Portable Global Mapper [repack]

The geologist arrives at a remote copper prospect. There is no internet. They unzip a Pelican case containing a rugged laptop running Global Mapper Pro. They load a pre-cached 10GB elevation model of the region.

Using Global Mapper’s built-in point cloud processing, they classify ground points and filter out vegetation noise (trees and brush) in 15 minutes—a process that used to take an hour on a desktop. portable global mapper

Mitigation: Use a matte screen protector (anti-glare) on tablets, or switch to a transreflective LCD screen found on Getac or Panasonic Toughbooks. The geologist arrives at a remote copper prospect

Using Blue Marble’s Global Mapper Cloud Services , a field operator can process a LiDAR tile locally on a laptop, then upload the resulting vector shapefile (just 5MB) to the cloud automatically whenever a cell signal or Starlink connection is found. The office GIS team sees the update within seconds. They load a pre-cached 10GB elevation model of the region

They export a .KMZ file and a georeferenced PDF map to an iPad. The geologist hikes to the target using Global Mapper Mobile for navigation, hammer in hand. By lunchtime, they have confirmed the mineralized structure.