• MapScenes creates a separate protected database file for your measurement data
  
• Downloaded files are backed up automatically
  
• Multi-layered structure of the database affords extra security for your data
  
• Any attempted change of point coordinates will result in a Point Protection warning
  
• Any changes made to point data are noted in the database
  
• Your original data collector/ASCII file is never altered
  
• MapScenes backs up your previous drawing and database at every save - allows you to recover from a corrupted drawing file

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• In the forensic mapping software field, only MapScenes can calculate coordinates from your raw data
  
• Users can make corrections to raw data obtained in the field, such as incorrect target heights or offsets, and re-coordinate the corrected raw data to obtain accurate coordinates
  
• Users can easily validate point coordinates from raw data
  
• Active Drawing Technology presents raw and coordinate data in an easy-to-understand spreadsheet-style editor - changes appear immediately in the drawing!
  
• Line coding can be easily changed, either point-by-point or in batches
  
• Baseline/offset and triangulation measurements can be entered directly into the ADT editor

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• MapScenes includes true 3D computer-aided drafting power
  
• Includes extensive CAD drawing and editing commands, most with options that provide even greater flexibility and precision
  
• Use precision drawing aids such as object snaps and lock modifiers at the click of a button
  
• Industry-leading AutoCAD compatibility through release 2006 in .dwg and .dxf formats - both read and write!"
  
• Use AutoCAD or MapScenes shape (CAD) fonts or any installed Windows TrueType fonts
  
• Flexible dimensioning options and complete control over dimensioning units and appearance
  
• Easily copy and paste CAD entities between drawings, or export snapshots in .bmp or .wmf image formats
  
• Place links to photo files in your drawings, or insert photographs as a background

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• MapScenes includes over 7,000 symbols specific to crash and crime scene mapping
  
• Each symbol is represented both in color and black and white versions
  
• Vehicle symbols for many makes and models
  
• 3D symbols are included - a must for diagramming rollovers!
  
• MapScenes Symbol Librarian makes inserting symbols as easy as drag-and-drop
  
• Symbols are presented in a familiar Explorer-like folder tree
  
• A preview of each symbol is presented when it is selected
  
• The Symbol Librarian remains on-screen until closed by the user, to make inserting multiple symbols fast and easy
  
• Create your own folders for your custom symbols and use them again in any drawing

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• The AutoMAP library files allow users to customize the way MapScenes draws automated linework and symbols
  
• Each user can create his or her own AutoMAP library
  
• Line codes can be set up to draw 2D or 3D linework on specific drawing layers and in specified linetypes and colors
  
• Point codes can be set up to insert symbols at any desired scale
  
• The AutoMAP libraries can automatically be sent to Evidence Recorder - the user's codes will then appear in a drop-down list in the data collector
  for easy selection during mapping jobs
  
• For conventional instruments, both SDR and XYZ coding are supported
  
• Nothing to memorize, just click and pick from your own customized list

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• MapScenes includes a number of utilities to speed up drawing tasks and enhance the final product
  
• Cutout Drawing Detail makes it fast and easy to create cutouts of small areas of detail that would otherwise go unnoticed
  
• The Road Intersection Wizard allows easy creation of streets, roads and intersections
  
• Draw a Multi-sided building in your scene at any orientation based on hand measurements
  
• Enter baseline/offset and/or triangulation measurements alone or in combination with electronically-measured points

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• The MapScenes user interface is completely customizable to the user's needs
  
• Toolbar buttons can easily be created for commonly-used commands
  
• Any (or all) of the toolbars can be turned off to maximize the drawing area
  
• Drawing background, selection and dragging colors can be set to the user's preference
  
• Many settings and named objects, such as layers, text styles and dimension styles, can be defined in a drawing template to avoid having to set up each new drawing individually
  
• Keyboard shortcuts for commands can be easily defined
  
• Control printed scale and sheet size for courtroom ready presentations

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• MapScenes features automatic surface (3D terrain model) generation, which allows the user to accurately depict the 'lay of the land' at a scene based on 3D measurement data
  
• Only MapScenes correctly processes both points and breaklines to produce an accurate surface
  
• MapScenes can easily depict any vertical cross-section or profile to help prove or disprove line-of-sight issues, or to show comparative grades and superelevations
  
• MapScenes can produce high-quality rendered 3D output to the screen or as a .bmp image file
  
• Users have complete control of lighting in the rendered output - daylight to darkness - and artificial light sources can be depicted as well
  
• Camera and target points for rendered output can be precisely selected - a must when depicting a potential witness's perspective

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• MapScenes includes calculators for a variety of crash reconstruction formulae, including speed, deceleration factor, kinetic energy, unit conversions, trigonometry, momentum (360° and in-line), and kinematics, as well as blood spatter analysis
  
• For formulae having distance as an input, the distance can be keyboarded or picked in the drawing
  
• Results can be copied to the clipboard and pasted into your report
  
• The Transport Canada vehicle specification database is included, with measurements displayed in an easy-to-read browser within MapScenes