HGIS GPS Mapping Software Activation

HGIS Version 9 Download and Activation
(Current Version 9.50 - February 2010)

(Step 1) Click here for HGIS Version 9 Supported Platforms

(Step 2) Look at the last 5 letters in your Unlock (Registration) Code (where x is any character)
(No code required to run demos.)

HGIS Registration / Unlock Code ends in: -xNxxx -xRxxx HGIS GPS PRO -xMxxx -xQxxx -xTxxx HGIS GPS PLUS -xKxxx -xPxxx -xSxxx HGIS GPS BASIC -xLxxx HGIS LAB PRO	Download and run this HGIS Version.
Unlock code ends in: -xFxxx -xGxxx -xHxxx Purchase a version upgrade (and 1 year support) at: or download previous HGIS version 8.xx	only US$199
( Very old) Unlock code ends in: -xAxxx, -xBxxx, -xCxxx, -xDxxx, -xExxx Purchase version upgrade (and 1 year support) at:	only US$199

You can install multiple HGIS Versions on the same computer if your unlock code permits.
Version 8 and Version 9 require different Activation Codes, but will not affect each other.

Click here to see the HGIS Manual - This manual is also available from any HGIS menu. Tap the "?" ICON.

(Step 3) Install and Activate HGIS on your computer

To
Install
HGIS
on your
target
computer

Windows Vista, XP

HGIS Setup9.exe (Run this file on Windows 7, Vista, XP)

Windows Mobile
Handheld

(Windows
Mobile
CE v4.1
and later)

HGIS CE9.cab (Do not run this file on Windows 7, Vista, XP)

Flash Card - Save file to memory card on desktop/laptop,
Move memory card to Handheld, run this file on Handheld.

Microsoft ActiveSync - Right Click, Save to Disk. Browser may say: Save Target As. (Some desktop computers show file as a folder). Just copy file or folder to Handheld (will appear as a file). Run on handheld.

WiFi - Download file and run on handheld (WM 6 and later).

Run HGIS

Run HGIS after install is complete. This allows you to Activate HGIS.

Enter Unlock Code
Example:
univ-ariz-001-xxxxx

Purchase code from your HGIS dealer.
Code is not case sensitive, may be easier to enter on handheld in lower case.
Dashes not required.

Get Machine ID
Looks like this:
xxxx-xxxx-xx

This identifies your specific computer.
StarPal's Web Activation Server tracks all computers running HGIS.

Get Activation Code

Looks like this:
xxx-xxx

With Unlock code and Machine ID, go to www.starpal.com/Activate/HGIS.php
Your license allows HGIS to be installed on 2 different computers belonging to one user, as long as both copies of HGIS are not used at the same time (I can have HGIS on my handheld, and on my desktop computer, but I cannot loan out my handheld and then use HGIS on my desktop computer). Or use the second Activation as your spare, activate it only when you need it.

Release Notes:
February 20, 2010 Version 9.50
Fixed Bugs "Print to Printer" (Error Scaling Image Files), and "Print to JPG File" (Some Print Georeference JGC files were incorrect).
Fixed Bugs with Windows Mobile 6.5 New Soft Keyboard (0xFF10 Key and Home Key - Start Menu appeared to hang WM6.5).
Fixed Bug with Windows Mobile 6.5 accessing HGIS Help File (Older versions of HGIS cannot open Help File in Pocket IE on WM6.5).
More enhancements for Windows Mobile 6.5 coming...(HGIS v9.50 runs on WM6.5 Touchscreen, and HGIS V10 will be even better).

January 5, 2010 Version 9.48
(One Button) "Find and Start GPS" automatically detects COM Ports, Baud Rate, Protocol and Starts your GPS.
(Useful when Windows re-assigns GPS COM Ports, or other software changes Protocol in your GPS; and you don't know what happened.)
Added support for COM1 to COM96 (Windows 7, Vista, and XP), and COM1 to COM32 (Windows Mobile).
New "Print to File" creates JPG files from the screen. (Or use FREE PDF Writers such as PDF995 to "Print to PDF files").
Fixed Bug importing old format style ESRI PRJ files from other software.
Fixed Bug with Samsung S3C2443 firmware WM6.1 (Trimble Juno and internal GPS in SIRF mode).

November 4, 2009 Version 9.43
Full support for 7 Image Formats: JPG, SID, ECW, JP2(JPEG2000), ECWP, BMP, and Paste DIB(e.g. Google Earth, Photoshop,...).
Fast SID unlimited size Open (Now 10x faster. HGIS previous versions used slow Lizardtech utilities. No utilities to download.)
Tested with 1.6 Terrapixel images, hundreds of miles across (HGIS previous versions limited images to 65000x65000 pixels).
Save Detail View(DOQ) from SID Images in ECW, JP2, or JPG format for use on Handheld.(SID not supported directly on handheld.)
Lossless Saves available for images / Detail Views (NO PIXEL DEGRADATION when resaving images in JP2 format).
View ECW/JP2 images fast -- ECW / JP2 now 5-10 times faster than JPG on the handheld (for images greater than 100 MPixel).
Images from the web on your laptop. Start GPS, and download free Landsat 7 images from Image Web Server (ECWP).
"Copy" and "Paste" DIB Images from Google Earth, Photoshop, Paint, and other image applications.
Fixed bug with "Microsoft GPS Manager" Windows Mobile 6.1 [We still don't recommend Microsoft GPS Manager on WM6.1].
We highly recommend 128 MBytes of RAM (or more) on Windows Mobile Handhelds when working with images.

July 2009 Version 9.30
Faster pan and zoom for ECW and JPEG-2000 Images.
Fixed bug with geo-registration of JPG Images, and saving of Corner Files.
Fixed bug with New Contour Layer (smoothing).
Windows...Control Panel...Add/Remove Programs now understands multiple versions of HGIS at same time.

March 2009 V9.24
Preliminary ECW and JPEG-2000 Images (ECW, J2K, and JP2) support.
Fixed bug with some UTM Worldfile Images displaying incorrectly.
Fixed bug with Switchbox when using GPS Autobaud.

November 2008 V9.21
Automatically detects GPS protocol (NMEA, SIRF, and TSIP).
Radar view of GPS Satellites showing quality of view in each direction.
Support JPG+JGW+PRJ Image file sets (Unnecessary for user to know UTM zone of image if PRJ file present).
Warning if user enters UTM zone for image that doesn't match GPS zone.

October 2008 V9.15
Preliminary SID Image Viewer using LizardTech Utility (which is limited to 65000x65000 pixels)[replaced above].
New API for programmers - add Picklists, Picklist Editors, Browsers, and User Defined Forms (see below).
Fixed bug in Windows Vista SP1 which may cause HGIS v9.00 to stop working.
Fixed bug in Windows XP SP1 (which Microsoft also fixed in SP2) where HGIS v9.00 didn't display Attributes.
Fixed bug in Windows Mobile 6 with Show Start Menu moving.
Fixed bug in TDS Nomad Firmware v1.0.2 that could cause HGIS to freeze when connecting to Bluetooth GPS.

April 2008 V9.00:
GPS Backtrack menu to Erase, or Resume drawing from recent GPS locations.
Added 70 US State Plane Coordinate Systems.
Now support all legally adopted TM-SPCS ("Transverse Mercator-State Plane Coordinate Systems")
Added Dualem EC meter support for Temperature and Slope.
Fixed bug in HGIS PRO (with Split and Join boundary objects).

HGIS Image Resolution Enhancement (X-Fine) reduces pixelation, lessens compression artifacts, and enhances detail in your existing images.
Top image direct from US Government Image Server. Bottom is the same image viewed with HGIS enhanced detail.
Use with all scanned drawings and photographs in any image format.

Enhanced Image

Programmers Corner: HGIS DLL for Custom Forms, Picklists, and Attributes
HGIS allows substitution of these menus: Template...Picklist... and Map...Object Attributes... with your custom Forms. Create Forms to fill in, edit, or display Attributes, search for data, change data, draw graphs, add GPS Points, create Relational(recommended), Hierarchical, or Custom Picklists, add new Picklist Editors, and more...

HGIS allows 3 Custom Forms. Add forms for weed layers, insect layers, graphs, etc. Source code for HGIS DLL available for reference. Compile with Visual Studio 2005, Windows Server 2003 R2, and Pocket PC 2003 2nd Edition. Forms run on computers that support HGIS V9 (listed above).

Please contact us for links. Prepaid support for custom form development also available.
Thanks to Dr. Barron Orr, University of Arizona for this feature.

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