<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
software	O
product	O
produced	O
by	O
Precisely	O
(	O
formerly	O
:	O
Pitney	O
Bowes	O
Software	O
and	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Corporation	O
)	O
and	O
used	O
for	O
mapping	O
and	O
location	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
visualize	O
,	O
analyze	O
,	O
edit	O
,	O
interpret	O
,	O
understand	O
and	O
output	O
data	O
to	O
reveal	O
relationships	O
,	O
patterns	O
,	O
and	O
trends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
explore	O
spatial	O
data	O
within	O
a	O
dataset	O
,	O
symbolize	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
saw	O
the	O
product	O
renamed	O
to	O
"	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Professional	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
enhancements	O
included	O
a	O
more	O
intuitive	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
rewritten	O
Layer	O
Control	O
dialog	O
box	O
,	O
compatibility	O
with	O
PostGIS	B-Application
and	O
a	O
PDF	O
generator	O
that	O
supports	O
both	O
Layered	O
and	O
georeference	B-General_Concept
PDF	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
enhancements	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
Table	O
Manager	O
window	O
,	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
ability	O
to	O
publish	O
to	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Stratus	O
,	O
ability	O
to	O
ingest	O
Bing	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
directly	O
as	O
background	O
mapping	O
and	O
enhanced	O
support	O
for	O
Catalog	O
Service	O
for	O
the	O
Web	O
(	O
CSW	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Manager	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
for	O
managing	O
spatial	O
data	O
and	O
providing	O
 [ INSPIRE ] 	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
enhancements	O
include	O
a	O
new	O
window	O
for	O
Creating	O
Legends	O
,	O
further	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
Browser	O
window	O
(	O
introduced	O
in	O
v11.0	O
)	O
and	O
further	O
integration	O
with	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Manager	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
edit	O
metadata	O
within	O
the	O
Catalog	O
Browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
12	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
with	O
improvements	O
to	O
Cartographic	O
Output	O
;	O
Support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
8	O
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2012	O
,	O
PostGIS2	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
In-Product	O
Notifications	O
feature	O
utilizing	O
RSS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
12.5	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
that	O
a	O
64	O
bit	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
12.5	O
32	O
bit	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
and	O
64	O
bit	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
15	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
32	O
bit	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2015	O
and	O
64	O
bit	O
(	O
15.2	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
64	O
bit	O
version	O
of	O
15.2	O
saw	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
Advanced	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
licensing	O
level	O
for	O
the	O
product	O
which	O
incorporates	O
all	O
new	O
raster	O
capabilities	O
into	O
the	O
product	O
including	O
a	O
.NET	O
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
Advanced	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
visualize	O
very	O
large	O
raster	O
files	O
at	O
high	O
resolution	O
such	O
as	O
1m	O
for	O
a	O
whole	O
country	O
and	O
incorporating	O
multiple	O
satellite	O
bands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
16	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
64	O
bit	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
.	O
Notable	O
features	O
include	O
redesigned	O
Ribbon	O
interface	O
,	O
new	O
interactive	O
interface	O
for	O
thematic	O
mapping	O
,	O
WFS	O
2.0	O
and	O
WMTS	O
support	O
,	O
Geopackage	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
17.0	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
64	O
bit	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2019	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
64	O
bit	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Nov	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2021	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
64	O
bit	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Oct	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
is	O
a	O
64-bit	O
GIS	B-Application
(	O
Geographic	B-Application
Information	I-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
application	O
used	O
by	O
GIS	B-Application
engineers	O
and	O
business	O
analysts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
is	O
a	O
database	O
which	O
manages	O
information	O
as	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
Tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
creates	O
a	O
visual	O
display	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
map	O
(	O
map	O
window	O
)	O
and/or	O
tabular	O
form	O
(	O
browser	O
window	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
Geocoding	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Objects	O
(	O
points	O
,	O
lines	O
,	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
)	O
can	O
be	O
enhanced	O
to	O
highlight	O
specific	O
variations	O
on	O
a	O
theme	O
through	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
Thematic	B-Application
map	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
involve	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
tables	O
and	O
resultant	O
calculations	O
may	O
be	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
points	O
in	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
,	O
proportional	O
overlaps	O
,	O
and	O
statistical	O
breakdowns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vector	O
analysis	O
is	O
a	O
primary	O
function	O
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
based	O
on	O
X	O
,	O
Y	O
coordinates	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
data	O
directly	O
with	O
commands	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
node	O
editing	O
,	O
combine	O
,	O
split	O
,	O
erase	O
,	O
buffer	O
,	O
clip	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
includes	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
engineering	O
“	O
CAD	O
like	O
”	O
drawing	O
and	O
editing	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
lines	O
,	O
circles	O
,	O
and	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
regions	O
"	O
)	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
tables	O
or	O
drawn	O
as	O
temporary	O
overlays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Printout	B-General_Concept
of	O
MapInfo	B-Application
maps	O
and/or	O
statistics	O
is	O
managed	O
through	O
design	O
settings	O
in	O
the	O
Layout	O
Window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Output	O
hardware	O
includes	O
large	O
format	O
plotters	B-Operating_System
and	O
high	O
spec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
from	O
MapInfo	B-Application
may	O
be	O
embedded	O
into	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
PowerPoint	O
or	O
Word	O
using	O
copy/paste	O
commands	O
and	O
resized	O
as	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapInfo	B-Application
Pro	O
can	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
data	O
exchange	O
with	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
MapInfo	B-Application
Professional	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Sydney	O
Organising	O
Committee	O
for	O
the	O
Olympic	O
Games	O
(	O
SOCOG	O
)	O
created	O
hundreds	O
of	O
maps	O
for	O
the	O
longest	O
torch	O
relay	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
modern	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
TNT	O
Express	O
used	O
MapInfo	B-Application
to	O
map	O
more	O
than	O
5,500	O
delivery	O
routes	O
to	O
deliver	O
Olympic	O
tickets	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
400,000	O
Australian	O
homes	O
.	O
</s>
