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The following table lists the currently implemented and planned features of BATS. The planned features are always subject to change.
| Feature | Version 3.0 | Version 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| 3D environmental audio | yes | yes |
| Tactile feedback | yes | yes |
| Spoken region information | yes | yes |
| Spoken layer statistics | yes | yes |
| Spoken directional callouts | yes | yes |
| Region focusing and unfocusing | yes | yes |
| Vector map data | yes | yes |
| 'Why did you do that?' help | yes | yes |
| 'What will you do?' help | yes | yes |
| 'What's going on?' help | yes | yes |
| User profiles | yes | yes |
| Sound Grid | yes | yes |
| Full Navigation with Joystick | yes | yes |
| Place/Find Mark | yes | yes |
| Distance from previous position | no | yes |
| Take me there navigation | no | yes |
| Text-to-speech pronunciation correction | no | no |
| By-sound selection system | no | no |
| Layer hiding and unhiding | no | no |
| Assisted navigation | no | no |
| Sticky tones | no | no |
The following table lists the currently implemented and planned features of the BATS Map Maker. The planned features are always subject to change.
| Feature | Version 1.0 | Version 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Shapefile layer import | yes | yes |
| BATS map loading/saving | yes | yes |
| GIS attributes import | yes | yes |
| User entered attributes support | yes | yes |
| U.S. state plane reprojection | yes | yes |
| Cascading stylesheet support | yes | yes |
| Color styles | yes | yes |
| 3D sound styles | yes | yes |
| Tactile styles | yes | yes |
| Callout styles | yes | yes |
| Speech styles | yes | yes |
| Label styles | no | yes |
| Pattern styles | no | no |
| Texture image styles | no | no |
| User-matched stylesheet support | no | no |
| User defined reprojection | no | no |
| SDTS, DFX, etc. layer import | no | no |
The following list contains the bugs in BATS of which we are aware. Please report any additional bugs to the BATS users mailing list at bats-users@listserv.unc.edu.