The document provides information on new features in MapInfo Professional v11.5 and MapInfo Exponare v5.0. Key updates include a new legend designer window in MapInfo Professional with improved usability and control over layout. The browser window was also enhanced with new sorting and filtering options. Metadata editing capabilities were added to the catalog browser. MapInfo Exponare saw the introduction of a new ribbon toolbar user interface and integration with MapInfo Manager for searching geospatial catalogues. It also includes built-in Bing basemaps and an updated interface for mobile.
4. New Legend Designer
• Ranked #2 on the Ideas Community
• New window for creating Legends
• Usability focus:
– position & alignment; more control over layout
– sizing
– improving general appearance/modernization of UI
– improving appearance and output of legend in Layout
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8. Browser Window v2.0
• Select all from top left corner, (similar to Microsoft Excel) or from
the Select menu – improves usability
Select all the rows in the Browser
window by clicking in this box
10. Metadata editing
• In MapInfo Professional 11.0, you could search metadata
catalogues created by MapInfo Manager, view metadata and
open the layers found
• In 11.5, nominated users can now edit metadata within
MapInfo Professional
• Metadata viewer is also improved with better alignment of
fields for better readability
13. Ease of Use
Zoom to Cursor Location
• Option set in Map >
Preferences
• Not enabled by default
• Ranked #10 on the Ideas
Community
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14. Ease of Use
• Automatically add the
results of a query to a
Map window.
• #16 on the Ideas
Community
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15. Refresh and upgrades
MapCAD update – two new tools
• Change a polyline into a curved line (spline)
• Create Text from Database
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16. Refresh and upgrades
• New ECW Raster Handler
– Will open some ECW forms that the previous version did not support.
• Support for SQL Server 2012
• Improved section in the Help on
keyboard shortcuts and commands.
– A lot of time can be saved by our
customers if they know about these!
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18. What’s new in 5.0?
• Exponare Enquiry
Microsoft Office-like ribbon tool bar
Quick access toolbar
New panels
Full MapInfo Manager integration
Print to PDF
• Exponare Public
New user interface
Bing base maps built in
Set translucency for each layer
New mobile interface for iPads/iPhones
19. New Enquiry User Interface
• Microsoft Office-like ribbon toolbar
• New application menu
• Quick access toolbar
• Improved panels
• New icon pack
20. New Enquiry User Interface
• Microsoft Office-like ribbon toolbar
• New application menu
• Quick access toolbar
• Improved panels
• New icon pack
21. New Enquiry User Interface
• Microsoft Office-like ribbon toolbar
• New application menu
• Quick access toolbar
• Improved panels
• New icon pack
22. New Enquiry User Interface
• Microsoft Office-like ribbon toolbar
• New application menu
• Quick access toolbar
• Improved panels
• New icon pack
23. New Enquiry User Interface
• Microsoft Office-like ribbon toolbar
• New application menu
• Quick access toolbar
• Improved panels
• New icon pack
24. MapInfo Manager integration
• Search a CSW catalogue created by MapInfo Manager
Search by key word or within current map
• Open layers found into Exponare
• Easily view metadata in the Layer Control
• Same user interface as MapInfo Professional
• Benefit – users can easily find the data they’re looking for
25. New Public interface
• Microsoft Bing base maps built-in
• Change translucency for each layer
26. New Public interface
• Microsoft Bing base maps built-in
• Change translucency for each layer
27. New Public interface
• Vastly improved user interface
• Collapsible panels
• Basic annotations – draw points, lines, polygons
• Coordinate export
28. New Public interface
• Vastly improved user interface
• Collapsible panels
• Basic annotations – draw points, lines, polygons
• Export coordinates for points, lines and polygons
30. More Information
• MapInfo Professional 11.5 & MapInfo Exponare 5.0 is
being distributed via digital download this year
• Customers will receive an email with the download
instructions within the next week
• We will also provide links to recorded webinars
31. A Sneak Peek– My Neighbourhood Portal
• My Neighbourhood is a self service portal that provides
information that is tailored to individual citizens
• Its interactive – easily can drill down to find the answers they
need
• It seamlessly integrates into your Council web site
• It helps answer their questions of:
– What day is my rubbish collected?
– Where’s my nearest library?
– How far away is it and when is it open?
– Who’s my local councilor?
– Who can I contact if I have a problem?
3 main new features …Combined lead to better end user experience.Also cover some refreshed and upgrades
Ideas community for these who don’t know is the feedback portal on the PBS. Highly recommendBrand new window-enable you to snap frames to the gridSetup guideline to align multiple frames- Leads to a better user experience and more aesthetically pleasing layout
New Browser window was introduced in MI Pro v11New buttons have been added analyse data within the same window (no new windows required!)My favorite feature is the filtering option…you right click on the column you wish to sort by…next slide
You will be present with a dialogue box with options in plain English (e.g.. Greater than, begins with, contains etc).You don’t need to be a SQL guru! ….next slide
Once you have filtered you results, you can easily select all from the top left corner and then use in some way, like adding to the map or saving the results into a new table.
At end ….. what does this all mean?
A user could be in MI Pro editing a layer, say the roads layerThey can call the MI Manager catalogue that stores the metadataThen they can update the latest details, such as edit date this puts the control back to the data custodian or power user who should be responsible for maintain the metadata for their layers.
Click twicePreviously when you use the mouse wheel to zoom in it would only zoom in on the map centre.There is now an option to use the cursor location.
For the SQL gurus out there who love using the SQL select in MI Pro.….There is now an option add the results directly to the map
2 new tools added to MapCAD….
Last slide.There is a lot of hidden shortcuts that you mat not know, e.g.like CTRL G – finds selection in current map windowThe help menu now lists them all .
Now to ‘what’s new’in Exponare… which is the corporate GIS for many of our customers, particularly in local governement
At end……now lets look at these features in more detail…..
Here’s the new ribbon tool bar that enables to group similar tools into different tabs…e.g. this is the home tab with all the common tools.
The menu items were previously along the top. Now can access via a simple drop down on the top left.
Users can customise their own buttons in the ‘quick access’ toolbar
Easily navigate between the main tab such as the legend, queries, print etc
With the new interface and toolbar, there’s a new icons pack.
Assuming you have a CWS catalogue as all good GIS administrators should have! - You can now call Mi Manager and search the catalogue to find your layer.- This layer can then be open directly in Exponare.This is fantastic if you are a user who may not know what work context a layer lives in or if it even exists
Exponare Public has had an overhaul with a fresh new look..
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This is directed at the mid level GIS user (unlike Tonkin Smart that is for the entry level). If for those people who need to view the same data on the run on a device like an Ipad.They can turn layers on/off, run the same queries and view the same data bind results.A very neat addition to Exponare
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The new PBS offeringYou don’t need to be a GIS expert to access the data you want
