RE: [Maptitude] More DK tips

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:40:14 -0700

Maptitude is by far the better map maker and use of demographic info is far easier, especially with the data that comes with it and the add-ons Caliper has for census data. Manifold has a different operational paradigm that is unlike any other GIS. I have never gotten used to it. There are some amazing holes here and there that stops one dead, and then it has some features that are really very nice, or appear to be at first pass, but in the end I never really used. It does have some pretty good raster and image processing capacity. The lower price in the end is in my view not worth all the effort to get it to really be useful. That said, I hope Caliper gets into the raster GIS world in the future.

 

Dick H

 

From: Map Boy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [Maptitude] More DK tips

 

"Re: Manifold and its printed manuals.  I don't know Manifold that well. I know it has some great features especially for modelers, etc., but when you have to use demographics or produce great looking maps isn't Maptitude still way ahead of Manifold?  Does anybody know both?  How do they compare?"

 

Unless Manifold has changed, at $295 it does not come with geocoding capabilities.  You have to (unless changed) pay extra for this feature.  Bye bye Manifold....



Larry Manire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

To continue the DK discussion, here are some more tips.

 

As I mentioned before, the DK code library at http://www.caliper.com/Maptitude/GISDK/addins.htm has some useful examples.  I wrote two of them.  For writing dialog boxes take at look at DBOX SAMPLER.  To see all the available styles and how to use annotation on layouts see STYLE SAMPLER. 

 

Peter Van Demark at Caliper wrote a good one called STYLE EDITORS which help with editing styles.

 

I just talked to Peter about the feasibility of converting the DK help file to a PDF.  It would take a lot time and resources which Caliper doesn't have right now.   Any volunteers?

 

By the way, the online help Quick Start that I mentioned yesterday, also comes as a printed tutorial for the DK when you buy Maptitude.  I think that, with proper use of that, the online help and collecting lots of sample code, and help from this list, that should be sufficient to help learn the DK in the absence of a full printed manual.

 

Dick Hoskins has mentioned how important it is to have one.  We all agree, but I should remind you that Caliper operates a little differently than a lot of GIS companies.  Howard, the President, has steadfastly insisted on putting his resources into improving the core products while keeping them affordable, rather than having lots of fancy marketing, accessory books, user conferences, etc., that other companies with high priced products can have.  Caliper would probably be out of business by now if he had tried.  So it's up to us users to pick up the slack!

 

Although I'd love to go to Patagonia or Australia and talk about the DK, I guess we'll have to settle for what we can do on this list as volunteers, and help each other, and work with the consultants like Armando (another shameless plug!) who make a living creating great custom DK based GIS apps.

 

Re: Manifold and its printed manuals.  I don't know Manifold that well. I know it has some great features especially for modelers, etc., but when you have to use demographics or produce great looking maps isn't Maptitude still way ahead of Manifold?  Does anybody know both?  How do they compare?

 

Larry Manire

 

 

 

 

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