I have used it at the, say, intermediate beginner level. I am very, very
impressed. Also their tech support is very responsive. The tech support
seems to be one of the developers or certainly someone who is thinking about
GIS at a fundamental level, not someone off the street with 2 weeks
training. I am anxious to explore it further. The learning curve was a bit
steep but the documentation was pretty good. My impression is that the
development team is really top class with a lot of applied math and analysis
background. I think they are intending to do more with their GIS than find
the optimum place to put a Safeway or cell phone tower. The spatial analysis
capacity is very impressive. I don't know how they are making money. but
they claim they are.
Dick Hoskins
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----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Greenham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tim Ledet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; MapInfo Mailing List (E-mail)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: MI Manifold GIS System
> Tim,
> Yes I too only heard of Manifold recently and after checking out their web
> site www.manifold.com I was very impressed. One thing that seemed to be
> missing was the ability to handle georeferenced raster data (such as
aerial
> photo backgrounds). A quick response from Manifold assured me that this
> facility was planned for their next version to be released in a couple of
> months.
> As one of my clients is intending to purchase several more copies of
Mapinfo
> at Aus$2500 each, the prospect of purchasing a similar product to MI (even
> better if you beleive the Manifold speil) for around US$170 each it is
> something well worth looking into. Additional modules can be purchased to
> extend the functionality such as a topology building module, a transport
> network module, a 3D visualisation module. If you were to purchase all
> available modules, total comes to US$560 which is very cheap. Makes me
> wonder if there is a catch.
> Anyone else have any hands on experience with Manifold?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Ledet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: MapInfo Mailing List (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Saturday, 23 October 1999 6:04 AM
> Subject: MI Manifold GIS System
>
>
> >Hello Listers,
> >
> >A customer recently pointed us to a website for a product called
Manifold,
> supposedly a complete GIS system for $145. Does anyone know anything
about
> this stuff? Any imformation would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanx
> >
> >Tim Ledet
> >Software Engineer
> >Integrated GPS Technologies, Inc.
> >(281) 494-4771
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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