Streets On A Disk, Latest New Features Release Information:
05/05/2008 - A "Streets On A Disk" Web Subscription now includes full access to ALL 3000+ digital maps of the United States! - The utility "Optimize Map" has been updated. If the main map zoom displays a much larger area than the county, run this utility on the map.
04/25/2008 - Address matching has been improved. - Bug Fix: Fixed cause of "Object ref" error message.
04/18/2008 - We have just started releasing new Rev 19 maps! The latest release of Streets On A Disk will be necessary to display the new maps properly. Be sure to check for new updates. - Some Options categories have been updated for the new Rev 19 maps. After updating, you can master reset the BASE Map options - or update the categories manually. - The Edit Image menu is easier use. Images can be switched on/off as needed. It is easier to scale large images and image size can determine the overall zoom range. - We have added a general purpose USA IMAGE map that can be used with other USA maps. - "Make Point Groups" now includes a button for "alternate" point groups. In some cases, the alternate setting may produce better shaped groups. - When you right-click on a map name in the Maps menu list, you now have a choice to remove all maps from one state. This is much easier than clicking on the files one-at-a-time. - Make Point Groups now formats groups to 3 digits ("001"...). - Mouse ID \ Circle and menus now retain their last value. - Bug Fix: In some cases, Bookmarks were drawing twice. - Bug Fix: Setting the option to Exact Zip's was only blocking some zip code mismatches. This has been improved.
03/07/2008 - We have added the ability to display background images to map. There is also a map image editor. Streets On A Disk can now display any number of images as part of the map. For example you can add a satellite image or aerial photo to be displayed as a map background. - The Web Update menu now includes "What's New" information. - Bug Fix: The "Edit Number" Control would not allow leading zeros.
02/22/2008 - Bug Fix: Map menu / Create file was not creating a file.
02/21/2008 - "Edit Street Labels" is now a separate menu found in the main Edit menu. This simplifies adjusting street names and adding custom notes to the map image before a printout. This new menu is found in the main EDIT menu. - Multiple EDIT menus can now be displayed at once. This makes it much easier to edit and create new streets on the map. - "Create Map" menu has been improved and can be used to load an existing map without overwriting. By default all new maps include fields for addresses. - Bug Fix: Search Point Groups now defaults to one group upon error. - Bug Fix: In the Programmer's interface, @Export lines & boundaries: longitude coordinates always matched. This has been fixed. - We have added "_STREETS_ONLY" to programmer's interface @Export_lines.
01/30/2008 - ID coordinate values (X,Y or Lat/Long) can now be saved to the clipboard (by right clicking). - Bug Fix: Edit / Street / Add was giving "Object" error messages in some cases.
01/08/2008 - Address search can now locate approximate addresses, even when address numbers are missing on very short local streets. - Bug fix: Local streets options could not be used to draw a thick double line. This has been fixed.
12/11/2007 - Address search has been improved even more. Locates more cities and streets.
11/21/2007 - When using the programmer's interface, some users have had map printouts zoom too far out. This has been fixed.
11/19/2007 - We have added ability to prevent address searches from finding the closest match if the zip code is wrong (only for the programmer's interface). - Bug Fix: Zoom to Route was not always showing the whole route.
11/09/2007 - The red and green Bookmark buttons at the top of the screen can now be used to save the travel route for quick recall. Maps, routes, and screen highlights can now easily be recalled. - We have added progress bar when programmer's interface is running. This will make it easier for the user to determine when a program running will finish. - More programmer's interface internal improvements.