MapInfo MapXtreme 2005is a major release of MapInfo's industry leading location-based development environment. MapXtreme 2005 enables the creation of custom mapping applications or map enablement of applications and solutions in Microsoft Windows desktop and web environments.
MapXtreme provides developers and users with the following benefits:
Provides a single offering for the development of location-based or location-enabled Windows based applications for deployment on the web or desktop
Application development made easy through MapInfo's seamless integration with the Visual Studio.NET Development Environment, extending it's capabilities to include location
Providing true interoperability through compliance with both geospatial and IT industry standards
Incrementally feature rich developer tool that allows development of applications with previously unseen complexity and flexibility
New Features of MapXtreme 2005
New and improved functionality:
Latest routing and geocoding client support
MapMarker, Routing J Server or the Web services platform, Envinsa.
Data Access and Format enhancements
support for Transient Feature / Geometry objects, query enhancements and fixes.
updated WMS/WFS support, and ECW Raster enhancements.
Gains for the Developer:
Enhanced Developer's Guide
best-practice chapters, and new concepts (labeling, thematics and remote databases, and more).
Greater control over the application
source code for web controls are included.
Richer online Help
many Classes and Functions have been expanded with sample applications and fuller descriptions.
quicker search with an index page for all documentation.
Benefits around Deployment:
Performance enhancements
new controls send only the map, data access tuning, transient geometries mean faster reads, less memory.
Upgrade effort minimized
supports ability to run 2004 and 2005 applications on the same machine running Windows 2003.
