MapInfo Professional is a professional geoinformation application that is actively used for editing and creating maps, as well as for in-depth analysis of spatial information. The program is a desktop GIS client for Windows, now sold as MapInfo Pro by Precisely (formerly Pitney Bowes). It works with its native TAB format, opens ESRI Shapefile, AutoCAD DXF, CSV, Excel and GeoTIFF files, and connects to Oracle, PostGIS, SQL Server and SQLite spatial databases.
This program can be applied in the construction industry, urban planning and architecture, for the creation of road and rail transport, environmental, geological and geophysical works, design of electrical networks, in banking, education, industrial sector, oil and gas production and much more. MapInfo Professional offers SQL queries on map data, thematic mapping, raster analysis and automation with MapBasic and Python. The interface is available in 18 languages. It is a commercial product with a 30-day free trial. A free MapInfo Pro Viewer opens workspaces in read-only mode.
MapInfo Professional allows for advanced spatial analysis and map creation and is used in industries such as construction, urban planning and banking.