Powerful Features of Bentley PowerMap

1. Stand-alone mapping
Bentley PowerMap is a stand-alone mapping application that requires no additional software. Take advantage of the many CAD-like features found in MicroStation without the additional expense and overhead. 

2. Experience GIS and CAD together
Consolidating the features of both GIS and CAD, Bentley PowerMap provides a complete set of tools to create, manage, and analyze your spatial data. Leverage the precision of CAD and analyze your data with the capabilities of GIS. Bentley PowerMap supports all of your geospatial workflows.

3. Open Access to spatial data
Easily access spatial data in a wide range of formats. Supported file formats include ESRI ArcView Shapefiles, Pitney Bowes MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF files, Autodesk DWG and DXF, MicroStation DGN, and many more. Spatial data stored in one of over 5,500 projection systems can also be viewed within Bentley PowerMap.

4. Unlock the power of Oracle Spatial
Oracle Spatial data storage and data access is fully supported within Bentley PowerMap. Other enhanced database tools supported by Bentley PowerMap include versioning, feature locking, and Oracle’s native topology definitions.

5. Easy-to-use spatial analysis and presentation tools
Quickly perform complex queries that present GIS and CAD data in more meaningful ways. Uncover patterns, trends, and anomalies using the included spatial analysis tools such as place buffer zones, perform topology overlays, create thematic maps, and conduct attribute and spatial queries.

6. Advanced XML feature definition administrator
Easily define and manage spatial data using intuitive tools through a single interface. With XML feature modeling, users can define features, set properties for annotations, assign default symbology, establish relationships, and assign customized behaviors.

7. Robust GIS development platform
Customization capabilities are inherent to Bentley PowerMap. Developers can extend the existing application using standards-based development languages including C expressions, XSLT, VB Script, VBA, MDL, and .NET.

8. Map generation with high-quality print output
With Bentley PowerMap, you can interactively place both map and multi-page sheet borders and automatically populate their fields with metadata. Automatic grid and graticule generation as well as support for a variety of marginalia is standard. Bentley PowerMap also lets users take advantage of high fidelity printing and publishing, including publishing to intelligent 2D or 3D PDFs.

9. Integrated data cleanup and maintenance
Bentley PowerMap contains tools to prepare data for topology operations. Overshoots, undershoots, duplicate and similar lines can be detected and corrected. Line work can also be joined and thinned based on user tolerances. Using MicroStation-like capabilities such as AccuSnap and AccuDraw, users can draw accurate, connected linework that does not require time-consuming cleanup processing.

10. Quickly search, find and report
Finding and reporting data within Bentley PowerMap is simple. A user-friendly search tool provides users with the ability to create comprehensive custom searches on any feature class in the session. Easily browse the results of a query in a tabular or map view. Need a printed copy of the results? No problem here either. Intuitive tools are available which let users generate professional-looking maps quickly.  

Return to the Bentley PowerMap overview page