[Mapit] MapInfo integration

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

Dear Rocco,

On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 06:41:25PM -0700, Rocco Capozza wrote:
> I am currently a MapInfo user and was wondering if anyone has easily
> integrated
> MapInfo workspaces into MAPIT?  I have not thoroughly read through all of
> the
> specifications but notice that it may be an extensive project to get maps
> from
> MapInfo to MAPIT. Is this true?

I am not familiar with MapInfo and don't know about MapInfo
workspaces. However, MapIt! serves only raster maps and 
points of interest in a very efficient way.
It is not intended to make it a full-blown
web mapping application. So if you are looking for a
powerful vector-based web mapping application you
should have a look at the Free Software product MapServer
(see on freegis.org for the link).

If you would like to link MapIt! to the raster map database
of MapInfo: this is of course possible but needs work
on the MapIt! side to access the MapInfo DB (would be an interesting
project). The same is true for the points of interest.
BTW, MapIt! is Free Software, so if you like to try this
extension on your own we would be happy to support you.

Cheers and a happy new millenium

	Jan

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