Soyouhaven’tupgradedtoMapInfo64-bityet?Thisdocumentprovidesaquickoverviewoftheimportantfeaturesandimprovementsofthecurrent64-bitreleaseforthosecustomerswhohavenotyetmigratedfromthe32-bitversions(v12.5andolder).SimpleMigration:Perhapsyouareconcernedthatupgradingwillbreakyourcurrentenvironment?Wehavetriedtomakethemigrationassmoothandpainlessaspossible:

• ExistingWorkspaces–justopenthemasyoudidin32-bitversions• Layouts–MapInfowillautomaticallyimportyourexistinglayoutsintothenewLayoutDesigner.

Thereisnothingyouhavetodo.• MapBasicscripts–inmostcasesthesewillcontinuetoworkwithoutmodification.Someminor

editsmaybeneededinordertooptimallyintegratethemwiththenewribboninterface.Stillnotconvinced?Here’swhatyouaremissing:We’reinvestingheavilyinmodernizingMapInfoPro.We’refocusedonmakingitfaster,abletohandlebigdata,moreextensibleandeasierthanevertocreategreatlookingoutput.Herearesomeofthehighlights,butyoucancheckonthedetailsonthefollowingpages.

• PerformanceandInfrastructure• Data,WebServicesandCloudServices(Geocoding)• LayoutDesigner• Thematics• Webmappublishing• UsabilityImprovementsacrosstheboard

Thesenewcapabilitiesaredeliveredwhilemaintainingbackwardscompatibilitywithyourexistingdataandworkspaces.YoucanevencontinuetorunmanyMapBasicapplicationswithoutevenneedingtorecompilethem!

MapInfov16

PerformanceandInfrastructureBigDataFiles>2gb

TABfilescannowbelargerthan2gbinsize.Inaddition,we’veexpandedrecordandfieldlengths,alongwiththenumberoffieldspertable.Theseimprovementsallowforworkingwithmuchlargerdataandreducestheneedforseamlesstables.We’vealsoextendedlargefilescapabilitytoourstandardsetofhigh-performancedatabasessupported.OrtryoutGeopackagefilestouseasapersonaldatabase.AndournewMRR(Multi-ResolutionRaster)canexceedeven1tbwithexcellentperformance.

Unicode

We’veaddedsupportforUTF-8andUTF-16.Tablescannowsupportmultiplelanguages.Multi-languagetableswillbedisplayedproperlyinmaps,browsers,theInfoTool,etc.

.NETSDK

We’veaddeda.NETSDKsothatyoucanbuildmuchmoresophisticatedadd-onsusingthefullpoweroftheWindowsenvironment.MapInfoalsocomesbundledwithsampleappstohelpyougetstarted.

Performance

Tabledeleteandupdateoperationswillbefasterinmanycases.ThisisduetousingasmarterwayofmanagingindicesonTABfiles.Thereisanewpreferenceforcontrollingthisbehavior.Wemassivelyincreasedthespeedofqueriesandselectionsonlargedatasets.Whenthenumberofrecordsgetslarge(>1million)thespeedincreaseisinthemanyordersofmagnitude.Backgroundprocessingcapabilitiesarealsoavailablefordevelopingadd-ins.YoucanseethisinactionusingthenewMapInfoAdvancedRastermoduledescribedwithinthisdocument.

MapInfoAdvancedRasterModule

WeintroducedanewRastermodulewhichreplacesthepreviousVerticalMapperproductbutissomuchmore.Thenewmulti-resolutionraster(MRR)fileformatcanhandlehugedatasetsevenbeyond1terabyteinsizewithamazinglyfastrenderspeeds.TheMRRformatisveryflexibleandpowerfulallowingyoutogatherdataatdifferingresolutionsandstillmanagetodomeaningfulanalysiswitheasyrendering,asMapInfohandlesallofthecomplexityforyou.AllofthiscanbedoneasbackgroundprocessingwhichallowsyoutousethefullcapabilityofMapInfowhiledoinglargerasterprocessingoperations.Tryafree30-daytrialofMapInfoAdvancedwhichincludestheRastermodule.ThisisavailablebyjustactivatingthetrialfromwithinMapInfo.Thereisnothingtodownload,installorconfigure.

DataandWebServicesWMTSv1.0

AddedabilitytoreadtilesetsfromWMTSv1.0servers.Forspecificationdetailssee:http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wmts

WFS2.0

AddedsupportforWFS2.0.Previousversionsonlysupportedv1.0andv1.1.Fordetailssee:http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs

Geopackage

ReadandWritetablesintoyourownpersonalgeodatabasethatiseasilyshareablewithotherProusersandiswellsupportedonmobileplatforms.FormoredetailsonthisOGCstandard,read:http://www.geopackage.org/

FME2016

UpgradedtheUniversalDataImporttouseFME2016.Thisincludesbugfixesandenhancements.

EasyLoader

EasyLoaderutilitywithmanynewimprovementsincluding:

n 64-bitappusingsamedrivers&connectionsas64-bitMapInfoPron SelectivelyCreate,ReplaceorAppendindividualfilesinabatchn Displaystatusofeachfileuploadoperationn Showprogressbarforeachfileandoverallprogressn Appendmultipletablestogether

PackingTables

PackingTables-Inmostcases,tablescannowbepackedontheflywithoutdisruptiontotheexistingworkspace.ThisisthemosthighlyrequestedimprovementonthePBIdeasPortal.

CloudGeocodingService

Withv16,weintroducedcloudgeocodingservices.Youcanbegingeocodingwithzeroconfigurationrequiredandyougetsomefreemonthlygeocodingcreditstohelpyougetstartedimmediately.Upgradeyourplaneasilytogetmorecreditstotacklelargerjobs.

ImprovedLayoutDesignerWe’veconcentratedonmakingtheLayoutDesignermorerobustandmakingiteasiertoconvertyourolderlayoutstothenewLayoutDesignerformat.Thelayoutdesignerwasoriginallycreatedtoallowusersawaytodirectlylabelmapsonthelayout.Withmapsnowdirectlyembeddedinthelayout,complexlabelingisnowmucheasier,insomecasesreducinglabelingeffortsby90%.Alignment

Therearemanyalignmentimprovementsincludingbettersnapbehaviorandgridcellsinpaperunits.Youcannowalsoalignmultipleobjectsrelativetoeachother,pagemarginsorguidelines.

Scalebar

PlacealivedynamicScalebaranywhereonyourlayoutpage

MapGrid/Graticule

Weaddeddynamicreferencegridstomapsandlayoutsthatchangeasthemapzoomchanges.Justsetthemupandeverythingelseisautomatic.

MultipageLayouts

Createandmanagemulti-pagelayoutsandsaveasaPDFdocument.Workingwithmultiplepagesisveryeasyusingfamiliarpagethumbnailsfornavigation.

Templates

YoucandesigntemplatesthatcanbereusedlaterorusedtoautomaticallygenerateamapserieswithsomesimpleMapBasicscripting.

Clipboard

Creatingnewlayoutpagesisnowmucheasierusingstandardclipboardcommands.YoucanCopy/Pasteanyobjectfromonelayoutpagetoanother.Whenmakingpresentations,youcaneasilycopymapsandbrowsersintoPowerPointslidesorWorddocuments.

Undo/Redo

Familiarmulti-stepundo/redoforlayoutoperationssuchasadd,delete,move,resizeoflayoutobjects(maps,images,text,etc.).Ifyoumakeamistake,easilyundowithControl+ZorRedowithControl+Y.

SymbolsPolylines&Polygons

We’verestoredandenhancedthecapabilitiestoaddpoints,linesandpolygons.Usingyourmouse,youcancreatecomplexshapesandregionstodrawwhateveryou’dlikeonthelayout.We’vealsoaddedsomenewstockshapestothegallery.

RotatedTextImages&Symbols

YoucannowrotateText,ImagesandSymbolstocreatebettereffectsoradjustimagesthatarenotatthedesiredorientation.

ImprovedThematicsWithversion16,you’llseethefirstphaseofalargeroverhaulofthethemecapabilitieswithinPro.Theseimprovementsareaimedatimprovingthequalityofoutputwhileatthesametimemakingiteasiertoapplyandmodifythemes.ThemeBinControlInLayerControl

RangedthemesarenowdisplayedwithintheLayerControl.Fromhere,youcanselectivelyturnbinsonorofftoeasilyhighlightonlythedatathatyouwishtodrawattentionto.

RibbonControls

ThememanipulationcannowbedoneonanewThemeRibbon.Thismakesmanythemeeditingtasksmucheasierandeliminatestheneedtousetheolderdialogsinmostcases.

ColorBrewer

ColorBrewerpaletteshavebeenaddedforRangedandIndividualValuethemes.RangedsupportsSequential&Divergingcolorschemes.IndividualsupportsQualitativecolorschemes.See:http://colorbrewer2.org/

DynamicThemes

Changemanyaspectsofathemeontheflywhichmakesitmucheasiertrydifferentsettingsuntilyougetjustthethemeyouwanted.Forsinglevariablethemes,youcannowalsochangethethemefieldwithouttheneedtorecreatethethemefromscratch.

OtherUsabilityImprovementsWindowManagement&Multi-MonitorSupport

The64-bituserinterfaceallowsyoutoworkthewayyouwanttowork.AllwindowscanbeeitherFloating,TabbedorDockedanywhereonanymonitorsthatyouhaveattachedtoyoursystem.Windowscaneasilybeswitchedbetweenmodesasneeded.

UICustomization

Easilycustomizetheuserinterfacewithafewmouseclicks.AddwhatyouliketotheQuickAccesstoolbar,createyourowngroupsofcommandsandevenyourownwholenewribbontabs.Itisalsopossibletoassignyourownshortcutkeystrokestoanycommandinthesoftware.

WorldPOISymbolSet

Thisnewsymbolsetcontains120+high-qualityvectorsymbolsforallmajorbusinessandpoint-of-interestclassificationsworldwide.UsewithMapInfoStackedStylestocreateawidevarietyofprofessionallookingmapmarkers.

LayerRenaming

Justright-clickandrenameanynormalorthemelayer.ThismakesitmucheasiertounderstandandtomakefriendlierPDFfiles.PlusiteliminatestheextrastepofeditingthelayernamesinAdobeIllustrator.

TouchScreenSupport

Ondevicesequippedwithtouchscreens,youcannowusecommontouchgesturestopanandzoomwheninteractingwithmaps.

Uploader

TrythenewUploadertooltopublishwebmapstoSpectrumSpatialAnalystinmostcaseswithoneortwoclicks.Also,easilysendmaps&tablestotheSpectrumSpatialserver,aswell.