Thanks to all that replied. Your help was very much appreciated. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Percival, Mark > Sent: 17 August 2001 15:05 > To: MapInfo-L (E-mail) > Subject: Would anyone like to tackle this one? > > Listers, > > I have a series of shapes (polygons, points - whatever). I would like to > update their 'id' by the position of their centroid within the world from > west to east. Would be nice to have the option for north/south and so on. > > This is primarily for labelling purposes and would give a nice finishing > touch to a map as it would make it very readable. > > Also, can anyone tell me how to label sequentially in a thematic legend. > All I can get is 1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,2,20 etc. > > Would anyone like the challenge? > > Thank you for your help. > > Mark Percival > _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.