On 25 Oct 2004 at 10:39, Earl Machen wrote: > Anyone know the goods/bads of one versus the other? >
We stopped upgrading MapInfo at version 4.01. I had a number of exchanges with them that went something like: You should add feature X to MapInfo. It would really help me accomplish my tasks. Oh no. It would be impossible to do X. You don't understand. But Maptitude can do X. It must not be impossible. [silence] Maptitude is a lot different from Mapinfo, especially in general concept, but also in user interface. It took me a very long time to relearn how to do everything. We are mainly interested in printed output, and Maptitude prints a lot nicer than Mapinfo. Especially the way the Highway layer comes with all the styles predefined and the state highway shields. Ask you MapInfo friends if the software can do a dot density map with two different color dots representing two different variables. Blue dots for renters, and red dots for homeowners, as an example. Several years ago, that was one of those "impossible" things. Maptitude is still lacking in user interface in regard to layout. Things like the ability to place an object in a certain spot, or to make an object a certain size. Also things like not being able to undo operations on a layout. In MapInfo it's a lot easier to manipulate geographic objects. Like cut and paste between layers, or change the appearance of one object on a layer, or have a layer on a map twice. I have many Maptitude files that I can no longer open for unknown reasons, but all my MapInfo files still open. So there are still a lot of areas that Maptitude could learn from MapInfo, but for what we do, Maptitude is clearly superior. The people are nicer too. And those seamless geographic layers (national streets and census geographies) make it a killer deal. Bob ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/C5grlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
