MapInfo is a company that develops table map software and GIS analysis systems. Its various software products are used to support secondary GIS development. Developers who are new to MapInfo are often confused by the relationship between these products. Most of the content below comes from the official introduction of MapInfo. Some of them are purely personal and may be incorrect.
MapInfo Professional is a map-based information solution based on the Windows platform. It can easily and intuitively display the relationship between data and geographical information, and its thorough and detailed data analysis capabilities can help users better understand business information from a geographical perspective, help users make more insightful analysis and decisions.
MapInfo MapX is a powerful ActiveX component-based GIS development tool, which is seamlessly connected to application development platforms such as VB, Vc, Pb, and Delphi, map functions can be easily integrated into various commercial applications. MapInfo MapX is a standalone GIS development tool.
MapInfo mapxtreme for Windows. Through mapxtreme, you can publish an electronic map-based application system on the Internet/Intranet. All end users only need to install a browser on their own machines to access the space data stored on the server. Users can conveniently zoom in, zoom out, roam, query, and count the map. It supports ASP. It can be said that the mapxtreme series is a product developed on the basis of MapX that supports the B/S structure.
MapInfo mapxtreme Java edition is a map application server written by Java on the Internet or intranet of an enterprise. It is an organic combination of MapInfo mapxtreme and Java, it provides a set of highly visual and intuitive components for application developers to integrate map functions into any web application.
MapInfo mapxtreme 2004 is a new product of Mapx and mapxtreme for Windows code library architecture to support Microsoft's. NET Framework. Mapxtreme 2004 is an ideal development environment for map development and map-based applications. It is seamlessly integrated with the Visual Studio. NET platform and supports C # and ASP. NET.
MapInfo MapX Mobile is a MapX platform that can be used on a handheld computer. It is a tool developed for the Pocket PC to develop custom map applications. Applications developed with Mapx Mobile support the Windows CE operating system of the Pocket PC and can run independently on devices without wireless connection. It is a natural extension of Mapx and mapxtreme for Windows. The application software developed by Mapx Mobile runs on the mobile Pocket PC and displays map information from mapxtreme.
MapInfo mapxtend is a tool provided for developers to develop map applications for wireless devices. Users can create applications based on spatial location information through this product, in this way, handheld devices are used to obtain various spatial-based data and help customers exchange appropriate information with the information center at any time and location. Mapxtend is a natural extension of mapxtrem. Through mapxtend, mapxtreme for Java can provide users with spatial information browsing solutions based on wireless handheld devices. The server is based on J2EE, and the client is based on J2EE.
MapInfo spatialware is the latest Spatial Database Server launched by MapInfo. It has released various versions based on Oracle, DB2, ms SQL Server, and Informix databases. Its main function is to store complex MapInfo map objects in large databases and create spatial data indexes for them, in this way, attribute data and spatial graphical object data can be centrally managed on the database server. Front-end users can access these graphic object fields like accessing common database fields and develop a complete MapInfo application in C/S and B/S modes.
MapInfo routing J Server is a customizable spatial information application system used to schedule schedules and routes for people, products, and resources. Using the routing J server, you can quickly establish a highly secure and complex application system to handle a large number of route and Route Selection computing requests, and calculate the shortest path or the fastest route between two points, return the detailed route description. Routing J server is developed in Java.