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:
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
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.
• 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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MapInfo® Professional v10.0
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MAPINFO PROFESSIONAL v9.0 ADDED:
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