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MapInfo Professional 6.0
What's New

See the new features introduced in version 5.5
See the new features introduced in version 5.0
See the new features introduced in version 4.5
See the new features introduced in version 4.1

New Features in 6.0

Internet Support
3D Viewing
Object Processing Features
Enhanced Cartographic Legend
Output & Geocoding
New & Improved Tools
New Raster & Vector Format Support
Multi-User Database Connectivity

 
Internet Support
Take it to the 'net!

3D Viewing

Enter a whole new dimension with MapInfo Professional's eye-popping 3D views. Now you can create a 3D view of any map containing a continuous thematic grid layer. Based on Microsoft's implementation of OpenGL software graphics interface, the new 3D viewing feature allows freehand tilt and rotation of the image as well as traditional panning and zooming. Once you've experienced 3D views from MapInfo Professional - all other mapping software will leave you flat!

Object Processing Features

New improvements to object processing put you in control. Now generate polygons based on existing objects: around the areas enclosed by selected linear objects or as the minimum bounding convex polygon for all selected objects. MapInfo Professional 6.0 provides improved performance by using the clip region capability inherent in MS Windows - allowing lines, symbols and even text to be clipped exactly at the edge of the region. Better control means better results.

Enhanced Cartographic Legend

Our enhanced cartographic legend is your key to success. First introduced in version 5.0, the cartographic legend better aligns items between frames and allows generating item descriptions from expressions based on joining two tables together. Icons and descriptions line-up cleanly, neatly - and automatically.

Output & Geocoding

Give it a good look! Extensive enhancements to printing include support for 24-bit color, Enhanced Metafile (EMF), optional transparency handling, color dithering method control and persistence of paper size and margins in workspaces. The result is faster, better looking and more convenient output.         Make your point. MapInfo Professional's built-in geocoding capability has been improved to include user control over the placement of an address with respect to the street segment. Now specify how far to offset an address from the side of a street and how far to inset an address from the ends of street segments!

New & Improved Tools

Two new rotation tools - one for symbols and one for labels - have been added for ease of use. These new tools enable you to rotate all the symbols or labels in a map at once. The ScaleBar tool has been further improved to create horizontal scale bars even on projected maps with curved lines of latitude. The Table Manager tool now supports adding, modifying and deleting meta data keys and displays the meta data associated with a table, as always. Meta data templates can also streamline the process for users who create or modify tables frequently.

New Raster & Vector Format Support

The ECW raster handler from ER Mapper and the Vertical Mapper Grid handler from Northwood Geoscience are included on the v6.0 CD enabling MapInfo Professional to read and display directly from files in their respective formats. The Universal Translator derived from Safe Software's FME Translator now includes support for AutoCAD 2000 and the ability to import VPF and SDTS vector format files.

Multi-User Database Connectivity
Data access in MapInfo Professional 6.0 has been enhanced to support the 8.1.6 release of Oracle8i Spatial (and continues to support 8.1.5) and Microsoft Access 2000. The MS Access support includes multi-user access to individual tables.