If you are using MapInfo Font symbols or normal MapInfo 3.0 everything should come across almost exactly. mapinfoToQgis.py will use the same fonts in QGIS as you did in MapInfo and select to the correct symbol size. Although if you are using custom MapInfo 3.0 symbols you will get the default QGIS black square symbol,you can just change it to something better after loading the QML.
Like I said at the start, hopefully other people will find this tool handy as I know I have. If you do find it handy let me know, I would love to hear peoples feedback. Also if you find any bugs let me know in the comments or log a issue on -to-QGIS-style-generator/issues
Then we have sorting, which is meant to be the cool new feature. This is not the normal just click on the header to sort the column, no because that would be too easy, you have to right click in the browser, click sort and select the options which then opens a new browser window. um what?
Next. No visible scroll progress. When you move the little scroll box on the side the browser waits until you have finished to show you the data. I guess the old browser did this too so why change it!
What is the typical sort pattern? Left click header, table sorts ascending click again and table sorts descending or vice versa. Then you normally have any extra sorting stuff in the right-click menu e.g Sort Ascending, Sort Desending, Clear Sort etc.
The other day I posted an entry about using MapInfo with Python and Qt (see -map-control-into-qt-python-form/), one big thing that I missed was support for callbacks, which if you want to do anything related to integrated mapping is a must for map tool support.
I think Python could be a good language to prototype MapInfo based app, or even build a whole app itself. If you do end up making something of it let me know I am quite interested with what people could come up with.
A while ago I posted about how to create an instance of MapInfo in .Net, If you missed those posts then they can be found here. In these posts I outlined how you can create a instance using three different methods, in the reflection based post I said that one of the disadvantages of doing it this way was that it was slower. I said this due to just my observations but I thought it would be a good idea to put it to the test and show the speed difference.
I created a simple project to test and show me the results of three different things: Speed of complied MBX, calling a MapBasic function though the Do and via the interface (see posts 1 & 3) and calling Do and Eval via reflection (see post 2)
Since the release of version 0.5 of my MapInfo Window Manager I have been working on the new version which will be Version 1.0 and to be released soon. It has some new features, bug fixes and a improved UI.
However I would like to get some more testing done by some other people to make sure that Version 1.0 is good and stable. I am also still look out for anymore ideas that I could throw into Version 1.0.
If you would like to give the beta a test and do some bug hunting for me, or likewise if you have a feature you would like to see rolled into Version 1.0, please contact me on here or by email (which you can see in the about tab page screenshot above)
A lot of information flows though the global MapInfo-l message board, things that would be nice to have down as feature requests or bugs so that people can comment and PBBI can really see what people would like in their products. I am aware that you can send feature requests though the MapInfo Professional software however I think having a community effort would be much better as you can quickly see what other people
have thought of and if you support that idea also, which in turn lets PBBI see what the community wants.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on a new MapInfo Professional tool called Window Manager, it is nothing big but I find it very handy. The window manager shows all the open map and layout windows in a visual WPF tree view control and gives the users quick access to basic functions when dealing with windows in MapInfo eg Rename and Clone etc.
The current version (0.5) is only really a preview version and still has a little bit of work to make it a bit more polished looking, however I have tested the clone, close,rename and bring to front commands a lot as I use this tool all the time and it feels stable. I am releasing it early rather than waiting for a couple of more weeks for a couple of reasons 1) Fear of forgetting to release it due to being busy 2) Would like to see what other people would like to do with a tool like this.
I have been working on a rather large mapping project over the last couple of months, and that thought I would write a blog post about some features that I would like to see implemented in MapInfo Pro to make map making a little bit easier. This could get long so I might break in down into different posts.
Thematic maps are great, I use them all the time but unfortunately they are a big pain in the butt when it comes to using and applying them across a large range of maps and workspaces and using them to keep map updated.
This means you would be able to store templates in one place and any time somebody opens the workspace, the theme file is read and applied to the map, meaning you will always have the latest style changes. By using the full path or just the theme name you could store theme files on a network drive or just with the workspaces if it is only going to be used for a selected job with lots of workspaces.
LinkedIn and 3rd parties use essential and non-essential cookies to provide, secure, analyze and improve our Services, and to show you relevant ads (including professional and job ads) on and off LinkedIn. Learn more in our Cookie Policy.
By doing so MapInfo Professional will be able to take advantage of the 64 bit operating system. It will for instance be able to use more the 4 GB memory that was the limitation on the 32 bit operating system.
In a series of articles we will look at what you need to do to make sure your MapBasic application is ready for the new 64 bit version of MapInfo Professional. We will also look at what you can do to ensure your application gets better integrated into the new 64 bit version of MapInfo Professional.
Having been in this business since 1996 I recall the shift from 16 bit to 32 bit where MapBasic applications had to determine which environment was used in order to use the correct icon dll. With the move to 64 bit you might need to make similar checks in your application.
Let me end this first articles by ensuring you that we have gone very far to ensure as many MapBasic applications as possible will just continue working on the 64 bit version of MapInfo Professional without you having to make a single change.
Oh, if you are curious what this new 64 bit version of MapInfo Professional 12.5 is going to look like, have a look at this video from the MapInfo Forum in Australia where Steve Mann, Senior Director Product Development Location Intelligence at Pitney Bowes Software, gives the attendees a tour of what to expect:
4. RETAIL
Similar to telecommunications, in many ways retail is a location-based. MapInfo is used to help make decisions about where to grow/expand, site-selection for stores and supply chain, to understand customer demographics and behavior, and to visualize and manage assets like inventory.
5. REAL ESTATE
Banks and Financial Firms use MapInfo to analyze customer trends, help with site selection, analyze competition, help with business resilience, help with corporate social responsibilities.
7. INSURANCE
Many insurance companies and purchasers of insurance, especially Property and Casualty, use MapInfo to map policy locations, manage individual and aggregated risks, real-time and historical perils, help manage claims processing and build/manage facility and broker networks.
The official name is MapInfo Pro. In the past, the software has been called MapInfo Professional. There are two options that have been available over the past few years: Premium and Advanced. Premium adds Bing Road maps. While the base version includes Bing Aerial and Hybrid imagery, the Premium version adds Bing Road maps. See the Basemap Style image in the Gallery above. In the latest version, v2021, the Advanced features are included in the base product. For support and training, we work with the following versions:
Are the geocoding tools in Google, Bing, etc. good Enough? Part 1 Note: This is the first of a series of articles contrasting the approach of many geocoders, especially Google's and Bing's offerings, with enterprise/professional geocoding. When Google introduced...
Exeter Innovation is a partner for transformative innovation. We harness the world leading research and education of the University of Exeter to create real and lasting impact, by working with organisations of all types and sizes on their innovation journey.
Activities between the University of British Columbia and Exeter include a joint research symposium focused on Community, Culture, Creativity, and Wellbeing held at Exeter in May 2018 and a faculty-led, co-funded initiatives in Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Climate Change and Digital Humanities.
University of South Florida and Exeter have entered into a 5 year student exchange between the two Universities. They launched the University of Exeter / University of South Florida Research Catalyst Fund to provide grants to support joint research initiatives between the two institutions.
The University of Exeter and Tsinghua University have launched a jointly-awarded PhD degree programme in climate and environmental sciences which supports six students to be co-supervised between Tsinghua's Department of Earth System Science and Colleges at Exeter that conduct research on earth systems and environmental sciences. Read more.
7fc3f7cf58