• Introduction
• Hardware Requirements
• Installation
• License File and Dongle
• Product Invocation
• Support
• New Features
• Known Defects & Workarounds
• Service Pack 2, February 2011
• Service Pack 3, April 2011
• Service Pack 4+5, June 2011
• Service Pack 6, October 2011
• Service Pack 7, January 2012

Release Note - 2011

Introduction

Welcome to MIKE Marine GIS Release 2011.

Hardware Requirements

The recommended minimum hardware requirements are:

Supported Operating Systems:	Windows XP Professional (32 and 64 bit), Windows Vista Business (32 and 64 bit), Windows 7 Professional (32 and 64 bit)
Processor:	2.0 GHz PC (or higher)
Memory (RAM):	2 GB (or higher)
Hard disk:	40 GB (or higher)
Monitor:	SVGA, resolution 1024x768 in 16bit colour
Graphic Card:	32 MB RAM (or higher), 24 bit true colour
Media:	CD-ROM/DVD drive, 20 x speed (or higher)
File system:	NTFS

MIKE Marine GIS for ArcGIS is an extension to the ESRI ArcGIS 10.0. An ArcGIS license is required to run MIKE Marine GIS for ArcGIS.

Installation^ top

To install MIKE Marine GIS, please choose 'MIKE Marine GIS Extension' in the 'MIKE BY DHI Setup' dialog that appears when inserting the MIKE software 2011 DVD and then press the 'Install' button . This will lead you to an installation program for all the DHI GIS Extensions. Select MIKE Marine GIS Extension from the list. Please note that the installation includes the Temporal Analyst Extension.

MIKE Marine GIS 2011 is based on ArcGIS 10.0 including service pack 1. If you have ArcGIS versions prior to 10.0 installed it will not be possible to keep these.

License File and Dongle^ top

To use MIKE Marine GIS please follow these steps:

1. Make sure that the provided dongle is attached to the computer (parallel port)
2. The dongle driver is installed automatically during the setup of the program
3. The installation prompts you for two license files:
   1. One license file covering ArcView and
   2. One license file - DhiLicense.dat - covering MIKE Marine GIS Extension
4. If the MIKE Marine GIS license file was not installed during the installation procedure, it can simply be copied from the supply medium (attachment to e-mail from DHI or CD/DVD) in  \Program Files\DHI\2011\License or Program Files (x86)\DHI\2011\License. Alternatively, if another MIKE software product is already installed on the machine, the new license file including the MIKE Marine GIS Extension license can be installed as follows:
   1. Start the program purchased from DHI
      (the program will start in Demo-Mode)
   2. Select Help from the menu bar
   3. Select License from the Help-menu
   4. Click on the 'Install License File' from the About-dialog
   5. Follow the instruction from the 'Install License File'-wizard

Product Invocation^ top

To start MIKE Marine GIS go to Start -> Programs -> MIKE by DHI 2011 -> MIKE GIS  and select 'MIKE GIS'. This will open ArcMap from where you can activate and access the MIKE Marine GIS Extension toolbar.

Starting MIKE GIS without a DHI configured Software Key and valid license files causes the program to run in Demo mode. If this happens, a message box will inform you during program initialization. Running in Demo mode, MIKE Marine GIS supplies full access to most utilities in the Surface Manager, however the remaining managers are not accessible.

Support^ top

The Software Support Centre can be reached by mail, e-mail, phone or fax:

Software Support Centre
DHI
Agern Allé 5
DK-2970 Hørsholm
Denmark

mikebydhi@dhigroup.com
Tel: +45 4516 9333 (Open 7.30-16.00 GMT)
Fax: +45 4516 9292

New features^ top

Every new release of MIKE Marine GIS consists of new features and/or corrections to problems or significant inconsistencies discovered in previous releases.

Known Defects & Workarounds

• Surface Manager: ('Save dfs2 from Raster' functionality is not working.) Solved with SP3.

• If your system is a Windows XP system with Chinese, Japanese, Russian- or any other OS using a language based on non-ASCII characters, the authorization of the ArcGIS liecnse may fail if the ASR file is placed in a location where the path contains non-ASCII characters (e.g. Chinese characters). The workaround is to:

   1)  Copy the ASR file to a location with a path only including ASCII characters – e.g. “C:\Temp” or “C:\”

   2)  Launch the DHI GIS Administration software and when authorizing, point to the copied file now located in e.g. “C:\Temp” or “C:\”

   

MIKE Marine GIS Service Pack 2, February 2011^ top

No changes have been done for MIKE Marine GIS in Service Pack 2

 

MIKE Marine GIS Service Pack 3, April 2011^ top

 

Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes fixes to inconveniences and errors, minor modifications and features to MIKE Marine GIS Release 2011 and SP2. Please note the following changes in SP3:

Module/Type	Error/Inconvenience/New Feature	Status
Surface Manager	Problem with 'Display arrows' functionality 'Save dfs2 from Raster' now works	Fixed
Transect Manager	Error in 'Load Transect from GDB'	Fixed
Coastline Manager	Error in 'Load Baseline from GDB'	Fixed

 

MIKE Marine GIS Service Pack 4+5, June 2011^ top

No changes have been done for MIKE Marine GIS in Service Pack 4 and 5

 

MIKE Marine GIS Service Pack 6, October 2011^ top

No changes have been done for MIKE Marine GIS in Service Pack 6

 

MIKE Marine GIS Service Pack 7, January 2012^ top

Service Pack 7 (SP7) includes fixes to inconveniences and errors, minor modifications and features to MIKE Marine GIS Release 2011 and SP6. Please note the following changes in SP7:

Module/Type	Error/Inconvenience/New Feature	Status
Surface Manager	Load dfs2 to Display does not allow for derived items	Fixed