Mapinfo, Mapping information software from XYZ maps

The world's leading software for mapping and geographic analysis.

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With a Comprehensive Range of Data Products for MapInfo.

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MapInfo Professional 10.5:

The industry's leading business mapping solution, now updated and redesigned to conform to Microsoft Vista. The latest version 10.5 was released at the end of June 2010. One of the exciting new features is a single button to add Microsoft Bing mapping and imagery into your Map Window as a background, giving you instant access to a free world-wide service. As users all over the world have come to expect, MapInfo Pro lets you perform sophisticated and detailed data analysis to drive insightful decisions.

Powerful New User Interface

You're going to love the new modern look and feel of 10.5. The toolbars and menus have been given a facelift, resulting in a more modern and usable interface. And now you have the flexibility to organize the toolbars however you want. This saves screen space and gives you quick and easy access to frequently used commands.

Redesigned Layer Control

MapInfo Pro 10.0 layer control screenshot

Dramatically reduce your clicks, clutter, effort and time. Access layers effortlessly. Drag and drop between layers and group layers. Apply changes to multiple layers at once. Apply changes to layers from different maps. Quickly preview changes and discard if necessary. And more.

Enhanced Data Access

Now you can access even more data where it lives. MapInfo Professional 10.5 makes the most of your IT investments with support for open source PostGIS, Microsoft SQL 2008, Excel 2007, and Office 2007.That is in addition to everything it did in previous versions, such as accessing Oracle and other ODBC compliant data sources.

Dynamic Map Output

The maps in 10.0 are simply better looking than ever before. Advanced options include dynamic scale bars, improved performance of analytics such as proportion overlap, and export to layered PDF files for sharing and distribution.

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Use MapInfo Professional to:

Create highly detailed maps to enhance presentations and aid in decision making.

Reveal patterns and trends in your data that may otherwise be impossible to see.

Perform sophisticated and extensive data analysis.

Understand customer and marketplace demographics.

Manage geographically based assets, such as stores, people and property.

Plan logistics and prepare for emergency response.

New Enhancments Added in Version 9.5 & 9.0

Enhanced data access using FME - connect directly to ESRI formats, SHP, E00, GeoDatabase and SDE, and to CAD formats DXF, DWG and DGN.

Enhanced visualisation with curved text, more fonts, better layouts. Database support for Oracle 10G & 9iR2, SQL Server 2000 & 2005, MS Access XP, and Informix 9.4.

Spatial database support for Oracle Spatial, SQL Server with MapInfo Spatialware, Informix with Spatialware, and ESRI SDE 9.x and above.

Find and Geocode now work with un-indexed columns.

Multiple hotlinks from a single record.

Various new wizards, preference settings, co-ordinate systems, etc.

New Enhancments Added in Version 8.5:

Connect to WFS and WMS services, including the Getmapping air photo library of UK imagery and MapInfo's Envinsa server for geo-coding, route-finding, address look-ups, etc.

On the fly raster and grid re-projections and rotations.

Consolidation of the Grid format between MapInfo and Vertical Mapper. The Info tool can be used to get grid vales, you can create a grid legend, change colours and view in 3D.

A higher resolution limit for buffers to improve accuracy.

You can add one map window to another map window by dragging and dropping.

Thematic maps can be saved with their base table.

Option to automatically find the selection when running a Select.

New icon tools for Open & Save Workspace and Save Window.

New web services tool bar.

Larger Layer Control and Image Registration dialogues for better visibility.

Option to see open tables listed by type - e.g. Native, Raster, DBMS, etc.

An improved print engine to handle bigger output sizes and complex maps.

Export to Google Earth.

Print any window to PDF format.

The award-winning MapInfo Professional package includes a built-in geocoder, more than 450MB of data and an extensive collection of pre-designed maps. It's simple to use, powerful and easily integrates with other mapping applications.

MapBasic Programming Language 10.0:

MapBasic is the programming language for MapInfo Professional. All MapInfo users can run MapBasic .mbx programmes, but you need MapBasic in order to write and compile them.

This product enables you to customise MapInfo to suit your needs, including writing programs to automate common tasks and creating extra tools and menus.

The latest version of MapBasic is entirely free of charge and may be downloaded from www.mapinfo.com

Vertical Mapper 3.5:

Vertical Mapper is a suite of plug-ins for MapInfo Professional that enable you to undertake three dimensional modelling and analysis.

DriveTime & RouteFinder:

DriveTime and Routefinder are two suites of plug-ins for MapInfo Professional that enable you to undertake route-finding across a network, create isochrone polygons (equal time from a starting point), calculate costs, optimise delivery routes, and more. DriveTime is from Pitney Bowes MapInfo and may be more appropriate for some users, while Routefinder comes from Denmark and is more suitable for others, especially users who have their own existing network.