MapInfo Professional v12.5 - Better, Faster, Stronger

MapInfo Forum 2014MapInfo Professional 12.5

Steve Mann, Global Director, Product Development

2 MapInfo Forum 2014

MapInfo Professional v12.5 schedule

June 2014 October 2014


MapInfo Professional v12.5 Themes


New Layout Designer

Live Maps and Browsers

Grids and Guidelines

Auto-wrapping text boxes

32 bit – easy access toolbar (as shown)

64 bit – dedicated ribbon

Prepare maps for printing quicker and easier than ever before


Layout Designer – Active Maps

Work directly with your map windows without leaving the Layout page!

Pan and Zoom

Adjust layers

Modify labels

Prepare maps for printing more quickly and easily than ever before.


Layout Designer – Active Browser

Work directly with Browser windows without leaving the Layout page!

Sort and filter

Rearrange columns


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 and support for huge rasters/grids


Easier to learn – easier to use!

New User Interface

Brand New Ribbon UI

Window Management: Tabbed, Docking, Floating

Multi-Monitor Support

Mini-Toolbar

Workspace Explorer

Labeling Styles & Label Preview


New User Interface

Tabs and galleries

Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

Easier to learn and easier to use

Capabilities are easier to find and use – less mouse clicks!


All windows now support docking, floating and tabbed modes

Floating windows can be moved onto secondary monitors

Hide and re-open windows as needed, reduce clutter

Improved Productivity!

Window Management


Easily search for desired tables/layers.

Integrated Layer Control and Table List capabilities.

• Separate windows still available.

Integrated window list

• Show/hide windows (without closing them)

Data connections list

New Workspace Explorer Window


Live DemoMapInfo Pro


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New raster/grid capability for MapInfo Pro

Native 64 bit extension

New multi-resolution file format

High performance rendering and processing

Functionality integrated directly into MapInfo Pro

.NET API for application programmability

Ribbon based user interface

MapInfo Raster



New User Experience



New Capabilities

Raster functions available (v1.0)

Raster Properties

Metadata, Statistics, Cell Info

Display

Colour modulation, hill shading

Processing

Convert, Reproject, Resample, Clip,

Merge, Rasterize

Analysis

Point/Line/Region Stats, Calculator,

Classify, Filter, Contour, Profile,

Viewshed



New Opportunities

Exciting future

New raster/grid based analysis within

MapInfo Professional 64 bit

Successor to Vertical Mapper and Engage3D

Enhancement to vertical specific applications

like Discover and Crime Profiler

New raster API for customers, partners to

build their own custom functions to support

specific market needs

Capability expanded across the MapInfo suite

including Spectrum Spatial on the server


Live DemoMapInfo Raster

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