Can I use MdProperty View with ERSIs free GIS viewing software, ArcExplorer?
Shapefiles (.shp) and registered tax map images (.tif/ .tfw) are supported file formats in the free ArcExplorer viewer and can be added as themes. However, ArcExplorer is a very limited product and is intended for use in the public education sector for basic image viewing. You can pan and zoom, do some basic thematic mapping and perform queries. You will not be able to open an ArcView Master Project File (xxxxmast.apr) or an ArcGIS Map Document file (xxxxGIS.mxd) that contains custom views with scale threshold settings and color schemes and the Enhanced User Interface and Geocode Tool as developed by MDP. This is because there is a limitation in the way ArcExplorer opens tax map raster images (.tif files). It reads them as white lines on a black background. ArcExplorer does not have a utility to edit the legend of a raster image. This may not seem like a problem until you consider that the background in MdProperty View tax map images contains the border from the original CAD drawing. W
