Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html Michael: What you say about record export limits is largely true..but not completely. My research indicates that XMAP does allow the user to export records to a user database (although they may put enough constraints on this to make it too cumbersome to be very effective or attractive). Kevin Byrnes Michael Kesselman wrote: > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html > > Traditionally, these business databases have been extremely expensive to > license - even for a limited amount of data. Some of the reasons that > Delorme and MapPoint have been able to include this offering are as follows: > > 1. The data is read only and non-exportable. Sure, you can view it on a > map, but you can NOT extract them, build custom themes or selection sets, or > perform any sophisticated spatial analysis with this data. This is done > intentionally to prevent users from buying these lists directly from their > sources (e.g. InfoUSA, Experian, D&B, Acxiom). Maptitude's advanced > functionality would, undoubtedly, make such an offering less attractive to > these vendors and thus much more expensive. Even the "yellow page" CD's now > have a limit on how many records you may export for mapping/marketing > purposes. > > 2. The user base for MapPoint and Delorme is not nearly as sophisticated as > the typical Maptitude user. THus, there is less of a danger of these users > extracting too much value from the business lists. They are given just > enough to whet their appetites. > > Some alternatives to a bundled solution inmclude: > > 1. Purchasing a Yellow Pages CD from InfoUSA. They allow for exporting up > to 2,000 records for around $200. > > 2. Licensing a tool that allow for unlimited exports (10M+ records) with > coordinate information. These licenses usually run in the $20K - $30K > range. If anyone is interested in specific tools available, let me know. > > Michael Kesselman > Geonomics, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kbyrnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Maptitude List Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:25 AM > Subject: [Maptitude] Bundling of National Business Listing Data with > Maptitude 4.5 > > > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html > > > > To other Maptitude/Transcad Users: > > How many users would like to see a national business data base (names, > > addresses, phone numbers, lat/lon, sic code, etc.) bundled with > > Maptitude, perhaps with the near future 4.5 release upon completion of > > beta testing? Delorme has a product out now called XMap Business which > > offers this dataset with nationwide pin-mapping capability for $100. > > Microsoft's MapPoint offers the similar capability in a similar price > > range. So I'm wondering how much it would increase the cost of Maptitude > > to cover the unit cost for bundling such a data set with Maptitude. > > Personally, I think it would help stimulate the public-sector > > comprehensive planning/zoning, and private sector retail, real estate > > and business-to-business markets for Maptitude. Moreover, such a > > database could be an asset to Transcad users for regional and local > > transportation planning. > > Any thoughts or comments anyone (Caliper included!) > > Thanks > > Kevin Byrnes > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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