I have used it for 4 years and MapInfo as well. There is certainly not a
$1000 difference. Its easy to use, it makes great maps, the people at
Caliper are reasonably responsive, and I am not all that convinced that the
MapInfo features are "richer" . There are several features of Maptitude
that are not present in other packages, like instant maps - type in an
address and an incredible map appears with several layers. Polygon overlays
on the tool bar. (try to find "overlay" in either of the competitors HELP
file) The shipped data is superb; I guess I think it's a "GIS package for
the rest of us". It has a programming language for another $400 which is
pretty good and getting better. Why vendors, save ESRI, don't throw in is
the app development language; I do not know why ... (if they did they might
be really be serious ESRI competitors) Maptitude reads ESRI files better
than ArcView, it does fine with MapInfo MIF files. I never had a problem
except projection anomalies with e00 files which Caliper Corp has been quick
to help me fix. My impression is that the user community is small, but then
again Caliper has never started a user listserve. I have taught workshops
in ArcView, MapInfo and Maptitude. Its takes until day 3 until for my users
to get what's really going on in ArcView, early in day 2 for MapInfo and
noon the first day for Maptitude. My users are public health practitioners
who are focused very much on the task and not the tool (not everyone is in
love with GIS) - for people like this, Maptitude is the choice. However a
sleeper is Manifold at www.manifold.net. ~ $100. Its pretty impressive.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald Wee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MapInfo-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 6:18 PM
Subject: Maptitude vs MI comparison
> Dear fellow mappers,
>
> I have read the article below and am interested in the Maptitude products.
> My assessment is that potential clients do not need the richer features in
> MapInfo. Besides, the $$ factor is a consideration.
>
> Has anyone used the Maptitude before ? How does it compare with MapInfo ?
>
> Any direct feedback is most appreciated.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> Ronald Wee / Larry Wee
> ProTrek Consultancy & Services
> Handphone : 96-96-59-96
> Pager : 92748157
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Thoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: MapInfo-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 1:19 AM
> Subject: MI ArcView beats MapInfo 8.20 to 8.15!
>
>
> >Read all abuot it:
> >http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1999/0322/fcw-revGIS-3-22-99.html
> >
> >In a Mar 22, 1999 article by Patrick Marshal for Federal Computer
> >Week he rates "Autodesk Inc.'s World 2.0, Caliper Corp.'s
> >Maptitude 4.0, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.'s
> >ArcView 3.1, Intergraph Corp.'s GeoMedia 2.0 and MapInfo Corp.'s
> >MapInfo Professional 5.0." This news is a little more than a
> >month old, but it's another source of online GIS product reviews
> >that people are always asking about, and the versions reviewed
> >are current. (Of course, MapInfo is going to leap ahead this June
> >with the new major release, right?)
> >
> >I'm not sure that the five-hundredths of a rate means anything
> >significant though. What it does say is that there really is no
> >second place and whoever is going to be numero uno can't rest on
> >their laurels anytime soon.
> >
> >The next nearest package was Maptitude with a 7.1 while the rest
> >fell below 6.
> >
> >- Bill Thoen
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