Global Mapper Pro® supplements all of the features and functions in the base version of Global Mapper® v23 with a varied collection of professional-grade geospatial tools. Incorporating all of the point cloud processing functionality previously available in the Global Mapper Lidar Module, the Pro version was conceived and developed to provide power users with numerous new and enhanced data processing and analysis tools, which complement and expand the Lidar Module’s functionality.
The comparison chart below shows the features and tools available in each version of the software:
Software comparison
| Feature |
Global Mapper |
Global Mapper Pro |
| Support for importing and exporting 300+ file formats |
✓ |
✓ |
| Access to online data sources for streaming imagery, basemaps, terrain, and vector data |
✓ |
✓ |
| Vector drawing, editing, analysis, and spatial operations |
✓ |
✓ |
| Attribute editing, joining, calculation, graphing, and querying |
✓ |
✓ |
| Thematic and choropleth mapping |
✓ |
✓ |
| Map design and pre-print layout |
✓ |
✓ |
| Lidar display, filtering, and manual editing |
✓ |
✓ |
| Terrain creation and modification |
✓ |
✓ |
| Terrain analysis, including contour generation, line of sight, viewshed, watershed, and flood simulation |
✓ |
✓ |
| Volume calculation, pile volume estimation, cut and fill analysis, and change detection |
✓ |
✓ |
| Immersive 3D visualization, 3D data creation and editing, fly through recording, and layer animation |
✓ |
✓ |
| Image rectification |
✓ |
✓ |
| Image blending, feathering, cropping, and pan sharpening |
✓ |
✓ |
| Image and raster reclassification |
✓ |
✓ |
| Raster calculation Including NDVI, NDWI, NBR, and custom formulas |
✓ |
✓ |
| Address geocoding |
✓ |
✓ |
| Batch file conversion and workflow automation with Global Mapper scripts |
✓ |
✓ |
| Integration with Global Mapper Mobile app |
✓ |
✓ |
| GPS support for tracking and data collection |
✓ |
✓ |
| Terrain painting |
|
✓ |
| Breakline calculation |
|
✓ |
| Advanced querying, editing, segmenting, and filtering of lidar and 3D point clouds |
|
✓ |
| Automatic classification of point cloud data including ground, vegetation, buildings, power lines, and poles |
|
✓ |
| Vector feature extraction from classified point cloud data |
|
✓ |
| Lidar noise identification and removal |
|
✓ |
| Point cloud thinning |
|
✓ |
| Vertical and horizontal rectification of point cloud data |
|
✓ |
| Automatic alignment of overlapping point clouds |
|
✓ |
| Visual analysis of point cloud data, including by local density, height above ground, intensity, and classification |
|
✓ |
| Point cloud profiling |
|
✓ |
| Pixels to Points® – Drone/UAV imagery processing to create 3D point clouds, orthoimage, and 3D model |
|
✓ |
| Advanced automated vectorization of imagery and terrain |
|
✓ |
| Support for RTK devices and display of satellite constellation |
|
✓ |
| Built-in editor for Global Mapper scripts |
|
✓ |
| Support for Python scripting |
|
✓ |
