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De : Peter Horsbøll Møller [PEM@texte-a-enlever.cowi.dk]
Envoye : mercredi 8 juin 2005 16:42
À : Neil Havermale; SCISOFT; Ben A Greenberg; Cowper, Brian;
MapInfo-L@texte-a-enlever.lists.directionsmag.com
Cc : Sukkurwala, Gus
Objet : RE: MI-L MapInfo vs. Manifold

It is not a rumor anymore. MapInfo 8.0 has been released and I have already
had a look at it. Some nice new features has been added.

One feature that I could have used years ago when I did a lot of
vectorization is the Stream digitizing that adds a new node to a
polyline/polygon when you move the cursor more then x pixels.

Here is a list of new features in MapInfo 6.5 to 8.0:
http://www.critchlow.co.nz/library/MI%2 … _8_Compari
son_Sheet.pdf

Remember that MapInfo 8.0 is still based on the old code base, so we are not
talking about the .NET version which now is known as the  Grande  project

Peter Horsbøll Møller
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From: Neil Havermale [neilh@texte-a-enlever.redhensystems.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 4:09 PM
To: SCISOFT; 'Ben A Greenberg'; 'Cowper, Brian';
MapInfo-L@texte-a-enlever.lists.directionsmag.com
Cc: 'Sukkurwala, Gus'
Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo vs. Manifold

I would advocate that any sort of comparison take place on the pending Pro
8.0 versus an old code emulated by many.  Given that the rumor of the
release for MapInfo Pro 8.0 is for this month, I'd wait a few days before
discounting the MapInfo offering as suggested.

neil

From: SCISOFT [geoscisoft@texte-a-enlever.iinet.net.au]
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:35 AM
To: 'Ben A Greenberg'; 'Cowper, Brian'; MapInfo-L@texte-a-enlever.lists.directionsmag.com
Cc: 'Sukkurwala, Gus'
Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo vs. Manifold

I strongly disagree - painfully slow? You've got to be kidding!

And look at the last week (or year) of posts here on MapInfo-L about MapInfo
Professional's problems with MS Access; contrast that with the database
facilities in Manifold 6+ and its powerful spatial SQL ...

I main thing wrong with Manifold is that it's priced too low.

Ian Thomas
GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia

From: Ben A Greenberg [bgreenberg@texte-a-enlever.mlgcommercial.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:48 PM
To: Cowper, Brian; MapInfo-L@texte-a-enlever.lists.directionsmag.com
Cc: Sukkurwala, Gus
Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo vs. Manifold

Right off the bat i can say that i would not reccomend Manifold over Mapinfo
for day to day desktop mapping.  THis is mainly because it is painfully
slow. I have found it usefull as a extra utility, but don't rely on it (like
i do
mapinfo) for day to day work.  That being said, it's not a bad deal for
or whatever it costs now, assuming you also have Mapinfo, ArcView, or a
compararble desktop product.

Ben  Greenberg
GIS Coordinator
NAI MLG Commercial
262-797-9400

From: Cowper, Brian [BCowper@texte-a-enlever.stantec.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 8:31 AM
To: MapInfo-L@texte-a-enlever.lists.directionsmag.com
Cc: Sukkurwala, Gus
Subject: MI-L MapInfo vs. Manifold

Hi Listers,

I have been asked to evaulate Manifold, do any of you have experience using
Manifold? I would particularly be interested in how Manifold compares to
MapInfo. I will be cheking out an evaulation copy of Manifold this week, but
any Manifold real world experiences would be helpful.

TIA

Brian Cowper

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