This release was made on 5th March 2021 and is based on mainline revision 9722. It is a major release with incompatible changes to APIs, which are detailed below.
The previous release, 6.2, was made on 5th September 2020 and was based on mainline revision 9241.
Tiled route data
The makemap tool can now split contraction hierarchy route data into tiles. Any subset of the tiled maps from a particular makemap run can be used together, and routing will work using the tiles that are present. You can load and unload maps at any time. Routing will use the tiles that are available. If you load extra tiles and recreate a route, the new route may be different because of the added route data. If CartoType can't create a route because of missing tiles you will get the 'no route connectivity' error.
This release was made on 13th May 2021 and is based on mainline revision 9870.
The previous release, 7.0, was made on 5th March 2021 and was based on mainline revision 9722.
Map object editing functions
There are new functions to make it easier to add interactive editing to a CartoType application. They manage the creation and editing of linear and polygonal objects by means of pointer presses and movements and allow the new objects to be added to any layer of the map.
The Maps App demonstrates some of the new functions using these actions:
This release was made on 27th July 2021 and is based on mainline revision 9961.
The previous release, 7.2, was made on 13th May 2021 and was based on mainline revision 9870.
Setting colors of map objects individually
It is now possible to give every map object that is a line or a polygon its own main color and border color, overriding any colors set in the style sheet. Formerly that was possible only for
icons. The new feature is principally useful when inserting map objects at run time ('dynamic map objects') but can be used when building the CTM1 file by inserting appropriate logic in the .makemap rules.
This release was made on 18th October 2021 and is based on mainline revision 10121.
The previous release, 7.4, was made on 27th July 2021 and was based on mainline revision 9961.
A new routing system with compact data
There is a new routing system, Turn-Expanded Compact. Use the option /route=tc in makemap. It requires much less run-time memory, but, unlike the contraction hierarchy systems, allows arbitrary route profiles to be set at run time. It is suitable for large areas such as the whole of the UK on mobile platforms like iOS and Android.
This release was made on 29th March 2022 and is based on mainline revision 10409.
The previous release, 7.6, was made on 18th October 2021 and was based on mainline revision 10121.
Added time/distance matrix function
There is now a function to return a time/distance matrix giving the route time and distance for all combinations of a set of start points and a set of end points. It is implemented for the turn-expanded contraction hierarchy /route=tech), turn-expanded (/route=t), and a-star (/route=a) routers. The fastest implementation by far is that for the TECH router, but that implementation does not support arbitrary run-time route profiles or dynamic road closures. The fastest flexible implementation, which does support those features, is that for the turn-expanded router.
There is a new makemap option, /hublabels=yes, which can be used in conjunction with /route=tech to add hub label data to the TECH route data to enable ultra-fast calculation of time/distance matrices.
This release was made on 5th July 2022 and is based on mainline revision 10787.
The previous release, 7.8, was made on 28th March 2022 and was based on mainline revision 10409.
This is a major release which introduces many source code incompatibilities. They fall into two categories: renaming of public identifiers, and the introduction of simpler and consistent feature types for map objects. The aim is to make CartoType applications easier to write, read and debug.
The previous release will continue to be supported until 31st July 2024 and will receive bug fixes but no new features.
This release was made on 9th December 2022 and is based on commit 8.2-57-g51a9fa561 in the new Git repository.
The previous release was made on 5th July 2022 and was based on CartoType-mainline revision 10787 in the Mercurial repository.
The main change is a great improvement to street address searching, using a new table in the map file.
This release, 8.4, was made on 20th February 2023 and is based on commit 8.4-1-gcb08c572d in the Git repository.
The previous release, 8.2, was made on 9th December 2022 and was based on commit 8.2-57-g51a9fa561 in the Git repository.
The main changes are the renaming of ctm1_info, the tool for describing the contents of a map file, to mapinfo; and some important changes to the standard style sheet.
This release, 8.6, was made on 8th August 2023 and is based on commit 8.6-1-gc0939f76f in the Git repository.
The previous release, 8.4, was made on 20th February 2023 and was based on commit 8.4-1-gcb08c572d in the Git repository.
The main change is the introduction of support for online map data.
CartoType demonstration applications
These programs are intended to show off the features of CartoType and help you decide whether the CartoType library could be a useful part of your software application.
By using the CartoType demonstration programs, maps or style sheets, however acquired, you accept the terms of the CartoType Evaluation License and you also accept that neither CartoType Ltd, nor any owners, shareholders or officers of CartoType Ltd, or any other contributors to, authors of or maintainers of the CartoType system, are liable for any damage, direct or consequential, caused by downloading, installing or using the demonstration programs, maps or style sheets, and that the demonstration programs, maps or style sheets are not warranted fit for any particular use and are for evaluation use only and may not be used for any commercial purpose.
Evaluation SDKs (software development kits) allow you to try out CartoType before you buy a license. You will be able to create a test application and find out whether CartoType is the right solution for you. The evaluation SDKs provide access to all functionality, including interactive map display, route calculation, address searching, and geocoding. API documentation is available on-line.
The CartoType evaluation SDKs (software development kits) are provided for evaluation only, excluding any commercial use. For commercial licensing please contact us.
