We are really excited about the upcoming release of MapInfo Professional version 10.0. It is expected to ship in June, which is right around the corner. We are planning on revealing 10.0 publicly for the first time at our annual users’ conference, Insights ‘09, which is June 3rd in Orlando, Florida. Feel free to join us!
In the mean time, we plan on releasing information on key features from time to time, so check back at this blog often between now and June. We expect to be sharing a lot of exciting information.
The first enhancement we want to share relates to improvements in MapInfo Professional’s data access capability. MapInfo Professional 10.0 will have comprehensive read and write access to PostGIS spatial data. PostGIS is an open-source software program that adds spatial capability to the open-source PostgreSQL database. We have applied our many years of experience in working with spatial database systems (including our own SpatialWare technology) to extend MapInfo Professional to include support for PostGIS.
- MI Pro v10 will offer direct native access to PostGIS without the need for any middleware.
- Support for PostGIS is also being added to our MapInfo EasyLoader tool. EasyLoader is a freely downloadable tool for managing bulk uploads of MapInfo tables into a database system.
- Support for PostGIS represents our continued commitment to allowing our users to access as much of their data as possible “where it lives”.
There is more to come in MapInfo Professional v10.0 with respect to data access and other major work areas. Remember to check back here, or follow us on twitter to get more updates on MapInfo Professional 10.0!
