MapInfo Pro tm Version 17 Overview 1
Disclaimers & Notes Most of what you ll see is a Work in Progress There will be some bugs and incomplete functionality Some things being shown are not yet available Some things may not make it into the v17 release Dates: Beta 1 Ended Beta 2 January Release March (tentatively) 2
Poll What version of MapInfo are you currently using? 3
Getting Started 4
LI360 Community News, Events Questions, Tips Help, Docs, Videos User Groups Suggestions Groups > MapInfo Pro v17 Beta Group https://li360.pitneybowes.com 5
LI360 Product Feedback Beta Group under Groups in the main menu Feedback, bugs, suggestions New stuff in the beta Changes to existing capabilities Product Improvement Ideas: Under Topics in main menu Requests for features or enhancements Replaces the Ideas portal 6
Customer Experience Improvement Program Helps Pitney Bowes monitor usage of MapInfo. Detect which features are most used Detect problems and how to make MapInfo easier to use No personal or identifying information is ever collected. Participation voluntary in the official release. Opt in/out in the Application Preferences. 7
User Experience 8
MapInfo Welcome Screen Shown during the startup it appears before MapInfo main application window Also available in the backstage area as a place for resources. Contains links to: Recent work Sample workspaces LI360 Community Documentation Tech Support Training videos What would be most useful? 9
Command Search Helps you learn the new User interface Shows you where to find everything Launch tools directly from Search Pitney Bowes November 2017 10
Adapt Quick Access Toolbar and Mini-toolbars Mini-toolbar added in Layout Designer window Customize existing mini-toolbars Create your own for specific tasks 11
Layout 12
Layout Designer Layout Templates Create and share your own layout templates in portable. LAY files. Templates appear in a gallery when selecting New Layout. Smart Alignment Objects automatically snap to align with existing objects in the layout. Can be deactivated. Smart Text Placeholders in your textboxes that that get expanded when you use a template. First of 3 planned types is included in Beta1: Common such as ${Page} or ${Date} User Defined such as CompanyName, Email, Copyright Expressions Mini-toolbar Quick access to many of the commonly needed tools with a right-click in the layout Undo / Redo Support for Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y multiple times And more Zoom and pan the layout with mouse + wheel Show paper Margins Control Frame deactivation Template Gallery Layout Toolbar Contains Zoom, Pan & Selection tools Alignment & Guidelines Bring to Front/ Send to Back Insert Symbols & Shapes + Styling
Usability 14
Themes in the Layer Control Building on work done in v16, we added Individual Value and Graduated themes to the layer control. Individual value themes: Individual bin visibility can be controlled through Layer Control Labels respect bin visibility
Table Operations Browsing results after updating columns When using the Update Column command, the Browse Results check box will remember its setting for the duration of the session. Open a table after saving a copy of it The Save Copy As dialog box now offers an option to open the table being saved. You can choose the preferred view as well.
Create Points improvement When a create points operation is completed, the result can now be opened in a new map window or added to an existing map window. This saves time and clicks as compared to going to Layer control and adding the layer. 17
.NET Data Access Library MapInfo Add-Ins An easy to use API: Data Access Object Model: Create MapInfo Tables and operations for Insert, Update, Delete, Select, Join multiple tables and Search. The MapInfo Data Access Library (MDAL) allows.net developers to create MapInfo Pro Add-ins that can easily Create, Search, and Update MapInfo Tables and other supported database formats such as Oracle, SQL Server, GeoPackage. The Library is based on a subset of the MapInfo MapXtreme SDK product. Currently the MapInfo Data Access Library is only available for use with MapInfo Pro Add-ins. Geometry Object Model: Efficient reading, creation and editing of all MapInfo Geometry types, including text objects. Also supports conversion to and from Well Known Binary, Well Known Text and GeoJson formats. Supports MapInfo Pro standards for: Data formats MiSql Coordinate Systems ** With some exceptions or minor differences Thread-Safe: Can be used to create background tasks in MapInfo Pro or run processing on secondary threads Pro style transactions: on MapInfo and MapInfo Extended tables. This allows for background threads to edit tables open in Pro and let the end user decide to commit or revert the changes. Documentation: API Reference Guide, User Guide, MiSql reference
Data Editing - Reshape If you use the Reshape tool and have found yourself leaving Reshape mode accidentally, version 17.0 has changed the behavior. When you enter Reshape mode, the layer will stay in Reshape mode until you turn it off. If you click on something on a different layer and then return to the layer you are editing, Reshape mode will be remembered. 19
MapBasic tools Continue to port old MapBasic tools to 64-bit platform Ring Buffer tool Overview tool More tools under consideration Here s what we haven t moved over DBMS Row Count Disperse Points Grid Tools Rotate Labels Rotate Map Window Set Minimum Bounding Rectangle Table Manager TOC Utility Window Manager Workspace Resolver Create Line by Length HTML Image Map Obsolete: Symbol Maker Autolabler DBMS Catalog Legend Manager Line Snap Tool Mapping Wizard MapX Geoset Utility Send to MapX Mobile Shields Spatialize SQL Server Table Flood zone Ring buffers around flood zone
Hotkey improvements Quickly get back to the Select tool Pressing Esc key to automatically change the currently selected tool to the Select tool. Info Tool Hotkey Press Ctrl + Shift + I to automatically start the Info tool window and set the current tool to the the Info tool Alt-Key There is now a setting to turn off using the Alt key for key tips. This allows the Alt key to be used to map to other hotkey operations. To do this, check the Hide Key Tip option in the Application Preferences. Command Editor We ve made some usability improvements to the command editor to make it easier to create and manage hotkey assignments
Cloud Services 22
Geocoding & Drivetime Polygons Cloud Services These are new Add-in modules with a much-improved experience for quickly geocoding tables of addresses or generating drivetime isochrones using our cloud services. Each copy of Pro will come with some free credits to get you started using these services. And you can sign up for a subscription for additional credits. There are multiple plans to fit different budgets. Design Concepts Subject to change 23
Raster MapInfo Pro Advanced 24
Raster Improvements MapInfo Advanced Improved quality of imagery: smoothening to remove jagged edges better appearance at high resolution New features : Warp Georeference with control points Polygonize create polygons from raster data Align - snap one raster with respect to another raster for identical geometry 25
Raster Support 32-bit (alpha channel) 32-bit raster images can be now correctly rendered in MapInfo Pro Many WMS and WMTS servers return images as 32-bit rasters Spectrum Spatial WMS by default returns images as 32-bit PNG files Raster module can handle 32-bit imagery
Performance 27
Performance improvements Faster Startup Time Multiple improvements are in progress Goal is to cut startup time by 50% Speed improvements for opening Browser windows Faster & more responsive layer control 28
Thank you 29