| Developer(s) | MapInfo Corporation (now Pitney Bowes) |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 11.0.1 / July 2011 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | GIS |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.pbinsight.com/products/short/mapinfo-professional/ |
MapInfo Professional is a mapping software product produced by MapInfo Corporation.
MapInfo Professional has the ability to combine and display, on a single map, data from a variety of sources that are in different formats and projections. The software is capable of overlaying raster and vector layers on the same map; the former can be made semi-transparent, so that they can serve as more than mere backdrops.
MapInfo is popular both in business and the public sector, where a typical user is analyzing pre-built map data layers.
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MapInfo Corporation was founded in 1986 and its first product was MapInfo for DOS. This software could be customized by using the MapCode development environment which was a C-like programming language. The DOS product was eventually discontinued and replaced by MapInfo for Windows.
In 1990 MapInfo was redesigned with an easier-to-use graphical user interface and was made available for the Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Macintosh platforms. The MapCode development environment was replaced with a new language MapBasic. Version 4 of the product, released in 1995 , saw the product renamed "MapInfo Professional".[1]
MapInfo Professional is no longer available for the UNIX and Macintosh platforms.