MapInfo Pro is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software product produced by Pitney Bowes Software (formerly MapInfo Corporation) and used for mapping and location analysis. MapInfo Pro allows users to visualize, analyze, edit, interpret, understand and output data to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends. MapInfo Pro allows users to explore spatial data within a dataset, symbolize features, and create maps.

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History[edit]

MapInfo Pro was first released in 1986 as the Mapping Display and Analysis System (MIDAS) and was the first desktop GIS product on the market. At this time it was available only for the DOS operating system. This software could be customized by using the MapCode development environment which was a C-like programming language. The name was subsequently changed to just 'MapInfo' upon its second release.

The DOS product was eventually discontinued and replaced by MapInfo for Microsoft Windows in 1990. MapInfo was redesigned with an easier-to-use graphical user interface and was also made available for the UNIX and Macintosh operating systems. The MapCode development environment was replaced with a new language called MapBasic.

Version 4 of the product, released in 1995, saw the product renamed to 'MapInfo Professional'.^[2]

Version 9.5 was released in June 2008. Version 9.5.1 was released in December 2008. The primary enhancements in these releases included the use of a new graphics engine which allows for translucency and anti-aliasing when displaying maps. A set of CAD like editing tools were also added in this release.

Version 10 was released in June 2009. The primary enhancements included a more intuitive user interface, including a rewritten Layer Control dialog box, compatibility with PostGIS and a PDF generator that supports both Layered and georeference PDF files.

Version 10.5 was released in May 2010. The primary enhancements included a new Table Manager window, a built in ability to publish to MapInfo Stratus, ability to ingest Bing Maps directly as background mapping and enhanced support for Catalog Service for the Web (CSW).

Version 11 was released in June 2011. The primary enhancement included performance tuning and usability improvements on the Browser window for creating and analysing tabular data. Integration with MapInfo Manager, a product for managing spatial data and providing [INSPIRE] compliance. Support for 64 bit operating systems was improved with the ability to use up to 4 GB of RAM (instead of 2GB, the limit when running on 32 bit operating systems).

Version 11.5 was released in June 2012. The primary enhancements include a new window for Creating Legends, further enhancements to the new Browser window (introduced in v11.0) and further integration with MapInfo Manager, including the ability to edit metadata within the Catalog Browser.

Version 12 was released in June 2013, with improvements to Cartographic Output; Support for Windows 8, SQL Server 2012, PostGIS2; and a new In-Product Notifications feature utilizing RSS.

Version 12.5 of MapInfo Pro was the first time that a 64 bit version of the product was introduced. MapInfo Pro 12.5 32 bit was released in July 2014 and 64 bit in October 2014. The 64 bit release saw the introduction of a new ribbon UI and layout window, as well allowing for a new framework to handle background processing and multi-threading.

Version 15 of MapInfo Pro 32 bit was released in June 2015 and 64 bit (15.2) was released in October 2015. Highlights include geopackage support as well as changes to the TAB file format to allow larger files and Unicode. The 64 bit version of 15.2 saw the introduction of MapInfo Pro Advanced as a new licensing level for the product which incorporates all new raster capabilities into the product including a .NET SDK. MapInfo Pro Advanced allows users to visualize very large raster files at high resolution such as 1m for a whole country and incorporating multiple satellite bands. This is achieved using a new multi resolution raster file format (.mrr).

Version 16 of MapInfo Pro 64 bit was released in September 2016. Notable features include redesigned Ribbon interface, new interactive interface for thematic mapping, WFS 2.0 and WMTS support, Geopackage support. All new 64-bit version of EasyLoader is included with the release.

Version 17.0 of MapInfo Pro 64 bit was released in April 2018.

Uses[edit]

MapInfo Pro is a 64-bit GIS (Geographic Information System) application used by GIS engineers and business analysts.

Industry examples include:

• Insurance – Analyze exposure to risk from environmental or natural hazards such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes or crime. Perform demographic and risk analysis to determine the best target locations to acquire new potential policy holders.
• Environment – Analyze and assess environmental impacts such as pollution, erosion, invasive species, climate changes including human induced changes to the environment.
• Engineering – Coordinate with local planning and engineering groups for construction projects. Assist related groups by helping them understand environmental impacts or locations of public or utility infrastructure such as water, gas and electrical services.
• Telco – Produce coverage maps, visualize gaps in coverage, plan for additional coverage. Maximize new investment based on demographics, local terrain and available real estate for cell tower sites.
• Marketing - The application of location intelligence to identify geographic areas in which to deliver marketing.
• Retail Site Selection - Determining the optimum location to open or close a site (store, factory, depot etc.). The selection process is typically based on customers or worker location, demographics, buying patterns, transport links, nearby facilities.
• Crime Analysis - Systematic analysis of spatial data for identifying and analyzing patterns and trends in crime and disorder.
• Mineral Exploration - Visualisation of spatial data such as drill holes, soil samples, geophysical survey data, tenement boundaries and cadastral data.

System Features ^[3][edit]

Data Format --- MapInfo Pro is a database which manages information as a system of Tables. Each table is either a map file (graph) or a database file (text) and is denoted the file extension .TAB. MapInfo creates a visual display of the data in the form of a map (map window) and/or tabular form (browser window). Once data has been referenced in a table it is assigned X and Y coordinates so that the records can be displayed as objects on a map. This is known as Geocoding.

Objects (points, lines, polygons) can be enhanced to highlight specific variations on a theme through the creation of a Thematic map. The basic data is overlaid with graphic styles (e.g. colour shades, hatch patterns) to display information on a more sophisticated level. For example, population density between urban and rural areas may show the cities in deep red (to indicate a high ratio of inhabitants per square mile), while showing remote areas in very pale red (to indicate a low concentration of inhabitants).

Retrieval of information is conducted using data filters and 'Query' functions . Selecting an object in a map window or records in a browser produces a temporary table that provides a range of values specified by the end-user. More advanced 'Structured Query Language' (SQL) analysis allows the user to combine a variety of operations to derive answers to complex questions. This may involve a combination of tables and resultant calculations may be such as the number of points in polygons, proportional overlaps, and statistical breakdowns. The quantity and quality of the attributes associated with objects are dependent on the structure of the original tables.

Vector analysis is a primary function of MapInfo based on X, Y coordinates and the user can create and edit data directly with commands such as: node editing, combine, split, erase, buffer, clip region. MapInfo Pro includes a range of engineering “CAD like” drawing and editing tools such as lines, circles, and polygons (referred to as 'regions') which can be incorporated into tables or drawn as temporary overlays.

Printout of MapInfo maps and/or statistics is managed through design settings in the Layout Window. Layout design enables the creation of composite presentations with maps, tables, legends, text, images, lines and shapes. Output hardware includes large format plotters and high spec. business printers.Data from MapInfo may be embedded into applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Word using copy/paste commands and resized as required.

Compatibility with External Software Systems ---MapInfo Pro can read and write other file formats for data exchange with applications such as:

• ESRI Shapefile and AutoCAD DXF
• CSV and delimited ASCII text
• Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access
• Bitmaps or Raster Formats such as GeoTIFF, ECW, Mr. SID, JPEG, PNG, MRR
• Spatial Databases: Oracle, PostGIS, SQL Server, SQLite and GeoPackage
• Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services: Web Feature Service, Web Map Service, Catalog Service for the Web
• Web Base Maps: Bing, Open StreetMap (OSM)

Historical Notes[edit]

With MapInfo Professional, the Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) created hundreds of maps for the longest torch relay in the history of the modern games. The Olympic Torch Relay covered 16,740 miles in 100 days and traversed Australia by road, railway and boat. The torch route was designed to ensure that more than 85 percent of the Australian population was within a one-hour drive of the chosen route, which passed through 1,000 towns. In addition, TNT Express used MapInfo to map more than 5,500 delivery routes to deliver Olympic tickets to more than 400,000 Australian homes.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Downloads For MapInfo Pro, Maintenance Release.
2. ^MapInfo vs. Arc/Info Comparison
3. ^Team, Pitney Bowes Software Support Web. 'Product Documentation: MapInfo Pro Pitney Bowes Software Support'. www.pbinsight.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

External links[edit]

MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 4.0 - RELEASED DECEMBER 1995

• 32-bit processing and Windows and Office 95
• Shortcuts and ToolTips to improve your productivity
• New Layer Control to manipulate several layers simultaneously
• Autoscrolling to select, edit and create objects larger than your map window
• Autotracing to quickly trace the nodes of an existing object
• Map Clipping to focus in on just the area of interest
• Drag and drop support of maps to other applications
• Hundreds of updated data sets
• Built-in read/write capabilities to databases through ODBC
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 4.1 - RELEASED DECEMBER 1996

• Native access to Microsoft Access databases to quickly open and save tables
• Spatial database queries that allow your server to process data
• Direct export of maps to Adobe Photoshop
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 4.5 - RELEASED DECEMBER 1997

• Save Query so you don’t have to remember SQL queries, just open and run them again
• Save Thematic Templates to keep your favourite map styles on hand at all times
• Universal Translator to import and export AutoCAD, Shape and Intergraph file formats
• InfoTips to identify objects you are about to select or label
• Enhanced line styles including better intersections and more line choices
• Improved Tool Manager to better access and manage MapBasic utilities
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 5.0 - RELEASED DECEMBER 1998

• Continuous Thematic Shading that interpolate data values between points and continuously shade your maps
• Crystal Reports integrated report writer to easily and professional create reports of your analysis
• Improved legends that let you show cartographic elements and use multiple legends for one map
• Better connectivity to remote databases for accessing and updating data (Live Access through ODBC)
• Improved Universal Translator to support more data formats
• New Utilities - Rotate Map Window utility; MapX Geoset utility; Easy Loader
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 5.5 - RELEASED JUNE 1999

• All-new business graphing and charting that includes 3D, extensive style control, and active selection
• Relief shading that dramatically reveals the terrain of a continuous thematic map
• Data-driven cartographic legends that automate the processing of creating detailed legend entries
• Oracle8i Support
• Support for new raster formats including MrSID, WMF, PNG, Photoshop 3.0
• User Interface Tweaks display length while drawing; display co-ordinates degrees, minutes, sections (DD^o MM’ SS') format; save printer settings (page orientation, etc) in workspace; select-by-drawing-polygon tool; unselect-all button; explicitly specify Spherical or Cartesian length and area calculations
• New Tools - Map Wizard; Check and Set; CoordSys Bounds; DEM to Grid
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 6.0 - RELEASED JUNE 2000

• Internet Support HotLinks, HTML Image Maps, MetaDataBrowser
• 3Dviewing Rotate, pan, zoom, query, drape, and print
• Database Support Oracle 8.1.6, MS Access 2000, MS Access multi-user
• Output 24-bit colour, control over colour dithering method, control over transparency handling technique, control over page size, control over defaults
• Object Processing Create convex hull and enclosed area polygons. Use MS Windows support for clip regions
• Geocoding Support user control of inset from ends of street and offset to side of street. Correctly interpolate along polygons
• Cartographic Legend Automatically align items across frames. Support generating item labels from joined tables
• Projections Fixes for polyconic projection. Support for Oblique Aspect of Azimuthal Equidistant projection. Many new datums and ellipsoids
• Raster file formats ECW from ER Mapper. VMGrid from Northwood Geoscience.
• Vector file formats VPF, SDTS, and AutoCAD 2000. Fix for - Survey Feet - problem when importing.
• Tools New Rotate Symbols and Labels tools. Improved Scale Bar and Table Manager
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 6.5 - RELEASED JUNE 2001

• Platform Support Windows 2000 certification; Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 tested; works the same as previous logo-certified versions
• Remote Database Support Support for SpatialWare 4.5 on all platforms (Informix, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle 8); support for Oracle Spatial 8.1.5, 8.1.6 and 8.1.7; improved performance
• Raster / Grid Enhancements Raster and grid translucency, raster display override, direct read of DEM, DTED and GTOPO30 grid formats
• 3D Prism Maps Great for bivariate theme mapping; display two different variables at once
• Object Processing Clean (remove self-intersections, gaps and overlaps); Snap / thin / Generalise (remove extra nodes to simplify geometry); Disaggregate (separate composite objects into separate components); performance improvements (operations like erase reduced from hours to minutes)
• New Object Types Oracle Spatial and Open GIS Consortium Compliance, multi-point; collection (combination of points, polylines and polygons)
• TIN-based interpolator
• Invert Selection
• User Interface and Usability Enhancements View Entire Layer defaults to - All Layers-; raster and grid zoom layering preferences; most recently used list expanded from 4 to 10 items
• Tools Enhanced HTML image Map tool; enhanced scale bar; new co-ordinate extractor tool, new grid tool
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 7.0 - RELEASED JUNE 2002

• Platform Support Microsoft^® Windows^® XP logo (XP Professional and XP Home support); Microsoft^® Windows^® 2000 logo certification; Microsoft^® Windows^® NT^® + SP6 and Microsoft^® Windows^® 98 -tested -works the same as previous logo certified versions
• Remote Database Support X, Y (point Data) - MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Spatial (Map Objects) - Oracle, Informix, SQL Server. Significant performance improvement on SQL Server
• File Types Direct read of Shape files; Import support for GML; Built in support for the following raster formats: MrSid, ECW, JPEG2000, ADRG, CADRG, CIB, ASRP and NITF
• Projections Double Stereographic Projection; Austrian Projection; JGD 2000 support for Japan
• Object Processing Split by line polyline; Voronoi polygons; Data Aggregation for buffer, erase and erase outside support for: points, multipoints and collections
• Data Editing Rotate Objects; Move objects using arrow keys; undo nodes during polyline and polygon creation
• Improved User Experience Create new table based on open table; Combine objects using column - save results in new table; Better import of Microsoft^® Excel files; Auto detection of Shape file projections during translation; Persist categories for individual value themes; File open now opens tables, workspaces and remote database tables all from one simple dialog
• Publishing Save window as per user defined resolution, Updated Crystal Reports 8.5; Send live maps to MapInfo Discovery™ web server support; Send Map to MapInfo MapX^® Mobile option
• Better Control Over Installation and Maintenance Support for common application data files; Smart Update menu option
• ToolsNew North Arrow tool; Enhanced Co-ordinate Extractor tool
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 7.5 -RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2003

• OGC Support Web mapping service (WMS) client support; import of OS (GB) GML files including style sheet support.
• Remote Database Support MapInfo Professional now supports access to Oracle Spatial 9i, Oracle 9i Locator, Microsoft Access 2000 and SQL Server; SpatialWare Version 4.6 for SQL Server and Informix; reading Oracle meta data catalogue when making a table mappable.
• Object Creation and Editing New CAD type tool - rotation; offsetting, large crosshairs, snap tolerance radius, trimming and extending line and polyline objects, zooming and panning whilst in editing mode.
• Microsoft Excel Files Accessing the worksheet limit of 65,536 rows.
• Improved User Experience Save newly created buffers and voronoi regions to a new table. Raster registration eased by selecting control points from the map window; more menu shortcuts; more projections and transformations; create points from character based fields.
• Publishing Print maps to scale; improve scaling of fill patterns when printing and exporting.
• Symbology Add more custom symbols, more colours within the symbol, larger file sizes and control symbol size.
• Fill Patterns New geological fill patterns.
• 3D Viewing Higher resolution drape files.
• Tools Packaged workspaces for easy distribution.
• Platform Support Windows 98 SE; Windows NT (SP6); Windows 2000 (SP3); Windows XP Home; Windows XP Professional (SP1)
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 7.8 - RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2004

Interoperability
OGC Features WMS 1.1.3 Client and Get Feature info support; WFS 1.0 Web Service support.

• Remote Database Support
• X,Y (point Data) MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle, IBM Informix.
• Spatial (Map Objects) Oracle 10G, 9iR2, 8i and locator, IBM Informix 9.4, SQL Server 2000 with SPW; Read/write of views for Oracle without being the schema owner.
• Imagery and Raster Open MrSid G3 and AirPhoto USA formats directly out of the box with MIPro v7.8.
• MapXtreme 2004 Save MapInfo Professional Workspace as MapXtreme 2004 MWS format directly from MapInfo Professional.
• File Export Direct Export to CSV Format: export data from MapInfo Professional directly to an industry standard format.
• Updated GPS Utility Includes USB port support and improved documentation.
• Mapping
  Text Objects support 2048 characters; split line at a point; persist snap and thin values in each TAB file; draw line by distance supports DMS or decimal degrees, can create polylines and uses current map coord-sys. Line snap utility; new continuous trace mode during digitising, new MapInfo made custom symbols. New French RGF coordsys support, new projection systems added for Sweden, Denmark, Australia and Israel.
• Data Analysis
  Dot density thematic supports square or circle shapes of any size; support of query tables in 3D Prism maps; distance calculator to find the longest and shortest distance (straight line) between records in two tables; spider graph; synchronise map windows; search and replace feature.
• Sharing Results
  Support for Cartographic scale; specify field type during MS Excel import; improved default range during import; option to specify small or large legends.
• New and Enhanced MapBasic
  New and enhanced MapBasic statements to support the new MapInfo Professional features.
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 8.0 - RELEASED JUNE 2005

Platform Support
Windows XP logo (Professional and Home) Windows 2000, Windows NT+SP6 and Windows 98SE Certified. Support for Windows 2003 Server with Terminal Services and Citrix; support for silent and unattended installs added.

Data Access

• OGC enhancements Proxy Server support (with passwords) for OGC Web Services; Preference Options added, refresh WFS based on current window, import GML 2.1 support added; display user friendly projection names in WMS WFS dialogs; smart projection default added for WMS and WFS tables. Control image resolution to improve print quality; ability to index WFS tables adds search and fast query capability.
  
• Data import import DWG/DXF (Autocad 2004 format), DGN v8 format, display ASRP 1.2 imagery, open ESRI grid data binary or text formats, Open CSV files directly; Open 3D ESRI Shape files with M&Z values directly.
  
• Database support Oracle 10G, Oracle 10G locator, MS SQL Server 2000, MS Access, IBM Informix. Spatial data support: Oracle Spatial & Locator, MS SQL and Informix via Spatialware.
  
• Export window added more formats to export windows option: GIF, LZW TIFF and TIFF CCITT Group 4.
  
• Save Workspace save workspace as (MapInfo Workspace XML Format) MWS now includes label expressions, thematic expressions and query tables.
• Mapping/data editing
  MapInfo geographic objects: node limit: 134 Million nodes per single polyline or polygon object. Multi-polygon object limit: 20,648,881 polygons per record. Polylines: theoretical limit for number of segments per: 24,403,223 / polyline object; Multipoint object limit:134,217,724 nodes / object.
  Oracle object map verification enhanced to support object/map validation - detection of bowties and figure eights. Option to convert unsupported geometries during data upload (save as) to Oracle, Informix, and SQL Server. Improved performance when creating legends from/for a Live Table; support for Oracle Spatial Workspace Manager.
  Option to save as MapInfo native to allow data editing when opening the following data files : CSV, XLS and TEXT.
• User interface enhancements
  File Open Dialog enhanced - clicking on a MapInfo location also updates the file format filter (WOR/TAB); Option to store default styles, Layer Control enlarged. A new layer list preference.
  Longer statements in SQL Select Dialog Box from 254 characters to 1024. Improvements made to usability; set default find style added to preferences; find selection in front window only added; New find custom symbols added in custom symbol library; mouse wheel support for browser window enabled. Custom sort order for the legend items of individual value thematic maps. Option to create bi-variate layer using transparent patterns.
  Multi-column alignment options for legend frames. Choice of thematic legend swatch sizes added.
  Stream digitising added - auto node drop while drawing. Support for orthogonal polygons added; sync window usability enhancements; utility to count and optionally remove duplicate rows in a table added; Distance Calculator enhanced functionality - find straight line distance to nearest/farthest lines/polygons plus improved performance; workspace resolver utility added - fix workspaces that do not have the correct file path or have missing tables; new thematic templates - provide improved cartographic options for thematic mapping.
• Datum enhancements
  Guernsey grid co-ordinate system. Chinese Coordinate Systems. Guernsey Grid Coordinate System. Hellenic Geodetic Reference System. Baltic Projections (Lithuanian And Latvian). New Belgian co-ordinate system. New zealand Geodetic datum 2000. Additional UK national grid co-ordinate system.
• MapBasic enhancements
  New and enhanced MapBasic statements to support the new MapInfo Professional features.
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 8.5 - RELEASED JUNE 2006

Platform Support
Windows 2000. Windows XP logo (Professional and Home support). Support for installation on Windows 2003 Server, Terminal Services and Citrix. Validation on Windows XP 64Bit in 32Bit compatibility mode. Silent install support using Microsoft Windows Installer technology
Data access

• Web Services Connectivity to MapInfo Envinsa for Street Level Geocoding (location enablement), find address and Drive Region. MapInfo Map Marker connectivity for street level Geocoding and find address. Connectivity option to: MapInfo hosted Envinsa Online Services EOLS for Geocoding, Find Address and Drive Region generation. Access to other Web Services support through MapBasic programmability. New Web Services toolbar added for quick access to capabilities. New web services interface to configure Web Services preferences include Proxy and HTTPS protocol.
  
• Data Formats Support added for: the latest Air-photo USA Raster format, Inter map TIFF image format, ERDAS IMG
  format.
  
• Database Support Oracle 10G and 9iR2, MS SQL Server 2000, MS Access XP, IBM Informix 9.4. Support for SQL Server 2005
• Spatial Data Support Oracle Spatial 10G and 9iR2, Oracle Locator 10G, SQL Server 2000 with MapInfo Spatial Ware v4.8.1, Informix 9.4 with MapInfo Spatial Ware 4.5.2
  
• Save Window As Option to save a map window image along with geographic reference information, anti-aliasing for image smoothing options added.
• Mapping/Data Editing
  Area Units. Save default thematic with a table. Column and expression persistence added to Browser windows. Automatically view results of query for Select and SQL Select. Ability to reproject and rotate raster and grid images on the fly. Option to smooth raster and grid files to get more info. Improved raster image registration dialog - support for cross hair and larger data view. Extended support for Vertical Mapper Grid (GRD) files - support added for: 3D visualization, Info. Maximum buffer resolution increased, Enhanced Redistricting capabilities now also include percent values based on district totals.
  
• Database Improvements Use Primary Key for new table creation or when saving a remote copy. Added Primary Key auto-increment for Oracle databases. MapInfo data uploaded to remote databases is saved more precisely. Refresh DBMS Table button now refreshes all forms of ODBC connection type tables.
• User Interface Enhancements Copy and paste from Message and Statistics windows. New Toolbar buttons added for commonly used functions. Status bar expanded to show more coordinates and file names. Dialog boxes improved to show more information (Layer Control, Modify Table Structure, New Table Structure, Register raster). Auto-trace tool enhanced - more visible line when tracing. New right click menu to quickly find selection
• Output and Printing Support for anti-aliasing for labels. Removal of 28,000 pixel limitation (facilitates printing of any size maps). Better memory management for large prints. Tool included to print to PDF. Included tool to Export image or vector data to Google Earth
• Datum Enhancements New ETRS-based Coordinate Systems. New Swedish, South African, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian Coordinate Systems added.
• MapBasic Enhancements
  New and enhanced MapBasic statements to support the new MapInfo Professional features.
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 9.0 – RELEASED JUNE 2007

Platform Support

Windows 2000 SP4. Windows XP logo (Professional and Home support), Windows Vista (Ultimate). Support for installation on Windows 2003 Server, Terminal services and Citrix MetaFrame v4.x. Validation on Windows XP 64 Bit. Silent install support using Microsoft Windows Installer technology.

Data Access

• On-the-fly data indexing against remote data. Support of Time and Date/Time data types when accessing data from MS Excel, MS Access and relational databases. Directly open ESRI SDE, EOO, Geodatabase, Shape and Grid Data format support. Extensible data access technology that supports the ability to open virtually any data source or format. Directly access the latest DWG/DXF, DGN, SDTS and VPF formats
  

  Database support

• Oracle 10G and 9iR2, MS SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, MS Access XP, IBM Informix 9.4.
• Spatial Data Support: Oracle Spatial 10G and 9iR2, Oracle Locator 10G. SQL Server 2000 and 2005 with MapInfo SpatialWare v4.8.1. Informix 9.4 with MapInfo Spatial Ware 4.5.2 ESRI SDE Database (read only)

  Software Copy Protection (Product Activation)

• Software Copy Protection introduced where product Activation is required either directly online or by email. Choose node-locked, concurrent, concurrent with borrowing or Citrix-based license options.

  Mapping/Data editing

• Curved labelling to help produce easy to read street maps. New symbol sets for civil contingency, emergency/disaster mapping and general public sector uses. Layout templates with dynamic information provide numerous capabilities to enhance printed map readability. Print templates which can include elements that are updated on-the-fly at print time, such as scale bar, scale text, print date, print time and user defined prompts

Database Improvements

• New data types added: Date/Time and Time. New functions to convert data into time data formats. New time based analytical functions and operators.

Productivity enhancements

• Wizard based process for producing professional quality output. Multiple Hotlink support from a single record. Access MapBasic Help directly from MapInfo Professional. New preferences for managing Layout and Legend windows. New preferences for Find Selection behaviour. New preferences for default label style. Window Manager Tool enhancements

Tools

• Universal Translator updated. Google Earth utility enhanced and now included in Tool Manager.

Datum Enhancements

• Updated Coordinate Systems. JTSK Projection, Bosnia-Herzegovinia Coordinate Systems added.

Visualisation and Analytics

• The ability to perform on-the-fly raster and grid re-projections and rotations. Consolidation of the Grid format between Vertical Mapper and MapInfo Professional so use the info tool to get grid values, generate a grid legend, change colours and ranges or view in 3D, higher resolution for buffer operation limit to improve analytical accuracy.

Improved Help System

• Updated Help includes all reference information. MapBasic Help support from the MapBasic window.

MapBasic enhancements

• Added the following statements: CoordSysName$() function, CurDateTime function, CurTime function, FormatTime$ function, FME Refresh table statement, GetDate function, GetTime function, HotlinkInfo function, Hour function, MakeDateTime function, Minute function, NumberToDateTime function, NumberToTime function, RegionInfo() function, Second function, StringToDateTime function, StringToTime function
• Enhanced The Following Statements: ColumnInfo() function, Commit Table statement, LabelInfo( ) function, LayerInfo () function, Set Map statement, SystemInfo() function.
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 9.5 – RELEASED JUNE 2008

Platform Support

• Windows 2000 SP4. Windows XP logo (Professional and Home support), Windows Vista (Ultimate). Support for installation on Windows 2003 Server, Terminal services and Citrix MetaFrame v4.x. Validation on Windows XP 64 Bit. Silent install support using Microsoft Windows Installer technology and new Workgroup Installation.

Data Access

• On-the-fly data indexing against remote data. MapInfo Professional v9.5 provides wide array of data access options that supports the ability to open virtually any data source or format.
• Database Connectivity Enhancements: Oracle 11G support including Oracle 11G annotation text; MS SQL 2008 Spatial data access and text data read/write

Programming and customisation

• MapInfo now supports the Visual Basic .NET programming language for customising MapInfo Professional. You have the freedom to use Visual Studio .NET to customise and automate MapInfo Professional. This allows you to add a customised, rich, graphical user interface that meets your needs.

Mapping/Data editing

• Enhanced automatic curved labelling results in proper placement of labels helping in the creation of easy to read and aesthetically pleasing maps. Version 9.5 improves on this capability by offering more control to choose conditions for the appearance of curved labels.
• V9.5 provides the option to have labels automatically placed in nine different positions around a map object and/or object centroid.
• Support of additional image formats for custom symbols (GIF, JPG, TIF, PNG) together with support for sub-directory structure for custom symbols. New set of symbols of public sector assets added. Automatic smoothing of label text.
• Vector and label translucency. Automatic Anti-aliasing of lines and borders.
• New Comprehensive Data Editing Package, 40 New Data Editing Functions with configurable Button Pads.

Productivity enhancements

• There are many enhancements to help you perform analysis quickly and get results faster including: Right click options allow you to select an object, right click and access commonly used menu commands for the associated layer; The point, font, line style, colour and pattern pallets all have a new grid control for easy and repeatable style selections; Enhanced Named Views Utility.

Enhanced Connectivity

• In addition to Envinsa and MapMarker, there is MapBasic® support for HTTP, XML and FTP. This support enables you to connect to services including RSS feeds such as Yahoo traffic and XML interfaces to enterprise applications such as SAP or Business Objects. You also can communicate with FTP services to dynamically download data.
• New and Updated Coordinate Systems for Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Libya, Netherlands, Romania, Poland, Sweden and Turkey.
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 10.0 – RELEASED JUNE 2009

Supported Operating Systems - Desktop Operating Systems

• Added: Windows 2007
• Removed: Windows 2000 support
  

Data Access

• Added MS Excel & MS Access Office 2007 format; MS SQL Server 2008 spatial read/write; PostGIS Read/Write; Easy Loader support for: MS SQL 2007 & PostGIS, UTF-8 encoding support for DBF, DBF files can be a part of Shapefile data.

User Interface

• New Menu and ToolBar
• All side docking; New icons; Auto-save

New Layer Control

• Modeless layer control; Instantly see the map reflect map changes; Dock, float or hide the layer control; Resize the layer control to see more layers; Interactive Style swatches; Preview option in the style override dialog; Easy access to layer properties dialog; Multiple layers can be selected and Layer properties be accessed; Layers from different maps can be selected; Layers with different geometry types can be updated; Hotlink feature now includes the ability to set an 'alias'; Status indicates the number of layers selected; Layer Control offers Pause/Resume option; Change Map Window title can be changed via right click menu; Right clicking on map window title in layer control enables quick access to map properties dialog; Selected layers can be reordered/removed up/down as one unit; Selecting objects in the map highlights the corresponding layer name in the Layer Control – easy finding of layers; Group Layers: Ability to add Group layers is available; Tool-tips show file path +name + zoom range
  

Projections Added

• Ministry of Transport of Quebec Coordinate Systems 36 Coordinate systems for Vietnam Support for the Popular Visualization CRS / Mercator coordinate reference system used in Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Maps Added USNG: Ability to display, centre the map or populate points in USNG coordinates

New Tools

• New tool to calculate and append proportion overlap was added.

MapCAD

• New: Create Rotated Rectangle with ease
• New: Split region retains attribute information
• New: When working with large objects (i.e. complex polylines and polygons) MapCAD will now prompt the following message for the following operations: Align vertically; Align horizontally; Parallel; Add nodes; Line Snap; Reverse Line Direction; Right Angle; Perpendicular; Move duplicate nodes; Mirror horizontally; Mirror vertically

MapBasic

New Functions

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• Support for Microsoft Office 2007 Access and Excel; USNGToPoint(string); PointToUSNG$(obj, datumid); Create Adornment Statement Set Adornment Statement; GroupLayerInfo function; LayerListInfo function

Enhanced Functions

• WindowInfo( ) function; Server ConnectionNumber; Set Map statement
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 10.5 – RELEASED JUNE 2010

Supported Operating Systems

Desktop Operating Systems

• Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with 32-bit compatibility mode, Windows Vista Ultimate SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3
  Server Operating Systems
  
• Windows 2008 Server, Windows® 2008 Server with Citrix® XenApp

Metadata Browser

• Search OGC compliant CSW compliant catalogs within your organisation or from around the world, Access PBBI catalog and easily search for world data, Refine search using existing Map window, Launch multiple searches against multiple Servers, Add files to your map from catalog entries when exposed as: File path; Zip File; WMS; WFS; Tile Server

Data Access

• Google KML & KMZ, Tile Server data service

User Interface

• Enhanced ToolBars and cursors – improves ease of use and ease of learning
• Support for utility toolbar docking persistence on all sides, New Icons for MapCAD tools, New cursors better correspond with toolbar icons, Once click PDF output, One click Bing Aerial and Bing Hybrid output, Enhanced Docking – speeds up user operations, Dockable Table List Window, Dockable Named views window, Dockable Metadata Browser, Docking guides for easy docking options, Support for MBX generated window docking
• Table List Window
• View all open tables (weather mapable or not), Use dynamic search bar to quickly filter table names and find the ones you want, Drag tables into maps to quickly add data to existing maps, Drag tables to an empty spot to create new maps, Right click on tables to: Select all, Export, View/Update Table Structure, Create Points, Update or Columns
  Select or multi-select tables to: Add to an existing map, create a new map, browse or close the tables at once, Use MapBasic to modify the menu and add or remove commands
• Layer List – Added the following menu options:
• Browse table, Add style override, Add label override, Drag one or more style or label override from one layer to another
• Drag style override from one map to another
• Enhanced Named Views Utility
• Added toolbar docking persistence support, Dockable named views window
• Enhanced Sync Windows Utility
• Added toolbar docking persistence support, Added a toolbar icon for one click synchronization
  Better Looking Maps
  
• Built-in worldwide Aerial and Hybrid imagery, stacked style support (create new map object styles on the fly),·Multi zoom style support, Multi zoom label support

Output

• Support for standard PDF, Support for layered PDF, Support for Geo Registered PDF, Support for PDF with Attributes, Support for publishing maps to PBBI web mapping in the cloud

MapBasic

• Support for creating new Tile Server table, Support for saving toolbar docking location, Support for multi-style and label override, Support for configuring/enhancing right-click context menu for Table List and Layer Control, Support for browsing table from Layer Control, Support for enabling custom dialog docking, Support for windows docking and persisting docked states for future sessions
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL VERSION 11.0 – RELEASED JUNE 2011

Re-designed Browser Window

• Easily sort up to 4 columns for a table or query
• Column width automatically set to content length
• Multi-line support for both Browser and Labels
• Easily set font and style for any Browser window
• Better selection visibility
• Multi Record select via click and drag
• East data/call navigation and editing options
• Ability to perform Undo/Redo operations multiple times at cell level
• Support for Windows themes/skins/colours

User Interface Enhancement

• Sizeable crosshair on map window for drawing and measuring, 3 sizes accessed via x key

Enhanced Support of 64 bit Operating Systems

• Perform Memory Intensive Operations
• MapInfo Professional 11.0 will automatically detect and use up to 4GB of memory. Operations such as large object processing tasks, grid, excel and raster data loading can now work with twice the amount of data without memory limitations

Updated Preferences Dialog

• More intuitive grouping of options for better navigation
• New Browser Preferences dialog
• New alternate row colour setting

Open MWS map data in MapInfo Professional

• Share workspaces with MapInfo web based solutions and MapXtreme applications
• Support for multiple map windows, styles, thematic layers and legends

Open MapCAD Tools
Scale objects

• Scales geographic objects by a specific factor
• Orthogonal Points
• Position points orthogonal to a reference line
• Measurement Lines
• Generates measurement lines with cumulated distance and distance to objects

Integration and Data Management with MapInfo Manager

• Search browse and open data using the CSW catalog service
• Fast and convenient access to table metadata from Layer Control and the Table List
• Ability to add tables to MapInfo Manager Library

Microsoft Bing Premium Services

• Bing Road Tile Option for additional functionality gaining access to Bing’s latest Road Tile data
• Move Map To Option to centre a map around a place name (gazetteer) or an address
• Open Street Map Road Tile New Open Street Maps road tile layer

Database Connectivity
ODBC Drivers

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client
  
• Oracle ODBC Driver 11.2
• PostgreSQL ANSI ODBC driver 8.x
  Oracle OCI Client
  
  
• Oracle Instant Client version 11.2.0.1.0
  
• Database Servers
  Spatial
  
• SQL Server 2005 with SpatialWare 4.9
• SQL Server 2008
  
• Oracle Spatial 11Gr2, 10Gr2
  
• PostgreSQL 8.5 with PostGIS 1.3
  
• PostGIS v9.0 with PostGIS v1.5.2

X,Y

• Microsoft Access 2007, 2010
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 XY on a spatialised DB
  
• Oracle Spatial 10Gr2, 11Gr2

Operating Systems
Desktop

• Windows XP SP3 (required) for .NET 4.0
  
• Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
  
• Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 with 32 bit compatibility mode
  Server
  
• Windows 2008 Server 64 Bit SP2
  
• Windows 2008 R2 64 bit SP1
• Windows 2008 (64bit) Server SP2 with XenServer (a.k.a. Citrix)

MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL v11.5 (released June 2012) ADDS

Browser Window Improvements

• Excel-like functionality with the addition of sort and column filtering functionality from directly within the browser window.
  
• Refresh data within browser. If a user is making edits to data or working with an RDBMS, the refresh button will quickly refresh data.
  
• Quick access toolbar makes it easier to both learn and use the Browser window.

New Legend Designer

• An all-new Legend Designer window enables the user to easily create and preview map legends.
  
• Includes built-in toolbar for easy access to commonly used capabilities.
  
• Legend window has snap-to-grid functionality for easy movement and grouping of symbols.
  
• Left and right indent for easy, consistent movement of symbols.
  
• User defined guidelines (similar to PowerPoint) to align symbols.
  
• Zoom in/zoom out within legend window to view detail of symbols.
  
• Supported in the Layout window for easy printing.

Ease-of-Use Enhancements

• Makes everyday use easier and quicker.
  
• Improved support for using multiple monitors.
  
• Improved zooming options when using the mouse wheel.
  
• Automatically add queries to a map.
  
• WMS, WFS, CSW server lists refreshed
  
• Improved support for ECW format raster images.
  
• Improved Help section on keyboard shortcuts and commands.

Two New Tools in MapCAD

• Convert polylines into curved lines (splines).
  
• Create text from a database.
  
• Support for accessing data from Google Earth Enterprise Tile servers.

MapInfo Professional Workspace Enhancements

• If a Tab file is missing and the user can’t locate it, the workspace gives the option of skipping the missing file in order for the workspace to open and display all available Tab files.
  
• The map opens without the file, with the map based on the information that can be located (*end of 2012).

MapInfo Manager Integration

• Automatic updates of metadata when data has been changed in MapInfo Professional.
  
• Edit metadata records directly from MapInfo Professional.

Microsoft Bing™ Maps

• MapInfo Professional v11.5 provides continued access to Microsoft Bing mapping, worldwide annotated imagery. This base-mapping capability saves time and money.
  
• Premium services add worldwide access to Bing street maps and the ability to quickly find a location and move a map to that location. (*Premium services available at additional cost)

Operating Systems

• Desktop: Windows XP Professional 32-bit, Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1, Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 with 32-bit compatibility mode
• Server: Windows 2008 Server 32-bit SP2, Windows 2008 Server 32-bit SP2 with XenServer, Windows 2008 Server R2 64-bit SP1

Database Connectivity

ODBC DRIVERS: MS SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server 2008 Native Client, SQL Server 2012 Native Client, Oracle ODBC driver 11.2, PostgreSQL ANSI ODBC driver 8.x,
ORACLE OCI CLIENT: Oracle Instant Client version 11.2.0.1.0

Database Servers

Spatial: MS SQL Server 2005 with SpatialWare 4.9, MS SQL Server 2008 (also called SQL Server Spatial), SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0-1, Oracle ODBC driver 11.2, PostgreSQL ANSI ODBC driver 8.x
XY: MS Access 2007, 2010

MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL v12

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