Efficiently Maintain your Maps

Easily and quickly create or change data using more than thirty interactive tools. Create and edit lines, points, and text. Build and maintain topology. Create contours and contour labels. Edit and add map features in a grid view or interactively on the map view.

Improve Data Interactivity

Project the map view to any coordinate system and work directly upon the reprojected view. No need to transform data. Choose from thousands of predefined coordinate systems or create your own.

Maintain Data Layers using the Interactive and Intuitive Interface

Identify layer data type and colour at a glance. Easily organize layers into groups then expand and collapse the groups as needed. Move layers and groups easily to change the draw order. Set and change layer properties with ease.

Control Projects with Increased Flexibility

Use existing projects as templates. No need to redefine your objects.
Using a template, create new blank projects and start adding new data immediately.
If you have no templates, use the provided wizard to automatically create a set of layers and group them.
Create projects from multiple sources and file formats such as Shape, GeoTIFF, and MrSID.

Publish Data Your Way

Use the Publication Designer to generate reports and plots based on any data from the project.
Easily create reusable templates to save time when generating reports and plots.
Publish your data to the web for the whole world to see.

Easily Retrieve Information about Features

Display information about features by selecting them.
Select features in many ways: by range, point, lasso, circle, and fence, or by SQL queries, feature geometry, and buffer zones.
Save SQL queries for future use.
Display feature information in a fully customizable tooltip that is displayed when the mouse pointer is placed over a feature.

Use Thematic Mapping

Discover trends in your data and create new visualizations based on feature attributes.

Use Hundreds of Symbols and Styles

Use multiple symbol libraries in one project. Each symbol library contains hundreds of symbols.

Measure Distances with Ease

Accurately measure the lengths of lines, the distances between points, and areas and perimeters defined by multiple points right on the screen. Each position is stored in a convenient worksheet so the relationship can be easily seen.

Our Customer Service is Second to None

CARIS clients from around the world can access the latest release information to enhance their applications. Detailed information about new products, service packs, hot fixes are available to all users.
Subscribers to the software maintenance program can download service packs and hot fixes as well as get free email and phone support on any issue.