CoriMap was originally designed to automate the production of Pipeline as-built drawings, "long haul" Fiber Optic construction plans and as-built maps. Now, in response to customer requests, CoriMap's first major upgrade includes a host of new features to more completely address Municipal Utility and Telecom "last mile", as-built and design.

Also included in this new release are several new features that will have a positive impact on all type of Corridor Mapping.

Automated Digital Walkout - Producing drawings automatically from GPS field data is without a doubt the fastest and most accurate method. Now, with the introduction of our new CoriMap Quick Start Kit, you can begin producing finished maps from GPS field data the first day.

Manual Walkout Support - Since it's introduction CoriMap has supported the production of corridor maps using GPS field data. Now CoriMap supports the creation of design and as-built maps from field notes gathered using manual methods. The new Place Blocks function allows entry of manual field notes by relatively inexperienced operators, without regard to the final project block standards.

In high volume environments, our new tools can allow a small number of operators to produce a large number of drawings in a short period of time. The key is automated processing. Once the field notes are entered, many of the drafting tasks can be accomplished with no operator attention (many drawings can be processed in batch).

Our new QuickStart Kit supports both Manual and Digital Walkout techniques. Our new block library for Municipal Utility and Telecom design was developed as a result of many real world projects for Municipal Public Works, Oil Pipeline, Long Haul Fiber and Last Mile Fiber applications. Each block has been designed to work in harmony with both Manual fielding methods and GPS data collection.

New Block Functions

Place Blocks - a new function has been added to allow Posting of information collected through Manual Walkout methods.
RePlace Blocks - a new function was added to reposition feature blocks based on the contents of their Station and Offset attributes.
Orient Blocks - a new function was added to rotate feature block graphics in relation to a baseline.

Orient Blocks
Our new block orientation tool automatically rotates block graphics (without rotating the Attributes) in relation to a selected baseline. We included 4 options to suit any standard: Left, Right, In or Out. It works with blocks originally designed to be horizontal or vertical when rotated to 0 degrees. This handy utility can make fast work of a tedious rotate chore.

Here's some examples:

Unoriented
Oriented Left
Oriented Right
Oriented In
Oriented Out

Place Blocks
Place Blocks provides the backbone of our process for creating standard drawings from Manual Walkout notes. The process begins with the preparation of a basemap containing at least a baseline (shown in red).

Once the basemap is prepared, the Data Entry task can begin, using Place Blocks. The operator is asked to Pick a Baseline, choose a scale and then enter a series of 4 values: Station, Offset, Feature Code and Label. Each entry is qualified by looking up the feature code in a user configurable library.

As each set of 4 values are entered, the Place Blocks function inserts a generic block with all the entered data stored in attributes. Each block insertion point is computed from station and offset data.

When data entry is complete, the CoriMap Block Redefine function is used to replace the generic blocks with project standard blocks.

Re-Place Blocks
Just as our new Place Block function calculates the correct position of each block using the entered station and offset values, our new RePlace Block function reads these stored values and moves the blocks to a correct position. You can use it after changing the Station and Offset values or you can use it after changing the shape of the baseline.

Here's an example where we RePlace the blocks after a straight road is changed to use curved linework.

Now you can arrange large groups of attributes totally automatically. The new Auto option can work in a column mode, where groups of attributes are arranged in a line, either horizontally or vertically, or in a Baseline Follow mode. In either case, a series of slots is determined to arrange the attribute groups as close as possible to their associated block. A new Leader option has also been added for those cases where leaders are desirable.

When our automated attribute arrangement tool was first introduced, it allowed mapping operators to quickly rearrange large numbers of block attributes in several formats. Now we have expanded the options for this workhorse function to include a new Auto Mode that automatically determines the best location for each group of attributes, with either a Column or Baseline Follow arrangement. We have also added a Leader function - here's some examples.

Original - Before Arrangement
This Pipeline segment drawing has all of it's attributes arranged in their default positions - directly opposite the block insertion point. Where several features are within a close proximity, the attributes are not readable.

Baseline Follow Mode
Our new Auto arrange mode allows for the arrangement of attributes so that they will generally follow the Baseline - but will not overlap.

Baseline Follow Mode - with leaders (dotted)
Another new arrange option is Leaders. You can use them with just about any arrangement mode. Here's Baseline Follow mode with leaders. Notice that we defined the leader layer to use the dotted linetype so our leaders are dotted.

Column Mode
Another option with our new Auto arrange mode will stack attributes in a column (horizontal or vertical). The attribute groups will generally be located as close to the block insertions as possible while making sure none overlap.

Column Mode - with leaders
Of course you can use Leaders with Column mode. In this example we have used a continuous linetype for the leader layer.