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Upgrade feature list for MapInfo Professional

Not sure what new features have been added to MapInfo Professional since you last upgraded ?

Just click here on yourcurrent version and then read to the latest version to see all the new features.

What's your current version ?  4.5   5.0   5.5   6.0   6.5   7.0  7.5  7.8  8.0  8.5

v4.5 introduced

  • Universal Translator
  • Node limit per object increased to 1 million
  • Line thicknesses in points
  • Save Queries
  • Save Thematic map templates
  • Info tips in map window
  • Tool Manager for MapBasic tools
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v5.0 introduced

  • Interpolation gridding
  • Integrated Crystal Reports
  • Cartographic Legend
  • Live ODBC data access
  • Rotate Map Window tool
  • MapX geoset manager
  • EasyLoader tool to populate ODBC tables
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v5.5 introduced

  • New graphing module with wide range of styles including 3D graphs and active selection
  • Hill shading for grids
  • Object Editing – improved robustness, performance and functionality
  • Raster handlers for wmf, psd and sid
  • Data driven Cartographic Legend
  • Save queries to workspaces
  • Maximum number of individual thematic classes increased to 594
  • Distance is shown whilst drawing line/polyline/region
  • Map window cursor position can show degrees minutes seconds
  • Snap tolerance in pixels can be set
  • Save printer settings (printer, page size, orientation) to workspaces
  • Select within Polygon tool
  • Unselect All button
  • Area and distance functions report either cartesian or spherical
  • Check/set table coordsys bounds
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v6.0 introduced

  • 3D map window – drape rasters, vectors, view and print
  • Object Editing – create convex hull and enclosed polygons
  • HotLinks to associated documents and URLs by clicking on object or label
  • Additional projections and datums including GDA94
  • Printing – full support for true colour printing of rasters, more reliable printing of large maps
  • Grid handler for Vertical Mapper, raster handler for ER Mapper
  • Database connectivity – Access 2000 (multi-user read/write) and Oracle Spatial
  • Web Publishing – export map window to html/gif
  • Clip Region – improved performance
  • Rotate Labels and Rotate Symbols tools
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v6.5 introduced

  • Translucency for raster and grid layers
  • Prism Map window
  • Triangulation interpolator for gridding
  • Clean and build for polygonizing linework
  • Generalize polylines and regions
  • Clean regions and check for gaps/overlaps
  • Disaggregate multi-section objects
  • Windows 2000 certified
  • Multipoint and collection object types
  • Invert selection button
  • Universal Translator supports E00
  • ECW image compressor included (standalone application)
  • Support for Oracle 8.1.7, SpatialWare 4.5
  • Raster handlers for DEM, DTED, GTOPO
  • Raster and grid zoom layering preference
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v7.0 introduced

  • Direct read of ESRI shape files
  • Display and save JPEG2000
  • Voronoi Polygon creation
  • Split objects by line
  • Rotate objects
  • Nudge objects with arrow keys
  • Undo last node added whilst digitizing polylines and regions
  • Save Window to user specified resolution
  • Import GML format
  • Raster handlers for ADRG, CADRG, ASRP, NITF
  • Create new table based on open table
  • Enhanced File Open dialog includes DBMS tables 
  • Automatic registration of some raster formats 
  • Categories are persistent for individual value thematics
  • MapInfo Discovery publisher tool
  • North Arrow tool
  • Preferences to set default coordinate system and object styles
  • Military grid reference coordinate display
  • Crystal Reports 8.5
  • Send map to MapXmobile tool
  • Windows XP certified
  • Smart Updates
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v7.5 introduced

  • Web Map Service (WMS) client
  • Greatly increased range of polygon fill patterns
  • Custom symbols - greater number, size and colour depth
  • Improved resolution in 3D map window
  • Zoom and pan whilst digitizing
  • Snap enhancements with snap tolerance circle around cursor
  • Print to Scale enhancements for layout window
  • Improved scaling when printing for polygon fill patterns
  • Improved raster registration
  • Vector registration tool for CAD layers
  • Large Excel files (up to 64k rows)
  • Workspace packager for data portability
  • New shortcut keys for common operations
  • Increased Undo memory 
  • Offset objects tool
  • Trim and extend line tool
  • Improved object rotation
  • Improved workflow for creating points, buffers and Voronoi polygons
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v7.8 introduced

  • Web Feature Service (WFS) client
  • WMS support for GetFeatureInfo
  • Enhanced MS Excel interface, and export to csv format
  • Access to data in Oracle 10g
  • Share workspaces with MapXtreme 2004 and Exponare (XML format)
  • Text objects up to 2047 characters in length
  • Split line at node
  • Line snap improved
  • Enhanced custom symbols
  • Map scale now shown as 1:xxxx
  • Thematic map dot density uses any size circle or square
  • Tools for map window synchronizing, spider-graph mapping and distance calculator
  • Line style editor on CD
  • Improved connectivity to GPS via USB
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v8.0 introduced

  • Enhanced WFS and WMS support for printing, querying, and use via a proxy server
  • Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services and Citrix support
  • Oracle Workspace Manager support and support to upload unsupported geometries
  • Import and Export to AutoCAD2004 and MicroStation V8 formats
  • Import and open 3d Shape files, and native read of ESRI grid files
  • Option to open Excel and text files as native tables
  • Layer control shows long table names, and SQL Select supports much longer strings
  • Mouse wheel support for scrolling in Browser windows
  • Workspace Resolver for fixing workspace problems
  • Nearest and Farthest distance within and between layers
  • Stream Digitizing
  • Orthogonal line segment drawing for polylines and polygons
  • Set persistent styles per layer for new objects from Layer Control
  • Increased node limit for polylines and regions
  • Improved sorting, alignment and swatch sizes for thematic legends
  • Improved symbology and usability for Find command
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v8.5 introduced

  • Connectivity to MapInfo Envinsa web services for street level geocoding, address finding and Drivetime polygons
  • Connectivity to other web services through MapBasic API
  • Web services toolbar for ease of access
  • Configure web services preferences, including proxy and HTTPS
  • Reproject and rotate grids and rasters on-the-fly
  • Sub-pixel smoothing for grids and rasters
  • Enhanced image registration dialog
  • Vertical Mapper grids open in MapInfo as grids, not rasters
  • Copy and paste from Message and Statistics windows
  • Drag layers and settings from one map window to another
  • New Toolbar buttons for commonly used functions
  • Status bar expanded and layer control dialog expanded
  • Auto-trace line is more visible when tracing
  • Raster support for ERDAS IMG format
  • Printing not limited to 28,000 pixels, so any size map can be printed
  • Extended memory management for large prints
  • Save Window As enhanced to optionally write georeferenced tab file
  • Set default distance and area units
  • Customized column names in browser view are saved with table
  • Thematic map display settings are saved with table
  • Query results automatically viewed for SQL select
  • Enhanced documentation 
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v9.0 introduces

  • Support for Windows Vista
  • Silent install capability
  • Group level configuration files option (symbology files etc) 
  • Direct open of Autocad, Microstation and ESRI data
  • Link to FME for access to over 150 data formats
  • Date/Time and time data types
  • Time functions allow analysis and visualization by date and time
  • On-the-fly indexing allows Find and Geocode on any tables
  • Save map window as GeoTIFF
  • Hotlink multiple fields for each record
  • Curved text labels
  • Layout template automation tools for dynamic updating
  • Additional symbol fonts
  • New preferences for legends, layouts, labels, and copy/paste
  • MapBasic help support from MapBasic window
  • MapBasic 9.0 available as free download
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