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A P P L I C AT I O N S F O R T H E P O C K E T P C

MAPINFO MAPX MOBILE IS A DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR CREATING MAP-BASED APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE

WORKERS. APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BUILT WITH MAPINFO MAPX MOBILE LEVERAGE THE POCKET PC WINDOWS

TM
OS, RUNNING ON DEVICES SUCH AS THE COMPAQ ® IPAQ AND HP JORNADA. THIS SPECIALIZED VERSION

OF THE POPULAR MAPINFO MAPX ACTIVE X CONTROL CAN BE USED TO BRING EXISTING MAP-BASED

APPLICATIONS ONTO MOBILE DEVICES, OR TO CREATE NEW APPLICATIONS.

F E AT U R E S

• Mobile Solution—Bring map and

location-based data onto mobile
devices
• Client or Server Deployments—
Deploy with or without live wireless
connectivity
• Microsoft eMbedded tools—Write
apps using common VB and C++ skills
• ADO Connectivity—Connect to
Pocket Access and Microsoft SQL
Server CE via ADO
• Raster Support—Display most popular
(satellite, aerial) raster file formats
• GPS Integration—Display information
captured from popular GPS devices
• Standard Controls—Pan, Zoom,
Identify, Distance, Label, etc.
• Powerful Object Editing—Includes
Combine, Intersect, Buffer, Erase,
Shade
• Coordinate System/Projection
Transformation—Display layers in
Ta k e M a ps , Data 2 4 x 7 Access to Data
different systems/projections in a
Into the Field and Applications
common view
MapInfo MapX Mobile enables developers to Applications built using MapInfo MapX Mobile
• Interoperability—Easy migration of
create powerful, feature rich applications for work anywhere—indoors, outdoors, rural or
apps written in MapInfo MapX and
MapXtreme onto Pocket PC devices. any mobile workforce. These include applica- urban—because they don’t require wireless
tions for service/repair representatives, sales connectivity. The application and data reside
• Sample Applications – Help get you
professionals, field engineers/technicians, on the device. Any and all data can be
up and running quickly
or claims representatives in the commercial synchronized with the desktop as often as
• Free SDK—Download at
sector, and for law enforcement professionals, is necessary or desirable, including MapInfo
www.mapxmobile.com
health/building/agricultural inspectors, .TAB and .GST files. Applications can also
or caseworkers in all levels of government. connect to Pocket Access and Microsoft® SQLTM
Server 2000 Windows Edition.
Map-based mobile applications can improve
service, reduce response times, increase Mobile applications created with MapInfo
individual and group performance, and MapX Mobile can also receive content
improve operational efficiency by providing via a wireless connection. For example,
every individual worker with quick and easy an application written with MapX Mobile
access to maps and important underlying can display maps generated by MapInfo®
information. There are applications literally MapXtreme,® our Internet/intranet mapping
waiting to happen for any workforce that application server.
is using, tracking, managing, updating or
accessing information in the field. www.mapxmobile.com
 S i m p l i f i e d C o d i n g… functionality to some and sophisticated Pa r t o f a S u i t e o f
Simplified Migration functionality to others. And even novice users D e v e l o p e r To o l s
From Other can be given access to sophisticated spatial MapInfo MapX Mobile is part of a suite of
MapInfo Products functionality within easy-to-use applications. tools that enable application developers to
With skills familiar to those working with Features include: create customized solutions for business
Visual Basic® and Visual C++, and using • ADO Connectivity—Connect to Pocket and government organizations. Our complete
Windows® CE eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0 Access and Microsoft SQL Server CE via ADO toolset includes products for distributed
developers can quickly go to work and easily mapping applications, geocoding, spatial
design and implement mapping applications. • Raster Support—Support for most popular data storage, retrieval and management and
MapInfo MapX Mobile also ships with a raster formats. a wide assortment of spatial, industry and
variety of sample applications, and offers a • GPS Integration—Applications can import consumer and demographic data. We also
streamlined object model, extensive methods and display coordinates from a GPS device provide custom application development,
and events, efficient property pages and installation and training through MapInfo and
defaults and other wizards to help simplify • Object Processing—Powerful and popular our worldwide network of Business Partners,
application development. functions are accessible, including combine, as well as an extensive array of developer
buffer, intersect, and erase objects (points, support and training offerings.
In addition, MapInfo MapX Mobile can be lines and polygons)
used to “mobilize” any existing applications
• Thematic Shading—Create thematically
System Requirements
written with MapInfo development tools.
shaded maps on the fly • Windows® CE eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0
It shares a common object model with
MapInfo MapX and MapInfo MapXtreme • Grid and Hill Shading—Allows developers • Pocket PC 2000 or 2002 with StrongArm
for Windows, so moving applications from to present highly visual maps, similar to Processor
desktop to Internet to PDA requires only the weather or terrain maps in newspapers • PC with Pentium processor; Pentium
essential platform-specific modifications.
• User controls—Easy map navigation is 400MHz or higher processor recommended,
Performance, look, feel and functionality can
maintained with zoom, pan, identify, Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system
all be maintained, making wide-scale rollouts
distance, and layer control features with Service Pack 2 installed or Microsoft
faster and easier.
Windows NT with Service Pack 6 installed
• Label tool & text tool—Label any object on 128 MB RAM (196 MB recommended)
Create Powerful , the map & place arbitrary text on the map
M u lt i - f e at u r e d
• Coordinate system/projection—On the fly
For More Information
Applications
coordinate system/projection transformation Call 800.327.8627.
Maps and spatial functions find their way
into the applications of people with many (including custom affine transformations
FREE DOWNLOAD
different levels of need and technical and custom datum) lets different layers
skill—from sales professionals to service with different base coordinate systems Visit www.mapxmobile.com for
& projections be displayed in a common more information and to download
personnel to case workers to field engineers.
coordinate system & projection. a free Software Developers Kit.
Application developers can serve up simple

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