MapInfo Professional® -
What's New in 8.5
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- Platform Support
- Data Access
- Mapping/Editing Data
- Database Improvements
- User Interface Enhancements
- Outputting and Printing
- Tools
- Datum Enhancements
- Enhanced Help System
- MapBasic Enhancements
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 option using Microsoft Windows Installer technology
Data Access
WEB SERVICES:
- Connectivity to MapInfo Envinsa for Street Level Geocoding (location enablement)
- Find Address and Drive Region generation
- MapInfo MapMarker connectivity for street level Geocoding and Find Address
- Connectivity option to MapInfo hosted Envinsa Online Services (EOLS) for Geocoding
- Access to other Web Services through MapBasic programmability
- Web Services toolbar added for quick access to capabilities
- Interface to configure Web Services preferences include Proxy and HTTPS protocol
DATA FORMATS:
- Support for the latest AirPhoto USA Raster format
- Intermap TIFF image format
- ERDAS IMG format
DATABASE SUPPORT:
- Oracle 10g and 9iR2
- Oracle Locator 10g
- SQL Server 2000 with MapInfo
- SpatialWare v4.8.1
- Informix 9.4 with MapInfo SpatialWare 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
- Ability to set default Distance and 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 re-project and rotate raster and grid images on the fly
- Option to smooth raster and grid files to get more info
- Enhanced 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
- Maximum buffer resolution increased
- Enhanced Redistricting capabilities to include percent values based on district totals
Database Improvements
- Use Primary Key for new table creation or when saving a remote copy
- Employ Primary Key auto-increment for Oracle databases
- MapInfo data uploaded to remote databases is saved with more precision
- Refresh DBMS Table button 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 enlarged 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)
- Extended memory management for large prints
- Print to PDF capability added
- Tool to Export image or vector data to Google Earth included
Tools
- Universal Translator updated
- Google Earth utility enhanced and included in Tool Manager
Datum Enhancements
NEW ETRS-BASED COORDINATE SYSTEMS ADDED:
- Swedish Coordinate System
- South African Coordinate System Zones
- Lithuanian Coordinate Systems
- Latvian Coordinate Systems
- Estonian Coordinate System
Enhanced Help System
- Documentation for the MapInfo Professional Tools
- Links to Web content
- Customizable favorites
- Streamlined navigation
MapBasic Enhancements
ADDED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:
- EPSGToCoordSysString$( )
- Geocode statements
- Drive Region statements
- ObjectNodeHasM( )
- # ObjectNodeHasZ( )
ADDED MAPBASIC ACCESSOR FUNCTIONS:
- to HTTP, FTP and XML function calls
ENHANCED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:
- CreateObject statement
- Create Redistricter statement
- Shade statement
- UnitAbbr$( ) function
More Information
- Introduction
- Version 11 Data Sheet
- Features
- Free Map Data
- Web-Based Training
- Support
- Brochure
- Tools/Add-ons