MapInfo Professional
E261486
MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software application used for mapping, spatial analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MapInfo Professional canonical | 1 |
| MapInfo TAB | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2367799 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MapInfo Professional Context triple: [Geographic Information Systems, typicalSoftware, MapInfo Professional]
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A.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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B.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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C.
Maps Platform Maps Library
Maps Platform Maps Library is a JavaScript library from Google that lets developers embed and customize interactive Google Maps within their web applications.
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D.
Maped Helix
Maped Helix is a stationery and school supplies brand known for products like rulers, math sets, and other classroom and office essentials.
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E.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, open-source mapping project that creates and provides free geographic data and maps to anyone who wants to use them.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MapInfo Professional Target entity description: MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software application used for mapping, spatial analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
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A.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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B.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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C.
Maps Platform Maps Library
Maps Platform Maps Library is a JavaScript library from Google that lets developers embed and customize interactive Google Maps within their web applications.
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D.
Maped Helix
Maped Helix is a stationery and school supplies brand known for products like rulers, math sets, and other classroom and office essentials.
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E.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, open-source mapping project that creates and provides free geographic data and maps to anyone who wants to use them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GIS software
ⓘ
desktop geographic information system software ⓘ mapping software ⓘ |
| developer |
MapInfo Corporation
ⓘ
Pitney Bowes Software ⓘ Precisely ⓘ |
| fileFormatSupport |
CSV
ⓘ
DWG ⓘ DXF ⓘ ESRI Shapefile ⓘ GeoTIFF ⓘ MapInfo TAB ⓘ Microsoft SQL Server spatial ⓘ Oracle Spatial ⓘ PostGIS ⓘ |
| genre | geographic information system ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SQL query interface
ⓘ
layer control ⓘ layout designer ⓘ map browser ⓘ scripting interface ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
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surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| softwareType |
commercial software
ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ |
| supportsExtension | MapBasic applications ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
buffer analysis
ⓘ
cartographic output ⓘ data editing ⓘ geocoding ⓘ mapping ⓘ overlay analysis ⓘ spatial analysis ⓘ spatial querying ⓘ thematic mapping ⓘ visualization of geographic data ⓘ |
| supportsScriptingLanguage | MapBasic ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
OGC WCS
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WFS ⓘ
surface form:
OGC WFS
OGC WMS ⓘ |
| targetUser |
GIS analysts
ⓘ
business analysts ⓘ cartographers ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
asset management
ⓘ
market analysis ⓘ network planning ⓘ site selection ⓘ territory management ⓘ |
| usesCoordinateSystems |
geographic coordinate systems
ⓘ
projected coordinate systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MapInfo Professional Description of subject: MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software application used for mapping, spatial analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Geographic Information Systems
this entity surface form:
MapInfo TAB