BG-Map Features

BG-Map
Features

Mapping the world... one plant at a time

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List of Software Products from BG-Map...

Map Display Showing Current Tree Canopy and Trunk Sizes - Click to Enlarge

BG-Map is the only available mapping product that links directly to BG-BASE™ without the need for exporting or importing.

Easy to Use - Designed to meet the needs of garden staff - lets you concentrate on your job, not on technical details.
Plant Search Tool - Quickly find mapped or unmapped plants using various search criteria. Use the results to create reports and maps.
Web Interface - Display maps, plant information and more on your website or internally for your staff.
Display Both Existing and Proposed Plants - The Proposed Plants Feature allows you to create planting lists, tabulate costs, place proposed plants on the map and coordinate their locations with existing plants.
Tight Integration With Database - Changes entered into BG-BASE are immediately displayed on the map. Look up plant records directly from the map - just point and click.
Automated Map Printing - Automatically formats and prints maps on a wide variety of printers and plotters - no AutoCAD knowledge is required.
Image Linking - Links to images stored either in BG-BASE or BG-Map - clear thumbnail display of available images for any plant or taxon.
Dynamic Text Formatting - Text is dynamically reformatted and scaled to always maintain legibility. Text can be easily resized or rotated.
User Customizable - Plant symbols and colors can be assigned to plant families, genera, habits or special characteristics.
Automated Surveying - Using either total station or GPS equipment.
Kiosk Software for Garden Visitors - Touch screen compatible Visitors QuickFinder with photo display, botanical glossary, and more.
Infrastructure Management - Optional Facilities Management Module tracks and manages your infrastructure, including buildings, equipment, utilities, works of art, signage, memorials, and much more.
Field Data Collection - Record plant size and condition in the field on a hand held computer with Garden Notepad and PropNoter
Compatible With AutoCAD - the industry standard for surveying, architecture and landscape design. Exchange maps and data with other AutoCAD compatible applications.
Runs on XP, Vista and Windows 7
Works with BG-BASE^TM
BG-Map is the only available GIS product that provides a live data link to BG-BASE^TM, the collections records database in use at botanical gardens and arboreta worldwide.
Technical Support Program - includes software updates at no additional cost.

"It still amazes me how you can work through issues that we encounter over the phone. You have the best technical support I have ever seen..."
Laura Vasquez, Montgomery Botanical Center
Network Ready

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