Hello everyone,
I'm writing to ask questions about Maptitude. As you'll see, I'm fairly new to GIS software and would be grateful for feedback from Maptitude users about its ease of use, functions, and drawbacks. My office works with local government on public programming and economic development. We would like to be able to generate maps of demographic information for counties and cities. That is, we need to be able to customize maps by adding our own layers of data. I've seen samples of maps made from Maptitude, so I know that Maptitude is able to do this, but I'm confused about whether I would need add-in programs to produce such high-quality maps (for example, a 3-D map of a neighborhood with bar graphs of housing values for each street). Also, would you say that Maptitude is easy to learn? Is it easy to import data from Microsoft Excel and Access? Are you satisfied with the image quality? Lastly, how would you say Maptitude compares with other GIS software like MapInfo? I've heard that MapInfo provides "higher-end capabilities," but to be honest, I'm not sure that I see any difference in Maptitude's maps and MapInfo's maps. I'm also wondering whether MapInfo, because it directly interfaces with MS Excel and Access, would be easier to use? Again, I'd be grateful for any information. Thank you! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/RzSHvD/UOnJAA/79vVAA/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/
