KADAS Albireo

KADAS Albireo is a mapping application based on QGIS and targeted at non-specialized users, providing enhanced functionalities in areas such as drawing, measuring, terrain analysis, etc.

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Main features:

Streamlined user interface
Redlining functionality for adding geometries, pins, georeferenced pictures and other symbols
Measurement tools, incl. geodetic measurements.
Terrain analysis: slope, hillshade, viewshed, line of sight
Numeric inputs for all drawing operations
Integrated GPS geolocation support and GPX waypoint and route editor
Multiple map views
3D globe view
Advanced map grids, including UTM/MGRS and guide grids
Tightly integrated search functionality
Integrated geodata catalog
Online-/Offline detection with online-/offline project templates
User friendly printing
KML and GPKG data export and import
Support for the MSS-MilX Military-Symbols library from gs-soft

Manuals

Downloads

From the releases page.

Quick start for Windows x64

Download and extract the latest kadas-portable-win64.zip portable build from the releases page.
Run ..\kadas\bin\kadas.exe.
Read the technical manual to learn how to configure the application.
Note: To be able to use the terrain analysis functions, a heightmap needs to be defined in the project. The portable build contains a sample project which references a 1km resolution SRTM model. You can use any other model by adding the corresponding layer to the project, and marking it as heightmap from its context menu in the layer tree.