From shermanr@ohsu.edu Thu Apr 1 15:33:33 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id PAA38198 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 15:33:32 -0800 Received: from ohsu.edu (wpsmtp.ohsu.edu [137.53.4.109]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with SMTP id PAA29621 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 15:33:11 -0800 Received: from ohsu-Message_Server by ohsu.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 01 Apr 1999 15:33:00 -0800 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 15:32:25 -0800 From: "Recinda Sherman" To: reh0303@doh.wa.gov, waphgis@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: RE: software Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline can you give me specifics in your use that make MapInfo superior? Thanks, Recinda Sherman-Seitz University Medical Group, OHSU 503.494-8824 (w) 503.494.7970 (f) >>> "Hoskins, Richard E." 04/01 3:19 PM >>> Responding to Torney Smith, in my view MapInfo is the overall best=20 product out there for desktop GIS - I am not surprised it's serving his=20 needs. A few reviewers I have seen here and there say the same thing.=20 Once I saw in GeoInfo Systems the list as MapInfo, Maptitude, Arcview -=20 they reviewed three. The programming language, MapBasic is easy to = use.=20 There is an add-on for MapInfo made by Northwood Systems in Canada=20 called "Vertical Mapper". Health people may want to check it out. I=20 think the url is www.northwood.sys, however for sure its on the MapInfo site.=20 MapInfo is at www.mapinfo.com =20 Maptitude at www.caliper.corp=20 Incidentally if you map needs are limited, MS Excel has some mapping=20 capacity and there is a new MS product coming out (Map 2000 or similar).=20= Its not release yet. Check the Microsoft www site.=20 MapInfo has an active user listserve. MapInfo-L. See www.mapinfo.com to=20 get connected. It's a great group. The discussion is usually among = pretty=20 sophisticated users which is good for the rest of us. I do not hesitate=20 to ask the lowest level question, I always get an answer and one that = is=20 as least as good as tech support.=20 Richard E. Hoskins =20 eMAIL: REH0303@doh.wa.gov=20 tel: 360-236-4270 fax:360-236-4245 .