> Nothing! If you've used VM, and tryied the continuous mapping and relief > shading > in MI 5.5, then you know it doesn't compare. VM is so much ahead in that > field, > that even with the developement power MI Corp has, it will be a while > before they > catch up, and by then, it's most likely that VM will have done another > leap forward. > > Here's an interesting story I heard from someone at Northwood (Geoscience > at the time) > Technologies. After the first release of VM, MI Corp (as everybody else) > was very > impressed with it, and was interested in acquiring the rights. Recocnizing > the > possibility to export this technology to other fields of application (does > wireless and virtual > reality ring a bell), the wise people at Northwood declined the offers. > Then came MI V5.0, with > continuous mapping. Then followed MI 5.5 with relief shading and now V6.0 > with 3D! > > Concerning V6.0, I would have preferred to see MI Corp not put any efforts > in developping > useless 3D (for anybody with a serious mind), and with the money saved, > include a really > usefull feature like, humm, let's see, Geometry Manager! > > Ciao. > > Marc Pelosse > Conseiller en géomatique > Services conseils, Biens immobiliers > Centre d'expertise SGLB-SBI > Région du Québec > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De: matias [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Date: 1 mai, 2000 22:46 > À: MapInfo-L (E-mail) > Objet: MI VM and MapInfo 6.0 > > With the new version of MapInfo in relation to 3D ..... What will happen > with Verticla Mapper ??? > > thank > matias > chile ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
