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MapInfo M A G A Z I N E VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2 SPRING 2001 DIRECTOR, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS Barbara Kane Pilliod EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Debbie Sgroi TECHNICAL EDITOR Dianne Ritter CONTRIBUTING WRITER Angela Girard CORPORATE OFFICERS John C. Cavalier Michael D. Marvin Co-Chairmen of the Board Mark P. Cattini President and Chief Executive Officer D. Joseph Gersuk Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Hickey Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing George Moon Group Vice President, R&D, and Chief Technology Officer SEND COMMENTS TO Editor, MapInfoMagazine MapInfo Corporation One Global View Troy, New York 12180-8399 USA mapinfo_magazine@mapinfo.com DESIGN AND LAYOUT Tessa Koby 1540 Dean Street Niskayuna, New York 12309 USA tkoby@nycap.rr.com ©2001 MapInfo Corporation. All rights reserved. MapInfo, MapInfo Professional, SpatialWare, MapBasic, MapMarker, MapInfo MapX, MapXtreme, miSites, miDirections, StreetWorks, StreetPro, the MapInfo logo, MapXsite, TargetPro, MapXtend, MapinHand, CallingAreaInfo, MapInsight and PSAP Pro are trademarks. MapWorld is a service mark of MapInfo Corporation. Other company/product names may be marks of the companies with which they are associated and are the property of their respective holders. This magazine is provided exclusively to MapInfo clients. how to reach us We've made it easy for you to send us your updated contact information. Just point your browser to http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/myaddress, complete the information form and press the submit button. We’ll ensure your contact information is complete and accurate. from the editor MapInfo, with significant partnerships and alliances in the wireless world, is leveraging its proven expertise in location intelligence to deliver new and valuable mobile location services. Powered by MapInfo’s location processing engines, geocoding, map generation, routing and geographic content, these new services are integrated with world leaders’ location offerings—such as Alcatel, Genimap, Lucent, Motorola, Neumobility, Oracle, and Vodafone. (See pages 6-8). MapInfo is rising above the noise in the mobile location services market and delivering mobile location applications with two platforms—the MapInfo ® Location Management Platform (LMP) and MapInfo ® miAware TM platform. The LMP adds location to call processing for enhanced 911, location billing and mobile 411 applications. miAware enables the integration of location specific functions to create services, including find the nearest, locate the user and content management services such as yellow pages and traffic incidents. MapInfo mobile Internet services built on miAware include MapInfo ® miGuide TM , which will provide users access to relevant information based on their current location—a traveler’s godsend—and MapInfo ® miConnect TM , which will connect field workers to headquarters, children to parents and friends to friends. (See more on MapInfo’s killer apps on page 6.) As seen in this issue, MapInfo is the power behind first-to-market solutions to meet today’s mobile demands. Debbie Sgroi Editor-in-Chief contents: features 4 Cover Story: Wireless Revolution Looking for Mobile Data Jump Start By Josh Newman 6 MapInfo Delivers Today’s ‘Killer’ Applications for Mobile Location Services: E911 LOCATION MANAGEMENT AND MOBILE SERVICES PLATFORM By Angela Girard 10 departments News & Trends 12 re:sources 13 VIEWPOINT: EMEA 17 INDUSTRY FOCUS: Government 21 INDUSTRY FOCUS: Data 23 Upcoming Events 23 VIEWPOINT: Asia Pacific 24 User Groups technical 14 Check out MapInfo Professional v6.5 By Andrew Dressel 16 TechTips: Automation in MapInfo Professional HOW TO USE MAPBASIC CODE IN WORKSPACES WITHOUT DOING A LOT OF PROGRAMMING By David Greene 18 SpatialWare Extends Microsoft SQL Server Capabilities By Jason Weinberger 20 Site Selection Methods Can Help Businesses with Expansion By Felipe Calderon and Danny Heuman SPRING 2001 MAPINFO MAGAZINE www.mapinfo.com/magazine 3