MapMarker Plus 10.2 Table of Contents Introduction............................................................... 1 System Requirements...................................................... 1 System Recommendations.................................................. 2 Installing MapMarker....................................................... 2 What s New in?.......................................... 4 Resolutions to Known Issues................................................ 6 Known Issues............................................................. 6 Introduction This document is to be used as a reference for the product. It describes the system requirements, provides additional product information, and explains known problems with the product. This document should be used in conjunction with the User Guide. System Requirements MapMarker is a 32-bit program for Windows 2000 with SP4, Windows XP Professional with SP1, and Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition. You must have Internet Explorer 5.0 or later with SP2 installed or the MDAC installer does not run properly. The minimum system requirements are a 90 Mhz Pentium processor or equivalent with a minimum of 32 MB RAM. The MapMarker software requires about 25 MB of available hard drive space. The complete Plus Address Dictionary, which comprises the data files and init files, requires approximately 1.42 GB of storage space. For a list of file sizes by state, see Address Dictionary File Sizes by State on page 4.
MapMarker Plus 10.2 System Recommendations Please note the following recommendations to maximize the performance of your MapMarker Plus installation. Storing Data on Your Hard Drive To maximize MapMarker s performance, we recommend that the Address Dictionary data be stored on a hard drive. The data resides in the data directory under the MapMarker program directory (default is c:\program Files\MapInfo\MapMarker\data). If space is limited, you can create subsets of the most frequently accessed data and copy them to your hard drive. See Creating Data Subsets in the User Guide. Using Data from CD-ROM If you use the data directly from CD-ROM, we recommend that you configure a disk cache to improve performance. Refer to your disk caching software documentation for instructions. Performance Tuning To get the most out of MapMarker s geocoding capabilities, consider these tips for optimizing your system. Use the fastest processor available to you. Have enough memory so that the operating system can allocate some memory to your disk cache. Copy the Address Dictionary to your hard drive. Sort your table by ZIP Code. Do not create points automatically. Installing MapMarker Installing Data If the user chooses not to install any of the licensed data, MapMarker will not be usable. Install at least one state or choose to Run from CD. MapMarker Server If a MapMarker Server is running, the upgrade installer will shut down the service and replace it. The user will have to re-start the service. 2005 MapInfo Corporation. All rights reserved. 2 mmplus10_2releasenotes.pdf
MapMarker Plus 10.2 Locked Files If the installer encounters a file that is locked (for example during an upgrade), it may roll back the installation unexpectedly without displaying a message. The Finish button will display, but MapMarker will not have been installed. If this occurs, re-boot and try again. Shared Installations If you are sharing an installation of MapMarker with users across a network, your users must be able to access the MapMarker program directory and the data. You must specify a shared folder name during the installation in the Provide shared folder information dialog to provide this accessibility. Using a shared folder name enables the clients on your network to access the MapMarker program directory and data using the same path. To specify a shared folder name, you must provide the name of the computer that is hosting the application and the name of the publicly shared folder. The path must be in this format: \\<computer name>\<shared folder name> The shared folder name must appear immediately following the computer name. For example, a valid entry for the shared folder name might look like either of the following: \\ComputerName\SHARED_DATA_FOLDER \\ComputerName\SHARED_MAPMARKER_FOLDER\Data In both these paths, the shared folder name immediately follows the computer name. In this entry: \\ComputerName\MapMarker\SHARED_DATA_FOLDER the path is invalid because the shared folder name does not immediately follow the computer name. To specify more than one data location, you must separate each location in the path with a semicolon. For example, if you install the MapMarker program to the C: drive and install the data files to the D: drive, your shared folder path would look like this: \\ComputerName\SHARED_MAPMARKER_FOLDER;\\ComputerName\SHARED_DATA _FOLDER 2005 MapInfo Corporation. All rights reserved. 3 mmplus10_2releasenotes.pdf
MapMarker Plus 10.2 Upgrading to MapMarker 10.x If you are upgrading to MapMarker Plus 10.x from MapMarker Plus 9.x, the installer will update your v. 9.x serial number and unlocking code to a v. 10.x serial number and unlocking code and populate the corresponding installer dialogs with the updated numbers. This will eliminate the need for you to call Customer Service to obtain a new unlocking code. The installer will also ask you if you want to remove your existing installation. If so, the installer removes the existing version, and installs version 10.x. If not, the installer requires that you install your new version of MapMarker in a location separate from your older version. You will not be able to overwrite an existing installation of MapMarker software or data. Start the install program by running LAUNCH.EXE from the DVD. The MapMarker Installation Options screen directs you to install the product. For the most up-to-date installation instructions, please see the MapMarkerPlus10_2.pdf located on the DVD. What s New in? Address Dictionary Update The April 2005 edition of the MapMarker Plus Address Dictionary is generated from the following sources: Address data from the USPS ZIP+4 database (vintage April 2005) Street geometry from Tele Atlas, Inc.(Geographic Data Technology, Inc.) Dynamap 2000 Street Network Files (vintage April 2005, USPS currentness January 2005) ZIP + 4 Centroids from Tele Atlas, Inc.(Geographic Data Technology, Inc.) Dynamap ZIP + 4 Centroid Files (vintage April 2005, USPS currentness January 2005) The Address Dictionary is updated quarterly to comply with USPS CASS standardization requirements. Address Dictionary File Sizes by State The following table shows the approximate file size by state for the MapMarker Address Dictionary. The file size for each state is the total of the.adr/.adx pairs of 2-digit ZIP Code files and the centroid file (.cen). The file naming convention is as follows: ssxxplus.adr, and ssxxplus.adx where ss is the state abbreviation and xx is the 2-digit ZIP Code (e.g., ny01plus.adr, ny01plus.adx) ssz9.cen where ss equals the state abbreviation (e.g., nyz9.cen) The CD number column represents the location of the state data on the product CDs. To create subsets of the Address Dictionary on your hard drive, see the section on Creating Data Subsets in the Installation chapter of the MapMarker User Guide. 2005 MapInfo Corporation. All rights reserved. 4 mmplus10_2releasenotes.pdf
MapMarker Plus 10.2 State File Size (MB) CD Alabama 32.18 3 Alaska 3.33 1 Arizona 22.52 1 Arkansas 23.81 2 California 105.76 1 Colorado 24.95 1 Connecticut 11.57 3 Delaware 3.75 3 Florida 77.61 3 Georgia 47.12 3 Hawaii 3.88 1 Idaho 12.11 1 Illinois 53.83 2 Indiana 33.49 2 Iowa 20.11 2 Kansas 17.65 2 Kentucky 26.16 2 Louisiana 22.02 2 Maine 7.4 3 Maryland & District of Columbia 19.9 3 Massachusetts 22.77 3 Michigan 43.56 2 Minnesota 27.59 2 Mississippi 18.82 2 Missouri 38.52 2 Montana 9.37 1 Nebraska 11.95 2 Nevada 8.45 1 New Hampshire 7.27 3 New Jersey 25.8 3 New Mexico 12.56 1 New York 65.55 3 North Carolina 53.26 3 North Dakota 8.24 2 Ohio 49.2 2 Oklahoma 22.03 2 Oregon 22.76 1 Pennsylvania 58.61 3 Puerto Rico 6.36 3 Rhode Island 3.76 3 South Carolina 29.93 3 2005 MapInfo Corporation. All rights reserved. 5 mmplus10_2releasenotes.pdf
MapMarker Plus 10.2 State File Size (MB) CD South Dakota 7.31 2 Tennessee 35.16 2 Texas 106.95 1 Utah 12.74 1 Vermont 6.38 3 Virginia 32.6 3 Washington 30.6 1 West Virginia 14.12 3 Wisconsin 36.98 2 Wyoming 6.43 1 Total of all states ~1.40 GB Resolutions to Known Issues MapX v. 4.0 In MapMarker Plus, the installer disabled an installation of MapX 4.0 when the user removed their MapMarker installation. With version 10.1, this problem has been resolved. Installing 10.1 and then removing it will not disable MapX. Known Issues Installing to a Novell Server Because of a Windows system limitation, you cannot install MapMarker Plus to a Novell server from a Windows 2000 machine with SP4. When you do so, the MapMarker Plus installation reports an error writing to the shared directory. To work around the problem, perform the installation from either a Windows XP SP1, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, or Windows 2000 SP3 machine. You will only need to do this once if you are doing a shared installation to the Novell server. Once MapMarker is installed to the Novell server, client machines will be able to install from the shared installation. Microsoft is aware of the issue and will be releasing a fix in their next service pack. In the meantime, an immediate fix is available from their Knowledge Base. Go to the following Microsoft support page: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=824424 2005 MapInfo Corporation. All rights reserved. 6 mmplus10_2releasenotes.pdf
MapMarker Plus 10.2 This URL points to a Microsoft Knowledge Base article that identifies the same issue with Windows 2000 SP4 machines when trying to install an MS Office file to a Netware server. The Hotfix information in the article provides a link to the fix. We have tested the fix against the installation scenario in MapMarker Plus that produces the error, and it resolves the problem. MapX Location for Shared Installations Please note that when you perform a shared installation the client installer always installs MapX to the system Program Files folder, in the directory: Program Files\MapInfo\MapMarker MapX The client installer does not prompt you for a MapX location. ASP Applications ASP applications do not work if you are using Windows XP SP2. MapMarker does not support Windows XP SP2. 2005 MapInfo Corporation. All rights reserved. 7 mmplus10_2releasenotes.pdf