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MapInfo ® Professional v10.0 VERSION COMPARISON DISCOVER A NEW STANDARD OF USABILITY IN LOCATION INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS. Ease of Use Redesigned Layer Control • Interact with maps via live control • View changes instantly—experiment with styles and colors using the preview option’s new preview button • Dock, float, or hide the layer control, as needed • Organize layers into groups, and turn a group of layers on and off with a single click • Resize window to see more layers • Access the layer properties dialog box with a simple double-click • Select, view, and edit line, region, and point layers in one simple step • Apply settings, such as display, zoom, label placement, and label rules, to multiple layers at one time, even layers in different map windows • Access frequently performed layer operations via right-click menu • Change visibility, selectability, and label checkmarks for one or more layers with a single click • Select multiple layers sequentially or sparsely • Utilize any or all of the three modes of operation—single map window, expand selected window, and display all map windows • Change map window title via right-click menu • Build logical groupings of layers for easier use, understanding, and navigation Toolbars and Menu Engine • Enjoy better organization and easy access to tools with four side docking capability • Achieve better functionality with new, easier to understand button icons • Improve learning for new users with icons associated with menu commands • Save settings and toolbar locations, automatically upon exit, with auto-save Data Access • Microsoft Office 2007 Support—extend your investment: Excel 2007; Access 2007 • MS SQL Server 2008 Direct Access: Spatial data; Geography and Geometry Spatial types; Auto-number key; EasyLoader database population • PostgreSQL and PostGIS Direct Access Summary MapInfo Professional, the industry’s leading location intelligence desktop solution, enables you to create, edit, visualize, and analyze customer and business data in the context of location. MapInfo Professional v10.0 saves you time and resources with a powerful new user interface, including redesigned layer control and toolbars, supports a wide variety of data formats, produces better looking maps, and provides easier access to analytical capabilities. MapInfo Professional v10.0—providing the power of location. HOW DOES V10.0 COMPARE TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS? MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL v10.0 ADDS:

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MapInfo® Professional v10.0V E R S I O N C O M PA R I S O N

DISCOVER A NEW STANDARD OF USABILITY IN LOCATION

INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS.

Ease of Use

Redesigned Layer Control

• Interact with maps via live control

• View changes instantly—experiment with

styles and colors using the preview option’s

new preview button

• Dock, float, or hide the layer control,

as needed

• Organize layers into groups, and turn a

group of layers on and off with a single click

• Resize window to see more layers

• Access the layer properties dialog box with

a simple double-click

• Select, view, and edit line, region, and point

layers in one simple step

• Apply settings, such as display, zoom,

label placement, and label rules, to multiple

layers at one time, even layers in different

map windows

• Access frequently performed layer

operations via right-click menu

• Change visibility, selectability, and label

checkmarks for one or more layers with

a single click

• Select multiple layers sequentially or

sparsely

• Utilize any or all of the three modes of

operation—single map window, expand

selected window, and display all map windows

• Change map window title via right-click

menu

• Build logical groupings of layers for easier

use, understanding, and navigation

Toolbars and Menu Engine

• Enjoy better organization and easy access

to tools with four side docking capability

• Achieve better functionality with new, easier

to understand button icons

• Improve learning for new users with icons

associated with menu commands

• Save settings and toolbar locations,

automatically upon exit, with auto-save

Data Access

• Microsoft Office 2007 Support— extend

your investment: Excel 2007; Access 2007

• MS SQL Server 2008 Direct Access:

Spatial data; Geography and Geometry

Spatial types; Auto-number key; EasyLoader

database population

• PostgreSQL and PostGIS Direct Access

Summary

MapInfo Professional, the

industry’s leading location

intelligence desktop solution,

enables you to create, edit,

visualize, and analyze

customer and business data

in the context of location.

MapInfo Professional v10.0

saves you time and resources

with a powerful new user

interface, including redesigned

layer control and toolbars,

supports a wide variety of

data formats, produces better

looking maps, and provides

easier access to analytical

capabilities. MapInfo

Professional v10.0—providing

the power of location.

HOW DOES V10.0 COMPARE TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS?

MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL v10.0 ADDS:

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MapInfo® Professional v10.0

V E R S I O N C O M PA R I S O N

Enhanced Analysis

• Proportion Overlap Tool: calculate the

proportional overlap between two layers—

examples of use include: calculate the

number of people within a drive time

zone around a retail store; calculate the

percentage of population within a wireless

coverage area; calculate what proportion of

a prospective geological region is covered

by a mineral exploration company’s leases

• United States National Grid Support:

display and center the map or populate

points in USNG coordinates

• UTF-8 Support: read DBF files with data

stored in UTF-8 encoding—useful for

multi-national datasets

• EPSG Codes: Ministry of Transport of

Quebec Coordinate Systems:

• Popular Visualization CRS/Mercator

EPSG:3785

• NAD27/MTQ Lambert EPSG:3797

• NAD83/MTQ Lambert EPSG:3798

• NAD83(CSRS)/MTQ Lambert EPSG:3799

• New Projections: 36 coordinate systems

for Vietnam; support for the Popular

Visualization CRS/Mercator coordinate

reference system used in Microsoft Virtual

Earth and Google Maps

Enhanced Map Output

Layered PDF

• Print to layered PDF

• Provides support for group layers

• Turn label and geography layers on or off,

independently

• Export to layered PDF from map and layout

windows

• Provides individual layer list and visibility

control for each map frame in layout

Scale-Bar

• Updates automatically when the map is

zoomed as a result of the dynamic scale-bar

capability

• Provides multiple style scale-bars

• Includes cartographic scale representation

(e.g. 1:10,000)

New MapBasic Functions

• Supports Microsoft Office 2007—

Access and Excel

• USNGToPoint(string)

• PointToUSNG$(obj, datumid)

• Create Adornment statement

• Set Adornment statement

• GroupLayerInfo function

• LayerListInfo function

• WindowInfo( ) function

• Server ConnectionNumber

• Set Map statement

Supported Operating Systems

Desktop Operating Systems

• Windows XP sp3

• Vista Ultimate sp1

• Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit

• Windows 7 Beta

Server Operating Systems

• Windows 2003 Server Enterprise

• Windows 2003 Server with Citrix 4.X

• Windows 2008 Server

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Additional Deployment Capabilities• New Workgroup installation option allows multiple

users to share user customizable files and symbols

• Silent installation and product activation

DATA ACCESS• Support for Annotation text in Oracle 11g

• Improved performance with cached data through

indexing both key and geometry columns

• Efficient, progressive cache works on an additive

basis, instead of rebuilding the cache

• Default view option improves performance on

initial opening of tables

• Unlimited length for MapInfo Professional SQL

expressions

BETTER LOOKING MAPS• Curved labeling enhanced to support user

controlled overhangs

• Added automatic positioning of labels around

points and centroids—results in more labels on

the map

• Support of additional image formats for custom

symbols (GIF, JPG, TIF, PNG)

• 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 rendering capabilities, including vector

translucency (for creating see-through maps)

and improved image quality (for anti-aliasing)

• Improved print engine, including a new printing

method

DATUM ENHANCEMENTS• Sweden, Turkey, Croatia, France, Fiji, Egypt,

Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Libya, Estonia,

Netherlands, Germany, Romania

MAPPING/DATA EDITING• New comprehensive data editing package,

40 new data editing functions with configurable

button pads

• Suitable for creating geographic asset information

such as: sewers or pipelines at fixed intervals from

road or parcel boundaries; pipelines, cables or

wires at fixed angles from a road

MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL v9.5 ADDED:

MapInfo Professional v10.0’s redesigned, dockable layer control includes quick access to layer properties.

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• Attach text objects from a separate DXF/DWG

imported layer into the associated sewer or

pipeline layer

• Line direction can easily be changed for the

purposes of representing the direction of water flow

• Columns containing coordinates, automatically

build lines/polylines

• Copy and paste styles from one object to another

• Select objects by object style

• Updated object processing vastly improves speed

and performance for combine and buffer operations

EASE OF USE• Access layer operations from the right click menu

including: view entire layer, select all from layer,

make layer editable

• Selected objects from the layer highlight the layer

in Layer Control for easy layer finding

• Modify table structure by dragging and dropping

columns

• Easy to use New Map Window dialog

• Added grid lookup for color, line, or pattern

• Vista/Windows-XP application look

• Newly redesigned named views utility

• Improved selection visualization via enhanced

drawing mode

PROGRAMMING ENHANCEMENTS• Programming with .NET

• Support for .NET programmability: Design your

GUI in .NET and run within MapInfo Professional,

or embed MapInfo Professional inside your .NET

application, and write code in VB.NET or C# or any

.NET compliant language

NEW MAPBASIC FUNCTIONS• TableInfo()—Added definition to return CoordSys

clause without bounds

• RasterTableInfo()—Returns information about a

Raster or Grid Table

• GridTableInfo()—Return information about a grid

file, it will error if the table is not a grid

• ControlPointInfo()—Return information about

control points for image tables

• IsGridCellNull()—Returns whether a specific grid

cell is null or not

• GetGridCellValue()—Returns value of specific

grid cell

DATA ACCESS• Data Formats: Added direct access capability for:

DWG, DXF, DGN, ESRI E00, ESRI GeoDatabase,

ESRI Personal GeoDB (MDB), SDTS, and VPF

• Extensible data access can provide support to over

150 formats, as needed

• Spatial Data Support: ESRI SDE v9.X and higher

OTHER DATA ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS• Save Window As: GeoTIFF (geographically

referenced image)

• Support For: Date/Time and Time data values

• Use Find and Geocode on any column

• Secure WMS and WFS connections via HTTPS

BETTER LOOKING MAPS• Curved labeling

• New emergency management fonts

• New preference to set default label font/style

• New map preferences for searching and inserting

map objects

ENHANCED ANALYSIS• MapInfo Professional’s new time based analysis

capabilities allow organizations to benefit from

MapInfo Professional in new ways. MapInfo

Professional will now recognize and preserve time

and Date and Time based data from a number of

data sources, and this data can be visualized and

analyzed using the full range of MapInfo

Professional capabilities.

IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY• Wizard based process for producing professional

quality output

• Multiple hotlink support from a single record

• Access MapBasic Help directly from MapInfo

Professional

• New Legend window preferences

• New Layout window preferences

• New preferences for find selection behavior

• Window Manager tool enhancements

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