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{{Short description|Programming language}}
{{Infobox software
| name = MapBasic
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| developer = [[Precisely (company)|Precisely]] (formerly [[Pitney Bowes|Pitney Bowes Software]] and [[MapInfo Corporation]])
| released =
| latest release version = v2021.1
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|04|01}}
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| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
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| language =
| genre = [[GIS]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|https://support.precisely.com/product-downloads/}}
}}

'''MapBasic''' is a [[programming language]] for creation of additional tools and functionality for the [[MapInfo Pro]] [[geographic information system]]. MapBasic is based on the [[BASIC]] family of programming languages.<ref>{{cite book|title=Inside MapInfo Professional |author1=Larry Daniel |author2=Paula Loree |author3=Angela Whitener |year=2002|publisher=Thomson Delmar Learning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBboGbVjGGEC&dq=MapBasic&pg=PA441|isbn=0-7668-3472-7 }}</ref>

MapBasic also allows programmers to develop software in popular programming languages such as [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]] and [[Visual Basic]] and use these with the MapInfo Pro GIS to create geographically based software, such as electronic mapping.

==References==
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{{BASIC}}
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[[Category:GIS software]]
[[Category:BASIC programming language family]]

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MapBasic - Revision history

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