Important Note: Beginning with the CONNECT Edition, OpenCities Map is now a standalone product and is not available as a layered application for MicroStation. For further information, please refer to the question How can I upgrade from Bentley Map V8i to OpenCities Map CONNECT Edition? in the CONNECT Edition FAQ
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The OpenCities Map CONNECT Edition product line includes the following:
OpenCities Map PowerView - For users that primarily need to view and perform light 2D feature acquisition and editing. OpenCities Map PowerView can query from spatial databases.
OpenCities Map Advanced- Designed for users that need to create, edit, manage, and analyze spatial databases. OpenCities Map Advanced can query, edit and post to spatial databases.
OpenCities Map Ultimate- Is designed for users that need all the functionality of OpenCities Map Advanced as well as the ability to execute advanced reality data processing with Bentley Descartes, and/or long transactions with a two-tier connection to Oracle Spatial. Bentley Descartes is included with OpenCities Map Ultimate. OpenCities Map Ultimate also supports full 3D editing.
| Theme | OpenCities Map Ultimate | OpenCities Map Advanced | OpenCities Map PowerView | Version |
| Reality Data Processing (Raster, STM, Point Cloud and Reality Meshes) | Y | - | - | |
| 3D Placement and Editing Tools | Y | - | - | |
| Animation Creation | Y | - | - | |
| XFM 3D Smart Editing | Y | - | - | Update 3 |
| XFM Textures Editing | Future | - | - | |
| Export to LumenRT | Y | - | - | Update 5 |
| 3D Buffer | Y | - | - | Update 5 |
| 3D Split / Merge | Y | - | - | Update 5 |
| Promote to CityGML | Y | - | - | Update 5 (Tech Preview) |
| CityGML Editing | Y | - | - | Update 5 (Tech Preview) |
| Posting to Spatial Data Sources (Oracle, SQLServer, FGDB, PostGIS) | Y | Y | - | |
| Posting to Spatial Data Sources (ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online) | Y | Y | - | Update 4 |
| Exporting Geospatial Data (SHP, MIF, TAB, GML, FGDB) | Y | Y | - | |
| Export to MicroStation Elements from Map Manager | Y | Y | - | |
| CityGML Import / Export | Y | Y | - | Update 5 (Tech Preview) |
| Publishing to iModel | Y | Y | - | |
| Geographic Coordinate System Management and Editing | Y | Y | - | |
| Buffers and Overlays Analysis | Y | Y | - | |
| FME Integration | Y | Y | - | Update 3 |
| Topology Tools | Y | Y | - | |
| Enhanced Analyze Tool | Y | Y | Y | Update 5 |
| AutoPromote | Y | Y | Y | Update 5 |
| Free support of Bing Map | Y | Y | Y | |
| Display of Reality Meshes, Point Clouds, Textures | Y | Y | Y | |
| Querying from Spatial Data Sources (Oracle, SQLServer, WFS, FGDB, PostGIS, ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online) | Y | Y | Y | |
| Importing from Spatial Data Sources (Oracle, SQLServer, WFS, FGDB, PostGIS, ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online) | Y | Y | Y | |
| Importing Geospatial Files (SHP, MIF, TAB, GML) | Y | Y | Y | |
| Publishing to Map Mobile | Y | Y | Y | |
| Data Browser | Y | Y | Y | |
| Data Capture and Maintenance | Y | Y | Y | |
| Map Management and Thematic Mapping | Y | Y | Y |