Installing Global Mapper

The latest version of Global Mapper is available for download at the following location: https://www.bluemarblegeo.com/global-mapper-download/

The daily build of Global Mapper is also available and provides access to product development between the official releases: https://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper-daily-builds.php

Global Mapper can be installed Locally for each user or Globally for all users. The default is to install locally for each user, but using a global install may be beneficial for organizations looking to install the program so that Global Mapper may be accessed through many user accounts on the machine.

Advanced Installation

Silent Install:

The Global Mapper EXE install includes the following command line arguments:

Silent "<setup.exe> /s"

Log "<setup.exe> /l=<logfile.ext>"

Additional Silent Installs:

For DXF use DXFDWG=TRUE

For Python use PYTHON=TRUE

Example:
globalmapper.exe /s DXFDWG=TRUE python: PYTHON=TRUE

Global Install Commands:

UserPref=FALSE

ProfilePref=TRUE

Example:
globalmapper.exe /s UserPref=FALSE Profile Preference: ProfilePref=TRUE

Administrative Install:

Global Mapper is also available as an MSI File. This file is for administrative installation of Global Mapper for deployment across systems. This installer uses MSIExec, and the available options can be found here. Not all of these options are included. It does not support administrative installs. An example of a quiet install with no user interface would be:

"msiexec -i GlobalMapper.msi /qn"

Global Mapper Uninstall Commands:

Following along and replace necessary blocks with the proper paths to the file location of either .exe or .msi files located locally on your machine. Typically found at

msi: msiexec.exe /x <ProductCode_or_PathToMSI>

exe: <ProductCode_or_PathToEXE> /s MODIFY=FALSE REMOVE=TRUE UNINSTALL=YES

Network License Connection

Once a machine has been connected to a network license, the path to the license server is stored in a *.lic file in C:\ProgramData\GlobalMapper\ . Make sure a borrow is not specified in the file (it can be read with a plain text editor like Notepad).

This file can be copied to the same path on all end user machines to automatically connect to the network license.

WebView2

Global Mapper uses WebView2 to open the Help documentation files in your preferred browser. On installation, Global Mapper will verify that this runtime can be found on the machine. In the rare case where WebView2 is not present on the machine, Global Mapper will download and install it from Blue Marble Geographic’s servers. This requires an internet connection.

Known Security Vulnerabilities

There are no known security vulnerabilities in the current version of Global Mapper.

Fixed Security Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory SA 51510/CVE-2013-0727 - Issue with dwmapi.dll - Fixed in v16.0

Advisory (CVE-2010-3599) - Security Vulnerability in NCSECW.dll - Fixed in v15.2

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