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- OpenCities Map products

Important Note:  Beginning with the CONNECT Edition,  OpenCities Map is now a standalone product and is not available as a layered application for MicroStation.  For further information, please refer to the question How can I upgrade from Bentley Map V8i to OpenCities Map CONNECT Edition? in the CONNECT Edition FAQ

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The OpenCities Map CONNECT Edition product line includes the following:

OpenCities Map PowerView -  For users that primarily need to view and perform light 2D feature acquisition and editing. OpenCities Map PowerView can query from spatial databases.

OpenCities Map Advanced- Designed for users that need to create, edit, manage, and analyze spatial databases. OpenCities Map Advanced can query, edit and post to spatial databases.

OpenCities Map Ultimate- Is designed for users that need all the functionality of OpenCities Map Advanced as well as the ability to execute advanced reality data processing with Bentley Descartes, and/or long transactions with a two-tier connection to Oracle Spatial.  Bentley Descartes  is included with OpenCities Map Ultimate. OpenCities Map Ultimate also supports full 3D editing.

Theme OpenCities Map Ultimate OpenCities Map Advanced OpenCities Map PowerView     Version
Reality Data Processing (Raster, STM, Point Cloud and Reality Meshes) Y - -
3D Placement and Editing Tools Y - -
Animation Creation Y - -
XFM 3D Smart Editing Y - - Update 3
XFM Textures Editing Future - -
Export to LumenRT Y - - Update 5
3D Buffer Y - - Update 5
3D Split / Merge Y - - Update 5
Promote to CityGML Y - - Update 5 (Tech Preview)
CityGML Editing Y - - Update 5 (Tech Preview)
Posting to Spatial Data Sources (Oracle, SQLServer, FGDB, PostGIS) Y Y -
Posting to Spatial Data Sources (ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online) Y Y - Update 4
Exporting Geospatial Data (SHP, MIF, TAB, GML, FGDB) Y Y -
Export to MicroStation Elements from Map Manager Y Y -
CityGML Import / Export Y Y - Update 5 (Tech Preview)
Publishing to iModel Y Y -
Geographic Coordinate System Management and Editing Y Y -
Buffers and Overlays Analysis Y Y -
FME Integration Y Y - Update 3
Topology Tools Y Y -
Enhanced Analyze Tool Y Y Y Update 5
AutoPromote Y Y Y Update 5
Free support of Bing Map Y Y Y
Display of Reality Meshes, Point Clouds, Textures Y Y Y
Querying from Spatial Data Sources (Oracle, SQLServer, WFS, FGDB, PostGIS, ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online) Y Y Y
Importing from Spatial Data Sources (Oracle, SQLServer, WFS, FGDB, PostGIS, ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online) Y Y Y
Importing Geospatial Files (SHP, MIF, TAB, GML) Y Y Y
Publishing to Map Mobile Y Y Y
Data Browser Y Y Y
Data Capture and Maintenance Y Y Y
Map Management and Thematic Mapping Y Y Y
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