New in this Version

Fixed LiDAR elevation display not updating after vertical CRS change

Fixed an issue where batch importing many lidar files was significantly slower than in previous versions due to per-file draw mode recalculations during load.

Fixed an issue where breaklines created from guided extraction for edges on lidar data have incorrect per-vertex elevations

Fixed an issue where Manual Classification has incorrect warning occur when selecting from path profile that does not display all points

Fixed issue with slightly different results between runs when creating a RGB color grid from a Lidar point cloud.

Fixed paste of Lidar to new layer when the Lidar layer coordinate reference system is different than the current workspace coordinate reference system.

Fixed NDVI and NDWI shader display issues in 26.2.0-26.2.1.

NDVI and NDWI draw modes are now available for LiDAR point clouds containing NIR data.

The group check states are now remembered for the lidar stats

Fixed an issue in the lidar stats where MODE_ELEV shows up as an option but is not added to attributes

Changed the pop up for the calculate lidar stats in selected areas feature to only show the selected statistics

Fixed an issue where calculate lidar stats was operating over all points in the overall area of multiple selected features as opposed to just the selected feature areas individually

Fixed wording in the pop up for updating lidar statistics for area features

Added support for reading and writing LAS / LAZ v1.5 format files. This includes internal support for offset GPS times for more precision.

Fixed issue where Color by Segment draw mode did not appear after running APCA or spectral classification.

Elevation range is now loaded correctly when multiple layers are present.

Fixed option to 'Color Elevations Based on Visible Elevation Values' for Lidar which didn't work in 26.2.

LiDAR files where all Z values are identical now load without error.

Fixed issue where LiDAR draw mode dropdown showed limited options after opening a workspace with LiDAR data.

The Filter LiDAR dialog now correctly retains points above the specified elevation threshold.

Improved pole extraction to detect more pole points using RANSAC cylinder fitting with configurable parameters.

Fixed issue in path profile tool that could result in a slowdown if your path contained a large amount of lidar points

Fixed freeze/crash when opening a path profile during LiDAR classification.

LiDAR vegetation analysis using the Grid method now produces correct results.

Elevation filter settings are now preserved when switching between draw modes.

Fixed an issue where the Digitizer Toolset doesn't recognize lidar as being loaded if the user selects an area first

High and low vegetation class colors have been swapped

Moved Lidar/Terrain Display Options from Lidar Analysis menu to Tools menu for easier access

Fixed clipping polygon issues with classification, spectral partitioning and variogram dialogs.

Fix behavior of MCC ground classification to be consistent for different bin size units with equivalent values

Fixed extra field filter sliders showing raw integer ranges instead of scaled values

User Data point filter values are now calculated immediately when data is loaded.

A warning is now shown when loading data that is currently hidden by active view option filters.

Point filter minimum and maximum values now update immediately after a reset.

The scan angle filter range now updates correctly when toggling the absolute value option.

Pressing Enter after entering a filter value now applies the filter immediately.

View Options settings now stay in sync with changes made in the Configuration dialog.

LiDAR display option sliders no longer flicker when files are added or removed.

Applying live filters to LiDAR data no longer causes unintended changes to point cloud appearance.

Fixed issue that could cause 3d points and lidar points to be offset from each other if they had the same x,y,z values

Allow using middle mouse button to drag embedded map views around, like on the Image Rectification and Lidar QA / QC dialogs.

Updated 'LIDAR POINT COUNT' metadata item for point cloud layers to separate out the number of points marked as deleted.

Added new Lidar draw mode to color by User Data field.

PLS-CADD lidar imports now recognize an additional class string for classified building points

Added a new Voronoi Density Measurement tool for calculating horizontal lidar point density based on Voronoi cell sizes.

Building roof plane extraction quality has been improved.

Significant updates to the Lidar QA/QC tool allowing matching XY and Z components of control points against associated points in the cloud. Both Z-only and fully 3D transformations are now available.

Improved point cloud classifications when running ground, pole, and powerline classifications together.

Updated the calculation of Lidar statistics for a selection of Lidar points to include information about the avg/std dev/max above and below points relative to the best-fit plane.

Improved reading of compound coordinate reference systems from WKT PRJ files / strings.

Added Lidar Strip Alignment tool for easily adjusting one Lidar strip / flight line to match another.

Significantly improved the performance of building and vegetation classification using the segmentation method for mixed density point clouds, including terrestrial lidar.

Added the ability to identify flight lines in a point cloud by gaps in GPS time. New tool under Lidar Analysis menu.

Fixed error on Pixels to Points Ground Control Points dialog when initializing control point list on images that don't initially have relative altitude information.

Removing unused input datum combo box for P2P wizard since it is always assumed to be WGS84.

Ensure load of ground control points from a text file in Pixels to Points only allows the 'Point Only' import option.

Updated Ground Control Point dialog in Pixels to Points (P2P) so that selecting a new image will automatically put you in 'Add Control Point to Image' mode if there is not already a known location for the selected control point on the image.

Corrected direction of 3D View pivot axes.

Fixed lockup in 3D view with online data in 26.2.0 release.

Fixed issue in path profile tool that could result in a slowdown if your path contained a large amount of lidar points

Fixed issue where exporting path profile cross profiles to SHP format wouldn't let you cancel the process

Fixed an issue where the Path Profile menus disappear when docking path profile

Fixed text encoding when tracing water flow from/to lines and point features with non-ASCII text in attribute values.

Fixed an issue where the elevation legend displayed the shader for the first layer in the Control Center rather than the last layer drawn.

Fixed issues with density grid shading.

Fixed an issue where the elevation legend would disappear when lidar draw mode was not set to Color by Elevation and no lidar data was loaded.

Fixed issues with rendering terrain clamped to elevation in bounds when a layer is displayed in its entirety.

Fixed an issue where custom unit text was not applied to the elevation legend.

Fixed NDVI/NDWI draw modes persisting after NIR data is unloaded

Elevation Legend now correctly respects the Configuration > Display Options > Elevation Legend unit preference when streaming USGS 3DEP elevation data.

Fixed bug when restoring default elevation range values on the Alter Elevations tab of the Options dialog for a point cloud layer.

Fixed NDVI/NDWI shaders scaling to data extent instead of fixed [-1, 1] range

Added new options to the Water Level Rise calculation for flood layer ranges and an animation of the result

The Variogram Map Show Plot option now responds correctly on the first click.

The elevation legend now displays correctly when the layer shader differs from the workspace shader.

Moved Lidar/Terrain Display Options from Lidar Analysis menu to Tools menu for easier access

The named animation has been added with the name entered in the Animation option in the Solar Analysis tool. The group name of the layers added to the view will have the name "Shadow Mask - [Name Entered in the Animation Option]"

Density grids can now be enabled simultaneously with the vector points used to create them.

Pressing Enter after entering a filter value now applies the filter immediately.

LiDAR display option sliders no longer flicker when files are added or removed.

Prompt user to run ILE tools with CPU-only setting if it fails using the GPU.

Terrain Paint Along and Across Line using Selected Features brush was incorrectly processing selected area and point features.

Watershed flow lines from selected points are now created in a different layer than the stream network.

Fixed an issue where bright, saturated pixels were incorrectly labeled as Unknown, causing holes in buildings and high-reflectance areas. The model now distinguishes true NoData regions from saturated pixels, improving classification accuracy. Note: this adds a small amount of post-processing time.

The Setup Vectorize dialog now supports resize for the purpose of resizing the Color Matching Preview area

Polygon regularization now correctly processes features with complex interior geometries.

A redesigned Viewshed tool, including new options for optimizing transmitter placement and height on terrain data.

Fixed terrain paint fill gaps issues.

Added the option to vectorize slope raster based on percentage

The progress indicator now remains visible during triangulation method grid generation.

Kriging grid generation now works correctly after switching between projected and geodetic coordinate systems.

A new guided breakline drawing tool that snaps to terrain features based on user-placed seed points.

Fixed issue with some lines along edge of area features not being selected when selecting all lines in area features.

Fixed the default dialog width of the Digitizer Toolset to not obscure the Spatial Operations tool

Fixed an issue in the Digitizer Toolset where the leftmost button doesn't work if the user clicks the left side of the button

Fixed an issue where the hover tooltips don't fade when hovering the mouse between buttons in the Digitizer Toolset

Fixed MEASURE Display Feature Measurements not adding attributes

Improved parallel line tools handling of sharp angles

Removed unnecessary requirement for a coordinate transformation when inserting Pad Site template layers.

The Vectorize Raster tool in the Digitizer toolbar now deselects when the dialog is closed.

Fixed Create Grid workflow not allowing the selection of "All loaded data" for bounds

Fixed issue were auto styling of features may not apply to existing created features when the style is changed to the default unknown feature style.

Corrected calculation of average value for styling features by attribute values on Styles tabs of Options dialogs for vector layers when duplicate values are present.

Fixed Vector feature type filters that were not working in 26.2.0-26.2.1.

Fixed display of non-ANSI characters on Styles tabs of layer options dialog from layers not in UTF-8.

Fixed attributes are being hidden when a new one is created

Fixed an issue where the "update feature attribute order" button would make it so the attribute editor would not remember the attribute order

Case sensitivity is removed from the cases outlined in the description

Added the option for the user to add multiple attributes with "Add coordinates/bounds attributes to selected features"

Show user prompts when running a script from the script dialog.

Cesium 3D is now supported by the script builder and GMS

LIDAR_AUTO_FIT now correctly processes point clouds when the workspace coordinate reference system differs from the point cloud coordinate reference system.

Elevation Legend now correctly respects the Configuration > Display Options > Elevation Legend unit preference when streaming USGS 3DEP elevation data.

Updated TCarta Global Marine Basemap to account for changes from source host

Significantly sped up LAS / LAZ export when reprojecting data.

Fixed gridding of Lidar using the Kriging method when the data is reprojected.

Fixed certain LAZ exports attaching the wrong coordinate reference system data to the file

Fix an issue with the Hellenic Grid transformation that was causing it to fail when applied in reverse.

Show the current (potentially customized) vertical unit details when displaying info.

Removed unnecessary requirement for a coordinate transformation when inserting Pad Site template layers.

Make load of PRJ files more consistent between loading from string versus from file.

Added the ability to edit object definitions to the Configuration dialog's Coordinate Reference System/Select Coordinate System tab.

EPSG codes have been added to the Coordinate Reference System display.

Coordinate Reference System for NSIDC Geotiffs now imports correctly.

Duplicate transformation pickers no longer appear when exporting to DTED when Auto Pick is turned off.

GeoTIFF exports will now include a vertical, if present.

Fixed an issue where running Deep learning tools with GeoCalc caused GlobalMapper to close unexpectedly.

Coordinate Transformations have been optimized and threaded to improve speed.

Improving autopick logic and the order in which we attempt to find an applicable transform.

Coordinate transformations are now saved in newly made GMW layers.

Fixed DWG export from Global Mapper units bug. The resulting file always had 'Feet' $MEASUREMENT flag, which incorrectly scaled in metric Civil3D drawing.

Added attributes to the GCP file export for RMSE_X and RMSE_Y with the respective values for each point. Also, an RMSE_Z attribute is added to GCP options with 3D transforms

Added new script parameter FORCE_FULL_PROJ for IMPORT commands to specify that all coordinate conversions for the layer should do the full calculations rather than using a mesh.

Apply vertical transformations dynamically between layers with different known vertical coordinate systems. This includes on the Feature Info dialog and analysis operations.

Adding the ability to set an epoch date on a layer as well as to set a global epoch date, and to select time-based transforms to perform the required conversion.

Azimuthal Equidistant Projection logic has been updated to match current industry standards and to fully implement ellipsoidal math when needed.

Significantly sped up LAS / LAZ export when reprojecting data.

Fixed an issue where batch importing many lidar files was significantly slower than in previous versions due to per-file draw mode recalculations during load.

Improved E57 cloud import, including fixing issues with the scan filter and improving progress and gridding.

Fixed issue with Last Exported Bounds option for export not being updated if you never activated the Export Bounds tab on the previous export.

Fixed issues with ECW/JP2 alpha channels when more than 4 data bands are present.

Fixed errors rendering some JP2 files when zoomed out a bit.

Added support for XMP metadata stored using <x:xmpmeta> tag.

Fixed load of GGF geoid grid files with 16-bit samples.

Improved speed of initial load of vector data that was a bit slower in 26.2.

Fixed issues with workspaces and GMP files containing vector line or point features saved in 26.2.0-26.2.1 loading with errors in earlier versions of GM.

Fixed multi-band image format exports from 8-bit per pixel and grid layers in 26.2.0-26.2.1.

Changed XYZ Grid export dialog to use row-major order by default and to save all settings between runs.

Fixed issue where S57 files saved to a workspace could be duplicated when loaded

Fixed issue with loss of precision when loading certain OBJ files

Fixed issue with non-transparent ECW exports with invalid regions in 26.2.0-26.2.1.

ECW files with Korean names will now load in Korean GM.

Allow loading truncated USGS DEM format files rather than just failing if any data is missing.

Added support for additional XMP data fields when loading picture point images.

Added Cesium 3D Embed Texture export option.

Added a checkbox to create Cesium 3D tile for exporting PNG or JPEG raster formats

Corrected visibility issue with Generate PRJ File option in 3D Export property page.

PLS-CADD lidar imports now recognize an additional class string for classified building points

Fixed DWG/DXF Import so that the label text no longer contains invalid "ol" characters.

GeoTIFF exports will now include a vertical, if present.

Fixed issue were DBF border color attribute wouldn't be used on shapefile load

When exporting to DXF and DWG, allow user to force areas to be exported as polylines.

Added multi-line AcDbMText support to dwg/dxf export for feature areas with multi-line labels.

Fixed DWG export from Global Mapper units bug. The resulting file always had 'Feet' $MEASUREMENT flag, which incorrectly scaled in metric Civil3D drawing.

Fixed incorrect behavior in some cases exporting large vector data sets to a raster format while both tiling and cropping to the same area feature(s).

Corrected multi-band export defaults when non-black background color is used.

Elevation values are no longer assigned during 2D DXF/DWG imports

Added support for exporting Trimble GGF geoid grid format files.

Added support for exporting loaded point cloud data to the E57 format.

Fixed issue with font changes to default feature type styles not saving between runs if no other (non-font) style changes are made.

Fixed issues using attribute values with non-ASCII characters when styling by attributes.

EPSG codes have been added to the Coordinate Reference System display.

Vectorized s52 point symbols

Fixed errors rendering some JP2 files when zoomed out a bit.

LiDAR toolbar buttons remain visible when the draw mode dropdown contains longer text.

Increased precision displayed for 'No Data Distance' value above slider when creating a TIN grid.

Fixed an issue where the elevation legend would disappear when lidar draw mode was not set to Color by Elevation and no lidar data was loaded.

Fixed load of GGF geoid grid files with 16-bit samples.

Fixed issues with degree symbol display on the status bar.

Fixed duplicate code page parameter warning when opening workspace

Batch terrain import performance has been restored to expected speeds.

Fixed an issue where custom unit text was not applied to the elevation legend.

Fixed an issue in the Digitizer Toolset where the leftmost button doesn't work if the user clicks the left side of the button

Fixed issue with the Live Lidar / Terrain Filter Slider dialog showing up too large.

Fixed NDVI/NDWI shaders scaling to data extent instead of fixed [-1, 1] range

Fixed an issue where multiple shortcuts are added when a folder has the same name as a zip folder

Fixed the 'e' in workspace being cut off in the 'Display Only Top...' option in the Animate Layers Toolset

A display anomaly has been fixed where layers that are not animated are getting hidden with Only Display Layers in Selected Animation Set checked

fixed case where border styles were lost when saving an auto styled area feature

The code page option should now be saved as part of the import options

Added support for additional XMP data fields when loading picture point images.

Improve behavior when a system cannot display and embedded Edge browser control. Any error is now displayed in place of the browser control.

Fixed rare issue that prevented Global Mapper 26.2 from starting on some machines.

Updated the name of Macedonia to North Macedonia in the default dataset

Fixed crash loading some GMP files with multiple Lidar layers in 26.2.0 release.

Added reseller contact information to language versions maintenance and support popups

Fixed animation state changes affecting visibility of layers while the animation is not playing

A new land cover classification model that is best suited for imagery from coastal chaparral areas.

A new land cover classification model that is best suited for imagery from desert, semi-arid, or low-precipitation areas.

support added to allow settings on more than one label layer can be changed at the same time

Fixed reset of workspace coordinate reference system when creating a new multi-band layer from loaded layers in a different coordinate reference system.

Added an option to refresh the Built-in Model list for Insight and Learning Engine settings via right click

Added a Match confidence attribute for each detected vehicle and building feature in the ILE Object Detection tool. Match is presented as easy-to-understand ranges: Potential (0–33%), Likely (33–66%), and Confident (66%+), providing a clearer indication of detection quality.

Fixed duplicate Fine-Tuning dialogs opening on repeated button presses

Fixed duplicate Object Detection dialogs opening on repeated button presses

Fixed duplicate Land Cover Classification dialogs opening on repeated button presses

Made the create rectangle/square brush option the only one available for vehicle detection training data creation.

Auto styled area features saved to a workspace will now have the same border colors

fixed text clipping issue that could happen on the Insight and learning engine dialog

Removed unnecessary options from Training Data Generation Options for building extraction.

Improved the way users can reorder layers in the fine-tuning step by adding "up and down" arrows. The "drag and drop" option can still be used for reordering the layers.

New connections should now work without the need for recreation.

Fixed an issue where running Deep learning tools with GeoCalc caused GlobalMapper to close unexpectedly.

Added script support for Deep Learning inference tools, including Land Cover Classification, Building Extraction, and Vehicle Detection.

Mesh Cropper tool supports arbitrary cropping polygons

Vectorized s52 point symbols

Added support for slope direction shaders in the vectorizer and equal value area tools.

Added a splash screen when Global Mapper is opened