MapInfo Professional v12.0 Makes it Even Easier to Visualise Potential

NEW DELHI, September 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Business Analysts and GIS Professionals can Visualise and Share the Relationships Between Data and Geography

Pitney Bowes - a global leader in customer data, analytics, communication software and services - has announced the launch of MapInfo Professional v12.0, designed to enable organisations to gain new insights into their markets, improve strategic decision making and share information-rich maps and graphs. Reflecting Pitney Bowes' commitment to the LI and GIS markets, a new Mapinfo.com website has also been launched to enable GIS professionals to access a multitude of resources and materials covering the entire location intelligence portfolio of offerings - MapInfo Professional, MapInfo applications, Stratus web mapping, enterprise server - Spectrum Spatial, Geocoding and Geospatial Data.

MapInfo Professional v12.0 is designed to help organisations understand their business, analyse trends geographically and make critical decisions with greater clarity of potential risk and opportunity. This version makes it even easier to create great looking maps with several enhanced cartographic output features and data management improvements.

"MapInfo Professional v12 has been designed keeping in mind feedback of our customers. The new version has better cartographic output and it helps our MapInfo users to create high-quality labelled mapping outputs very quickly. GIS professionals and location intelligence analysts will find the new version extremely user friendly," said Gary Roberts, President of International, Pitney Bowes Software.

"Constant innovation is required to ensure we are catering to diverse customer needs, and MI Pro v12 ensures the same. MapInfo Professional is our premier product and coupled with our new Street Pro Data range for India, it solves mapping solution needs for professionals in a multitude of industry verticals," said Hurrsh Kaoul, Regional Sales Director - India.

MapInfo Professional v12.0 provides the following  key benefits:

• Create attractive cartographic output more quickly.
• New labelling algorithms and options provide more control and quicker results.
• An improved legend designer to make great looking and effective map keys/legends.
• Improved scale bars - "smarter" scale bar is both easier to use and offers improved appearance.
• Easier printing to scale.
• Easier arrangement of elements within the Layout window.
• Access to more data than ever before.
• Support for PostGIS v2.0, sharing data with Autodesk products via SQLite, improved support for Microsoft SQL Server, WFS v1.1 support and improved data import capabilities.
• MapInfo Professional v12.0 continues to build on its legacy of being easy to use with numerous enhancements to reduce mouse clicks and make everyday tasks easier.  Improvements to drawing and editing, managing tables and smart zooming for tile server layers.
• Improved ease of use.

Premium services and out-of-the-box connectivity to MapInfo Manager's data management capabilities enable users to opt for additional functionality for effective spatial data creation, editing and analysis.

For more information on MI Pro v12, please call 01142195500 or email us [email protected]

About Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes provides technology solutions for small, mid-size and large firms that help them connect with customers to build loyalty and grow revenue. Many of the company's solutions are delivered on open platforms to best organize, analyze and apply both public and proprietary data to two-way customer communications. Pitney Bowes includes direct mail, transactional mail and call center communications in its solution mix along with digital channel messaging for the Web, email and mobile applications. Pitney Bowes: Every connection is a new opportunity™. http://www.pb.com.

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