What’s New in MapInfo Professional v12.5 - Tips, Tricks and a Live Demonstration!
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MapInfo Professional v12.5 Better, Faster, Stronger July 2014
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The 2014 releases of MapInfo Professional can help you improve the efficiency of your GIS tasks and create great-looking maps. This slide deck taken from our July 17 2014 webinar shows you how to become more proficient working with the newest MapInfo Professional features. See tips and tricks across data access, editing, display, querying, object manipulation and more. Key topics covered include: • Controlling the display order of map objects • Setting translucent images in the layout designer • Improving performance during updates • Displaying multiple points on the same location • And much more! View a recording of the webinar: http://bit.ly/1wF19un Download a free 30-day trial of the new MapInfo Professional v12.5: http://web.pb.com/miprov125
Transcript of What’s New in MapInfo Professional v12.5 - Tips, Tricks and a Live Demonstration!
MapInfo Professional v12.5
Better, Faster, Stronger
July 2014
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MapInfo Professional v12.5 schedule
Available! October 2014
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Cartographic outputAbility to work directly with a map in a layout. An all new Layout Designer to make creating layouts easier.
Performance improvements
Use of multiple cores for object processing improvements
OS - 64 bit Full 64-bit application
User experience upgrades
Redesigned user interface with ribbons (64 bit)
New Grid Engine New format and high performing grid engine. (64-bit). Targeted for Q1 2015
MapInfo Professional v12.5 Themes
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Demonstration
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New Layout Designer
Grids and Guidelines
Auto-wrapping text boxes
32 bit – easy access toolbar (as shown)
64 bit – dedicated ribbon
Add logos and graphics with new image support
Prepare maps for printing quicker and easier than ever before
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Layout Designer – Active Maps
Work directly with your map windows without leaving the Layout page!
Pan and ZoomAdjust layersModify labelsSet the scale
Prepare maps for printing more quickly and easily than ever before.
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Performance
Multi-threading of selected object processing capabilities to use more or all of the available processors§ Split § Erase § Erase Outside § Buffer
64 bit version: Other operations (although not made to be multi-threaded) offer incremental improvements in the time to complete.§ Mostly due to ability to use more memory.
New raster grid format (.MRR) has substantially improved rendering times
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Performance comparisonsDell Latitude D630, 2 CPU-2Ghz, 4 GB RAM Dell Latitude E6420, 8 CPU-2.2Ghz, 8 GB RAM
Windows XP (32 bit) Windows 7 (64 bit)
Version 12.0.3 Version 12.0.3 Version 12.5 alpha build 6404
Buffer 1,735,272 points. 1 mile radius. 100 smoothness. One buffer of all objects. Cosmetic layer.
1091 seconds 844 seconds 760 seconds
Buffer US Highways. 20 km radius. 500 smoothness. One buffer for each object. Cosmetic layer.
130 seconds 113 seconds 57 seconds
Split 58 boundaries with a table of 3221 boundaries 254 seconds 207 seconds 82 seconds
Split 58 boundaries with 30,458 boundaries 705 seconds 557 seconds 220 seconds
Up to 2 GB RAM used / single CPU
Up to 4 GB RAM used / single CPU
Multiple CPU's(multi-threaded!)
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64 bit prototype
Demonstration
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64 Bit version – New User Interface
New User Interface
Brand New Ribbon UI
Window Management: Tabbed, Docking, Floating
Multi-Monitor Support
Mini-Toolbars
Workspace Explorer
Labeling Styles & Label Preview
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And More!
Added data file support!• ESRI GeoDatabase (import/export)
• Geography Markup Language (GML)
Improvements to Distributed Licensing
New Projections and Coordinate systems
Read SupportGML v2.1.2GML v3.1.1GML v3.2.1
Write SupportGML SF-0 (Simple Features Level SF-0 Profile)
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MapBasic EnhancementsNote that work on the 64 bit version of MapInfo Professional impacts the MapBasic language. Support for new capabilities in the 32 bit version may appear later this year in a patch release.
New MapBasic syntax for Layout Designer and other new capabilities.
MapBasic .NET support enhanced § Construct objects§ Call Instance and Interface Methods and Properties
New variable types: This, RefPtr, IntPtr and LargeInt,The new user interface is encompassed in a Microsoft .NET
object model. § Support for .NET Instance object and Interface Properties
and Methods§ NET object model can be used from compiled MapBasic
New definition file, IMapInfoProfessional.def for method declarations
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Tips and Tricks
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Translucent images in the Layout Designer
• Layout Designer supports images with translucency.• Translucency needs to be set outside of MapInfo
Professional.
In MS Office applications a transparent background is setin the Color gallery (Format tab).
Version 12.5 tip!!!
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Insert source image Get the size
Start with an image in your application.
Recolor the image Set Image TransparencyRemove the borderSave as Picture
Bring into MapInfo Professional
Making an image translucent
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Controlling the display order of map objects
A MapInfo table does not provide control over the display order of map objects.
A query made from a MapInfo table is drawn in the order that the data appears in the query.
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Improve performance of Update Column
Two tips for improving performance when updating a column in a table:
1. Remove the index on the columnIf the column you are updating is indexed, the index will get updated for each record being updated.This can be slow for large datasets
2. Set the table in FastEdit modeFastEdit mode increases editing speed because transaction files are not created. This means changes cannot be undone
This can be done through the UI
Requires using the MapBasic window
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Improve performance of Update Column
Syntax: Example one. Drop the index.
nTime = Timer()Drop Index your table (YOUR COLUMN)Update Addresses Set YOUR COLUMN = YOUR COLUMN EXPRESSIONCommit Table your table InteractiveCreate Index On your table(YOUR COLUMN)Print "Done after " + (Timer() - nTime) + " secs"
The above can be done through the user interface. Use the Table > Maintenance > Table Structure command to get rid of and restore the index.
This can be done through the user interface
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Improve performance of Update Column
Syntax: Example 2 – Drop the index and use the FastEdit option.
nTime = Timer()Drop Index your table (YOUR COLUMN)Set Table Addresses FastEdit On Undo OffUpdate Addresses Set YOUR COLUMN = YOUR COLUMN EXPRESSIONCommit Table your table InteractiveSet Table Addresses FastEdit Off Undo OnCreate Index On your table(YOUR COLUMN)Commit Table your table InteractivePrint "Done after " + (Timer() - nTime) + " secs"
The FastEdit setting can only be turned on
through MapBasic.
If the FastEdit option is turned on there is no ability to revert the changes to the table.
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Displaying multiple points on the same location
Use the "MapInfo Dispersed Groups" font.• Thematic maps or queries
Each color block represents a group of symbols that do not overlap when on the same coordinates
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Dispersed Groups example
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Oldies but goodies!More than we have time for!
Bonus Tips
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Tip: Recover lost windows
If you have ever had the Info tool window or the Statistics window go missing, it is possibly because they have been opened up off of your screen. This could happen due to the window position being set in a workspace.
To recover your windows use this menu command.Window > Recover Off Screen Windows
The above applies to MapInfo Professional v11.5 or later. If you have an earlier version, this article from the MI Pro Journal explains an alternative method. Click here
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Tip: Improve your map appearance with Stacked Styles
This option is found in the Layer Properties >Layer Display tab.
A full article is here
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Tip: Suspend map redraws to work faster!
In Layer Control, you can suspend map redraws and make multiple changes at once.
An additional related tip is in this article
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Tip: Setting a default Find symbol
If you don't like the default symbol used by the Query > Find command you can change it.
Options > Preferences > Styles…
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Tip: Set a default column display for a Table
In the Pick Fields dialog box…• If you do not need to see all of your
columns, use the Save As Default Browser View option.
Not a permanent change to your table.• Columns are hidden, not removed.
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Resources for the MapInfo Professional User!
Resources
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Free Trial Download
The 32 bit release of MapInfo Professional v12.5 is available for download!
http://web.pb.com/miprov125
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www.mapinfo.com/resources
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"The MapInfo Professional"
Tips, tricks, techniques and advice for MapInfo Professional Users
E-mail journal produced monthly~3500 subscribers worldwide
An archive of all of the previous issues is available!!§ Click here§ Check out an issue and if you like it, you can
subscribe through the link in the top right corner.
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Ideas Portal
Make suggestions! Vote! Discuss!
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Keep in touch! Learn more!
Follow us on Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/mapinfo
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Community site for tools and utilities
http://communitydownloads.pbinsight.com
Download MapBasic and other tools and utilities.
Direct link from MapInfo Professional!
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Five super useful utilities …
1) MapInfo2Excel – export from MI Pro to Excel. Click here
2) Turbocharged MapBasic Development: MapBasic IDE. Click here
3) WindowHelper – improved window management. Click here
4) Data Driven Pages – batch print/export of maps. Click here
5) Shortcut keys – Useful keyboard shortcuts. Click here
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Five useful white papers
Focusing in on Spatial Precision: Click here. Options and implications for improving the precision of your data.
A Golden Opportunity: Truly Integrated 3D GIS: Click here.Illustrating the efficiencies in integrating data, GIS and GIM.
Hot Spot Mapping: Click here.Using Location Intelligence to reduce crime.
The ROI of Data Quality: Click here.A fresh look at the value and necessity of improved data quality.
Business Strength Geocoding: Click here.Ten requirements for more cost-efficient and effective business decisions.
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Tom ProbertMapInfo Professional Global
Product Manager
Thank you!
