MapInfo Professional 8.0
What's New

Platform Support Windows XP Logo (Professional and Home support) Windows 2000, Windows NT+SP6 and Windows 98SE Support for Windows 2003 Server with Terminal Services and Citrix Support for silent and unattended installs Data access Data Import Import AutoCAD DWG/DXF 2004 format and MicroStation DGN v8 format Open ESRI Grid data Open CSV Open Shape files with M&Z value	FREE  Training Receive five free online training courses (a $200 value) when you purchase annual maintenance for MapInfo Professional.  Click here for more information.
OGC Table Properties provides more control over WFS tables Web Services preferences provide access to time out values Option to display user friendly projection names in WMS dialog Import GML 2.1 support added WMS projection defaults to match current mapper Control WMS image resolution to improve print quality Index WFS tables to enable queries and searches Database Support Oracle 10G & 9iR2, MS SQL Server 2000, MS Access, IBM Informix 9.4   Spatial Data Support Oracle 10G Spatial & Locator, MS SQL Server and Informix via SpatialWare   Export Window Added export options to: GIF, LZW TIFF and TIFF CCITT Group 4   Save Workspace Save workspace as MWS now includes label expressions, thematic expressions and query tables

Mapping/Data Editing

• Node limits for objects increased - eg maximum nodes in a polygon increased to 134 million
• Oracle object map verification enhanced to detect bowties and figure eights
• Ability to convert unsupported geometries for Oracle, Informix and SQL Server during data upload
• Improved performance when creating legends for live tables
• Support for Oracle Spatial Workspace Manager
• Option to save as MapInfo native to allow data editing when opening CSV, XLS and TXT files
• Option to set per layer object styles in Layer Control
• Support for Orthogonal polygons added
• Auto Node options for Stream Digitizing added
• Set default find style preferences
• Find selection in front window only
• New find symbols added in custom symbol library

User Interface Enhancements

• File Open dialog enhanced - clicking on a MapInfo 'place' also updates the file format
• Layer Control enhanced to show long file names
• More room for longer statements in SQL Select dialog box - from 254 Chars to 1024 each
• Mouse wheel support for Browser window is now enabled

Thematic Map Improvements

• Ability to display two different thematic variables for one layer at the same time
• Alignment of thematic legends and legend frames added
• Ability to sort legends for Individual Value thematics
• Choice of thematic legend swatch sizes added

Tool Enhancements

• New Tool - removes and counts duplicate rows in a table
• Distance Calculator enhanced - find the distance to closest or furthest point, and performance improvements
• Sync Window usability enhancements (better icons and ability to remove any and all legends)
• Workspace resolver utility added - fix workspaces that have incorrect or missing file references

Datum Enhancements

• Chinese Coordinate Systems
• New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000

GPS Support

• Geographic Tracker tool upgraded - Garmin USB support added

New Features in MapBasic 8

• Registering .CSV files
• Custom sort order changes (Set Legend)
• Converting unsupported geometries into valid geometries for Oracle,
  IBM Informix, and MS SQL Server
• Creating legends on a live table
• Draw orthogonal polygon changes
• Enable alignment of thematic legends
• Enabling transparent patterns on same layer
• Export Windows to additional formats
• Find Nearest functionality commands added
• Increased choice on thematic swatches for Cartographic Legends
• MapBasic support for the increase in nodes, polygons, and polylines
  allowed - updated the variable type that store