MapInfo Professional - What's New in 10.0

Powerful New User Interface

MapInfo Professional v10.0’s new flexible user interface not only greatly improves efficiency and organization, but also increases productivity. The new user interface allows users to dock toolbars on all four sides of the application helping to improve efficiency, reduce screen clutter, and save time.

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Data Creation & Editing

MapInfo Professional® provides many CAD data creation and editing tools as well as the ability to edit your tabular data such as values and names. This means you don’t have to switch between applications. Make all your changes for maps and data in one application and save time and effort.

Redesigned Layer Control

MapInfo Professional v10.0 includes a powerful new layer control. This redesigned Layer control, shown as either a floating or docked window that remains visible during the entire mapping session, provides quick and easy access at all times.
Style swatches, label conditions, and text style settings are now easily accessible and included next to each layer, allowing you to change and preview layer settings quickly and easily. By simply clicking the desired style swatch, the new style override can be set for one or more layers in a single step.

The new layer property manipulation process, coupled with the immediate preview capability, results in fewer clicks and improved efficiency.

The redesigned layer control not only allows access to layers in all open maps, but also allows editing to layers in multiple workspaces, simultaneously. By allowing you to view, manipulate, and preview all current map layers, MapInfo Professional v10.0 creates a substantial time savings.

Data access is essential to any and all analysis. By providing support for the latest industry standards and databases, MapInfoProfessional v10.0 enables you to apply the power of location to an unlimited number of data types. New supported data formats include:
PostGIS—Provides full read and write capabilities to the open source PostgreSQL database.  Access to the open source database allows users to access, edit, and save PostGIS files to the database through MapInfo Professional.

MapInfo Professional v10.0 satisfies various government mandates requiring PostGIS format support.

Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 Spatial Database—Optimizes IT investments by providing both read and write access to Microsoft’s® SQL Server 2008 spatial database.  Microsoft® Office 2007—Supports the new file format of both Microsoft® Excel and Microsoft® Access.

Dynamic Map Output

MapInfo Professional v10.0 includes new dynamic elements and map output capabilities, such as a dynamic scalebar and the ability to export maps to layered PDF format.

The dynamic scale bar automatically adjusts and updates as you zoom, pan, and resize the map window.  Once the desired maps are created, MapInfo Professional v10.0 supports exporting maps to layered PDF format. The layered PDF format allows future access to the various layers of data. This enables specific layers to be turned on or off, depending on the requirement, providing flexibility for the end user.

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