MapBasic is a programming language for creation of additional tools and functionality for the

MapInfo Professional MapInfo Pro is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software product produced by Precisely (formerly: Pitney Bowes Software and MapInfo Corporation) and used for mapping and location analysis. MapInfo Pro allows users to visualize, anal ...

geographical information system. MapBasic is based on the

BASIC BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College ...

family of programming languages. MapBasic also allows programmers to develop software in popular programming languages such as C, C++ and Visual Basic and use these with the

GIS A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing Geographic data and information, geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with Geographic information system software, sof ...

to create geographically based software, such as electronic mapping.

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