Harry,
In the past I've used Discover, a "bolt-on" designed for mineral exploration
to produce scaled plots. It works quite well.
I guess the core of the problem is that there are two distinct types of
users of MI. The first and most common (at least in the US) seem to be the
marketing, telecom and real estate types whose goal is to produce
illustrations. That's what they need, and MI is a good tool for it.
The second and smaller group are the "scientists" who need to produce what
for lack of a better term might be called "real maps". I guess we're a
smaller segment of MI's market and as a result we're stuck buying bolt-ons
to get what we need. I suppose you can't blame MI for concentrating on the
needs of the majority of its customers.
Cheers,
Tim
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Tim Warman
Geologist & GIS Specialist
Richard C. Slade & Associates
North Hollywood, CA
(818) 506-0418
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:56 AM
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Subject: MI Scaling maps for layouts
Hello all.
I know this is an age old topic but was wondering if anyone had any
comments. Basically it involves printing from layout windows to scale. I
remember a User Group meeting a few years back where Lazlo Bardos was in
attendance, and was asked about this to which he replied that it was not
something the American users really needed to do, so was never tackled!
Anyway, after many months of typing '333' in the Zoom box for A4, for the
last few years I've been using a bolt on application from a reseller to
achieve scale printing. I would like to know: Do most users use a bolt on
module, write their own code or is there another solution? Does anyone have
any opinions about this?
Have a good weekend everyone,
Harry
Harry Bell
GIS Project Manager
East Dorset District Council
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