RE: [MI-L] new app "Project Grande"?

SCISOFT Thu, 11 May 2006 21:35:30 -0700

At MapWorld last week they showed a version of Grande that was able to open a workspace (.WOR), that contains MapBasic commands.

So they have already started implementing some sort of MapBasic support into the Grande Project, which will be the next generation desktop GIS from MapInfo.

When I last used the trial version of mapXtreme.NET – which was a downloadable about 2 years ago – there were at least some MapBasic declarative commands that were supported.

I’m not sure if a PDF users guide and reference is available for the lates6t release of MapXtreme, but if it is it would be quite easy to see the amount of support for MapBasic. If some knows a URL I will have a look myself.

I think it has been an excellent strategy to have MapXtreme .NET going through a long public beta or trial, and a couple of released versions (though $US2500 is a high privce for its SDK), prior to releasing the desktop MI.NET – and now we have .NET 2.0 which offers so much more facility in coding, I would expect that some of those CLR changes have been incorporated into the latest MapXtreme – making it better for MapInfo Corp and better for developers.

Just my guesses.

BTW Manifold 7.0 versions will be released next week – 15 May 2006. I think the manifold.net website will have info this weekend. Manifold has been a .NET product for 4 or 5 releases (not counting service pack releases), now.

IL Thomas

GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia

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Subject: RE: [MI-L] new app "Project Grande"?

Hi,

At MapWorld last week they showed a version of Grande that was able to open a workspace (.WOR), that contains MapBasic commands.

So they have already started implementing some sort of MapBasic support into the Grande Project, which will be the next generation desktop GIS from MapInfo.

At the moment MapInfo Corp. says that MapInfo Pro will continue to be extended with new functionality over the next couple of years. at the same time the Grande Project will get more and more of the same functionality as you can find in MapInfo Pro now. The first version of Grande will not have all the features of MapInfo Pro, but over time it will.

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