There are a great many factors at play when a query is made from any Internet capable device, not the least of which is satellite communications. Depending on the software which is in that device, software that is used for retrieving, compiling, processing, and presenting the data sent back by the satellite, the user will be able to navigate ad negotiate certain realms which were seemingly impossible to breach just fifteen years ago. The technology, the equipment, and the literally infinite amount of information born of this technical age has been here for over 40 years. The software that you need in order to actually access and utilize it all is another story altogether.
Each program that you use to access Internet information is formatted differently for optimal functionality. If the software that you use is not designed or programmed to compile and read topical information, for instance, then you may get the numbers, or a funny little code which is impossible to decipher into anything tangible. Global Mapper is different than anything you have probably seen before, with many strengths and compatibility options that the user needs in order to gain the most information and the best outlook for that important project.
Mapping software in this case is designed to pull much information per search from the vast number of web databases out there, process and weed through it all, and serve the user the results of all of this effort on a silver platter. The choices are limitless as to what is done or created with all of this compiled data, where the user can make things as simple and quick or as detailed and time consuming as they wish. The one consistency that the user will find, however, no matter their methods, is the outstanding quality of the end results every time.