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Spatially Adjusted offers a nice wrap-up of his participation at the Western U.S. Manifold Users Conference (January 18-19th, Phoenix, AZ). Here's the official website of the conference. From the entry: "So what did I learn? I saw a bunch of folks using Manifold.net to accomplish the same tasks that ESRI, MapInfo, FOSS software users are. They don’t drink as much kool-aid as you might thing in regards to Manifold and are very realistic about its pro and cons. They all had different reasons for ending up on Manifold.net and are very happy with their choice."
Manifold 8.0 was released last summer, see also other related stories below.
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Common GIS Tasks in Manifold and ArcGIS Compared
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The Dot Net Without a Net blog links to a Cornell 124-pages pdf [4.3 megs] document comparing common GIS tasks in Manifold and ArcGIS. Versions of both compared software are not the current ones. The document includes numerous screenshots. From the introduction: "Therefore, this document attempts to illustrate the GIS processes listed in the USGS document using two popular GIS software systems: ArcGIS 8.3 and Manifold 6.0. While the document does illustrate the steps required to complete the classic GIS tasks in a side-by-side format, it is not meant to be a comparison or an endorsement of either product (they just happen to be the two most popular products in our lab). Rather, it is meant to act as a cheat-sheet for GIS professionals needing some direction in performing classic GIS functions."
Manifold 8.00 Released
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Spatially Adjusted discuss the just released Manifold 8.00 GIS software. Here's the Manifold official site and the what's new page for 8.00. From the What's new page: "Manifold System Release 8 introduces next-generation performance infrastructure for Manifold System products with faster rendering, extended spatial DBMS support and introduction of massively parallel processing for supercomputer performance in surface transforms. This new infrastructure enables hundreds of improvements in Release 8 and will provide the foundation for thousands of improvements in future updates and releases." See also related stories, including this one on a comparison of ArcGIS and Manifold GIS tasks.
Industry: Several Software Announces Support for SQL Server 2008 5 comments
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All Points Blog did what I was going to do, to point out the several announcements for support of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, which includes new spatial capabilities. Here are the full press releases: Safe, Manifold, SpatialPoint, AWhere). In addition, there's MapDotNet Server 6.5 which will also support the new SQL Server. See also related stories below.
Manifold Users Conference Wrap-Up
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