A web service is a software system that is accessible using an intranet or Internet connection. MapInfo Pro supports the Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS), and Web Map Tile Service (WMTS), which allow you to retrieve data that others are sharing internally or world-wide. The power of web services is that you can use them to create more powerful maps or in the case of geocoding services get more accurate and precise results using the same data.
You can also work with Geocoding and Driving Region web services. A Geocoding web service lets you geocode with greater accuracy, because the maps on a service are more precise. A Driving Region web service lets you create time- and distance-based buffers around a site to determine proximity to a location. You might use this service to find the customers closest to a store, or to determine which insured customers are closest to a weather pattern.
A mapping tile server provides cartographic maps of geo-referenced data, in the form of raster images (tiles). In MapInfo Pro, you can add map tiles as a base layer to your map to provide a visual reference for your data. This gives you a real-world reference for viewing your data, such as for viewing store locations or maintenance routes.