This version of MapInfo Pro emphasises the improvements in map themes, data access, grid lay-out and general usability. Download MapINfo Pro 17 in the First Element Webshop. Are you new to MapInfo Pro? Then watch the introduction videos and get to know the software.
Features
Stronger
Web service for travelling times and geocoding
Larger data files
Enhanced image quality
Unicode support
.NET SDK
GeoPacket format
WMTS 1.0 support
WFS 2.0 support
FME 2017 support
Smarter
Change the ribbon menu
Change the map menu bar
Interactive individual value, graduated and varying themes
Dynamic themes
Shortcut enhancements
Simpler
New welcome screen
Fast search screen
Lay-out templates
Improved alignment with smart helplines
Multi-page markup
Easy rotation
Specifications
Improved thematics
Themes are now displayed in the layer menu and you can easily enable or disable categories to only mark the data you want to emphasise.
A new tab makes it easier to use with thematic maps.
There is more choice in standard colour pallets.
In themes with single variables, you can now choose to change the theme field without building the whole theme again.
Data- and web services
WMTS 1.0: possibility added to read tile sets from WMTS v1.0 servers.
WFS 2.0: support added for WFS 2.0.
Geopackage: added support for reading, editing and creating GeoPackage-functiontables.
FME 2016: Universal data-import updated for the usage of FME 2016.
Wrap tables: in most cases you can now wrap tables without changing the current workspace.
EasyLoader 64-bit: contains a lot of new improvements and makes use of the same drivers and connections as MapInfo Pro 64-bit.
Grid
Grids are now created for grid layers, both for continues and classified grid types.
There are a few improvements and fixes for the current grid functions like data conditioning, cutting, poly lines, interpolating and grid origin & expanding.
Another addition is the multiple options that reduce the pixelation when the map is too zoomed in.
Interactive viability line and cross-section: Extract the cell value along a line or poly line or control the visability from a specific point to a goal.
Volume: Calculate the volume of a big grid with the help of a various options.
Other Improvements
Simplified ribbon-tabs for Home & Map.
Settings for grid alignment are now saved in the workspace so that they are saved for the next session.
The function “undo” now works in multiple steps for lay-out changes like the adding, removing, moving, and changing the size of the lay-out objects (maps, images, text, etc).