From Rockware, Inc. Surfer 9 New Features Page:
- Transparency / opacity for fills and bitmaps.
- Convert data between UTM and longitude / latitude.
- Use the Track Cursor to track position on different maps, and between maps and worksheet data files.
- Load georeferenced TIF and other files with automatic world coordinates.
- Load Excel XLSX files.
- Export vector and bitmap PDF files.
- Read USGS DEM data in BIL format.
- Fill polygons with USGS fill patterns.
- Specify object size and position precisely using page coordinates.
- Save classed post symbols, colors, and sizes for use in other projects.
- Works with larger grid files up to 32767 rows and columns.
- Reference external databases with DBF, OLEDB and ODBC.
- Display XYZ coordinates on the Status Bar.