Global Mapper Tutorials
4.2.2012 Update – Many thanks to the Mid Coast Chapter of the Maine Society of Land Surveyors for their generous donation!
Introducing Web Mapping Service
Video Length: 6:22
Recording Date: 1.26.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012112)
Description: Tips on adding a web mapping service to Global Mapper using the WMS offered through http://www.maine.gov/megis
Introducing LiDAR
Video Length: 9:23
Recording Date: 1.27.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012612)
Description: Tips on loading master index of tile layouts (shape files), finding the individual tiles and adding LiDAR data – classified 3d coordinate point files (.las) into a Global Mapper project – ME LiDAR Coverage & Data Availability
Introducing Contours
Video Length: 5:49
Recording Date: 1.27.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012612)
Description: Tips on creating 3d elevation grids and then producing contours from elevation data in a Global Mapper project
Exporting Contours
Video Length: 5:23
Recording Date: 1.27.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012612)
Description: Tips on exporting contours from a Global Mapper project intended for insertion into an AutoCAD drawing – NOTE! These are 3d polylines, a whole new animal for some of us 
Exporting LiDAR
Video Length: 8:33
Recording Date: 2.19.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b021812)
Description: Tips on exporting only the LiDAR point data from a Global Mapper project intended for insertion into an AutoCAD drawing for contour generation using alternative software to sidestep problems associated with 3d polylines.
Contour Experiments
Video Length: n/a – this is a multilayered PDF (10 MB)
Production Date: 2.16.2012 (right click Save As)
Description: Results of tests exporting point features from Global Mapper for contour generation inside AutoCAD. The purposes of these tests were to 1) see which dataset(s) exported from Global Mapper were best suited for contour creation in AutoCAD, 2) to see what impact there would be on the contours themselves and 3) work around 3d polylines.
Exporting Watersheds
Video Length: 6:36
Recording Date: 1.27.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012612)
Description: Tips on creating, viewing (in 3D!) and exporting watersheds from a Global Mapper project into an AutoCAD drawing
Beyond LiDAR
Video Length: 6:08
Recording Date: 1.29.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012812)
Description: Tips on adding national elevation data (NED) to a Global Mapper project using data offered through the built-in downloading features of Global Mapper
Introducing Viewsheds
Video Length: 7:24
Recording Date: 1.29.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012812)
Description: Tips of creating, viewing (in3D!) and exporting a viewshed analysis from a Global Mapper project.
Working with field data
Video Length: 5:14
Recording Date: 1.27.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012612)
Description: Tips on adding data gathered in the field from a handheld GPS device (Garmin 550 used in this example) into a Global Mapper project
Working with survey data
Video Length: 7:07
Recording Date: 1.27.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012612)
Description: Tips on adding (real!) post-adjusted survey data from a survey program (.cor file from a CMM project used in this example) into a Global Mapper project
Introducing Parcels
Video Length: 9:07
Recording Date: 1.29.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012812)
Description: Tips on adding parcel data (of the tax map and lot variety) to a Global Mapper project using data offered through http://www.maine.gov/megis
Rectification
Video Length: 10:40
Recording Date: 1.28.2012
Global Mapper version used in video: v13.01 (b012712)
Description: Tips on how to geo-reference raster images; e.g., pdf, tif & jpg – this is the first step in being able to load paper maps onto handheld GPS units that support map imagery
Exploring Maine’s LiDAR with Global Mapper – Seminar Resources