MapBasic

Programming language

MapBasic
Developer(s)	Precisely (formerly Pitney Bowes Software and MapInfo Corporation)

Stable release	v2021.1 / April 1, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-01)

Operating system	Windows
Type	GIS
License	Proprietary
Website	support.precisely.com/product-downloads/

MapBasic is a programming language for creation of additional tools and functionality for the MapInfo Professional geographical information system. MapBasic is based on the BASIC family of programming languages.^[1]

MapBasic also allows programmers to develop software in popular programming languages such as C, C++ and Visual Basic and use these with the MapInfo Professional GIS to create geographically based software, such as electronic mapping.

References

^ Larry Daniel; Paula Loree; Angela Whitener (2002). Inside MapInfo Professional. Thomson Delmar Learning. ISBN 0-7668-3472-7.

Dialects of the BASIC programming language (list)

Classic

Microsoft	Microsoft BASIC TRS-80 BASICs (Level I, Level II/III) Thomson BASIC 1.0
Texas Instruments	TI-BASIC (calculators) TI Extended BASIC (aka XBasic) TI-BASIC 83
Hewlett-Packard	HP Time-Shared BASIC Rocky Mountain BASIC HP Basic
Locomotive Software	Locomotive BASIC Mallard BASIC
Microcomputers	Atom BASIC Integer BASIC North Star BASIC SCELBAL
Minicomputers	BASIC-11 Business Basic (B32, Data General) Data General Extended BASIC Southampton BASIC System Wang BASIC
Time-sharing computers	BASIC-PLUS VSI BASIC for OpenVMS SUPER BASIC CALL/360:BASIC
Other	AlphaBasic Astro BASIC BASICODE BAL Casio BASIC CBASIC PBASIC SDS BASIC Tiny BASIC UBASIC ZBasic ETBASIC [zh]
Extenders	BASIC 8 Graphics BASIC Simons' BASIC Super Expander Super Expander 64 YS MegaBasic

Procedure-
oriented

Proprietary	AmigaBASIC AMOS BASIC ASIC BasicX Beta BASIC FutureBASIC GRASS Liberty BASIC LSE MapBasic Mobile BASIC OWBasic PowerBASIC PureBasic SmileBASIC ThinBasic Tiger-BASIC True BASIC Turbo Basic WordBASIC
Free and open source	Basic-256 Basic4GL DarkBASIC Euphoria Indic BASIC Open Programming Language SdlBasic SmallBASIC QB64 wxBasic XBasic Xblite Yabasic

With object
extensions

Proprietary

AutoIt
Chipmunk Basic
GLBasic
LotusScript
Morfik
PowerBASIC
ProvideX
Run BASIC
VBA
VBScript
VB 5 for Microsoft Excel 5.0
- VSTO
- VSTA
Embedded Visual Basic
WinWrap Basic

Free and
open source

RAD
designers

Proprietary	CA-Realizer Visual Basic (classic) NS Basic RapidQ Visual Basic .NET (Mercury) Xojo
Free and open source	B4X (Basic4android, Basic4ppc) Gambas WinFBE, Visual FB Editor