Software Reviews : MapInfo for Windows Publisher: Maplnfo Corporation,200 Broadway,Troy,NY,12180;800-327-8627 Year of Publication: 1992 Version Reviewed: 2.0 Materials: Floppy disks,four manuals Price: $995.00 Machine Specificity: IBM compatible 80286,80386,or 80486 computer System Requirements: Hardware: 4MB RAM,6MB hard-disk space,mouse recommended;software: Microsoft Windows 3.0 or later and MS-DOS Effectiveness: Good User Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Abstract

The latest release on Maplnfo for Windows improves on the initial Windows products, which in turn built on the original MapInfo for DOS offering. The new version's most significant new features are its ability to handle a wide variety of map projections (it now can handle over 100 different cartographic coordinate systems), its extended digitizing capabilities, its improved geocoding, its vastly more detailed and professional manuals, and its elimination of minor bugs present in the first version. The product continues its effective "hot views" feature permitting users to link dynamically on one screen information contained in maps, graphs (area, bar, line, and pie charts), and spreadsheets.