64 bits of MapInfo Pro

64 Bits of MapInfo Pro!!!…and the next BIG thing

2016-09

64 bits of MapInfo Pro 2

This presentation contains 64 things every MapInfo Pro user should know about the new 64 bit version!

This presentation is based on MapInfo Pro v16.0.

New User Interface

Easier to learn – easier to use!

All new user Ribbon based user interface

1

2

3

"Current" Workspace listed

at top of screen.

Collapse or pin the ribbon.

3

2

Window Galleries

provide easy access

to all windows.

Galleries like this are

used in a number of

places throughout the

software

1

Easier to Use

5

Floating windows – can be

moved to other screens!4

See Map Projection

on Status Bar

Easy access to

workspace commands

7

Toggle for preserving

current scale.

5

6

Tabbed Windows

Tabbed windows –

configurable in horizontal

or vertical groups. (Right-

click on the Tab)

8

Easier to Use – The Open Gallery

7

The Open Gallery is a

"one stop shop" for

accessing your data.

9 The Open Gallery is available from the Home, Table, Map and Tabs

10 The current workspace is now replaced when you open another workspace.

Use Add Workspace to combine maps and other windows together.

12 The Catalog Browser is no longer "Auto Loaded" by default.

WMTS support added in v16.0

11Run MapBasic programs here but

there is also an all new Tool Manager.

13In the Recent Files list, use these icons to choose the

preferred view (New Browser, New Mapper, Current

Mapper or No View)

New Workspace Explorer Window

14Search/filter for tables,

layers or windows

15Layer Control and

Table List

17 Windows list (can

rename and clone)

Configure Workspace Explorer

(Pro > Options > Explorer)19

20Hide windows

without closing them!

21

Displaying Tool

Windows optional

18 Database connections list

16Windows can be

opened separately

(from the Tool

Windows gallery)

Ease of Use

9

22 Context sensitive tabs appear as needed.

Mini-toolbar: Quick access to commonly

used commands (right click in map)

23

This yellow

diamond indicates

the active window.

25

Any document or tool

window can be tabbed,

docked or floating!

24

Easier to Use: Layer Properties and Preview

Style Tab: Interactive feedback on layer display changes26

Label Properties and Preview

New Label Rules Gallery – easily

choose useful combinations of

label settings.

See "live" previews of label

changes.

• In Label Tab

• In mini-toolbar

27

Improved Pack Table behaviour

Pitney Bowes | MapInfo Pro v16.0 12

To make packing tables easier, the Pack tables command now automatically closes and re-opens the workspace

The command is called Advanced Pack.

28

New Layout Designer

New Layout Designer

Auto-wrapping text boxes

More right-click options

Grids and Guidelines

Prepare maps for printing more quickly and easily than ever

before

29

New Layout Designer – Image support

Easily use images on your Layout windows

Layout Designer Improvements: Map gridlines

• Add static or dynamic grids to

your map.

• Support for different coordinate

systems.

• Flexible options to control

appearance.

Layout Designer – Active Maps

Work directly with your map windows without leaving the Layout page!

• Pan and Zoom

• Adjust layers

• Modify labels

• Set the scale

• Add layers

• Edit objects

Prepare maps for printing more quickly and easily than ever before.

30

Layout Designer – Active Browser

Work directly with Browser windows without leaving the Layout page!

• Sort and filter

• Add / remove / rearrange columns

• Change the font

31

Interactive Thematic maps

Pitney Bowes | PPT presentation template | November 24, 2014 19

New Interactive Thematic Mapping

Pitney Bowes | MapInfo Pro Road map

More easily visualise and analyse data with the new Theme ribbon tab

New color palettes

Interactive ranges now appear in the layers list

Change thematic map settings interactively

Change the column being mapped with a couple of clicks

32

Color Brewer thematic templates


Quickly and easily apply a these color sets to your map.

Designed for clarity and accessibility.

For more info:http://colorbrewer2.org/

http://colorbrewer2.org/

Geocoding for all!


Geocoding for all!

23

Starting in v16.0 every MapInfo Pro user can access the Pitney Bowes online Global Geocoder.

• Requires signing up for an account.

1000 credits per month (per user)• City/postal level geocode = 1 credit per geocode• Street level (or better) = 5 credits per geocode

Premium Services customers receive 2000 credits per month (per user)

Upgrade plans available for those who require additional geocoding.

Easy to sign up.

Continued receipt of the credits is dependent upon keeping MapInfo Pro on Maintenance.

33

Managing MapInfo Pro

Customisation and Tools

Preferences

Backwards Compatibility

Customise the Quick Access Toolbar and the Ribbon to suit your needs!

25

Create your own tabs

• Click New Tab

• Click New Group

• Add commands to the

Group

Add new groups to existing tabs

• Select a tab

• Click New Group

• Add commands to the Group

Customize Ribbon

appears in same dialog

as modifying the Quick

Access Toolbar.

34

New Tool Manager

On the Home tab or available from the Tool Windows gallery

Quickly see all the tools

that are registered

Quickly re-run

previously used tools

Quickly see all the

tools that are running

Access Help and Info for

the tools directly from the

Tool Manager

Register

tools

here Un-register

tools here

Link to the Community

Download siteLoad once or

"AutoLoad"

37

36

35

14 of the most popular

tools have been ported

from the 32-bit version.

Tool Manager: Double-click or Right-click to use a tool.

When a tool is running…

One of the main functions for each tool is available by double-clicking…

and/or

A menu for the tool is available by right-clicking.

Right-click to access

a menu or to execute

a command from the

Tool.

The "Default Action"

will usually be the

primary function of

the Tool.

38

Create your own keyboard shortcuts: New Command Editor tool

28

Customize the short cut keys to your liking.

The Command Editor is in the Tool Manager.

39

Type in your desired keyboard shortcut for any

command.

Note you need to type in the letters for “Ctrl” and

“Shift”.

Shortcuts cannot be duplicated. If a duplicate

combination is entered it will be highlighted in red.

MapBasic Tool: Degree Converter

Improved user interface

• Now one dialog box for all the capabilities

40

MapBasic Tool: Improved GE Link (Google Earth export)

30

Export a single map

New batch export capability

41

Two tools that appear in the Map Window

The Sync Windows tool adds its capabilities to the MAP tab.

MapBasic Tool: North Arrow

The North Arrow tool button appears in the MAP tab. Look in the Add to Map drop-down list in the Content group.

42

MapBasic Tool: Sync Windows

32

New interface!

This tool is for aligning non-earth data to a projection.

MapBasic Tool: Register Vector Utility43

MapBasic window – easier to learn and use

33

Syntax highlighting!

Controlled by a Preference (on by default)

MapBasic Window Preferences (Pro > Options > MapBasic)

44

Improved Workspace Support

MapInfo Pro now works on the basis of having a "current workspace"• Opening a new workspace replaces the current

workspace.• Workspaces can be combined by

using the Add Workspace command.

New Auto Save and Backup on Save options

Preferences for what changes to include

Know when a workspace needs to be saved

(*) is indication when

workspace has changed

Pro > Options > Workspace

45

The PRO tab

35

49Options and

preferences

48 Better integration for add-ins

47

Check for updates, Info and news

Application Preferences for the behaviour you want

36

Behaviour of the Ribbon when you switch the "front window". • None – the selected ribbon tab does not change

when you change windows.

• Last tab – each window “remembers” the last ribbon tab that was used.

• Automatic – each window type (Map, Browser and Layout Designer) switches back to their applicable tab.

Tool Windows

• Option for recalling the configuration.

Floating windows – option to include ribbon

• Consider when using multiple monitors.

50

Backwards compatibility of data and workspaces

37

Data tables are compatible in both versions.• Check the release notes for information on the

implications related to drivers for 32 bit versus 64 bit versions of Microsoft Office.

Workspaces created in the 32 bit versions of MapInfo Pro will open in the 64 bit version.• Graph windows not supported.• Legacy Layout window not supported.

– In the 64 bit version, Layout windows are converted to Layout Designer windows to the extent possible.

Workspaces created in the 64 bit version of MapInfo Pro can be opened in the equivalent level 32 bit version.

51

Backwards compatibility for MapBasic applications

38

Existing MapBasic applications will run in the 64 bit version of MapInfo Pro but with some exceptions.• Applications that call 32 bit DLLs will need to be

upgraded.• Calls to Windows functions might or might not work,

depending on changes in the Operating System.• The 64 bit version does not have the Graph

window nor the Legacy Layout window.

MapBasic applications will appear in the ToolManager and menus and buttons will appear on a special Legacy tab.

Example of a MapBasic application button pad appearing on the Legacy toolbar

52

MapBasic Enhancements

• New MapBasic syntax for Layout Designer and other new capabilities.

• MapBasic .NET support enhanced – Construct objects– Call Instance and Interface Methods and Properties

• New variable types: This, RefPtr, IntPtr and LargeInt,

• The new user interface is encompassed in a Microsoft .NET object model. – Support for .NET Instance object and Interface

Properties and Methods– NET object model can be used from compiled MapBasic

• Improved method for integrating maps in other applications.

• New definition file, IMapInfoProfessional.def for method declarations

53

Data Access and Performance Improvements

New Extended TAB file format

• Extended tab introduced in MapInfo Pro v15.2.

• Support for files larger than 2 GB in size.

• Unicode (UTF-8 or UTF-16) character set support.

• Support for up to 1000 fields in a table.

• User control, including preferences on whether the

new format is used or not.

Improvements to index files

• Increased Maximum key length

• Increased number of Indexes

• Reduce wasted space

54

Support for using data in multiple character sets (Unicode Support)

55

Click here for a MapInfo Pro Journal article on preferences and related information

http://web.pb.com/mapinfopro-oct-2015/MapInfo-Pro-v15.2-Breaking-Down-Barriers/

GeoPackage data format

Pitney Bowes | MapInfo Pro Road map

GeoPackage is an open standard (OGC) data format for transferring geospatial information.

Benefits and uses• Convenience - provides a way for MapInfo Pro users

to share multiple sets of data in a single file.

• External interoperability – provides a way for MapInfo Pro users to share data with many third party GIS (and other systems).

• Interoperability – share data within the PB Location Intelligence suite.

56

All new 64 bit Easyloader


• Improved user interface and experience• Remembers recent connections, folders, tables• Updated main window and dialogs• New MapCatalog dialog shows all fields• Background uploading

• New command line options and friendly names for previous options

• Supports response file for specifying options

• Better error handling and progress feedback

• Pause/cancel uploads

• 64 bit Unicode application which supports uploading Unicode data

• Uses 64 bit Oracle and ODBC drivers

• Supports the MapInfo Extended TAB format

57

Web Feature Service (WFS) v2.0 Support


WFS is an open standard for sharing vector data (data with map objects) amongst different servers and clients.

MapInfo Pro previously supported WFS v1.0 and v1.1.

Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)

Pitney Bowes | MapInfo Pro Sales Enablement

A source of maps for MapInfo MapInfo Pro users

OGC standard.

Pre-generated, tiled maps for efficient display performance.

Considered superior to the Web Map Service (WMS) in terms of performance.

Also supported by Spectrum Spatial.

Credentials are required to access this WMTS.

UK Ordnance Survey Mastermap WMTS

Crown copyright and database right 2016.

Contains UK Ordnance Survey data,

WMTS example: UK Ordnance Survey

58

Performance Improvements


Performance improvements: SQL Select filtering

Pitney Bowes | MapInfo Pro v15.2

Number of

rows in table

Query Number of

rows in result

Time v12.5.4 Time v15.2 Table size

(.dat file)

13,000,000 Value > 80,000 2,600,000 4 hrs 12 min 1 min 347 MB

1,240,000Group = "Business

Services"97,800 35 sec 14 sec 1.9 GB

15,250,000Group = "Business

Services"754,000 not possible 10 min 11 sec 21.5 GB

15,250,000 Employee count >= 500 26,284 not possible 3 min 12 sec 21.5 GB

Note that the data column being queried is indexed

Computer used for these comparisons: Dell Latitude E6420.

Intel Core i7 (4 dual core 2.2 ghz processors), 8 GB RAM, Windows 7

These two queries used Pitney Bowes World Premium POI data for the Asia Pacific region.

59

More performance Improvements: Improved rendering for point objects

The drawing of point objects has been optimised, resulting in reduced time to render points on the screen.

Version 12.5.4 (64 bit) Version 15.2

WorldPlaces (675,000

points - global)

1 minute 50 seconds 11-15 seconds

Elevation data file - 2

meter resolution

(1,560,000 points)

11 to 24 seconds 3.5 seconds

UK Output Area

centroids (181,000

points)

26 seconds 5 seconds


Map querying performance

Number of

rows in table

Query Number of

rows in result

Time v12.5.4 Time

v15.2

Table size

(.dat file)

602,000Boundary select tool within

100km circle253,000 3 min 32 sec 20 sec 1.7 GB

602,000 Invert the above selection 349,000 6 min 36 sec 5 sec 1.7 GB

1) Time to open the workspace (with map zoomed out as below): • Version 12.5 4 3 minutes• Version 15.2 8 seconds

2) Use Boundary Select tool inside the buffer:

Example: Query all records from Austria Premium POI table within a

100 km buffer of Vienna


Other Improvements

MapCAD – included in 64-bit version!

All tools integrated on to the Ribbon.

Look in the SPATIAL tab

60

Select by Style is in the Select list>>

Reusable drawing and editing components (“Cells”)

53

Create reusable objects and place them on your maps as needed.

61

Licensing improvements – Distributed Licenses

Overdraft licenses are now available for distributed licenses.

• Helps to ensure you do not have a service disruption if you lose a license during server migrations or failure.

• You can overdraft up to 10% of the number of distributable licenses that you own.

Repair failed/broken licenses.

• You can now repair up to 10% of your distributable license holding.

62

Running tasks in the background: Task Manager

55

The 64 bit version of MapInfo Pro is capable of running certain tasks in the background. This is used by MapInfo Pro Advanced.

The Task Manager window is used to display progress.

Pro > Options > Task ManagerAppears as needed but also available from

Home > Window Gallery > Task Manager

63

You might be wondering…

Is the 64-bit version a separate product? Does it cost extra? • No. With MapInfo Pro v15.0 and 15.2, the same

serial number and access code work for both the 32 bit version and the 64 bit version.

• Note that MapInfo Pro v16.0 is only available in a 64 bit version.

What version number is the 64-bit release?• Version 16.0 is the latest version.

Can I run a 32 bit and 64 bit version side-by-side?• Yes.

MapInfo Pro Advanced(The next BIG thing) 64

MapInfo Pro Advanced

A next generation raster GIS add-on for MapInfo Pro

Innovative new grid format and high performance engine

• Great performance with very large grid files.

• Multi-resolution raster format allows variable size grid cells for improved efficiency.

• Efficiently displays data at all zoom levels ("pyramiding")

• Multiple variables in a single grid.

• Support for both numeric and classified (categorical) data in the same file.

• Supported across our product line, including Spectrum Spatial and MapXtreme.

• SDK

Free trial available

64

Use this slide for a

Full-bleed image

MapInfo Pro Advanced summary of capabilities

Create grids from points (interpolation and modeling)

Powerful display options –color gallery and hill shading

Import/Export grids from a variety of formats

Combine (merge), resize, reproject, classify/reclassify and clip grids

Combine raster grids of different cell sizes into a single grid

Take advantage of multi spectral imagery

Update points, lines and regions with data from your grids

Grid calculator for querying, filtering and performing grid math

Calculate slope, aspect and curvature grids

Contouring

Create grids from region data (rasterize)

Calculate viewsheds and cross-sections

Want to know more?

61

Don't have MapInfo Pro v16.0 yet?

Download it from our Web site here:http://www.pitneybowes.com/us/mipro-free-trial.html

For more tips, tricks, techniques and advice, why not sign up for "The MapInfo Pro" monthly journal?

Click here

http://www.pitneybowes.com/us/mipro-free-trial.html

http://web.pb.com/mapinfopro-apr-2013/MapInfo-Archive/

Tom Probert

MapInfo Pro Global Product Manager

[email protected]

Technology

64 bits of MapInfo Pro