Efficient and effective geocoding is a must in any GIS package worth its salt today, and Maptitude does not disappoint on this score. This feature comes in very handy if you are a reseller and need to find the address of a client who just bought a pile of Pentiums from you. The program even has a simple routing capability. Ease of Use Maptitude is designed to be easy to use. The Quick Start tutorial at the start of the 402-page User's Guide is a pleasure to behold, especially when compared with the weak tutorial in Arcview.
Tech support is readily available and effective for users who have questions.
However, Maptitude is not free of irritants. For example, once you have activated the automatic labeling feature, you will find that you may want to move some of the automatic labels. It is possible to move only manual labels and symbols. This quibble aside, Maptitude 's three fonts do give you a wide range of symbols from which to choose. In addition, Maptitude is quite sluggish when dealing with uncompressed data files.