Nick, My impression is that Marconi is still offering Vertical Mapper for sale, but they are not doing anything new with it and support for it is not so great these days. Unless things change at Marconi, I'd say Vertical Mapper is at a dead end.
For a replacement, you might take a look at Golden Software's "Surfer" (http://www.goldensoftware.com). It's always been a solid program and now it supports imports and exports of MIF data. Maybe if enough MapInfo-Lers get interested Golden software might consider compiling in the MITAB libraries and thus provide direct support for MapInfo. I've used Surfer in the past and found it to work pretty well; the only real problem I had with it was that it didn't work well with MapInfo, but that may not be the case any more. I'll have to try the demo and see. Anyway, Surfer has more features than Vertical Mapper, and it's less expensive. It also supports automation via VBA or with its own GS Scripter, so I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult make a relatively seamless connection to MapInfo, especially when MapInfo starts supporting the .NET gospel next year. There's a free downloadable demo on GS's web page (or $10 for the CD) that has all features except print, save, copy and cut. If anyone here is currently using Surfer 8, what's your real-world take on it as regards using it with MapInfo? -- - 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------ "Bean, Nick (N)" wrote: > > Dear all, > I need some product advice with vertical mapper. > As Northwood who produce VM has been taken over by Marconi, and Marconi has > not had the best track record over the last 12 months, there is a rumour > going round that there is no support being offered for VM products. This > gives us a small problem if we are to offer the product as part of a package > to our clients. > > Is this rumour true or false. > > Also is there an alternative which will pluginto Mapinfo for gridding. Does > ERM have something. > > Regards > Nick > > Nick Bean > GIS Manager > Information Solutions Group > Binnie Black & Veatch > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Direct Line: + 44 (0) 1737 856 402 > Fax: +44 (0) 1737 772 767 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3971
