MI broken? MS-Windows98?
Listers, following the discussion re. z-values, I downloaded and installed one recommended solution, MFWorks. Abruptly, things began to get a little strange. For one, I have lost the ability to access my addressbook in MS-Outlook - I'm told I'm out of system resources, which I'm most certainly not. Worse from a GIS point of view, MI5.0 has decided to go belly-up. I get 2 error messages: (a) "unable to load library RICHED32.dll" (this is a file found in \windows\system), followed by "the file MAPINFOW.MNU is missing or damaged; MapInfo is unable to start". Well, it's not missing, nor does it seem to be damaged, for a text editor brings it up error-free. So far, the 3 things I've tried have made no difference: (1) uninstalling MFWorks; (2) reloading the MI program files (not the entire setup, because I've added various tools over time). Having had no success there, (3) I asked a colleague to email me both files. Not only did I put the .dll file in Windows, just for the hell of it I also copied it to the MI directory - all to no avail. Anybody else had a similar problem following installing MFWorks? Is my Windows98 now corrupted? Must I reinstall it (ye gods - and all the programs too)? Do a full reinstall of MI? Any and all suggestions appreciated. Len Milich United Nations Support Facility for Indonesian Recovery United Nations Building Jalan MH Thamrin 14 Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI SUM Joining tables...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The combined suggestion was to use SQL Select dialogue. Place my two > tables that I want to join in the FROM section. In my Where category > set the two "key fields equal. > The result will be a query table. Should you want to keep this, Save > Copy As. > > I think we would all agree that the ArcView join is much simpler. No, we won't. At least not until you explain to the list the steps needed to obtain the *same* result in ArcView. Mats.E -- ::: :Email/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#9517386 : :-: :Mail/ GISKRAFT, Mats Elfstroem, Vaepplingv 21, SE-227 38 LUND, SWEDEN: :Phones: +46 46 145959, +46 70 595 3935 : ::: -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI: Emailing Workspaces
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I go about emailing one of my workspaces to someone? The person > does have MI 5.5, and my workspace was created in Ver. 4.5. will this > create problems? Probably not, the opposite could have if version specific features were used. However, I wish to stress that missing tables, altered paths etc are much more likely to cause trouble than your original concern. You must understand that a workspace is no more than a script for opening tables, and displaying them on the screen. Only some original information is kept in the workspace, such as object created in the cosmetic layer. Regards, Mats.E -- ::: :Email/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#9517386 : :-: :Mail/ GISKRAFT, Mats Elfstroem, Vaepplingv 21, SE-227 38 LUND, SWEDEN: :Phones: +46 46 145959, +46 70 595 3935 : ::: -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI: 3Com pilot data capture software
Hello listers, I'm looking for a mapping/data capture program that will run on a 3com Palm pilot, and can import/export MIF files. I've searched the Mapinfo-L archive, no luck. Anyone know of such a thing? Cheers Dale Appleton. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Search & Replace
Ben, Spatial Plus has a great utility which will do what you want - look at: http://www.spatialplus.com/prodbody.htm#EditPlus Hope this helps Chris Perry Systems Development CoOrdinator Parks Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Ph: 61 3 9816 6800 Fax: 61 3 9816 9876 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ey, Benjamin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 1 October 1999 12:04 To: Mapinfo User List Subject: MI Search & Replace Dear Listers, Does anyone know of a way of replacing string sequences within multiple files in one go. For example, I have about 50 workspace files which I need to move to another project directory (along with the associated *.tab files etc.) and so I need to edit the workspace files to point to the correct location of the *.tab files. These files will all reside under the same 'parent' or project directory, so it's only the parent directory name that needs changing within the workspace files. Now, it's very simple to do this for a single file using a search and replace within WordPad or NotePad for example, but as there are so many of them I am after a faster solution. Someone told me I could acheive this from within Windows Explorer, but I can't see where or how. Please help!! TIA Ben. -- NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Sinclair Knight Merz. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Search & Replace
Hi Ben, We have a free program called "Search Plus" that can do a search and replace on workspace files for an entire directory. To get a free copy, download it from http://www.spatialplus.com/products.htm Hope this helps. Regards, Sue. adding Susan Port value Technical Support Coordinator to [EMAIL PROTECTED] your spatial Spatial Plus systems http://www.spatialplus.com >Dear Listers, >Does anyone know of a way of replacing string sequences within multiple >files in one go. >For example, I have about 50 workspace files which I need to move to >another project directory (along with the associated *.tab files etc.) >and so I need to edit the workspace files to point to the correct >location of the *.tab files. These files will all reside under the same >'parent' or project directory, so it's only the parent directory name >that needs changing within the workspace files. >Now, it's very simple to do this for a single file using a search and >replace within WordPad or NotePad for example, but as there are so many >of them I am after a faster solution. Someone told me I could acheive >this from within Windows Explorer, but I can't see where or how. > >Please help!! > >TIA > >Ben. > > >-- >NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information >intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not >the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you >must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you >have received this message in error please notify Sinclair Knight Merz >Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of >the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to >issue and specifically states them to be the views of Sinclair Knight >Merz. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Losing Z values
Hi Laith, We have a free program called "Contour to DXF Plus" that translates a MapInfo table to a DXF file with a z value (which is stored in a column). To get a free copy, download it from http://www.spatialplus.com/products.htm Hope this helps. Regards, Sue. adding Susan Port value Technical Support Coordinator to [EMAIL PROTECTED] your spatial Spatial Plus systems http://www.spatialplus.com >Friends, > >I've translated MI tab files with XYZ coords into dxf format (eventually to be used in >AutoCAD). Problem is, all the points loose the Z dimension, no 3D. I want to anaylse >slope using LandCAD however cannot as all the data gets flattened in the translation >process. Anyone else had this problem? What can I do to retain my Z values? > >One day I'll answer somone elses question on this list, its my GIS dream. > > >Regards, >Laith > > > >= > >Laith Wark > >EDAW (Aust) P/L >Design, Planning and >Environments Worldwide > >Level 4 Rowes Building >235 Edward Street >Brisbane 4000 >Australia > >Ph: INT +61 (0)7 3229 6422 >Fx: INT +61 (0)7 3229 6422 > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >= > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put >"unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI BNA files in MapInfo
The easiest way to get it is to download the files you need already in MapInfo format from Directions Magazine. Go to http://www.directionsmag.com and look under Free GIS Data for Geographic Features. All the NOAA sets are out there. Steve E. Wallace Contributing Editor Directions Magazine - Original Message - From: Maciej Tomczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:38 PM Subject: MI BNA files in MapInfo > I was trying to import BNA files (Boundary Named shoreline files offered by > NOAA at http://seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/projects/shoreline/shoreline.html). > File: GL80_04 for the Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and Lake Erie. > > Is there an easy way of importing it to MapInfo? I used GNA files instead, > converted them to MIF files with GENA2MI2 translator, and imported them to > MapInfo table (both GNA and MIF were Lat-Long coordinates, and NAD83 datum). > It worked (to a degree), but the shoreline was shifted by some 100 m from > where they are supposed to be. Could anyone offer an advise on what could > have gone wrong and how to remedy it? Thank's a million. > > M. Tomczak > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Search & Replace
Dear Listers, Does anyone know of a way of replacing string sequences within multiple files in one go. For example, I have about 50 workspace files which I need to move to another project directory (along with the associated *.tab files etc.) and so I need to edit the workspace files to point to the correct location of the *.tab files. These files will all reside under the same 'parent' or project directory, so it's only the parent directory name that needs changing within the workspace files. Now, it's very simple to do this for a single file using a search and replace within WordPad or NotePad for example, but as there are so many of them I am after a faster solution. Someone told me I could acheive this from within Windows Explorer, but I can't see where or how. Please help!! TIA Ben. -- NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Sinclair Knight Merz. begin:vcard n:Ey;Ben tel;fax:+61 03 6224 2325 tel;work:+61 03 6221 3730 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.landinfo.com.au org:Landinfo Pty. Ltd.;Hobart adr:;;20 Ellerslie Road;Battery Point;Tasmania;7004;Australia version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:GIS Consultant fn:Ben Ey end:vcard
MI BNA files in MapInfo
I was trying to import BNA files (Boundary Named shoreline files offered by NOAA at http://seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/projects/shoreline/shoreline.html). File: GL80_04 for the Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and Lake Erie. Is there an easy way of importing it to MapInfo? I used GNA files instead, converted them to MIF files with GENA2MI2 translator, and imported them to MapInfo table (both GNA and MIF were Lat-Long coordinates, and NAD83 datum). It worked (to a degree), but the shoreline was shifted by some 100 m from where they are supposed to be. Could anyone offer an advise on what could have gone wrong and how to remedy it? Thank's a million. M. Tomczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI: WindowInfo defines in MapBasic.def
This happens a fair bit and it's okay. The values are context-specific. Sam Kome Sage Software www.sagesoft.com "Lavoie, Claude" wrote: > I am using MapInfo and MapBasic 5.5. In MapBasic.def (see below), two > different defines have the same numeric code. Is something wrong? > > Here is the excerpt of my MapBasic.def: > > '=== > = > ' WindowInfo() defines > '=== > = > > .. > > Define WIN_INFO_STATE 9 > Define WIN_INFO_TABLE 10 > Define WIN_INFO_LEGENDS_MAP 10 > > etc. > > Thanks to you all in advance. > > _ > > Claude Lavoie > Service du soutien à la clientèle > Direction des technologies de l'information > Ministère des Transports du Québec > 35, rue de Port-Royal Est, salle 5.00 a > Montréal (Québec) > H3L 3T1 > > Téléphone: (514) 873-6280 > Télécopieur:(514) 873-8203 > Courriel: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI MapBasic Shade statement
use the RUN COMMAND instruction..
exemple:
dim tmp as String
tmp = "Shade .. With ... bla bla bla "
tmp = tmp + "Values "
for i=0 to x
tmp = tmp + + nameIndividualValue(i) + + " Brush(" + param1(i)
+ "," + param2(i) + "," + param3(i) + "), "
Next
Run Command tmp
PS : is an insertion of the caracter -> " <- into the string...
for the string stories, i'm not not sure to understand all you asked..
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- Original Message -
From: Susan Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 10:31 AM
Subject: MI MapBasic Shade statement
>Hello everyone,
>
>I was wondering if anyone can help me with a Map Basic problem I am having.
>I'm trying to automate a thematic map using the "Region, individual values,
>black and white" template. This map is suppose to result from values
>extracted from a selection performed prior.
>
>The selection results with a list of names - and regions should be shaded
>according to which name it falls in. I have managed to just get the names
>and the regions it falls under. Not the shading part.
>
>Then I have to use the "Shade" statement to create the thematic map:
>
>Shade 3 With some_column
> Values
> "x" Brush ...
> "yy" Brush ...
> "zz" Brush ...
> etc
>
>My problem is that the list of names can be 3 or 23! How do I code in Map
>Basic to dynamically list the names and assign a different brush style
under
>the Shade statement?
>
>Another attempt: I put the names in an array variable. I tried to list the
>values by putting them all in one variable 'name_list', where names(n) is
>the array variable containing the names:
>
>counter = 2
>name_list = Chr$(34) + names(1) + Chr$(34)
>do while counter <= newsize
> name_list = name_list + "," + Chr$(34) + names(counter) + Chr$(34)
> counter = counter + 1
>loop
>
>The problem with above is that 'name_list' is seen as just one long string
>rather than a list of strings, despite that I have put in double quotation
>marks (Chr$(34)).
>
>I also tried putting under 'values' a variable list with: names(1),
>names(2), names(3), ... to a certain number
>but if the selection results in a list of names smaller than the listed
>number of variables, then it doesn't work. It seem to fail when there is
no
>value for the rest of the listed variables.
>
>Or is there a way to call an existing MapInfo function and pre-assign all
>the values to automatically create the thematic map?
>
>The answer seem like it can be right under my nose but I can't see it. Any
>help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Susan
>
>
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MI: Emailing Workspaces
Hello Listers! How do I go about emailing one of my workspaces to someone? The person does have MI 5.5, and my workspace was created in Ver. 4.5. will this create problems? Thanks in advance for your response, Laura Piazza RSLCOM Canada Inc. Vancouver, B.C. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Using Visual Basic Forms in MapInfo Professional
We are trying to make a Visual Basic Form a child window to MapInfo. Doing this causes the VB form not to repaint correctly(ie. remnants of browsers or map windows appear in the VB form as the windows are moved,etc..). Has anyone found a way to make a VB form a child window to Mapinfo successfully. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
I would like to see all replies made to the listserve and a summary. Certainly more traffic and we all have enough email, but one useful reply can save hours of work and aggravation so for me its worth it. Several times material has been posted which is nothing I was particularly needing at the moment, but it stuck and I used it later or went back and fixed something. As far as humor goes - seems self limiting so far, and I can use any laugh I can get. Richard Hoskins [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lavoie, Claude Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 12:50 PM To: 'Humphrey, Ben'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question >As for the rest, I do agree with Steve. It would be nice to not have >everybody post all their replies publicly and I completely agree with the >idea of the person who asked the question posting a summary of all the >answers they got (its the least they could do for all the help they got!). >I keep all summaries because who knows when I may run across something that >has been discussed, but to have to sift through a billion replies instead of >one concise summary is a pain in the derriere. Reading all the replies takes a lot of time, but it is SO informative. I personally like them better than summaries, for I sometimes find the latter well ... too summarized. All the information circulating on this list is very precious. I want the gist of it all (at least of what my partial knowledge allows me to understand). Bye for now, _ Claude Lavoie Service du soutien à la clientèle Direction des technologies de l'information Ministère des Transports du Québec 35, rue de Port-Royal Est, salle 5.00 a Montréal (Québec) H3L 3T1 Téléphone: (514) 873-6280 Télécopieur:(514) 873-8203 Courriel: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
Everybody keep sending the Friday funnies, it makes me think (jut
for a sec) that I'm not a GIS dork holed up in a cube somewhere in corporate
america.
As for the rest, I do agree with Steve. It would be nice to not have
everybody post all their replies publicly and I completely agree with the
idea of the person who asked the question posting a summary of all the
answers they got (its the least they could do for all the help they got!).
I keep all summaries because who knows when I may run across something that
has been discussed, but to have to sift through a billion replies instead of
one concise summary is a pain in the derriere.
Okay, I'm finished, go back to your GISing
-Ben
> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Wallace [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 9:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list
> and an important survey question
>
> Here are some rules of etiquette from the ArcView-L that, I believe, would
>
> help us very much here.
>
> It doesn't really bother me that people on MapInfo-L reply publicly, but
> it
> does when you get 5 people sending their same replies to a person and the
> list, rather than first checking to see if there was an answer posted.
>
> For me, I still say those who need a joke fix can join any number of humor
>
> lists or sites -- and the volume of Friday Humor is growing.
>
> Steve Wallace
> GIS & Market Information Manager
> Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
>
>
>
> >Dear ArcView list member,
> >
> >Several weeks ago I solicited suggestions for list usage and improvements
>
> >from all members. The responses lead to the following clarification of
> >the ArcView list policy. Consider saving this message and referring to
> it
> >before you post something to the list.
> >
> >* The list's stated purpose is "the ArcView list is for
> >ArcView-related technical questions and answers." This purpose is
> >interpreted very broadly (I think to everyone's benefit) to include
> >software comparisons, information about software that competes with or
> >supplements ArcView's capabilities, Q&A about ArcView extensions, and
> >loosely related ArcView stuff such as Map Objects. In short, the list is
>
> >about information useful to people who are using ArcView.
> >
> >* When posting messages, please prefix the subject line with an
> >"AV:" to help people filter messages appropriately.
> >
> >* Please reply directly to the poster of an inquiry rather than to
> >the list.
> >
> >* Consequently, posters are expected to summarize ("SUM") the
> >responses in a timely manner. This is a convenient way of keeping
> >everyone informed while cutting down on e-mail traffic.
> >
> >* As a matter of clarity and etiquette, please (a) restate
> >succinctly the original question when posting a SUM and (b) acknowledge
> >explicitly those generous people who provided useful responses to you.
> >
> >* I repeat: anything you post to the list should be either an
> >inquiry, a SUM, or a TIP. Do not post replies!
> >
> >* Please subdue any inclination you might have to promote a product
>
> >or service on this list. There's nothing the matter with mentioning (or
> >describing, or reviewing, etc.) a product or service that might be of
> >general interest, but many (if not most) list members do not want the
> list
> >used for overtly commercial purposes.
> >
> >* It's OK to cross-post with ArcView-L, but to prevent too much
> >message duplication consider posting first to one list and then to the
> >other if your issue is not resolved. Given that messages to this list
> are
> >broadcast immediately whereas ArcView-L typically delays messages by a
> >day, may I suggest that posting to this list first would be in your
> interest?
>
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MI Losing Z values
Friends, I've translated MI tab files with XYZ coords into dxf format (eventually to be used in AutoCAD). Problem is, all the points loose the Z dimension, no 3D. I want to anaylse slope using LandCAD however cannot as all the data gets flattened in the translation process. Anyone else had this problem? What can Ido to retain my Z values? One day I'll answer somone elses question on this list, its my GIS dream. Regards, Laith = Laith Wark EDAW (Aust) P/L Design, Planning and Environments Worldwide Level 4 Rowes Building 235 Edward Street Brisbane 4000 Australia Ph: INT +61 (0)7 3229 6422 Fx: INT +61 (0)7 3229 6422 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI SUM Joining tables...
Thank you to George M. Smith, Cindy Reid, and Michael Goldberg. The combined suggestion was to use SQL Select dialogue. Place my two tables that I want to join in the FROM section. In my Where category set the two "key fields equal. The result will be a query table. Should you want to keep this, Save Copy As. I think we would all agree that the ArcView join is much simpler. Why can't we have the best of both worlds. Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI DOQs will not overlay
I've two DOQs. The first has a 1m resolution, the second was created by resampling the first at a 2 m resolution. Both .tfw files are identical. I registered them using Georeg.mbx. When opened, both appear automatically within the same mapper, suggesting to me that they are, indeed, in the same projection. However, they display with about a 90 m offset. Although I seem to recall some discussion about weird behavior of multiple raster images in MI, I have used a similar set of DOQs in another project with no image shifting (although that was v5.0 rather than the v5.5 in use now). Is this congential, or is there something that I can do? Many thanks, Drew ** Andrew Phillips, Ph.D. 615 E. Peabody St. Quaternary Geology Section Champaign, IL 61820 Illinois State Geological Survey(217) 333-2513 (ph) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (217) 333-2830 (fax) -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
>As for the rest, I do agree with Steve. It would be nice to not have >everybody post all their replies publicly and I completely agree with the >idea of the person who asked the question posting a summary of all the >answers they got (its the least they could do for all the help they got!). >I keep all summaries because who knows when I may run across something that >has been discussed, but to have to sift through a billion replies instead of >one concise summary is a pain in the derriere. Reading all the replies takes a lot of time, but it is SO informative. I personally like them better than summaries, for I sometimes find the latter well ... too summarized. All the information circulating on this list is very precious. I want the gist of it all (at least of what my partial knowledge allows me to understand). Bye for now, _ Claude Lavoie Service du soutien à la clientèle Direction des technologies de l'information Ministère des Transports du Québec 35, rue de Port-Royal Est, salle 5.00 a Montréal (Québec) H3L 3T1 Téléphone: (514) 873-6280 Télécopieur:(514) 873-8203 Courriel: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI Selecting Points and Polylines
Dear Agustin: "Intersects" works very well with polylines. You may create a buffer around your points, and write something like: Select * from MyBuffer, Polylines where obj Intersects Polylines..Obj into GonnaBeTransformed. Also, polylines do so have centroids. Sincerely, Sonya JCH GeoInfo Agustin Estrada-Peña wrote: Dear List, I have two tables, one with points (some 30,000 records) and the other with polylines (some 260,000 records). They describe land-use patterns. I must to select the polylines surrounding points with a given attribute to convert them to regions (with MapLogix). How I can select these polylines? As polylines have no centroid, I can not use the "Contains" or "Within" clause? Every input is wellcome... Agustin __ Prof. Agustin Estrada-Pena Dept. of Animal Pathology (Parasitology) University of Zaragoza (Spain)
MI: WindowInfo defines in MapBasic.def
I am using MapInfo and MapBasic 5.5. In MapBasic.def (see below), two different defines have the same numeric code. Is something wrong? Here is the excerpt of my MapBasic.def: '=== = ' WindowInfo() defines '=== = .. Define WIN_INFO_STATE 9 Define WIN_INFO_TABLE 10 Define WIN_INFO_LEGENDS_MAP 10 etc. Thanks to you all in advance. _ Claude Lavoie Service du soutien à la clientèle Direction des technologies de l'information Ministère des Transports du Québec 35, rue de Port-Royal Est, salle 5.00 a Montréal (Québec) H3L 3T1 Téléphone: (514) 873-6280 Télécopieur:(514) 873-8203 Courriel: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI: Technology story part II - 4', 8.5"
Again, unrelated to most common List topics, but for collectors of technology stories, it's a classic Jason > The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is > 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. > Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them > in England, and US railroads were built by English expatriates. > Why did the English people build them like that? Because the > first rail lines were built by the same people who built the > pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. > Why did "they" use that gauge then? Because the people who built the > tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building > wagons, which used that wheel spacing. Okay! > Why did the wagons use that odd wheel spacing? Well, if they > tried to use any other spacing the wagons would break on some of > the old, long distance roads, because that's the spacing of the > old wheel ruts. So who built these old rutted roads? The first > long distance roads in Europe were built by Imperial Rome for the > benefit of their legions. The roads have been used ever since. > And the ruts? The initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for > fear of destroying their wagons, were first made by Roman war chariots. > Since the chariots were made for or by Imperial Rome, they were all > alike. In the matter of wheel spacing. And thus, we have the answer to > the original question. The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 > feet, 8.5 inches derives from the original specification for an > Imperial Roman army war chariot. > Specs and Bureaucracies live forever. So, the next time you are > handed a specification and wonder what horse's ass came up with > it, you may be exactly right. Because the Imperial Roman chariots were > made to be just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war > horses. > > Now the twist to the story There's an interesting extension of the > story about railroad gauge and horses' behinds. When we see a Space > Shuttle sitting on the launch pad, there are two big booster rockets > attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are the solid rocket > boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at a factory in Utah. > The engineers who designed the SRBs might have preferred to make > them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the > factory to the launch site. The railroad line to the factory runs > through a tunnel in the mountains. And the SRBs had to fit through that > tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than a railroad track, and the > railroad track is about as wide as two horses' behinds. > So, a major design feature of what is arguably the world's most > advanced transportation system was determined by the width of a > horse's Ass! -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI Bravo
Hi up there, I am sorry to say that in Brazil we use a lot of pirate softwares too. In some cases these softwares are officially acquired after a "testing period" and I think it is a good institutional or individual strategy. I must remember you that in the Third World we don’t have the money and information you have in USA or Europe. We receive a lot of advertisements about one or other software and we must choose one based on the experience of friends and the price. Vietnam may be in the same or worst situation and this is not so strange. Do you remember the war? I know USA have been involved in a lot of wars but this one is "unforgettable". Also Cuba uses pirate softwares (Mapinfo is the preferred GIS) and you can imagine why: They don’t have dollars and commercial exchange with USA is forbidden (by USA). Sorry about this non-GIS message . P.S. My institution is relatively rich and we have a legal 4.0 version of Mapinfo. We are looking for money to buy a more recent MI version. Christovam Barcellos Departamento de Informações em SaúdeDIS/CICT/FIOCRUZFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21045-900Tel: (021) 290-1696 Fax: (021) 2702668 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.procc.fiocruz.br/~barcello/ -Mensagem original-De: Paul Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Data: Quinta-feira, 30 de Setembro de 1999 02:21Assunto: MI Bravo Craig, I back you up 100% on the issue of SOFTWARE PIRACY. We are BDT, MapInfo re-sellers in Vietnam, which is documented as being the most most pirated country in the world (99%). There is absolutely no software purchasing ethic at all and the government departments and various companies have the money..however, we must be patient, educate as to the benefits, etc... in the hope that one day, things may turn around. However, it breaks our heart when the power of the internet is used to promote software piracy from afar, and I encourage all to help us guys "on the battlefront". Regards Paul Farrell
MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
Here are some rules of etiquette from the ArcView-L that, I believe, would
help us very much here.
It doesn't really bother me that people on MapInfo-L reply publicly, but it
does when you get 5 people sending their same replies to a person and the
list, rather than first checking to see if there was an answer posted.
For me, I still say those who need a joke fix can join any number of humor
lists or sites -- and the volume of Friday Humor is growing.
Steve Wallace
GIS & Market Information Manager
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
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MI FW: MapBasic Shade statement
Hello, If my last message ever gets posted, I would just like to update that I have figured out my problem by using the 'Run Command'. It works fine... But I still have problems trying to alter the default shading to black and white 'brush' patterns instead of shading the polygons with colours. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Susan > -Original Message- > From: Yu, Susan > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 10:32 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: MapBasic Shade statement > > Hello everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone can help me with a Map Basic problem I am > having. I'm trying to automate a thematic map using the "Region, > individual values, black and white" template. This map is suppose to > result from values extracted from a selection performed prior. > [Yu, Susan] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Joining tables
Hello, I have been using MI for sometime now. I have always had this question, but never asked it. So here goes it. Is there a way to join tables, without using the create thematic option, similar to ArcView's join? I would appreciate all input. Thanks. Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI SUM: Color won't change
Bob Wilson you are truly my hero! I was running out of spit! Thank you all who responded to my 'color won't change problem'. The problem was I had colored all my counties using thematic maps and I had forgotten. Remember - I don't use this program every day so I am just a WEE BIT dingy. You all are great! Greater is He who is in me...<;))>< Sarah Myers Preventive Care Operations Blue Cross of California [EMAIL PROTECTED] --( Forwarded letter 1 follows ) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:37:00 -0400 To: Sarah.Myers From: Robert.E.Wilson[rewilson]@grove.iup.edu Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI Color won't change Make sure you do not have a thematic layer above or that the layer in question is thematic. Style override does not work on thematic layers. Hope this helps. Bob Wilson Spatial Sciences Research Center -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of "Sarah W Myers" Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 7:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Color won't change What am I doing wrong? I am unable to change the color of my county. I'm in the map layer, called Reg3_cty map, I go into layer control, display, click on style override, change the color, click ok, then ok again at layer control and POOF! nothing changes. The cosmetic layer is editable, then I tried it with the Reg3_cty editable, still zip-o. I moved Reg3_cty up in the layer control, zip-o. I've done this before so what could I be missing? I could just spit. Greater is He who is in me...<;))>< Sarah Myers Preventive Care Operations Blue Cross of California [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI MapBasic Shade statement
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone can help me with a Map Basic problem I am having. I'm trying to automate a thematic map using the "Region, individual values, black and white" template. This map is suppose to result from values extracted from a selection performed prior. The selection results with a list of names - and regions should be shaded according to which name it falls in. I have managed to just get the names and the regions it falls under. Not the shading part. Then I have to use the "Shade" statement to create the thematic map: Shade 3 With some_column Values "x" Brush ... "yy" Brush ... "zz" Brush ... etc My problem is that the list of names can be 3 or 23! How do I code in Map Basic to dynamically list the names and assign a different brush style under the Shade statement? Another attempt: I put the names in an array variable. I tried to list the values by putting them all in one variable 'name_list', where names(n) is the array variable containing the names: counter = 2 name_list = Chr$(34) + names(1) + Chr$(34) do while counter <= newsize name_list = name_list + "," + Chr$(34) + names(counter) + Chr$(34) counter = counter + 1 loop The problem with above is that 'name_list' is seen as just one long string rather than a list of strings, despite that I have put in double quotation marks (Chr$(34)). I also tried putting under 'values' a variable list with: names(1), names(2), names(3), ... to a certain number but if the selection results in a list of names smaller than the listed number of variables, then it doesn't work. It seem to fail when there is no value for the rest of the listed variables. Or is there a way to call an existing MapInfo function and pre-assign all the values to automatically create the thematic map? The answer seem like it can be right under my nose but I can't see it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Susan -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI Color won't change
Sarah: I've come across a few cases where I had imported a file into MapInfo, and had
saved it without doing any edits, but when I came back to reopen and edit it, the file
seemed to be "read-only". Work-around seemed to be: save a copy of the file ("save
copy as" ) from MapInfo. Then, using the copy, everything seems to work OK.
Was and have been too busy to track down what was really going on. In my case, the
files were .DBFs and .XLSs.
...good luck ...Bob
Robert Karr
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MI Mulitple node selection to create new ployline/polygon
Can anyone help me? I want to create a new ployline/polygon object from existing objects without having to snap to each and every node (in some instances there are hundreds). Is there a way of selecting the corners of the existing object and create new points along the new object that match with the old object? Does this sound confusing or what? Cheers Oscar -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI Inserting nodes
Try my node_space.mbx - available at mapinfo-l shareware archive. This will insert nodes into a polyline object at an interval approximating a user specified distance. Its approximate because its optimized to produce even node spacing. More about that in the docs that are with it. I use it to get better results geocoding - whacky node spacing can lead to poor geocoding. Let me know if you have questions. John Brosowsky -Original Message- From: Ian Macey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'MI List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 5:39 AM Subject: MI Inserting nodes >Is there a way either using MI 5.5 or Vertical Mapper, to select a polyline >and insert nodes say every 4.8 metres along the line? > >Many thanks > >IAN > >--- >Ian Macey >Dreweatt Neate > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.dreweatt-neate.co.uk >Telephone: 01635 263050 >Facsimile: 01635 263090 > > >** >EMAIL DISCLAIMER: >The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally >privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and access to the e-mail >by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any >disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken >in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. > >If you have received this email in error please notify: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >** > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put >"unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Converting labels to text objects
When I try to convert labels to text objects (using the mapbasic function LabelInfo(window_id, layer_nr, LABEL_INFO_OBJECT)) I never get all of the labels converted and sometimes my program crashes with the message that there is no current label. Also I have trouble with scaling rotated text objects. At first I tried it by: * setting the map to the right scale * converting the objects on the screen layer by layer * panning the map * converting the objects on the screen layer by layer * panning the map * etc. As result I got about 10% of the labels spreaded throughout the map. Those labels apeared however about 600 times in my text object table. Aparently, when MapInfo tries to find a labels on the screen while there is none, he finds a label outside the screen. Then I let my program check for every label he found if its anchor point was within the screen (if so: convert label; else do nothing). As the result I got still about 10% of the labels converted, but this time only once. Has anyone got any idea why MapInfo didn't find all of the labels. (I'm sure I let my program search the whole map.) Then I used a different approach: * I let my program scale the map to fit on the screen * then I let my program convert the labels layer by layer * then I let my program scale the objects to the right size by changing MBR coordinates (MBR = Minimal Boudery Rectangle) The result: Lots of labels were converted, but not all of them. Every time I run my program a different amount of labels is converted (depends on the mood of my computer, I suppose). Sometimes I get hundreds of text objects, sometimes thousands (there are about 4000 labels in my map). The horizontal texts were scaled back correctly, but the rotated texts remained much to big. The MBR's however were always scaled correctly. Does anyone happen to know what goes wrong here? There is still another problem: Sometimes my program crashes at a LabelInfo() function with the message that there is no current label. However my program should only execute the LabelInfo() function if he has found (and selected) a label. If this happens my program already has succesfully converted some labels (sometimes tens, sometimes hundreds, sometimes thousands) and sometimes it doesn't happen at all. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Selecting Points and Polylines
Dear List, I have two tables, one with points (some 30,000 records) and the other with polylines (some 260,000 records). They describe land-use patterns. I must to select the polylines surrounding points with a given attribute to convert them to regions (with MapLogix). How I can select these polylines? As polylines have no centroid, I can not use the "Contains" or "Within" clause? Every input is wellcome... Agustin __Prof. Agustin Estrada-PenaDept. of Animal Pathology (Parasitology)University of Zaragoza (Spain)
MI Inserting nodes
Is there a way either using MI 5.5 or Vertical Mapper, to select a polyline and insert nodes say every 4.8 metres along the line? Many thanks IAN --- Ian Macey Dreweatt Neate mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dreweatt-neate.co.uk Telephone: 01635 263050 Facsimile: 01635 263090 ** EMAIL DISCLAIMER: The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and access to the e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error please notify: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
