OCAD History
OCAD is a graphics program for drawing maps or plans of all kinds. The software program was originally developed by Hans Steinegger for the creation of digital orienteering maps. Today it is used successfully in all areas of professional cartography.
You find a detailed list of newly added function in our Wiki or in the Release Notes.
- OCAD Sketch App Improvements
- Define Paper Size for displaying a print area or creating a map layout.
- Create a Feature Map to recognize objects close to the ground
- OCAD Route Analyzer 2.0: Get fastest routes for orienteering courses in all terrains.
- Create an optimized DEM for Course Setting.
- OCAD Sketch App Improvements
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- OCAD Sketch App: Android and iOS app for ergonomic and efficient mapping in the field
- Canvases: Canvases for different map layouts added
- Check IOF minimum dimensions directly during drawing
- GeoPackage import is now possible in OCAD
- Raster objects can now be saved directly in the OCAD file
- OCAD Sketch Layer: Additional drawing layer for mapping in the terrain with tablet computer and pen.
- Drawing: Fill Bounded Area tool released.
- Drawing: Show Live Preview and Legibility Halo for point objects.
- Upload orienteering courses directly to Livelox.
- New Map Wizard: Direct impot of free available geodata.
- Online Map Services: Load georeferenced Google Maps aerial photos.
- User Interface: OCAD supports the potential of high-resolution screens.
- Upload orienteering courses directly to SPORTident Center.
- Route Analyzer: Analyze routes of sprint orienteering courses.
- Update Symbol Set: This function helps you to update your map to the latest ISOM 2017-2 standart.
Introduction of the subscription model for “Single Users” and “Teams” (companies and associations). Thanks to the subscription model, OCAD is constantly updated with new functions.
New features on release:
- Check legability according to ISOM 2017
- Create smoothed contour lines
- Automatic extraction of vegetation and terrain objects
- 64x zoom support
New features during the year:
- Extract Cliff Features automatically
- Create a vegetation base map directly in the DEM Import Wizard
- Set Courses faster and easier with the Compose Course function
- Start your Course Setting Project with the New Course Setting Project Wizard
- Rotate Map to Magnetic North and consider the declination
OCAD 2018 Mapping Solution
OCAD 2018 Orienteering
OCAD 2018 Starter
OCAD 2018 Course Setting
New Modul “ThematicMapper” for creating Thematic Maps, move line segment, generalize buildings, smooth contour lines with different tolerance levels, Symbol Status-Manager, Docking-Panels, Analyse of LiDAR- und DEM-Data with a step-by-step assistant, irregular stochastic pattern, time stamp for objects, manage large background maps and LiDAR-data due to new 64-Bit-Version, Multiple Representation
Windows 10
Products:
OCAD for Cartography
OCAD 12 Mapping Solution
OCAD 12 ThematicMapper
OCAD 12 Professional
OCAD for Orienteering
OCAD 12 Professional
OCAD 12 Orienteering
OCAD 12 Starter
OCAD 12 Course Setting
OCAD 12 Wiki – Online Help
New with WMS (Web Map Service), layout layer, Stairway drawing mode, snapping, Laser Rangefinder drawing mode, Classify Vegetation Height, create color gradient, Shape import.
Windows 7
4 Products:
- OCAD 11 Professional
- OCAD 11 Orienteering
- OCAD 11 Starter
- OCAD 11 Course Setting
The new version OCAD 11 Enterprise provided a client-server architecture which allows to work in teams.
OCAD 11 Wiki – Online Help
Import digital elevation models (contour lines, calculate hill shading and own contour lines), free choose between 11 languages (German, English, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese, Turkish und Japanese).
More file formats for import and export (new with SVG [ Scalable Vector Graphics])
Import and edit Freehand or Adobe Illustrator files.
KML (export as KML-format and visualize in Google Earth).
GPX (exchange for GPS-devices)
Windows XP/Vista
OCAD Inc. was created after the sudden death of the founder of OCAD, Hans Steinegger.
Windows XP
Import and export SHP files, Database connection, Course Setting module, Draft-Mode)
3 versions, Professional, Standard, Course Setting
For Windows 95/NT
Online help
Change scale, part of map, merge lines, real time GPS, georeference, no more digitising board.(possible to show areas with hatches, so that background was visible)
New in Windows (3.1) program
Scan background maps
Bezier curve
Programmable symbols, create own symbol set
Import DXF-data
Different languages (German, French, English, Swedish, Finnish)
Rectangular drawing function
Cut/fill hole
Set corner vertex
Create stamp field
Line tracing
Additionally in Professional: map shift / turn / enlarge / downsize, import additional map part, DXF-function, translation table.
Fill out / make border of areas.
Different options for symbols e.g. fill roads, set thickness of path and rocks.
Small house, small ruin as rotatable point symbol.
Automatically smooth, setting in 5 levels.
Import and export of maps (logos).
Release of the first version of OCAD in January 1989.
MS-DOS version
«Schneitwald» was the first map, which was generated with OCAD.
