I am not sure why you do not see MapInfo's SpatialWare in this category? In many regards, I think it meets these criteria better than SDE. Any SpatialWare users able t to comment?
Jim James Henry JCH GeoInfo Solutions > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Eric Gagnon > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 9:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mapinfo list > Subject: Re: [MI-L] Mapinfo capabilities > > Yes, I agree.. > That's why I wanted to start this discussion.. > I just hope everybody will give some feedback on this issue > an somebody at MapInfo will here us. > > After all we are the Mapinfo users.. and some people in this > list are real hardcore!! > So I just hope that mapinfo won't let thes GIS sectors down > and will be competitive in regards to other GIS companies > that offer solutions in these sectors. > > > Eric > > Eric Gagnon, B.Sc. > Maptica > www.maptica.com > > > > Doug Cubin wrote: > > Hi Eric > > Although I do use MapInfo a lot (I helped set up the UK User Group > > over 10 years ago), I do find that I can only recommend > ESRI products > > to my clients when GIS is required for "corporate" use. This is > > primarily because of SDE and not due to any desktop functionality. > > SDE (enhanced by products such as > > ArcFM) handles multi-user environments very well - especially where > > editing is required. Furthermore, with ESRI latest 9.2 release of > > ArcGIS, there is now feature-level auditing built in to the > > geodatabase. Unfortunately, MapInfo simply cant cater for this - > > which is a shame because I think MapInfo is the best > desktop GIS you > > can get. The problem with MapInfo is that when you have many users > > (especially out in the field e.g. utility > > engineers) then you have to programmatically cater for > synchronisation. > > There are a few tools out there, but nothing that really works > > seamlessly with the database - and this is where SDE comes > in. One of > > my larger clients is a water utility with 6m+ customers and they do > > have some MapInfo clients. This is fine as I just allow ArcIMS to > > deploy OGC WMS and WFS services and one day WFS-T (ie. > Transactions) > > will be deployed, but when it comes to editing then an ESRI > client is > > required. SDE off the shelf manages the multi-user > multi-department > > environment really well and it is extraordinarily fast - searching > > through millions of spatial (pipeline) records in > milliseconds is no problem. > > > > An important note regarding AutoCAD is that by default they support > > SDE editing. This means that within AutoCAD you can start > up the SDE > > CadClient menu that will give u full access read/write to SDE > > databases. This is a very powerful feature particularly as the > > AutoCAD drawings themselves, feature by feature, can be > stored within > > the SDE database or as a BLOB of DWG. Therefore SDE > handles the whole AutoCAD editing process. Impressive. > > > > > > Companies such as Miner and Miner http://www.miner.com/ > have made full > > use of the Geodatabase with the internal business rules, all based > > around SDE, and developed a very powerful suite of products for the > > Utility corporate infrastructure. > > > > There are several ways to go with this for MapInfo as far > as I can see: > > > > 1. Develop rival product - rulebase support for Oracle/SQL Server > > Spatial (how about PostGIS?) This would be a layer that > sits on top of > > SDO (much like SDE) and support the business logic. All > > reading/writing would pass through this layer. > > 2. Develop full SDE API/Geodatabase support. > > If they don't want to create a rival product then MapInfo > could simply > > the SDE interface therefore opening up the utility market for third > > party developers - just like Miner and Miner. > > 3. Drive forward Open GIS Consortium > > They could very aggressively drive the Transactional > support for WFS > > map services. MapInfo already has a very decent WMS/WFS > client and if > > editing was supported via OGC, then the backend could be > SDE anyway. > > ArcIMS could be deploying the data or another map server. > > > > Those are my thoughts on the matter! I am sure there are > some products > > out there that do support "municipal" or "corporate" infrastructure > > but I havent seen many. To develop those products without an > > underlying intelligent spatial database layer is very tricky - you > > have to cover all the bases > > yourself: syncrhonisation, feature auditing, feature locking...... > > > > Cheers > > > > Doug > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Eric > > Gagnon > > Sent: 12 October 2006 18:24 > > To: mapinfo list > > Subject: [MI-L] Mapinfo capabilities > > > > Hi, > > > > We see other companies bringing different GIS packages to > > infrastructure / utility mapping. > > Esri has solutions for this. > > So does Intergraph and Autocad. > > I keep seing marketing strategies offered by mapinfo but more going > > towards business location. (marketing, banking, insurance, etc..). > > I wonder if there's something, a MI add-on or a application > that gives > > more attention to industrial / municipal / infrastructure GIS. > > > > > > I hope that somebody can shed some light on this. > > > > Eric > > > > -- > > Eric Gagnon, B.Sc. > > Maptica > > www.maptica.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MapInfo-L mailing list > > MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com > > http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l > > > > ______________________________________________ > > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/470 - Release Date: > > 10/10/2006 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MapInfo-L mailing list > MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com > http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l > _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
