Not in the thread but un the same trend any one knows of a driver or way to connect Mapinfo to PostgresSQL/PostGIS, meaning using Mi to access data/geometry stored in SQL/GIS.
Juanse PS: Mapserver server is down, sorry to bother here. I will bother also at refraction net! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: re: MI-L MapInfo and .NET Explained > Thanks Bill, for pointing us to the article... > > From the article... > > " > Now, on to the future! MapInfo Professional 8, due next year, will be built > on .NET. The big concern I've read about on MapInfo-L concerns MapBasic, the > customization language for MapInfo. Weinberger assures me that V8 will > support all current functionality AND continue support for existing MapBasic > applications. Applications written for MapInfo Professional in MapBasic > should "just work" in version 8. One of the big new additions will be the > ability to use Microsoft's Visual Studio to build applications. > " > > I assume, that MI Pro 8.0 will support MapBasic in it's current form. Good > for the MB developers and for MapInfo Corp. Another section in the article > describes that MapX and MapExtreme (NT I'll presume) will be synchronized > and converted to .Net. That's a no-brainer improvement for MapInfo Corp (and > the MapX developers). > > What I'm (still) is missing is some information about the MapInfo Pro 8.0 > .Net implementation from the developers viewpoint: Objects, Methods, > Properties. As Lars V. Nielsen has mentioned in a previous mail, there is a > huge difference in the current "table" based approach in MapInfo and more > "CAD with GIS" centric approach in MapX. What's the new Mi-Pro 8.0 approach > regarding the object model ?? Will it be a MapX Plus ?? Will it be an > entirely different object model than MapX ?? > > regards > Bo Thomsen > GeoConsult I/S > Denmark > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Bill Thoen [mailto:bthoen@;gisnet.com] > Sendt: 17. oktober 2002 20:24 > Til: MapInfo-L > Emne: MI-L MapInfo and .NET Explained > > > For anyone interested in understanding MapInfo's upcoming move to > a .NET core, check out Adena Schutzberg's article, "MapInfo and > .NET" at > http://www.gismonitor.com/news/newsletter/archive/101702.php. > (You have to manually scroll down to it as the headliner links in > the newsletter don't work.) She gives a good overview of what > we'll be seeing in MapXtreme and MapX this fall and by next > spring with ver. 8.0, MapInfo Pro. The ad for ESRI's ArcView at > the base of the article is amusing positioning... should we all > click through it to mess with the minds of the marketing wizards? > ;-) > > The link to MapInfo's announcement: "MapInfo Allows Users to > Rapidly Develop and Deploy Location-based Applications based on > the Microsoft .NET Framework" is at > http://dynamo.mapinfo.com/presscenter/view.cfm?releaseid=1111 > > -- > - Bill Thoen > ------------------------------------------------------------ > GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 > tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 > mailto:bthoen@;gisnet.com, http://www.gisnet.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 3630 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 3632 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.401 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 09/10/02 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3634
