MapInfo Monthly 2024.2

My calendar says February has come to an end. This year, February has been stretched a bit as 2024 is a leap year. Did you know that the leap day isn't February 29th? Instead, it's February 24th.

This dates back to the ancient Romans. Julius Caesar introduced the leap day every four years in the calendar which was named after him: The Julian Calendar.

Back then, February 24rd was the last day before the festival Terminalia. So it made perfect sense to add the leap day here to adjust for the actual time the Earth takes to circumvent the sun. They didn't add another day - they made the 24th last 48 hours (time.com).

We later figured out that adding an extra day every four years is a bit too much which was fixed with the Gregorian Calendar. But that's a story for another time.

But these days most people treat February 29th as leap day. And the EU did back in 2000 officially change the leap day from February 24th to February 29th.

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MapInfo Pro

A few weeks back, we published MapInfo Pro v2023 build 142 with the final languages. We now have support for all 16 languages in v2023: English, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

Read more here: MapInfo Pro v2023 - New Release Available

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On March 6th, we'll run a fireside chat with Rob Rowell from our Tasmanian partner InsightGIS, and my Australian colleagues Stacey Grant and Esther Kasinathan . Together, they have 75+ years of experience in spatial technology. They will discuss the opportunities that still exist for GIS and what's holding it back. This is definitely one to watch.

Make sure to register here: GIS: Unlocking its Ubiquity

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