The grass is always greener.... If you have any sort of experience with MapX you will quickly discern the limitations of the so-called MapX alternatives, including the pending MapX.NET. We too have been looking around since evaluating and finding the jump from MapX to MapX.NET will be neither easy nor low cost as well as the .NET benefits being difficult for us to bring into current terms.
Having invested a good heap of valuable engineering time into consideration of alternatives and finding mostly problematic omissions in all MapX-like offerings (so far) and then worse, getting all twisted up in the old technology versus utility collisions regarding the alternatives' most highlighted benefit, no or lower cost distribution licensing, we are essentially stalled out for the moment.. we await the coming of MapInfo Pro 8.0 and MapX.NET. Why? We are serious about our code investment and we must be sensitive, diligent as to how these other new entrant outfits will make enough money to survive, to compete, and therefore give us the technological advantages partnering is supposed to deliver; we are confused given they as the alternates, are not even in third, fourth, or likely even top-ten place but way down the significant GIS-tools supplier list. A fast horse that can not carry a fair load can never win. It's sad but true. Times do change and stuff does happen. Skills and the promise of "reuse" technology investment are still too sticky to the tar-babies we struck. Life in FUD lane! Please use your proper flashers! MidNight Mapper Aka neil -----Original Message----- From: Mats Elfstr�m [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:39 PM To: Stuart Jones <stu_j Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Ang. MI-L Alternative to MapXtreme Hi Stuart! Why don't you take a look at the product suite from TatukGis http://www.tatukgis.com/Home/home.aspx I do not have any experience from their Web mapping software but it looks promising and I have been meaning to try the demo version but haven't found the time yet. But now that the matter has been brought up, maybe someone else has tried? Anyway, they have a free GIS viewer which performs adequately, but I have still to make it open my MapInfo workspaces (which it claims it can). On another cost level - at least in terms of licensing costs - is of course the Mapserver effort from the University of Minnesota, http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ which is built on freeware parts - but I expect there is a lot of assembly needed on that course. H�lsning/ Best regards Mats.E ________________________ FB Engineering AB S�dra F�rstadsgatan 26 211 43 Malm� Observera att vi byter telefonnummer 1 september! Tel: 040-665 64 80 fr�n 1/9 040-660 2550 Mobil: 0705-27 60 27 �ndras inte Fax: 040-665 69 90 fr�n 1/9 040-660 2599 e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fbe.se Stuart Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2004-09-01 10:27 Till [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopia �rende MI-L Alternative to MapXtreme Dear List I'm looking for recommendations for replacements to MapXtreme. I would like to create a web mapping application but the MapInfo licensing is prohibitive. Ideally, any alternative will be able to produce thematics and be able to bind to an external database. I'm looking into the open source MapServer though I'm not sure that it supports these features. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Stuart ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.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: 13158 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13159 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13179
