Department of Natural Resources. All rights reserved.