MI MapBasic Utilitiy Tool

[decorp1]

    I would like to know if the Cogoline a 
MapBasic application utlity tool (MapInfo v4.1.2) which only have a feet and 
miles measurement units(English system) can also be configured to meters (Metric 
system) if this is so how can I do that? Or is there any MapBasic application 
similar to Cogoline that uses the metric system.
 
Benjy S. Sta. Ana

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RE: MI Brazil Projection Details

[Clifford J. Mugnier]

Scott,

This is out of my "scale" of expertise, but by any chance 
could this sheet be cut on the IMW (International Map of 
the World) format?  If it is, it's not a Lambert but a 
Lallemond Polyconic - infinite number of standard 
parallels.

The math is in Snyder's USGS Bible.

Merry Christmas!

Clifford J. Mugnier ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The Topographic Engineering Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, Louisiana  70148

Voice and Facsimilie: (504) 280-7095

On Thursday, 23 December, 1999 3:11 AM, Scott Davies 
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Listers
>
> Can somebody please help.
> I need to know the projection parameters for the 
1:500,000
> geological mapsheet series over Brazil.  I believe it is
> the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection, but unsure of the
> standard parallels to use.
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> Many Thanks and Happy Christmas
>
> Scott Davies
>
> Meridian GIS
> PO Box 295
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> Western Australia
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RE: MI Pro Geometry Manager

[Martin Higham]

Hi,

>From my tests so far with fairly large datasets it works very well and VERY
quickly.  We compile geological maps by digitizing, cleaning, polygonizing
and attributing.  Pro Geometry Manager builds a 7000 polygon geological map
from the linework in a couple of minutes on my PII-266 with 128MB RAM.  The
ability to clean spikes and dangles, batch process, combine linework from
multiple tables and the very verbose log files are also great features.

It is relatively high cost, but it offers big value if you're cleaning and
building large polygon datasets.

Best Regards,

Martin Higham
Manager - GIS Services

Encom Technology
PO Box 727  ph  61 3 9428 4088
Richmondfx  61 3 9428 0470
Vic 3121mob 61 3 624 117
Australia   www.encom.com.au

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jchgis
> Sent: Friday, 24 December 1999 01:32
> To: Forest Pearson; MapInfo Help
> Subject: Re: MI Pro Geometry Manager
>
>
> It costs way more than it should (close to a thousand) but is
> quiet good,
> once you have a few quirks figured out (for example, "promote
> topology"
> actually keeps it the same and "maintain topology" changes
> lines to surfaces,
> etc.). Can't compare it to Arcview, since I have no
> experience on that.
>
> Forest Pearson wrote:
>
> > I was just on the MI web site and saw their Pro Geometry
> Manager.  Does
> > anyone have experience with this?  Is it any good, say as robust as
> > ArcInfo's Clean & Build commands?  Any idea how much it
> costs?  Thanks in
> > advance.
> >
> > Forest Pearson, Engineering Geologist, EIT
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Gartner Lee Limited
> > Suite C, 206 Lowe St.
> > Whitehorse, Yukon
> > (867) 633-6474, ext 23.
> >
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MI Dot Density custom symbols

[W. Kent Treichel]

Merry Christmas!
I am trying to make a map.  I have about 8000 addresses that I have
geocoded in St. Paul, MN.  Most of them are clustered in certain parts
of the city.  My boss wants one, and only one, map that shows where the
clients live what type of program they are involved in and where the
programs are located in the city.  There are approximately 70 programs. 
I tried individual values but the map is not legible.  Even if I
collapse the programs down to 10 with ten corresponding symbols that are
legible, the addresses are so close together in certain areas that the
symbols would be illegible.  (If I had a large format plotter, this
might not be a problem, but the best I can do is 11x17.)  I liked the
look of the dot density maps.  It provided a good graphical shot of what
part of the city our clients come from.  Now the question.  How can I
combine the best of individual value with the dispersed representation
of dot density?  And as long as I'm asking for the moon, how can I
ensure that they don't overlap with each other?
The final product would look something like this; a map of the city with
planning districts (17), within each planning district a certain number
of circles, squares, stars etc, representing the corresponding number of
clients in a particular program.
Negative responses appreciated as well, so I can start trying to figure
out a different strategy.
Respectfully submitted,
Kent
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MI 5.5 and ODBC

[Swayze, Natalie: #PNWT - PTNO]

I'm having problems doing the setup and accessing remote databases with the
new version of MI. The following error message always appears when trying to
connect to the server:
"(INTERSOLV)(ODBC Oracle driver)(Oracle)Error while trying to retreive text
for error ORA-12545"
Any suggestions?

Natalie 
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MI VM software

[Swayze, Natalie: #PNWT - PTNO]

Hello all,

There was a message posted a few days ago that listed a web site for a
company which offers "2 for 1" Vmapper software packages. Does anyone recall
this site/message?

Seasons Greetings to all!!

Natalie Swayze
Spectrum ROS/IC/GC/CA
WPG.,MB.
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Re: MI SDTS Translation

[Bill Thoen]

I'm not sure that TVP is the one that people need, but if the
1:24,000 scale SDTS DLG files at the EROS data center are that
format, then yes, that's it. The DEMs seem to be handled fine by
Northwood Geoscience's Vertical Mapper import function, so we
don't need that one right away.

Output to MID/MIF is the sanctioned transfer format. There are
one or two people online here who have learned how to read and
write MapInfo native format files, but they can contact you
privately if they think it's worthwhile. The official doco for
the MID/MIF format (supplied by MapInfo) is at
http://www.directionsmag.com/mapinfo-l/mif/Table_of_Contents.htm.
I can help you with anything not fully explained there (like the
Coordsys clause, and I can supply you with an ASCII tab-delimited
file of all MapInfo-supported projections.)

Let's talk about the data model. Knowing little of SDTS, but a
lot about DLG, I know for example, that some lines that represent
roads can have multiple names or highway numbers. Canyon Blvd
here in Boulder is called "Canyon Blvd" and "St Hwy 119" and "St
Hwy 7" (there's only one canyon for all these to squeeze through
heading up into the mountains.) So here we would have one line
for the road and at least 3 attributes for some sections. MapInfo
handles these as a "View" table. The StreetInfo product is set up
like this, but it's not officially documented. I did write this
up once upon a time, and you can get it (streets.zip) from
http://www.directionsmag.com/tools/Default.asp?a=file&id=169

There are also cases where a line can be part of a shoreline as
well as part of the lake's enclosing polygon boundary, and you
might want them both. Also in hydrology layers there are points
associated with stream sources and fork junctions. It would be
great to have the ability to export, points lines and polygons
into separate layers as needed, even if these features are
coincident and can be interpreted differently depending on what
type of graphic entity they are.

I (with some help from people here) could certainly supply a free
MapBasic and Mbx to load, combine and style MID/MIF entities into
MapInfo tables if that would simplify the SDTS MID/MIF output.
Even better if you could build this as a DLL, and then we could
link it to an MBX and produce native TAB files on the fly.

Just some thoughts...

- Bill Thoen


Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> In response to recent discussions about the need for SDTS to MIF (or TAB)
> translation, I have decided to write a free sdts2mif translator.  I am not
> normally a Mapinfo user, and so have a limited knowledge of Mapinfo, mostly
> garnered in the past from work on mif and TAB translators.  As such I am
> interested on feedback indicating how to write optimally useful files for
> use in Mapinfo.  Bill Thoen has kindly offered to help me a bit in this
> regard.
> 
> I have read back through a couple dozen SDTS messages in the Mapinfo-L
> archive, and this is what I understand:
> 
>  o Vertical Mapper (as of a very recent version) includes SDTS DEM import,
>so there isn't really much need for me to support DEMs.  Based on this
>I will concentrate on SDTS TVP (Topological Vector Profile) import.  If
>DEMs are an issue, I can easily provide an SDTS DEM to GeoTIFF translator.
> 
>  o MID/MIF is equally useable in Mapinfo as TAB/DAT files, so it is sufficient
>to write MID/MIF.
> 
>  o Mapinfo is primarily (only?) available for Windows so it is sufficient to
>produce Windows .exe files for a conversion utility.  (Note other platforms
>can be supported if desired.  I normally write platform agnostic text
>mode programs).
> 
> One question I have relates to the SDTS attribute data model.  SDTS vector
> features (lines, polygons, etc) can have links to zero or more attribute
> records.  These records can be in one or more tables.  What I have done in
> the past when writing an SDTS2Shape translator was scan the whole vector layer
> for attribute references, and then establish an attribute schema which is the
> merged form of all tables references from the layer.  I will do the same for
> Mapinfo output.
> 
> However, some vector features have links to more than one records in the same
> table.  For instance, some elevation contour datasets have more than one
> elevation record associated with contours.  This seems to occur when several
> contour have been collapsed into one in very dense areas.  The result is that
> one feature should be able to have several ELEVATION values associated with it.
> For now I am going to just assign one of the elevation values at random, but
> does anyone have an opinion on a better way of handling this?  Is it a major
> issue?
> 
> Another question I have is about what sort of graphical elements I should
> be using in the MIF file.  Is it important that this be configurable on the
> translator command line?
> 
> Finally, a few weeks ago someone asked if the FME support for SDTS was
> read/write or not.  FME 

Re: MI Mysterious coordinate system

[Cliff Mugnier - University of New Orleans]

Alex Eshed wrote:
> 
> Season's Greetings, List.
> 
> Here in Israel the use of WGS 84, Zone 36 Northern Hemisphere,
> is pretty common. Digitized maps (from paper maps) show a high
> level of accuracy compared to ground surveying data in this
> projection. However, GPS (differential) readings are off by a few
> dozen meters.
> 
> But... when using a projection called UTM ED 50 the GPS readings
> are far more accurate.
> 
> Can anyone explain to me what's happening? And what is UTM ED
> 50 anyway?
> 
> TIA to all responders.
> 
> Best regards,
> Alex Eshed
> Digi-Tek Ltd.
> 12, Homa St., Rishon LeZion, 75655, Israel
> Tel: +972-3-961-5840
> Fax: +972-3-961-5877
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.dgtek.com
>

Alex,

Here's the explanation for your question in as short a treatise as I can make
it:

A "Datum" is a system of Latitude and Longitude that is traditionally
established by individual countries. In Israel, the traditional system is the
Palestine Datum of 1928.

After WWII, the U.S. Army Map Service (AMS) decided that it was going to "unify"
all of the individual Datums that had connections with each other from classical
surveying observations.  That new "Datum" was going to be started in 1950 in
Europe. In particular, France was the first country to be "converted" to the
European Datum 1950 (EU50).  Each country in Western Europe was connected to
EU50 through their connections to France, then Scandanavia was connected in the
Northern European Block, and Institue Geographique National (IGN) in France was
contracted to do the connection computations in Northwest Africa (through AMS
computations in Spain and Portugal).  After the Danube region of Europe was
adjusted and connected with Western Europe, the chains of triangulation into
Greece and Turkey were computed on EU50, and then the Palestine Datum was
recomputed onto EU50 in the process of bringing EU50 to Egypt and connection
with EU50 in Algeria as computed by the French IGN.

These computations were done with the use of the Universal Transverse Mercator
(UTM) Grid which is composed of 60 zones, each 6 degrees wide in longitude.  UTM
is a Grid, and is independant of ellipsoids and Datums.  UTM is based on the
Transverse Mercator projection, and the mathematical formulae are specifically
called the Gauss-Kruger model.

For further information on this stuff, I publish a monthly column on the topic
of "Grids and Datums" (each month is the history of all systems, new and old,
existing in a particular country).  I publish in "Photogrammetric Engineering
and Remote Sensing," the official journal of the American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

You can download some of my past "Grids and Datums" columns from:

http://www.asprs.org/resources.html

The files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, and there is a link at that page
where you can download a free copy of Acrobat to read and print each copyrighted
article.

There's ten different countries on the list at the moment, two discuss some of
the history I just alluded to above.  See specifically my column from June, 1998
on the Kingdom of Morrocco, and my column from October, 1998 on the Kingdom of
Belgium.  (There's lots of other places, but that's what's available on EU50
stuff.  I did one a few months ago on the Kingdom of Norway, but the Society
does not have that one available as a "freebie."

It ain't a mystery; it's just remarkably obscure stuff.

One of the world's foremost authorities on Map Projections is Prof. Ron K. Adler
who teaches at several campuses (campii?), including in Tel Aviv.

Happy Holidays to you too!

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The Topographic Engineering Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, Louisiana  70148

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Re: MI e00 file format

[Pablo Berroa]

Sonya,

You can translate .e00 files directly into MI tabs with "FME for MapInfo".  
It translates almost all formats.  It is not a freeware, but you can 
download a demo from:

http://www.safe.com/fme_mapinfo.htm

Have a happy Y2K.

Regards,

Juan P. Berroa
Geodatos Dominicana
Sto Dgo, Dominican Rep.
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MI Non earth map

[Pablo Berroa]

hi all:

Does anyone knows about a Mapbasic aplication with some of the capablities 
of "fleximap.mbx"

I have street map that's not perfectly georeferenced. So, I need to know the 
way to georeference non-earth maps.

I wish you all MERRY CRITSMAS from the Caribean.

Juan P. Berroa
Geodatos Dominicana
Sto Dgo, Dominican Republic
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MI Thanks

[V. VESTRI]

Thanks to all who replied to my question "how to get minimum distance
between one point and polyline".

Merci beaucoup de la participation québécoise dans cette histoire car la
difficulté était réelle.

Thanks again
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Véronique VESTRI

ASCOPARG
Surveillance de la qualité de l'air
dans la région grenobloise
France



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RE: MI Super Workspace - Try Workspace Manager

[Sinam Al-Khafaji]

I work for Empower Geographics, a MapInfo VAR outside Chicago.
We put together a small program called Workspace Manager.
You can download it free off our website; empowergeo.com.

It has some nuances, but we are always open to suggestions, revisions,
upgrades, etc.

Here the basics from the readme.txt.  Good luck & Happy Holidays.

 Features

Workspace Manager is designed to facilitate easy management and distribution
of a standard MapInfo Professional(r) Workspace file (.WOR extension).
Version 1.0 of Workspace Manager has been tested with MapInfo Professional
v4.5 and v5.0.  (and 5.5 - Sinam)

a)  Resolves missing/relocated .TAB files.
You can let Workspace Manager search drives for you automatically, or you
can specify a particular file replacement.

b)  Workspace Packages (.WORP) can be built to send a Workspace to another
user via disk, email or other electronic transport mechanism.
The Workspace Package can include any or all of the tables that are used in
the Workspace (within the Limitations listed in IIa).  The Packaged files
are compressed to reduce disk space and transmission time requirements.

c)  The recipient of a Workspace Package would use Workspace Manager to save
the enclosed Workspace and Tables to disk, and will assist in the location
of any tables not included in the distribution.

d)  Workspace Manager will default to extract only newer Tables from the
Package thus preserving your local copies as appropriate.  The user can
easily override this default on a Table by Table basis.

e)  There is no physical restriction on the number of Tables that can be
included in a Package or on their sizes (within available disk space
requirements for building or extracting them). 

-Original Message-
From: Alistair Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 12:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MI Super Workspace


Merry Christmas etc...

Has anyone had much experience with Super Workspace? Can anyone recommend a
similar (or otherwise) software package for the moving of workspaces?

I am looking at buying one and am looking for suggestions. I know the golden
rule is to make 'em where you want 'em but in this case I can't!

Thanks In Advance,

Alistair Hart
Dengue Action Response Team
Queensland Health
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Random quote of the moment
"I don't believe in mandates"
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graphics packages for MI maps?

[Dan_Page]

I have a question about graphic packages. So far we have been able to do all of
our printing directly from MapInfo to our HP Deskjet 1120c. However we are also
becoming interested in producing  quality output maps and images for printing on
larger then 11x17 format.  After downloading the AdobePS 5.1 postscript printer
driver I am now able to write a file from MI to Acrobat PDF writer and produce a
PDF file which can be viewed in Acrobat Reader. My question is what graphics
package  is most compatible to use for editing PDF files for quality output?
I've read on the list  people mentioning  Abobe Illustrator, what about Abobe
Photoshop? Which would be more suitable and more convenient for producing
publishable maps or images? We also might be needing to print out raster photo
images and right now we are getting by with Corel PhotoPaint 6.0 but need to
upgrade. Is it necessary to have both Abobe Illustrator and another raster
graphics package such as Abobe Photoshop or Corel PhotoPaint or will Abobe
Illustrator be sufficient for editing pdf files and printing photo raster images
in TIF format? I'm I also going to need MapPublisher with Abobe Illustrator for
the MI maps or can I get by with just saving my MI maps into PDF files? As you
can see I'm a newbie when it comes to graphic packages so I'm not sure what the
differences are between Illustrator and Photoshop, any suggestions would be
appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Dan Page
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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MI bi - directional polygon information

[Phil Bergen]

What are 
some of the different ways of displaying bi-directional 
polyline attribute information? I would like to display, 
for example traffic volume data in both directions.on a centerline 
road network made up of polylines eachwith its own ID 
number. This ID number corresponds to a database containing the 
volume data for both directions.
Any suggestions?
Regards, 
Phil


Regional Municipality of 
NiagaraPhil BergenTransportation Technologist2201 St. David's Road, P.O. Box 
1042Thorold, ON Canada L2V 4T7Phone (905) 685-1571 ext. 3266Fax 
(905) 687-4977Email 
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MI Mysterious coordinate system

[Alex Eshed]

Season's Greetings, List.

Here in Israel the use of WGS 84, Zone 36 Northern Hemisphere, 
is pretty common. Digitized maps (from paper maps) show a high 
level of accuracy compared to ground surveying data in this 
projection. However, GPS (differential) readings are off by a few 
dozen meters.

But... when using a projection called UTM ED 50 the GPS readings 
are far more accurate. 

Can anyone explain to me what's happening? And what is UTM ED 
50 anyway?

TIA to all responders.


Best regards,
Alex Eshed
Digi-Tek Ltd.
12, Homa St., Rishon LeZion, 75655, Israel
Tel: +972-3-961-5840
Fax: +972-3-961-5877
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.dgtek.com
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MI e00 file format

[jchgis]

Dear listers:
Does anybody know how to translate .e00 files into something MapInfo can
read?

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Production Manager
JCH GeoInfo
3600 University Dr
Durham NC 27707

(919)493-9339 Phone


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Re: MI Pro Geometry Manager

[jchgis]

It costs way more than it should (close to a thousand) but is quiet good,
once you have a few quirks figured out (for example, "promote topology"
actually keeps it the same and "maintain topology" changes lines to surfaces,
etc.). Can't compare it to Arcview, since I have no experience on that.

Forest Pearson wrote:

> I was just on the MI web site and saw their Pro Geometry Manager.  Does
> anyone have experience with this?  Is it any good, say as robust as
> ArcInfo's Clean & Build commands?  Any idea how much it costs?  Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Forest Pearson, Engineering Geologist, EIT
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Gartner Lee Limited
> Suite C, 206 Lowe St.
> Whitehorse, Yukon
> (867) 633-6474, ext 23.
>
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Durham NC 27707

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MI SDTS Translation

[Frank Warmerdam]

Folks,

In response to recent discussions about the need for SDTS to MIF (or TAB)
translation, I have decided to write a free sdts2mif translator.  I am not
normally a Mapinfo user, and so have a limited knowledge of Mapinfo, mostly
garnered in the past from work on mif and TAB translators.  As such I am
interested on feedback indicating how to write optimally useful files for
use in Mapinfo.  Bill Thoen has kindly offered to help me a bit in this
regard. 

I have read back through a couple dozen SDTS messages in the Mapinfo-L
archive, and this is what I understand:
 
 o Vertical Mapper (as of a very recent version) includes SDTS DEM import,
   so there isn't really much need for me to support DEMs.  Based on this
   I will concentrate on SDTS TVP (Topological Vector Profile) import.  If
   DEMs are an issue, I can easily provide an SDTS DEM to GeoTIFF translator.

 o MID/MIF is equally useable in Mapinfo as TAB/DAT files, so it is sufficient
   to write MID/MIF.  

 o Mapinfo is primarily (only?) available for Windows so it is sufficient to
   produce Windows .exe files for a conversion utility.  (Note other platforms
   can be supported if desired.  I normally write platform agnostic text
   mode programs). 

One question I have relates to the SDTS attribute data model.  SDTS vector
features (lines, polygons, etc) can have links to zero or more attribute
records.  These records can be in one or more tables.  What I have done in 
the past when writing an SDTS2Shape translator was scan the whole vector layer
for attribute references, and then establish an attribute schema which is the
merged form of all tables references from the layer.  I will do the same for
Mapinfo output.  

However, some vector features have links to more than one records in the same 
table.  For instance, some elevation contour datasets have more than one
elevation record associated with contours.  This seems to occur when several
contour have been collapsed into one in very dense areas.  The result is that
one feature should be able to have several ELEVATION values associated with it.
For now I am going to just assign one of the elevation values at random, but 
does anyone have an opinion on a better way of handling this?  Is it a major
issue?

Another question I have is about what sort of graphical elements I should
be using in the MIF file.  Is it important that this be configurable on the
translator command line?

Finally, a few weeks ago someone asked if the FME support for SDTS was 
read/write or not.  FME only reads SDTS datasets at this time, but the 
results can be written to any supported writable format, including MIF and TAB.
As usual, a variety of manipulation can be applied during translation.  FME
is a good value for anyone needing to do an assortment of data translation.
It isn't my intention to displace FME purchases, and in fact Safe Software
funded the development of my underlying OpenSource SDTS library.

Best regards,

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Re: MI Create Text in a Layout

[PEM]

Hi Scott,

If you are using MapBasic 4.5 or a later version there is a new function,
that does the trick.

Syntax:
CreateText( window_id , x , y , text , angle , anchor , offset )

This function creates text from a centerpoint and you can then set
different values to control
the placement of the textobject, almost like the Labelsetting.

That is you just need the calculate the center between your two points and
of you go.


Merry Christmas to you all.

Best wishes,

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MI Please help with labeling features

[Philip Place]

Hi,

I'm sorry if I'm not writing to the right place but I discovered a link to
this site on MapInfo's web site. Please ignore this mail if I'm in error. I
was hoping that you may be able to help me with a problem I'm having with
MapInfo. I've searched MapInfo's KB for a solution to no avail. I'm
developing a small application with Visual Basic and MapX (3.x) in which I
have to add a layer with some labelled features on it. I've managed to add
the (temporary) layer and the features to it but I cant figure out how to
label the features. The source of my data is an access database table with
fields; ID, Latitude, Longitude, and FeatureDescription. I first added the
layer using the CreateLayer method and added the features by looping through
the following procedure as many times as there was records in the table

Private Sub AddPoint(dblLatitude As Double, dblLongitude As Double,
lyrCurrentLayer As MapXLib.Layer)

Dim fNewSymbol As New MapXLib.Feature
Dim fMapSymbol As MapXLib.Feature

fNewSymbol.Attach Map1
fNewSymbol.Type = miFeatureTypeSymbol
   
fNewSymbol.Style = Map1.DefaultStyle
fNewSymbol.Point.Set dblLongitude, dblLatitude
Set fMapSymbol = lyrCurrentLayer.AddFeature(fNewSymbol)

End Sub

However, I'm at a loss as how to label these features with its Description
(4 letter abbv.). If you can help in anyway or know of anybody that would be
able to, it would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Philip Place



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MI 5.5 with Oracle Olap Client - Oracle Express V2.2

[Jayaprakash Athmaram]

Hello all,

Happy Christmas and New Year 2000 to you all from INDIA.
I was even more happy to know that Iam in the first shift
(morning 6:00 to 2:00pm) on 31st Dec for Y2K!!.

I have faced a major problem opening up MI 5.5 
in Oracle Express Analyzer. When I try to Insert 
the MapInfo map object into express I get the 
following error...

"unable to initilaize MapInfo server
 Fatal error! mapinfo server not available.
CoGetClassObject failed. Closing MI 5.5.0 map application"

But when I tried to insert Microsoft MI Map. It was fine.
Any hints is welcomed...

Cheers,
JP









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MI Brazil Projection Details

[Scott Davies]

Listers

Can somebody please help.  
I need to know the projection parameters for the 1:500,000 geological mapsheet series 
over Brazil.  I believe it is the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection, but unsure of 
the standard parallels to use.
Any help would be appreciated  

Many Thanks and Happy Christmas

Scott Davies

Meridian GIS 
PO Box 295 
Level 2, 1050 Hay Street 
West Perth 6872 
Western Australia 
Phone : (618) 9226-0101 
Fax : (618) 9226-0102 
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MI Interface with Business Objects

[Alex Eshed]

Greetings, List.

Season's greeting to you all.

Does anyone know of an interface between MapInfo and Business 
Objects?

(I checked the Archives. There was one identical, unanswered 
query from January 99. Maybe something has changed since then?)

TIA to all responders.


Best regards,
Alex Eshed
Digi-Tek Ltd.
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