MapCalc Professional 2.0 was released on October 31st of this year. MapCalc Learner 1.0 has been available for about a year.
MapCalc Learner 2.0, aimed at students and anyone interested in spatial analysis, may be evaluated for two weeks by downloading from: http://www.redhensystems.com/mapcalc The legacy of MapCalc stems from the earliest days of computerized spatial analysis initiated at Yale (or was that Harvard) University. Its routines were first outlined in boxes of punch cards that evolved to eight inch floppies and then into a DOS product known as pMAP. Red Hen Systems is both proud and humbled in that MapCalc can trace its legacy to character based maps! In its current form it represents some 30+ spatial components that are now ActiveX COM objects. MapCalc is well integrated to both MapInfo Professional 6.x and Surfer 7.0. It can read and write MapInfo TAB and MIG as well as SHP and ESRI ASCII grids. There are two forms of the current release: Learner (limited to 100x100 grid cells, WGS84 projection only, and no geoTIF import) and Professional (essentially unlimited cell matrices - reasonable efficient on Pentium 400 machine at say 400,000 cells -, includes a MapX engine for projection transformations and image registration). To understand many of the important aspects of raster/grid spatial analysis you should visit Dr Berry's WEB site at: http://corp.pacificmeridian.com/basis2/MapAnalysis/Default.html GeoWorld also reviewed the Learner and Academic version of MapCalc 1.0 which you can read at: http://www.geoplace.com/gw/2001/0601/0601qt.asp MapCalc is a current revision of legacy code that spans more than two decades of spatial thinking from its earliest days at Harvard and Yale; MapCalc's legacy predates GRASS as far as I know. It has most if not all of the spatial analysis tools found in ESRI's Spatial Analyst. Its fathers are Dr. J. Berry and Dr. K. Reed who as PhDs at Yale helped sort out modern day spatial analysis.... MapCalc Learner Trialware - free as a download from Red Hen Systems MapCalc Learner - $22.95 for CDROM including extensive tutorial and case studies MapCalc Professional - $495 For orders: 1-800-237-4182 ask for Elaine. MapCalc relies on MapInfo Professional for the cartographic presentation of its abstracted spatial relationships as well as re-integration with vector layering. Soil Carbon Credits Anyone? FYI MidNight Mapper aka Neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 6:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L MapCalc vs. Vertical Mapper Does anyone have experience with both MapCalc and Vertical Mapper. Are the two products competitors or not. Whats the difference or similarity between the two products? Thanks, Jakob Lanstorp, GIS-Developer Kampsax GIS Software & Solutions, Rugaardsvej 55, 5000 Odense, DK tel: + 45 63 13 50 13, dir: + 45 63 13 50 11, fax: + 45 63 13 50 90 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.kampsax-gis.dk Authorized MapInfo Partner & Distributor in Denmark and Norway _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
