Comparison table: Map Maker Pro and Map Maker Gratis

Feature	Gratis	Pro
Good looking maps
Unlimited number of layers, raster and vector.	x	x
Colour, mono, and grey-scale bitmap backgrounds.	x	x
Large range of fill, line, and symbol styles	x	x
Virtually limitless range of user-definable fill styles, including symbol fills and multi-coloured hatching.		x
User-definable symbols.		x
Translucent and semi-translucent fills.	x	x
Curved, stretched, and outline text.	x	x
Arrows and dimension lines	x	x
Grids.		x
Easy to create scale bars, north points, legends, text panels, inset images etc.	x	x
Include text and charts from MS Word.	x	x
Point-and-click to pop-up images, documents and internet links.	x	x
Printing
Print accurately scaled  maps on any true Windows compatible printer.	x	x
User-defined page templates for high-quality prints.		x
Variety of grids, and co-ordinate numbering.		x
Multi-sheet printing of large maps.	x	x
Map creation and editing
Create from new or import and edit.	x	x
Vector drawing and editing.	x	x
Intuitive cutting and joining of polygons.	x	x
Simple editing of common boundaries.	x	x
Numerous “snap-to” options.	x	x
Drag, stretch, rotate, duplicate groups of objects.	x	x
Single-click flood-fill vector polygon creation.		x
Raster and vector rubber sheeting.		x
Create buffer zones around an object.	x	x
Create buffer zones around collections of objects		x
Trim raster and vector to polygons.		x
“Spaghetti processing”, - lines to polygons.		x
Intersections and unions from overlapping polygons.		x
Powerful data tidying routines.		x
Calibrate raster images.	x	x
Raster to vector.		x
Rubber sheeting of vector and raster data		x
Many more vector and raster actions….		x
Using data with maps
Generate legends.	x	x
Thematic maps from DBF data	x	x
Thematic maps from Access and Excel data		x
Data charts		x
Link data queries to Microsoft Access forms.		x
Simple on-screen measurement of  areas and lengths	x	x
Numerous spatial queries such as “contained in polygon”, “within x distance of line” etc.		x
Inherit data from one layer to another.		x
Edit found data set.		x
GPS
Live data capture (NMEA and Garmin)		x
Import GPS data file (NMEA and Garmin)		x
Download waypoints.		x
Tracking of moving points.		x
Rectify aerial photos using GPS control points.		x
Latitude & Longitude
225 pre-defined datums, limitless user definable datums and ellipsoids.		x
UTM, OS Grid, Lambert’s Conic, and user-defined Transverse Mercator and Conic projections.		x
Support for correction matrices to compensate for local irregularities, i.e. 5cm accuracy for the UK.		x
Compatibility
Import vector data including ArcView SHP, MapInfo MIF, AutoCAD DXF.	x	x
Import a wide range of additional vector data types including Idrisi VXP, USGS DRG, Ordnance Survey NTF etc.		x
Export  SHP, MIF, DXF Idrisi VXP, etc.		x
View BMP, TIF,  JPG raster data.	x	x
View  Geo-Tiff, Idrisi RST, USGS DOQ, and ECW raster data.		x
Export BMP, JPG, TIF.	x	x
Export attribute data to DBF	x	x
Export data to Microsoft Access and Excel		x
Distribution
Distribute your maps with Map Maker Gratis.	x	x