Happy #MapInfoMonday!
As the year ends, I wanted to take a step back and look at what has taken place over the last 12 months.
Below, I have looked at the 25 most viewed articles in 2023 according to Google Analytics. I have categorized these and then started from the top to give you an overview of what other users are reading about.
MapInfo Pro v2023
We released a new version of MapInfo Pro, our favorite desktop mapping tool. This of course also affected the #MapInfoMonday articles. During the release week, we posted five articles about the new features and improvements in this new major version of MapInfo Pro.
One of these five articles was the most read #MapInfoMonday article in 2023, according to Google Analytics: MapInfo Monday: MapInfo Pro v2023. This is a placeholder article for anything related to MapInfo Pro v2023. It had three times as many views as the second most viewed article.
Three other articles from the release week made it to the Top 25 of 2023 and an article on accessing Internet-based data sources released in early November jumped into a 3rd place. That shows a real interest considering how late in the year it was published.
Creating Spatial Data
Another category that got a lot of attention in 2023 was creating spatial data. This category is quite wide and spans from creating points from XY coordinates to using an adding to create circular sectors which can be used to represent cell towers.
If you are creating these circular sectors, be aware that a new version of DrawTools has been published in the MapInfo Marketplace allowing you to now easily create these using a new visual interface. The earlier version just had a function you could use from the MapBasic Window or the SQL Window.
Also great to see that even 2 and 3-year-old articles still get some attention. The two articles on creating Voronoi polygons and creating cluster polygons are from November 2020 and November 2021.
And it's great to see that I'm not the only one who found @Ahmet Dabanli's post interesting. The article on creating a planning draft from road center lines is a great post on how you can use various tools in MapInfo Pro in combination.
Data Access
Accessing data in various forms in MapInfo Pro did radical change when we released MapInfo Pro v2021 and we made some additions to this in v2023.
GeoJSON has gained a lot of traction, and you can also use this format in MapInfo Pro. The article listed in 13th place shows how you can export to GeoJSON using an add-in. There is a new article that shows how you can do this using the Export option in MapInfo Pro v2021 or newer.
SQL
I would have been very disappointed if no SQL-related article had made it to the Top 25.
SQL is a key feature in MapInfo Pro and it provides you with capabilities for querying your data, and for creating and modifying your data. I don't think a day goes by where I don't use SQL in some way or form in MapInfo Pro.
And sometimes you may be using SQL without knowing it. The improvements we made to SQL in v2019 and v2021 added some user-friendly interfaces around SQL helping users take advantage of SQL without having to be familiar with the syntax.
Interface and Maps
Learning about the MapInfo Pro interface and creating maps with good-looking layers also has your interest. Seven articles fall into this category which also is quite wide. The articles here cover topics from arranging your windows, over renaming your maps and layers to styling your map and layers, and using the MapInfo Viewer to share your workspace with your colleagues for viewing.
Raster
And the last of the categories I created for the Top 25 articles in 2023 is Raster. Raster is probably one of the topics we should write more #MapInfoMonday articles on as it holds a lot of potential. And, the articles we do write do get a lot of interest from the users.
Home of #MapInfoMonday
I also want to highlight a page where you can find all the published #MapInfoMonday articles: Home of #MapInfoMonday. It lists all the published articles categorized so that you easily can find articles on a specific topic.
It's also on that page you can find a link to the survey that allows you to send feedback and ideas for new articles. We are always interested in hearing from the users if there is a specific topic they want us to write about: #MapInfoMonday Survey>>>
We regularly post an updated PDF containing all the #MapInfoMonday articles as a reply to this page too. This allows you to download the resource and read it on your favorite reading device. I'm not sure we would recommend printing the document as it is getting close to 700 pages.
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Peter Horsbøll Møller
Principal Presales Consultant | Distinguished Engineer
Precisely | Trust in Data
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