4 May 2001Testimonials and other Tidbits (V6.50)The following are some of the complimentary written comments and related interesting items received at MicroImages during the last semester exactly as provided except for the edit alterations in [brackets] to keep them anonymous where necessary. Many more comments are received by MicroImages by voice but cannot be reproduced here verbatim as quotes. Please note that these quotations are not edited from their original form in spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
From MicroImages
clients using TNT professional products Extracted from email from Australia on 17 October 2000.
“… comparison of the improvement that you
made with the Watershed routine. A 6000x6000 raster used to take ~34 hours on
a PIII 866 with 1Gbyte of RAM ..... It now takes 2 hours and 14 minutes.
WELL DONE MICROIMAGES.” Extracted from email from Chile on 25 October 2000. “I myself have been using Mips extensively for tasks from image processing to data analysis and presentation.” Extracted from email from Italy on 25 October 2000 “I'm pleased to let you know I'm navigation through TNTmips and learning a lot; I'm realizing day by day how powerful it is even if I've sometimes to work hard to get the right correspondence between Italian and European standards and assumptions and TNT options. Fortunately, import/export feature is simply exhaustive and different processes have the same setup, layout and processing greatly helping me; by the way, I'm evaluating to attend November Training Course in Lincoln (is any place still free?) to deepen my knowledge and even for a short tour in Nebraska.” Extracted from email from South Africa on 3 November 2000. “Received 6.4 yesterday - still busy digesting the documentation before installing - as always looks good - seems to get better and better - congrats to the MI team.” Extracted from email from Germany on 7 November 2000. “Last week, I've got the new TNTmips 6.4 and I'm very pleased about the new functions, i.e. concerning legends. The print-process is much faster too.” Extracted from email from Germany on 7 November 2000. “We received 6.4 yesterday, thanks very much. [Names] have had a quick look and are particularly pleased with the new multi-object legend. Some NFR ideas have already surfaced but I'll send those in a separate mail. The GeoCalalogue idea is a great one - any plans to turn the catalogue into a stand-alone, something that could be put on a CD with an Atlas, for instance? We are presently thinking of putting a graphical index very similar to a GeoCatalogue into an Atlas, but would have to do it the long way round, using TNTlink.” Extracted from email from Ecuador on 21 November 2000. “Thank you so much for the "Determine from file" option in the Import/Vector/from text dialogue in 6.4. I just imported a csv file with 35 columns in one minute flat, without the tedious typing and field definition which I would have taken me at least 5 or 10 before.” “It's little improvements like this that make me feel justified in motivating our annual maintenance. I look forward to finding more!” Extracted from email from England on 21 November 2000. “Received 6.4 a couple of weeks ago and I have just gotten around to playing with it - like the GeoCatalog stuff - very clever.” Extracted from email from Australia on 27 November 2000. “Hello to all of you in Sunny Nebraska!” “I have taken delivery of V6.4 and have found it as good a product as ever. It is a constant delight to hear how much other GIS users have importing and exporting data! I have had no real problems to report and the longer I spend with the program the more I discover/learn new and quicker ways of doing routine tasks. It really is a delight to use.” Extracted from email from Slovenia on 27 December 2000. “Our organization [a national park] bought your marvelous product TNTmips in July 98 (version 5.9) and by your marketing rules we’ve got version 6.0 for free. I have to say, that it is very useful for mostly all GIS projects we are involved. We are planning for year 2001 to publish some of out results on our Internet pages.”
[Continues on to confirm price for an upgrade to
V6.40] Extracted from email from Australia on 28 December 2000.
[requesting
help on importing from an experimental AirSAR radar image format] “I’ll copy the CD today and post it to you.” “My colleagues and I are always impressed with the speed of your response (and fixes) to problems with and questions about TNT-MIPS. The difference between your response and that of some of our other software providers is marked.” “When I was working with thermal imagery and had problems with TNT-MIPS crashing earlier in the year, I also had tried georeferencing the imagery on another image processing system and run into problems. I put in a support call and provided them with data on a CD back in April or May, and have not received a response despite several follow-up emails (and only acknowledgement that they received the data AFTER I followed up twice) and talking to one of their reps. at a conference.” “So thanks for your help – it’s much appreciated.” Extracted from email from Australia on 4 January 2001. “Thanks for the help Jason! I will have a go at it today and see how it works out. I love working with TNTmips.” Extracted from email from Norway on 29 January 2001. “I am currently using TNTmips for an analysis of RADARSAT imagery as part of a project where we are looking at flooding problems. It works very well. The flexibility of TNT continues to impress me …” Extracted from email from Ecuador on 1 February 2001. “I keep threatening to send you some examples of our work, must make that a thing to do in 2001! Despite all my complaints we are complete TNTphiles and never hesitate to recommend TNT.” Extracted from email from South Africa on 13 February 2001. “ [A name] and I have finally managed to peek at the HTML atlas/es (looked at Capital Building, Nebraska State-wide (NSW) and the Australian one – wow!!! What a radical improvement! They are really good (no I am not sucking up!). Found by mistake that to enlarge the viewing window, one does not use the “Windoze” corner icon, but works by draggin around the corner of the window. Found everything to function well – speed is relatively good – generally <10secs per zoom. Like the right-hand menu options. Vast improvement in the overall look and feel. Query appears not to be fully functional yet? Did manage to get a sort of query going for selecting Lincoln in the NSW. The print to layout is great – would be great to have approx. scale?” Extracted from email from South Africa on 13 February 2001. “Trust this finds you well? Just a short note to congratulate you and your team on developing the HTML client. I had a quick look at the latest client for the first time this morning and was totally blown out of my socks. It is really great. I cannot wait to get our data in the format in order for it to be accessed via the HTML client.” Extracted from email from Ecuador on 12 February 2001. “We have been trying out the new updated version of 6.4 (8 Feb 01) [actually this download is pretty close to V6.50], and it is working fine, all the issues reported has been fixed and working properly. I will like to thanks for your prompt and professional manner of reacting on our suggestions or bug reporting, which make us to feel we really has a technical support in the software, at the same time we encourage you to maintain this high standard which give to the uses a confidence to continue using the most powerful GIS tool we ever used, at the same time we will continue to push the product into new and creative uses as our work demand for it. I also noticed in the MicroImages database that error related to the style, reported as JLR2947E has signed with a high priority so this make us think that soon we will have a solution to this issue.” Extracted from email from Ecuador on 14 February 2001. “Just a comment about the Import/Vector/from Text process. We love it, and are using it nearly every day at the moment.”
[Note: due to staff changes and busy activity
with V6.50 preparations, incoming comments after the above date were
not saved and recorded here.]
From MicroImages
dealers Extracted from email from an International dealer of 5 October 2000. “During [the show] time, over 1,200 [of our nation] visited our booth. Almost of visitor was professors and students, and many [of them] seems to be positive and strange [i.e. surprised] about the [our language] interface. [from this] many people wondered that TNTmips is [our product].”
[Interpretation: this dealer is the official
translator for their nations TNT products interface. Those visiting
the booth assumed that this dealer had created the TNT products. This
is of course the way the interface of the product should appear, as if created
in that language.]
Extracted from email from an International dealer of 23 October 2000. “TNTmips proved to be very effective in the geologic map updating using the satellite - Landsat 7 data (project of [a name] County). Extensive use of both image processing techniques and analysis of raster / vector data need to be applied, in order to accomplish the updating of maps. Normally I should use at least two different S/W packages or many modules of one package but at very high cost... A striking example out of this project:” [descriptions of the attached illustrations were then provided] Extracted from email from an International dealer of 8 November 2000. “The 6.4 CDs arrived ok, and again there are several useful new features. The undo-option of the Spatial Editor will be much appreciated by my students, because that was always the first question when I introduced the Spatial Editor. The move to give the TNTserver free for a trial period is a very good idea, and I am sure it will be very successful. Also the query option of atlas and server is an important step (although I still have to look into that in detail). Extracted from email from a Canadian dealer of 13 November 2000. “We had a booth in [a GIS show] with Mips display and as it turned out, [a MicroImages client] had a computer in their booth running Mips and there was [another client from the U.S.] who also uses Mips. The result was a fair bit of interest in Mips for a change and we gave 6.4 disks to a number of government agencies and the one college that has a certificate program. All is not lost to the ESRI crowd, mostly because a lot of government types want to be able to load imagery.” “We have been looking at our software requirements and we attended the [a competitors] user group meeting. No one was impressed.” Extracted from email from a NAFTA dealer of 23 December 2001.
[The following comments occur in an email in
which the dealer is reporting upon a recent marketing trip. The purpose of
this trip was to introduce and demonstrate new, specialized maps derived from
remote sensing imagery to prospective agribusiness’s. These new products will
be distributed on CD as local , farm specific TNTatlases. The same
Project Files will provide the basis for further end-user analysis using the
accompanying TNTlite and custom SML tools herein called the GIS Starter
Kit.] “
[Two insurance companies in Iowa] said
that “they liked the GIS Starter Kit and it seemed to fit the needs (of their
company) better than any of the other programs from other remote sensing
companies.” “ [A crop consultant in Iowa] said that he “was impressed with the GIS Starter kit and (he) stated that this could provide answers they are looking for in their analyses.” “ [Another crop consultant] said “he really likes the GIS Starter kit for his county.” He said that [another remote sensing company] “made a pitch to him in the fall which was so pathetic that he cut the meeting short and told them to get out. [The other remote sensing company] said (that) calibration and registration was really not that important and (that) nobody understood (these) anyway.” [This is why the consultant ended the meeting and asked the remote sensing company to leave. Our products are calibrated and registered – two aspects that the consultant liked about them]. “ [Another crop consultant /farm manage] said that they already use “TNTmips as (their) GIS and (that) he was really excited to see [our] software was coming from the same (MicroImages) company.” “ [A member of an agricultural cooperative] said that he “was very pleased to see the GIS Started kit program and felt the focus was right where it needed to be, for the end user and simple.” “ [A government employee of the USDA Farm Service Agency] said that he “really liked the applications and said that the agency was really behind the curve … and (does not) have a GIS system… have been in contact with ESRI and was unsure of the status.” Extracted from email from an International dealer of 17 January 2001. “We sell satellite images for very cheap prices for just to find an opportunity to bundle image with TNTmips now or in the future. In the year 2001 I believe that we will start to sell TNTmips by just answering the phones. Because [we] are growing and once you start to grow your acceleration always increases.”
From TNTlite
users. Email from Mexico on 4 October 2000. “My name is [a name], I will be 21 years old on the next 16th of November. I'm studying at [a University], my career is Computing and Systems engineering, although this is my first year on college. I have been studying Computing Systems since 4 years ago.” “I have medium knowledge in programming on BASIC and C languages. I knew about TNT two years ago in my high school on a presentation of geospatial conference from a statistics and research office called info which poses TNT professional.” “After that I went out the country on a student exchange; I went to Brazil and stood there 10 months, there I almost finished my high school, but here in Mexico I had to repeat that year again my studies. I took advantage of that situation by going further on other subjects as languages (English and Portuguese), databases, programming languages and worked as a teacher in a school, I was giving Microsoft Office (all five programs) classes, all that because most of all subjects I already knew them.” “After I finished high school I resigned my teacher work and gave all my time to studied TNTlite before college started. Actually I have a copy of TNTlite ver. 6.3 and all the 51 booklets on which my knowledge is based, I made a small project for my neighborhood. But since TNTlite is limited I gathered with a small group of friends and propose the University to create an investigation body centering our attention in geospatial analysis, and also to become an authorized dealer for microimages.” Extracted from email from Canada on 1 November 2000. “Thank you for answering me so fast! I have been dreaming for year to have a software like this. Now, I need 3D glasses. Do you sell them? Thank you.” [A pair of anaglyph glasses was sent gratis.] Extracted from email from Syria on 13 November 2000. “I'm [a name] in Syria, using TNTlite to teach GIS [as a Fullbright Scholar]. I have the booklets covering the various capabilities of TNT but wonder if any set of exercises have been developed that cover a hypothetical problem from start to finish (using data supplied with TNTlite). My Syrian students are progressing slowly through some of the booklet exercises but have some difficulty in understanding how a problem is dealt with. I sense that they need some exercise to show them how the various operations can be put together to solve a planning problem.” Extracted from email from the USA on 4 January 2000. “I wanted to bring you up to date on the hyperspectral work since you were good enough to send me the CD with the [sample] 1998 [AVIRIS] imagery. I had slacked off on working with TNTlite when I couldn’t locate [a person], formerly of EPA. He is now Deputy Director at [a NASA location] and is still coordinating the Ray Mine project and is interested in what I am getting. So, I will once again be working with the TNTlite product in my spare time to see what it can do. So far, I am quite impressed. It looks like you offer functions that are not in ENVI. Thank you for your support and help.” Extracted from email from Italy on 26 February 2001 “Actually I am working as a free-lance GIS consultant specializing in urban and regional planning (academically speaking I'm a planner). For the past five years I also collaborated on several research activities at the planning department of the local university of architecture. At university I learned to use Arc/Info that I considered (before R8) simply the best product, and that I think to know quite well also what the AML concerns. However, its very high cost (translating the price to the average US customers' purchasing power, here in Italy, an all-modules R7 license costed about US$130,000.-) is prohibitive to a private professional as I am, so I searched for alternative software solutions. For two years I'm now working with AutoCAD Map (I never purchased it directly), but I am very dissatisfied: trying to perform theoretically simple spatial analysis operations, it fails by crashing down or by providing error messages that have no sense (e.g. "intersections encountered" where no intersections can be).” “Few weeks ago I knew about TNT products (earlier I had heard about them, but never tried to find out more), and I ordered TNTlite from a dealer in Germany ("GIS Team" at Giessen). I tested it intensively for several days, and I must say that it is very promising from my point of view. It seems to have everything Arc/Info has -- and also something else. I would now like to test it using "heavy" data (e.g. I recently needed to build 25 and 50- meter buffers around 125,000 building in the Venice Province), maybe by visiting a user near to my home. If this (my) "benchmark" is convincing to me (or if it confirms the idea I made about it). I will counsel it to my clients (mainly administrations of small townships with 5000 - 30,000 inhabitants).”
Network Chatter Posted on comp.infosystems by Chistopher Mark Conn from hotmail.com on 14 October 2000 “Hi, I just got my first copy of TNTlite for Linux, looks like a pretty neat package. Any recommendations for a GIS newbie? (I'm just doing this for fun, BTW) Any recommended background reading? What are some of the things you can do with TNTlite?” Response on comp.infosystems by Wolfgang Thun from unknown on 14 October 2000 “If you received TNTlite on CD in the 'getstart' directory there are a heap of tutorials. Have look at those to see what can be done. If you haven't got the CD, the files can be downloaded from microimages homepage. Enjoy.” Posted on comp.infosystems again by Chistopher Mark Conn from hotmail.com in October 2000 “Hi, I just got a copy of TNTlite for Linux. haven't installed it yet (have to upgrade my Linux first, need more disk space).” “Can some of you who do this just as a hobby tell me what you've done with it, what kind of projects you’ve put together? Can I learn everything I need to know from the tutorials are there other places I should start first?” “Thanks for any advice.” Response on comp.infosystems by Andreas Ronnberg from hem.utfors.se on 22 October 2000 “As a student of GIS, I am using TNTlite mostly for learning and testing how different procedures actually work. Unfortunately, the limitations on project size makes it somewhat difficult to apply the program to 'real world' data sets.” “However, I think that the structure of the program makes it a very good tool for learning GIS. Compared to e.g. ArcView, which is highly automated, TNTlite lets you make you own decisions regarding things like calculation algorithms. Thus, the program is very suitable for experimentation.” “Also, some programs modules like the 'Map Calculator' are not affected by the project size limitations. I have used this simple but quite powerful tool many times. Much can be learnt from the reference manual, which is rather good.” Response on comp.infosystems by Torrance Torcuill from posres.co.uk on 24 October 2000 “You can't go wrong with the tutorial manuals - they are really are very good.” “Even a GIS newbie will be up and running in no time - regardless of computer - Linux/Win/Mac...etc.” “The supplied datasets are real life - so you will get plenty of ideas from them - even if all you do is map out a trip to see how far you traveled.” Response on comp.infosystems by John Zastrow from uwm.edu on 26 October 2000 “I love the TNT products. A previous response said that us TNT users are pretty quiet on this list, which is sadly true.” “Here are some ideas to tinker with just off the top of my head. Grab a GPS and play with it's integration with TNTlite. Take a car ride or plane ride. You can string together your trip as a line vector connect-the-dots style. This can be done either through direct input to Lite or by importing a text file of your 'breadcrumbs'. Go to the Geodata area of usgs.gov and see if they have 7.5 minute DEMs of that are and import one. Then I think you can use the vector to generate a flyby movie of where you were using the DEM as ground.” “You will want to start with the Getting Starteds. I have used a previous version of the Jack Paris lesson book (see documentation in the website) and I think it is better than the GS's. If you can't wrap your brain around TNTlite with just the GS's consider investing in that sucker.” “Email me with any questions.” Posted on comp.infosystems by Dmitry from amp.mtu-net.ru in October 2000 “Hello. to dear ALL!” “Does anybody know HOW translate images from MODIS(HDF format) to format of Erdas Imagine (8.2,8.3,8.4)?? I find anybody ways (import-export etc...). If I help I have access to another image processing packets as ENVI 3.2, Idrisi, Ermapper 6.0.” Response on comp.inofosystems by John Rodowca from verinet.com on 27 October 2000 “TNTmips from MicroImages, Lincoln NE has an import option specifically for MODIS (hdf). ask tech@microimages.com” Posted on comp.infosystems by Korny Sietsma from sietsam.com on 9 January 2001 from a posting on the agis-l@listhost.ciesin.org on 14 March 2001. “Since my email, I just saw a march 7th letter from ESRI that says in the first paragraph, “This letter is to notify you that ESRI will no longer develop and sell the Atlas GIS product. Atlas GIS sales will discontinue on March 30, 2001. ESRI will, however, continue to support your phone calls to Technical Support until the end of this year. In addition, the Atlas GIS user discussion forum on the ESRI Web site will continue to be available indefinitely as a source of user-to-user support and discussion.” The letter also said that ESRI will continue its long-standing offer for Atlas GIS customers to purchase a license of ArcView for a very attractive price good until December 28, 2001.” From upFront.ezine NEWS #232 16 January 2001 “Microsoft’s official policy is only to support two generations of OS at a time, but if the company decides Whistler (Windows XP) constitutes a new OS, this could mean the end of NT 4.0 and Win95 [great] in the second half of this year.” From upFront.ezine NEWS #232 16 January 2001 “Some readers have been frustrated in not getting more info about the next “big-R” release of MicroStation. Here is some of the info I gleaned from ‘MicroStation Manager’ magazine:”
[only those of particular interest to TNT users
are reproduced here]
Summary of
Internship
During the
summer of 2000 MicroImages hosted an exceptional undergrad summer intern from
Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques. The following is the English
abstract of the report that he was subsequently prepared as part of this
course requirement. From report cover.
Organisme commanditaire : Organisme d’accueil : Abstract. “To complete my second year of survey engineer at the Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, I had to do a three-month internship (May 31st to August 18th) that would provide me with some professional experience. I decided to do it with MicroImages, Inc. in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, which develops software dealing with geospatial data (remote sensing, cartography). My task was to create an atlas with French data, after having learned the software. Through this professional experience, I was going to discover a new working method. “ “Dr. Lee D. Miller, who was to oversee my activities during my internship, and Michael J. Unverferth, founded MicroImages in 1986. Their purpose is to sell through dealers and directly several software packages at an international level; all of which are derived from the professional product, TNTmips.” “MicroImages provides its employees all the tools needed to work in optimal conditions, and its way of work is based upon three principles: liberty, trust and communication. First of all, a great deal of liberty is given to the employees in the organization of their work and in the tasks they have to complete. This allows the employee to make the association of the private and the professional life easier. The liberty is naturally linked to the second principle, confidence. To follow the time of work and the tasks done, a Personal Task Record is filled in every day. These records are not checked by the managers, but they are very useful for the employees as they have to report on what they did the prior week the following Monday during a weekly meeting. During these meetings, which illustrate the last principle, everybody listens to each of the other reports and can express his point of view.” “I was very enthusiast by such a new and pleasant way to work as well as using TNTmips. But it is very complete and complicated software package, so I needed first to learn it. TNTmips integrates many functions dealing with remote sensing and cartography, from digital photogrammetry to GIS. To make the learning easier, MicroImages provides some well-written booklets; each dealing with a particular theme and which make the link between the theory and the practical application in the software. First, I learned the basics of being able to navigate through TNTmips. I then started to review the sample data of IGN that I had brought with me. This step allowed me to have a first personal experiment of the software. At this moment, I had an interview with Dr. Miller, which was very important for the remainder of my internship, as we discussed the reason why I was here. MicroImages is a company distributes its software throughout the world, but it is not very well known in Europe. By having a French example of what could be done with TNTmips, in the form of an atlas, that could be view over the Internet and distributed on CD, would be very interesting.” “Eventually, I finished the Getting Started Booklets to know all the possibilities that I could use as part of my project. This step made me see the application areas of remote sensing and hyperspectral analysis that I had not been taught at ENSG. Both of these areas I found quite interesting. After six weeks, I knew more about the capabilities of TNTmips began working on my atlas. My idea was to make interactive maps that would have display more detail as the user zoomed in, and would let the user to do a simple query.” “The first thing to do was know what type of data I had, and then to design the overall structure of the atlas. As the data I had were samples, their geographic extents were not the Création d’un atlas géographique - MicroImages, Inc. - Prisque LEMBLÉ – été 2000 Page 3 same and this had to be taken into account in the design of the atlas. Moreover, I needed to have a raster background for each map, because the atlas was aimed at potential clients who would see it on the Internet, and a very important criterion was aesthetics. This required me to divide the atlas into two ways; one using a simple database with scanned maps and the other using larger databases, digital elevation models, and orthophotos. I then designed the various layers of the atlas; consisting of mainly cartographic elements.” “After the first version of my atlas was finished and each subsequent week, I showed its progress every Monday during the meetings [using a digital projector]. This allowed me to improve the atlas based upon the constructive comments that were made by the staff of MicroImages. When this step was finished, I started writing a user interface to highlight the street(s) that the user might be interested in viewing. To do this, I used the prototype of a new function and provided feedback to the software engineer. My results interested Dr. Lee Miller so much that he requested Michael Unverferth to work with me on improving the tool. This tool is being released as part of the next software release from MicroImages.” “At the end of my
internship, I published my atlas on the Internet, and I made a CD-ROM, with
the assistance of other employees. Thus, I found this internship was very
interesting: the first part made me apply a large part of the theoretical
program I have followed at ENSG, and the second part allowed me to use my
geospatial data; experience that I find very important as I will have to apply
both of these areas in my professional life. But I think that the most
important thing I learned is a new way of working, which combines pleasant
ambiance with efficacy. In spite of the budget that I overtook, I consider
that I reached my goals, as I completed the two tasks I had set forth at the
start of my internship.”
Dealer
Application. The following section has been extracted from an application submitted by a company applying to become a MicroImages Authorized Dealer. It presents some sauté observations from someone who did not own TNTmips, had not used TNTlite, and did not have any previous contact with MicroImages except by way of the materials available on microimages.com and routinely mailed for promotional purposes. Mission statement“Become the leading company in the analysis of geocoded information in [our nation].” Related opportunities for the representation
“Currently, there are two major opportunities
in this market. The first one has to do with the GIS software that is being
sold, and the second one with the services that are being provided by the
different companies.”
1.
Software “The available GIS tools are either very powerful but expensive, or cheap but with functional limitations. For example, Arc/Info (ESRI) or Intergraph (Geomedia) are powerful GIS packages but are very expensive and require a specialized training for optimum utilization. On the other hand, Arc/View (ESRI) or MapInfo are affordable and easy to use, but their functionality needs to be extended (e.g., the well-known ArcView extensions) for them to deliver adequate analysis capabilities, that, of course, makes the complete package very expensive again. In fact, the 3DAnalyst or the Spatial Analyst for ArcView is by far more expensive than the basic software packages itself. This happens also with MapInfo. We believe thus, that a product with an inferior cost than an Arc/Info or similar GIS product and that has enough analytical tools to produce high quality GIS studies without additional cost would compete very well in the [our nations] market, even while being a bit more expensive than ArcView or MapInfo.” “Currently in [our nation], there are two options for putting maps on the Internet: ArcIMS and MapXtreme. Both of them are considerable expensive (in particular, MapXtreme). That is why we think that a product like the TNT Server would have a big impact on the market. As a matter of fact, experience shows us how difficult it is to sell either ArcIMS or MapXtreme.” “ArcView as well as MapInfo have privileged Windows as their platform. Mac users hardly find complete and up-to-date GIS packages. Similar GIS software for the UNIX/Linux OS is here unknown (excepting Grass). Thus, we think that the versatility of the TNT products can be very well exploited, considering that there is no difference when using them on different platforms.”
2.
Services “Most companies in our niche focus only on reselling and distributing software and information. The result is that, almost always, enterprises or public institutions that have acquired that software sub utilize it, or even abandon it. In effect, something we have learnt is that there is always the necessity to sell the software and the information in a complete package of services that include technical support and training courses, which obviously play a fundamental role. For instance, our clients will always need and demand the possibility to consult and analyze on their own platforms the results of the studies that we might develop for and with them. No other GIS company in [our nation] appears to be seriously concerned with this matter, ceding us the chance to do so. We know it is by far more likely to sell software if we guarantee that the client will be able to exploit the software bought to the greatest extent. This translates into real improvements towards information analysis and management. This is one of our key differentiation strategies.”
MI/X
[All the
following refer to MI/X 2/0 and predate the 5 May release of MI/X
3.0.] “Worked great ...
thanks very much for your support! I gotta say ... MI/X is about the
best value for the money I've ever seen for a piece of software.” 
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