1. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
OCAD – From a niche product towards a
professional cartographic solution
2. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
The Niche: Orienteering Maps.
Orienteering
Outdoor sport (forest, meadows or urban areas)
Task: Find a predefined sequence (course) of controls (red-
white flag) in the terrain with the help of a map and a
compass.
Topographic Map with the indication of runnability
• International Specification for Orienteering Maps (ISOM)
• Very good legibility under bad weather conditions (rainfall, dark forest)
• Waterproof and tear-resistance
• Precise for navigation with the help of a compass
• Low cost solution due to the production by volunteers (easy to learn)
3. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Professional Cartographic Solution.
4. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
The Niche: Orienteering Maps.
By what does
Switzerland
lead the
Orienteering
market?
Almost every
orienteering map is
produced with OCAD!
5. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
35 Years ago: Manual Labor
• Base map: Survey Maps
• Surveying: Step counting
Compass bearing
Visual perceptions
• Drawing: Transparent films with Rapidographs
• Printing: Spot color printing
Development of Orienteering Maps.
6. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Development of Orienteering Maps.
30 Years ago: 3D-Stereographic Plot
• Base map: Survey Maps
Photogrammetric plot
• Surveying: Step counting
Compass bearing
Visual perceptions
• Drawing: Films drawing with Rapidographs
• Printing: Spot color printing
7. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
20 Years ago: Digital Cartography with OCAD 4/5/6/7
• Base map: Scanning or vectorizing Survey Map
Photogrammetric plot
• Surveying: Step counting
Compass bearing
Visual perception
• Drawing: Digitalization Boards
Computer Mouse
• Printing: Spot color printing
CMYK printing
Development of Orienteering Maps.
8. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
15 Years ago: GPS Receiver / Laser Range Finder (OCAD 8/9)
• Base map: Digital Survey Maps
Digital photogrammetric plots
• Surveying: GPS Receiver Tracks
Laser Range Finder Distances
Compass bearing
Visual perceptions
• Drawing: Computer Mouse
• Printing: Spot color printing
CMYK printing
Development of Orienteering Maps.
9. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
8 Years ago: LiDAR data / DEM / Tablets (OCAD 10/11)
• Base map: Digital Survey Maps / WMS /
LiDAR data
Contour lines
Relief shading
Slope map
• Surveying: GPS Receiver Tracks
Laser Range Finder
Tablet PC
• Drawing: Computer Mouse, pen
• Printing: (Spot color printing)
CMYK printing
Development of Orienteering Maps.
10. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Detecting small land form
features in the relief shading
Relief Shading.
11. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Contour Lines vs. Relief Shading.
12. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Orthophotos vs. Vegetation Height Maps.
Vegetation Height Maps (DSM minus DTM)
13. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Cartographic Workflow I.
Capture
LiDAR-
flights
Scanning old
maps
Surveying
Capture
technical data
Geodataavailable?
Digital
elevation
models
Raster data
(WMS)
Vector
(Nat. GDB)
Technical data
(DB, Lists)
Importofdata
CompleteGeodata
GPS, Laser
Range Finder
Open
Street
Map
Editing/Construction
1 2 3 4 5
Yes/
No
Orthophotos &
DEM while
vectorizing:
- Contour lines
- Road & tracks
- Vegetation
- Cliffs
- Others
Complete
14. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Editing/Construction
Editing
Raster
Topological
Adjustments
Editing
Vectors
Editing
DB
Visualization
IndividualVisualization
Generalization
TextPlacement
ExportofData
Web maps
GDB,
WMS
Mobile
devices
Printing
MapLayout
6 7 8
AddedValue
Course
Setting
Routing
(OSM)
Cartographic Workflow II.
9
15. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Data of Official Survey in Switzerland.
11 Thematic Layers
Survey marks
Ground cover
Single objects
Heights (DEM)
Nomenclature
Properties
Piping
Boundaries
Permanent erosion and mudflow
Address of houses
Administrative boundaries
Source : www.cadastre.ch
Contour lines and hill
shading are missing!
Toilets for dogs
16. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Survey Map 1:10’000.
Raw data (DXF) Individual visualization With relief shading and toilets
for dogs
17. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Cartographic Workflow I.
Capture
LiDAR flights
Scanning old
maps
Surveying
Capture
technical data
Geodataavailable?
Digital
elevation
models
Raster data
(WMS)
Vector
(Nat. GDB)
Technical data
(DB, Lists)
Importofdata
CompleteGeodata
GPS, Laser
Range Finder
Open
Street
Map
Editing/Construction
1 2 3 4 5
Yes/
No
Orthophotos &
DEM while
vectorizing:
- Contour lines
- Road & tracks
- Vegetation
- Cliffs
- Others
Complete
18. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Editing/Construction
Editing
Raster
Topological
Adjustments
Editing
Vectors
Editing
DB
Visualization
IndividualVisualization
Generalization
TextPlacement
ExportofData
Web maps
GDB,
WMS
Mobile
devices
Printing
MapLayout
6 7 8
AddedValue
Course
Setting
Routing
(OSM)
Cartographic Workflow II.
9
19. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Import and
Export of
Geodata
Internet
Maps
Geodata
Capture
(GPS)
Desktop
Publishing
(DTP)
Positioning of OCAD.
20. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Powerful
Symbol Editor
9 Drawing Modes,
incl. Bézier Curve
Snapping, Line Tracing
& Spacing
Rubbersheeting &
Map Transformation
Specific Cartographic Tools.
DEM: Contours,
Profile, Relief
Shading
Clear Intersections &
Dashed LinesInterpolate,
Smooth
& Reshape
21. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Import and
Export of
Geodata
Internet
Maps
Geodata
Capture
(GPS)
Desktop
Publishing
(DTP)
Positioning of OCAD.
22. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Geodata Capture.
Geodata
Capture
(GPS)
Suitable for Tablet PC
Import & Export GPX
Real Time GPS
Connection
Laser Range Finder
23. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Import and
Export of
Geodata
Internet
Maps
Geodata
Capture
(GPS)
Desktop
Publishing
(DTP)
Positioning of OCAD.
24. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Import and Export Geodata.
Import
and
Export of
Geodata
SHP/DXF
OpenStreetMap
Database ManagerSQL-Query Builder
WMS
Connection
Georeferenced
Raster Maps
25. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Internet Maps.
Internet
Maps
OCAD Internet Map
with OpenLayers
Navigation & Search
Visualization
with KML on
GoogleEarth
Visualization &
Localization with
KML on Smart
Phones & iPad
26. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Import and
Export of
Geodata
Internet
Maps
Geodata
Capture
(GPS)
Desktop
Publishing
(DTP)
Positioning of OCAD.
27. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
Desktop-Publishing (DTP).
Desktop
Publishing
(DTP)
Export Raster Maps
(BMP, TIF, JPG, GIF, PNG)
Export Vector Maps
(AI, SVG, EPS)
Import of
Freehand, AI,
CorelDraw by
the aid of PDF
files
Export CMYK
or Spot Color
PDF
Hybrid PDF Export
(Vector/Raster)
Map Layout:
Logos, Legend &
Images
28. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
«OCAD Enterprise – OCAD in The Cloud».
29. OCAD AG
Mühlegasse 36
CH-6340 Baar / Schweiz
www.ocad.com Best Practice Presentation - ICC Dresden 27th August 2013
We do what ever it takes to make your
maps perfect .