Interesting list ! However, one item caught my eye: > - web map service (WMS) client support allowing you to download maps from a MapInfo, > Intergraph and ESRI WMS server into MapInfo Professional
... from a MapInfo (...) WMS server ??? Did I miss anything ? Has MapInfo really launched a WMS server ? Or is it just sales talk, and something that's still pending for sometime 2004 ?? Best regards/Med venlig hilsen Lars V. Nielsen GisPro, Denmark http://www.gispro.dk/ http://hjem.get2net.dk/lars-online/ WGS84: 10.26'40"E 55.20'20"N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Data Directions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:06 PM Subject: MI-L MapInfo 7.5 Feature List > I'm a bit surprised that MapInfo hasn't posted this information to the list > or on its website ... > > Anyway, there was a MapInfo User Group meeting in Perth, Australia, earlier > today in which the new features of MapInfo 7.5 were detailed and listed in a > handout. For the info of other listers, here are the new features: > > - web map service (WMS) client support allowing you to download maps from a > MapInfo, Intergraph and ESRI WMS server into MapInfo Professional > - improvements to the existing tools as well as new tools such as draw by a > bearing and distance in metric units and a new move/offset tool > - map printing to scale > - better scaling when printing fill patterns > - improvements to custom symbols including more colours, the ability to > change symbol size and adding more custom symbols > - mouse wheel functionality so that you can zoom in and out while drawing > - adding buffer or voronoi information into a new table > - rotating objects by entering an angle and using more rotation points > - improvements to the Snap tool including larger crosshairs or a circle > displaying the snap tolerance > - Excel files greater than 32767 rows can be imported > - tick mark to indicate the current window in the Window menu (not sure what > this is) > - creating points from character columns > - geological symbol sets have been added (from Encom's Discover add-on) > - raster display and processing performance improvements > - additional projections and transformations > - more menu shortcuts > > The release date (in Australia, which generally lags one month behind the US > in past releases I've found) is slated for September 2003. > > MapInfo 8.0 .NET platform is tentatively slated for a (March?) 2004 release. > > One person also asked about the introduction of 3D .TAB files. The response > from the MapInfo representative was that it was high on their list, but > would not appear in MapInfo 7.5 or even 8.0, as MapInfo had decided that > performance (aka speed) requirements were more important for users. If users > want to see a feature they should contact their local rep or MapInfo ... if > enough responses on an issue are received, it may appear in a future > version. > > Regards, > > Bill > > William Donaldson > GIS Applications Manager > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.datadirections.com.au > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 7261
