Hey Bill, thought you might want to take a look at MapCalc Learner or Pro too?
MapCalc is a spatial analysis extension for all MapInfo Pro 6.0+ or Surfer 7.0 users; it reads and writes MapInfo TABs and MIFs, Golden's Surfer formats as well as ESRI SHP. Sorry to bang this DRUM but you know I am a spatial analysis freak! MapCalc has excellent cross integration with BOTH MapInfo Pro 6.+ as well as Surfer 7.0+. For the MapInfo users it can: read your TAB files; do surface modeling (if you do not have Surfer); visualize many surfaces via 3D and 2D with overlays; rasterizing TIFF images; script spatial statistics like slope, aspect, regression, correlation, and others; and do extensive distance and neighborhood relationships for viewsheds, drains, streams, and heaps more. The put map-mathics to them for advanced insight and abstractions On top of all this neat stuff for raster-based spatial analysis, you can also send contours, grid thematics, spatial statistics and the like directly to Pro with one click! MapCalc adds most of the functionality of ESRI's Spatial Analyst to MapInfo Pro. And IMHO, Surfer is the superior surface generation system for GISers, period. It has the most models needed for all types of data surface analysis not just geographic. Its very quick and the Golden outfit has a great users' attitude (As well as being just down the road from you!). Move the Surfer grid values into MapCalc, do terrain or many other spatial studies, hit a button or two and send simple to abstract grid data over to MapInfo for addition of vectors, cartographic layout and web sharing. You'll have for under a $1000 what ESRI or Intergraph users spend many $1000s for. Anyone interested in CONTOURs or distance/neighborhood analysis/spatial statistics via the SURFER-MapCalc-MapInfo connection is welcome to a 14-day trial ware of MapCalc Learner at: http://www.redhensystems.com/mapcalc A bit confused or a novice on how to do grid-space spatial analysis? Making neat 3Ds with Surfer or MapInfo Pro 6+ is just a tip of the "berg". You can get heaps of explanation, illustration, and numerous examples via: http://www.innovativegis.com/basis/Senarios/Default.html And for anyone at the upcoming MapInfo Conference in San Diego, contact Andrew Degeman from Red Hen and I am certain he can HAND you a MapCalc Trialware CDROM as well. RHS neil -----Original Message----- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:bthoen@;gisnet.com] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:01 AM To: Bean, Nick (N) Cc: 'MI-L' Subject: Re: MI-L Vertical mapper alternatives 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 4078
