Re: MI - Phriday Philosophy
I think Bill does a great job and diversity has been a big key to this list's success. Things like viruses and other trash are part of the game and are the user's responsiblity, whether they send/receive on this list. Even finding out that after being with MapInfo since v3.0 came out and the stock has done at least 2 splits, that I remember recently, plus growth I STILL DON'T HAVE ANY STOCK BEFORE THE 8 Sept DEADLINE :=( Any one want to trade DiaBuilder2000 for stock.[kidding] Thanks Bill and keep it up. Trey Pattillo[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.wap3.com
Re: MI New Company
Toby Walker wrote: > > Hey list, I've been looking at a new company that deems themselves SIM guys. > Im not sure what this paradigm is, but the Company is called > TerraGraphics. I checked out their web site by fluke this morning, and I > wanted to see what other GIScientests thought about this.. Well, the term "GIS" never did cut in the business world, and the Canadians (who invented the discipline) dropped it in favor of "Geomatics" as soon they realized that the Usonians (US Americans) decided that it was cool and appropriated it. And now, "Spatial Information Management," or SIM, appears in a web page with phrases like "Convergent Technology," "Amplified Mapping at Terminal Velocity," "market share," "competitive advantage," "businesss intelligence" and a great deal of additional hyperbolic buzzword twaddle. I see no "science" here (other than transparent propaganda.) But give them credit, sometimes a new name is all that's required to sell a well-known technology. Perhaps there's some science there in the background, but the web page tells us only that they have a geek in residence (GIR), and that he's just amazed the marketing staff with his brilliance. (well of course... GIS, like any other suffciently advanced technology, is indistinguishable from magic to hoi polloi.) But I saw no examples of anything concrete; just colorful words. Good job there though. Inspiring rhetoric with no visibles means of support. That sort of thing is yet another kind of magic. This web page makes my thaumometer pratically go off the scale. But where's the science? Finally, this line bothered me, especially on top of so much vacuousness. From their web page: > "At a time when Geographic Information Systems and Information Technology are >converging into a new business discipline called Spatial Information Management, one >company plans the complete infiltration and exploitation of geography in the business marketplaceTerraGraphics..." "...complete infiltration and exploitation of geography..." "...complete infiltration and exploitation of geography..." "...complete infiltration and exploitation of geography..." Sort of like "total war" eh? I guess the Wooden Ships really were just a hippie dream. - Bill Thoen GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ctmap.com/gisnet -- 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 Re: Open Table Interactive confusion
If you put "Interactive"after the mapbasic "Open Table" statement then if it does not find the table, it will throw up the open table dialog to find the table. If you omit "Interactive" and it does not find the table it will generate an error. - Original Message - From: Wright, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 7:01 PM Subject: MI: Open Table Interactive confusion > Hello All, > > Could anyone explain to me the logic behind the usage of the > "Interactive" keyword in the "Open Table" statement? It seems that MI > decides randomly whether to place the "Interactive" keyword at the end of > that statement. It would seem to me that it should put it on ALL open table > statements, but this is just not the case. > > Any ideas? > > Kevin Wright > ICF Consulting > Senior GIS Associate > 9300 Lee Highway > Fairfax, Virginia 22031-1207 > Voice:(703)218-2647 > Fax:(703)934-3974 > [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 New Company
Hey list, I've been looking at a new company that deems themselves SIM guys. Im not sure what this paradigm is, but the Company is called TerraGraphics. I checked out their web site by fluke this morning, and I wanted to see what other GIScientests thought about this.. thanx and have a great day MapGuy Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- 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 - Phriday Philosophy
I have an open mind and a free will. I use my open mind to evaluate the topics discussed on MapInfo-L. My free will come into play when I delete what I am not interested in reading. I would imagine, from the general tone and course this list has taken, that I am not alone in open mind and free will. I like the list as it stands. We live in a dynamic world. It is because of this worlds dynamics that I am employed. I would much prefer this list not drift toward a more static format. Patrick J. Phillips GIS Programmer II City of Orlando, FL -- 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: Phriday Philosophy (was: MI and Manifold)
>I still find the easiest way to deal with this is the self-editting >method. The delete key remains my favorite tool! Another way to avoid the hassle of junk in your in-box is to monitor the list on one of the web sites that mirrors it instead of subscribing to it. I follow it our site at http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/tdc/mapinfo-l.nsf/$about?openabout -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: MI Friday Humour - More Reflections on Breaking News...
But some Okie's do think its funny, if it happens to an Arkansan Okie State Cowboy - Original Message - From: "Lavoie, Claude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Andy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mapinfo Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 12:31 PM Subject: RE: MI Friday Humour - Reflections on Breaking News... > As it is Friday, I indulge in reflecting about this joke. > > I have come across this one a few times: the joke is the same, but the > locale of the event varies according to the birthplace of the storyteller: a > French will place it in Belgium, a Canadian in Newfoundland, an Englishman > in Ireland, an American in Arkansas or Oklahoma (of course, no Okie would > consider it funny). > > I am not critical of the choice, just pointing out that each place has a > scapegoat. > > "On est toujours un peu l'Iroquois de quelqu'un" (Sylvain Lelièvre), loosely > translated as "One is always someone else's laughing stock". > > Good weekend to you all. > > _ > > Claude Lavoie, a.g. > 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] > _ > > > -Message d'origine- > De: Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Date: 25 août 2000 05:08 > À: Mapinfo Mailing List > Objet: MI Friday Humour - Breaking News... > > > Ireland's* worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small > two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue > workers have recovered 826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as > digging continues into the night. > > > > > *If you are Irish, feel free to swap nations as appropriate. > > -- > 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] -- 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 Locate nearest...
If you don't want to write a MapBasic (or don't have it) routine, then try this out. Create five new float type columns in your table. Labels: (or something like this) Long1 Lat1 Long2 Lat2 Distance * Update the long1 column in your whole table with the longitude and the Lat1 with the Latitude of the fixed point (or street address in your case) * Update the Long2 and Lat2 with the Long and Lat of your variable points or store locations (use the CentroidX and CentroidY functions in your update statement) * Update the Distance column of your table using the expression Distance(Long1,Lat1,Long2,Long2,"mi") * Sort your table by distance to get a table ordered by the distance from your address to the store locations There you have it. Keep in mind a few things. This is just ONE way. There are several other ways to do it as well. Also keep in mind that the distance function returns a "Great Circle" distance if you are in a earth coord system and a Cartesian distance if you are in a non-earth projection. Hope this was of some use to you, Ken Take care, Kevin Wright ICF Consulting Senior GIS Associate 9300 Lee Highway Fairfax, Virginia 22031-1207 Voice:(703)218-2647 Fax:(703)934-3974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ken Fioretti [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 1:34 PM To: 'MAPINFO-L' Subject:MI Locate nearest... Hello All, What is the simplest way to locate the nearest point(s) from a table of multiple points to another point. For example, I have a table of store locations and the point of a single address. How do I determine which are the nearest 3 stores in the store table to the address point? Do I need to write a MapBasic routine, or is there a native MI function/command? Thanks Ken Fioretti -- 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: Phriday Philosophy (was: MI and Manifold)
I for one really enjoy the open nature of MapInfo-L. My interests in MapInfo cover a wide range, and to have to try to focus that would be difficult. I also enjoy the email that is outside of my normal interest because occasionally there is something that strikes me as interesting. It keeps me informed about topics that I wouldn't otherwise keep up with but still impact what I do for a living. I would miss that if I had to pick and choose which MapInfo lists I subscribed to. I still find the easiest way to deal with this is the self-editting method. The delete key remains my favorite tool! Gary. -- 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 Locate nearest...
Thanks Curt. I understand how the distance function would work. What if your 'store' table has thousands or tens of thousands of records, wouldn't the query be extremely slow? Ken > -- > From: Curt Newsome[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 3:26 PM > To: Ken Fioretti > Subject: Re: MI Locate nearest... > > Ken, you can do this with an SQL query using the Distance function. > If no > one's sent you the "how-to" yet (the procedure is not very well > documented > in the books) let me know and I'll fill you in on it! > > Curt Newsome > > Ken Fioretti wrote: > > > > > Hello All, > > What is the simplest way to locate the nearest point(s) from a table > of > > multiple points to another point. For example, I have a table of > store > > locations and the point of a single address. How do I determine > which > > are the nearest 3 stores in the store table to the address point? Do > I > > need to write a MapBasic routine, or is there a native MI > > function/command? > > Thanks > > Ken Fioretti > > > > > -- > > 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]
Phriday Philosophy (was: MI and Manifold)
In reference to the short discussion on whether Manifold is as good as they say: "Eric Frost / HR and Associates, Inc." wrote: > Note: this sort of disturbs me (and still I like it) that we discuss other GIS's and >any topic actually on this MI-list... I just know arcview-l is moderated--they've >turned down a few of my innocuous queries about intl data--but to add to the >discussion regarding MI's marketing (I noticed several posts regarding their >education sector efforts) couldn't MI pony up to allow BT or anyone to sift through >stuff? at least we would not be a prime deliver of KAK...(pun intended) As everybody here knows, MapInfo-L is a very open forum--some would say it's too open, but I kind of like that aspect too. To my mind, the horizon of my the GIS sphere doesn't end with MapInfo, and learning of a few seemingly unrelated things seems to broaden my view. However, MapInfo-L isn't GIS-L or GISlist, and perhaps we need to remind ourselves occasionally that it's main focus is MapInfo. General GIS comments or questions probably ought to go to those other lists first. I'd prefer to leave that as a guideline rather than a rule, because I wouldn't want to be a censor, or suffer anyone else's permission to post whatever I'd like to post. Sometimes a serendipitous posting generates a very welcome but unexpected line of thought. Of course, a nicer and more positive term for censor would be "editor." An editor would ensure that what makes it into the email stream would be clean (no virus or spam) mail, summarized responses, HTML format-free and attachment-stripped messages. The topics would be limited to what that edited forum lists as relevant. Anyone could post to the forum too, but whether their message just passes through to the origin forum(s), or gets rejected, or gets included in the edited feed depends on how closely they follow the forum's guidelines. Think of it as a managed portfolio of email. One focus might be MapInfo-not-Programming, or another might be MapInfo-with-significant-GIS-events. Still another might be MapInfo-and-competition-wireless, or something like that. The success of a edited forum would depend on a good set of email management tools and of course, a good editor, who might be any one of you with the ability and interest. This wouldn't be a free thing; either advertising pays for it or subscribers do. I know from experience that it's a lot of work when you try to deliver that sort of service. But would something like this be worth anything to readers? - Bill Thoen GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ctmap.com/gisnet -- 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 Locate nearest...
Hello All, What is the simplest way to locate the nearest point(s) from a table of multiple points to another point. For example, I have a table of store locations and the point of a single address. How do I determine which are the nearest 3 stores in the store table to the address point? Do I need to write a MapBasic routine, or is there a native MI function/command? Thanks Ken Fioretti -- 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 Malaysia
Title: Malaysia Hi List, Anyone have a line on where I can purchase Malaysian data - such as county,zips,provincial( or equivalent) boundaries? Lawrence Loadman Competitive Intelligence/Leads Management Team Nortel Networks 2 Constellation Cr. Nepean Ontario ESN: 398-2980 (External) 613-768-2980 'The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size. '
RE: MI Friday Humour - Reflections on Breaking News...
As it is Friday, I indulge in reflecting about this joke. I have come across this one a few times: the joke is the same, but the locale of the event varies according to the birthplace of the storyteller: a French will place it in Belgium, a Canadian in Newfoundland, an Englishman in Ireland, an American in Arkansas or Oklahoma (of course, no Okie would consider it funny). I am not critical of the choice, just pointing out that each place has a scapegoat. "On est toujours un peu l'Iroquois de quelqu'un" (Sylvain Lelièvre), loosely translated as "One is always someone else's laughing stock". Good weekend to you all. _ Claude Lavoie, a.g. 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] _ -Message d'origine- De: Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: 25 août 2000 05:08 À: Mapinfo Mailing List Objet: MI Friday Humour - Breaking News... Ireland's* worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue workers have recovered 826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the night. *If you are Irish, feel free to swap nations as appropriate. -- 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 and Manifold; Output from MapInfo]
For the records I would just like to add a small correction to Mr. Bylov's posting in the the current version of MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator, which is version 4.0, is 100% compatible with Adobe Illustrator 9.0. Gleb Bylov wrote: > Hello Listers, > Well Manifold does not produce thematic maps the way MapInfo does it, so it > can not possibly replace old good MapInfo. It's rather an extremely > powerful GIS / spatial <> add-on to MapInfo (as well as to > ArcView etc.). And their 3d visualisation stuff is cool too. > Up till now, I was deliberately deleting all messages about printing from > MapInfo. Now I have to produce a poster-size map from MapInfo and regret > it. Can anyone offer any suggestions for professional [vector] output from > MapInfo? Avenza's MapPublisher seems to do the job, but I recently noticed > small notes on the website stating incompatibility of the most recent > versions of MapPublisher and Illustrator / Freehand, the major host > programs. Something to think about, given that upgrades to any subsequent > versions from any of the parties (Avenza itself, Adobe and Macromedia) > aren't cheap. > The only option so far seems to be exporting MapInfo layers to dxf. Or > converting everything from MapInfo to ArcView and exporting layers as Adobe > Illustrator .ai files (very handy option in ArcView). However, in any case > the attributes and formatting/design are lost by the time they reach any > DTP program. > Also, I tried printing from MapInfo to PDF - the output is raster, not vector. > Any plug-in for Corel from MapInfo? Corel may be worse than Adobe packages, > but it seems to have a decent vector output and the cost of upgrading to > Corel 9 Graphics Suite (Draw and PhotoPaint and many more) is several times > cheaper ($200 US) than buying or even upgrading Adobe Illustrator or Adobe > Photoshop alone. And Corel offers competitive upgrades, Adobe does not. > Does anyone know any other program (other than ArcView) that produces > professional output from the layout and can eat MapInfo files? Any suggestions? > Gleb. > > P.S. Some helpful resources on printing from MapInfo: > > http://www.sgsi.com/GraphicPubl_1099.htm > (really good) > http://www.pinebush.com/propress.html > > Gleb Bylov > GIS Analyst > CSCA, Ryerson Polytechnic University > www.csca.ryerson.ca > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ted Florence [EMAIL PROTECTED] MAPublisher 4.0 for Adobe Illustrator 8.01 & 9.0 is now shipping!! MAPublisher - The true solution for cartographers and map-makers Avenza Systems (905) 567-2811 http://www.avenza.com ** Developers of MAPublisher, MAPublisher-GPS & pdfPlus Bridging the gap between your GIS and major graphics software -- 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 and Manifold; Output from MapInfo
Hello Listers, Well Manifold does not produce thematic maps the way MapInfo does it, so it can not possibly replace old good MapInfo. It's rather an extremely powerful GIS / spatial <> add-on to MapInfo (as well as to ArcView etc.). And their 3d visualisation stuff is cool too. Up till now, I was deliberately deleting all messages about printing from MapInfo. Now I have to produce a poster-size map from MapInfo and regret it. Can anyone offer any suggestions for professional [vector] output from MapInfo? Avenza's MapPublisher seems to do the job, but I recently noticed small notes on the website stating incompatibility of the most recent versions of MapPublisher and Illustrator / Freehand, the major host programs. Something to think about, given that upgrades to any subsequent versions from any of the parties (Avenza itself, Adobe and Macromedia) aren't cheap. The only option so far seems to be exporting MapInfo layers to dxf. Or converting everything from MapInfo to ArcView and exporting layers as Adobe Illustrator .ai files (very handy option in ArcView). However, in any case the attributes and formatting/design are lost by the time they reach any DTP program. Also, I tried printing from MapInfo to PDF - the output is raster, not vector. Any plug-in for Corel from MapInfo? Corel may be worse than Adobe packages, but it seems to have a decent vector output and the cost of upgrading to Corel 9 Graphics Suite (Draw and PhotoPaint and many more) is several times cheaper ($200 US) than buying or even upgrading Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop alone. And Corel offers competitive upgrades, Adobe does not. Does anyone know any other program (other than ArcView) that produces professional output from the layout and can eat MapInfo files? Any suggestions? Gleb. P.S. Some helpful resources on printing from MapInfo: http://www.sgsi.com/GraphicPubl_1099.htm (really good) http://www.pinebush.com/propress.html Gleb Bylov GIS Analyst CSCA, Ryerson Polytechnic University www.csca.ryerson.ca -- 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 Back to basics....NTF styles
Harry, Speak to the OS - they used to say "no - use any you like - its not up to us to dictate" - then they started to make some reccomendations. Suggest you talk to them - they may have a template they could provide. If you dont have any luck tracking down the right people then let me know - I can pass you a few names to pester. FC 1 was always red solid line, FC21 a yellow solid one FC 30 a black one.. Ahhhtakes me back to those good old days at the Survey Gareth Hardman Saturn Technologies - Original Message - From: Harry Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Mapinfo User List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 1:27 PM Subject: MI Back to basicsNTF styles > Hello All > > Is there a guide somewhere to 'recommended' NTF Landline styles & text? > It's something I've always wondered about as everyone seems to use different > styles & layers. It seems to me to be fairly important to get right first > time as all your subsequent workspaces will depend on the presence of > certain files. > > Harry Bell > GIS Project Manager > East Dorset District Council > > *(01202) 886201 extn.2243 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Views: > The views expressed in this electronic communication are those of the writer and are not, unless otherwise stated, the views of East Dorset District Council. > > Confidentiality: > The addressee(s) of this electronic communication shall treat its contents in confidence and take all reasonable steps to ensure that the contents are not accessed or made available to any third party. No liability arising from unauthorised access to the information contained in this electronic communication whilst stored on any computer system or electronic storage media outside of its direct control shall be accepted by East Dorset District Council. > > Virus checking: > Whilst all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure that this electronic communication and its attachments whether encoded, encrypted or otherwise supplied are free from computer viruses, East Dorset District Council accepts no liability in respect of any loss, cost, damage or expense suffered as a result of accessing this message or any of its attachments. > > -- > 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 and Manifold
>Note: this sort of disturbs me (and still I like it) that we >discuss other GIS's and any topic actually on this MI-list... >I just know arcview-l is moderated--they've turned down >a few of my innocuous queries about intl data--but to add >to the discussion regarding MI's marketing (I noticed >several posts regarding their education sector efforts) couldn't >MI pony up to allow BT or anyone to sift through stuff? at >least we would not be a prime deliver of KAK...(pun intended) I like MapInfo-L just the way Bill runs it. I find the discussions to be a tremendous resource, and I would hate to see them reined in by MapInfo Corp. or anyone else. -- 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 MapInfo 5.0.1 Polygon Snapping Problem
Yes. I found that the projections of the two table are different which causes the points to come out at a different location. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have recently come across my first major error using MapInfo and my own > tech support staff has not heard of it. My problem occurs when I am drawing > polygons using underlying layers to determine the boundaries. Using the snap > function and the cross hairs to determine the snap vertice point, after I > release the mouse button, the vertice snaps to a point to the right about 1/4 > inch on the screen. No other layers are selectable. I have packed the table, > tried snapping using other layers and have closed down MapInfo, but to no > success. Has anybody else come across this problem and if so could you shed > some light on the subject. > begin:vcard n:Howard;Jerry tel;cell:318-426-1025 tel;work:903-633-2614 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.micro-app.com org:Micro Applications Corp. adr:;;1361 Don Long Rd;Waskom;Tx;75692;USA version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:President note:"Limited Only by Your Imagination" fn:Jerry Howard end:vcard
Re: MI: Simultaneous file sharing, multiple users
I suggest using the redline Concept. If one party wants to make edits, create a blank work table that is commonly located to everyone. Each will have its own editable table with their marks on it. Have them use a different color Crayon. When everyone displays the original map, either add the "red line" tables into the workspace or have separate windows indicating changes. These "Red Line" tables can be reused over and over. If you let numerous people attempt to change a table simultaneously (currently not possible) who's information is said to be right and who's information needs to be removed? (unless it is the boss's and we know who's answer is correct) Jason Adam wrote: > Good day List- > I have had a request to look into something that may not be MapInfo specific > but I thought the collective knowledge base here may have an idea or two. > I'm looking at a way to have two (or more) users simultaneously look at a > network file and mark edits on it in real time, kind of like a video > conference or virtual/net meeting. Essentially it would be like everyone > gathered around one computer and suggesting ideas while one person executed > them with MapInfo, but instead they want to sit at their own terminals and > see the same thing. This is especially useful for others on the company > network who are not in the same regional office. > > Would a solution have to be application specific? If all the participants > had the same software on their machines (be it MapInfo, ERmapper etc), would > there be a way to show a window of what the others were doing on everyone's > screen? begin:vcard n:Howard;Jerry tel;cell:318-426-1025 tel;work:903-633-2614 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.micro-app.com org:Micro Applications Corp. adr:;;1361 Don Long Rd;Waskom;Tx;75692;USA version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:President note:"Limited Only by Your Imagination" fn:Jerry Howard end:vcard
Re: MI exporting maps to word
Simply Copy and Paste Window from Mapinfo to Powerpoint. It works great. "Harry, Clayton" wrote: > Bill, > I am constantly creating maps for engineering meetings and they all use > PowerPoint presentation slides these days. What I do is at the point where > you actually save the file, change the selection from Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) > to select a Windows Metafile (*.wmf). The maps are not as pixilated in this > format as are the bitmap images. > > Clayton L. Harry > GIS Analyst > CapRock > COMMUNICATIONS CORP. > > -Original Message- > From: Holden, Bill (CY - City Planning) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 3:30 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: MI exporting maps to word > > hi > > we are exporting map windows (mapinfo professional 6) to word (save window > as...file format..insert picture) with poor results. i searched the archive > and saw some stuff suggesting this process back in the v.4 days. is this as > good as it gets? > > thanks > > Bill Holden > Senior Planner I > * Demographics > * Statistical Analysis > * Planning Information > > Planning Research and Information Resource Centre > City Planning Branch > Community Services Department > http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/departments/planning/ > -- > 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] begin:vcard n:Howard;Jerry tel;cell:318-426-1025 tel;work:903-633-2614 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.micro-app.com org:Micro Applications Corp. adr:;;1361 Don Long Rd;Waskom;Tx;75692;USA version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:President note:"Limited Only by Your Imagination" fn:Jerry Howard end:vcard
Re: Summary - MI Oracle and MapInfo - Map/nHand?
Hi, I just wanted to chime in on this Wireless conversation. While MapInfo's pre-packaged solutions are Java/Oracle based, that doesn't mean that wireless mapping can't be done with MapInfo products without Java and Oracle. All that's required is a server-side application that supports the WAP protocol which is very well documented -- check out Nokia's site at http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/1,6668,1_1,00.html (requires you to sign up, but it's free and includes a very cool wap-enabled phone simulator for testing). Another good resource is The Wireless FAQ at http://allnetdevices.com/faq/ As a test, I wrote an Active Server Pages application using MapXsite (significantly less expensive than MapXtreme!) to do a scaled-down dealer locator. It worked fine with the Nokia simulator. I haven't tested it with anything else, but as a proof of concept I think it was a success. The only real difference between what I wrote and a traditional MapXsite application is that instead of spitting out HTML, the application has to write WML (which is similar to HTML). Of course, MapInfo would prefer to sell larger (read more expensive) solutions in this arena because the players tend to have a lot of dough. To be honest, I like to make money, too. But if we can leverage existing, lower cost products, then I think we have the ability to make our money on the application development side and still provide a lower-cost alternative to the customer. I believe that the real challenge is not from a programming standpoint, but from a cartographic. How can we make useful, engaging maps that display on a monochrome screen within miniscule real estate? I'm not sure how big the PalmPilot screen is, but I think the Nokia phone is only 96 pixels wide by 65 pixels high! I'd love to hear some discussion on this topic, especially considering the fact that these devices are likely to get smaller and smaller. I think I heard somewhere that IBM has developed a prototype wristwatch with wireless capability. How are we going to display maps on that?!? Gary Schwartz Manager Application Development Mapping Analytics -- 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 Label Placement
No GIS handles text or labels very well, and in fact all GIS graphics handling is, at its very best, barely adequate. A map is a complex graphic product which requires sophisticated graphics tools for creation and manipulation. A GIS is for storage, retrieval, manipulation and analysis of geographic information. Once that is done and one wants to make a MAP (ie a GRAPHIC) the data must be rolled into a graphics program. That said, I was impressed last year at the International Cartographic Association conference with the ESRI Maplex demonstration I saw. There was also a Norwegian (?) company, whose name escapes me, which had some improved map graphics tools which worked with major vendor GIS data. I must search for the brochure... Mark Denil Halifax NS >I have seen a product called Label-EZ which is used to place labels in >MapInfo (and other GIS's) a lot more cleverly than MapInfo can. It can also >handle curved labels, leadering, contour labelling etc. It is also very >expensive. Are there any other label placement/enhancement products in use >out there that can be recommended? Any of you that are producing high >quality map products, what do you use? Do some of you export and do the >labelling outside of MapInfo? > >Regards >Tony >-- >Tony Shepherd >IT/GIS Manager >Gore District Council >Gore, New Zealand >Gore, the brown trout capital >www.goredc.govt.nz >www.mataura.com >-- > >-- >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]
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RE: MI Importing from Mapguide to Mapinfo/MapX.
ESRI format is published so you could use the MapGuide SDF SDK to generate the actual ArcView stuff easy. Unfortunately, MI hold their cards closer to their chest but a TAB SDK is available where business case is appropriate. This means that from the SDF SDK you could be creating MI files and bypassing the need to purchase FME - note that I am not knocking FME! It is a great product and IMHO should be on every GIS professional's desk. For reasons of automation, you do not need it - but i think u have to get the TAB SDK deal direct from MI. doug -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford) Sent: 25 August 2000 09:05 To: 'climber' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI Importing from Mapguide to Mapinfo/MapX. The word from the MapGuide community is in agreement: Convert to SDL using the SDF Loader, then import into MI using FME... -Original Message- From: climber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 August 2000 00:33 To: Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford) Cc: 'Pablo Francisco Sparta'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI Importing from Mapguide to Mapinfo/MapX. You should check out Vancouver, Canada's, Safe Software, and their Translators: FME Professional Suite, or FME Professional ESRI Suite. It's worth the money considering the power to translate geospatial information. Both MapInfo and ESRI use a subset of FME for their products translators. http://www.safe.com/ I can attest to FME Professional Suite for MapInfo and it's ability to correctly translate CARIS NTX files. Provided the data is exported properly from CARIS. Stan Johnston Geologist "Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford)" wrote: > I'm not aware of a more direct route (but that doesn't mean to say there > isn't one!), but you can use the SDF COM Toolkit to manipulate (ie. > read) your SDF's. If another lister can provide you with the necessary > information to create TABs etc.. > > [The mapguide SDF loader can also create SDLs - ASCII-versions of SDFs] > > CJM > -Original Message- > From: Pablo Francisco Sparta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 24 August 2000 15:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI Importing from Mapguide to Mapinfo/MapX. > > How can I import from Mapguide format (SDF) to Mapinfo/MapX formats > (TAB)? > Thank you, > Pablo Sparta. > -- > 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] -- 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 Back to basics....NTF styles
Hello All Is there a guide somewhere to 'recommended' NTF Landline styles & text? It's something I've always wondered about as everyone seems to use different styles & layers. It seems to me to be fairly important to get right first time as all your subsequent workspaces will depend on the presence of certain files. Harry Bell GIS Project Manager East Dorset District Council *(01202) 886201 extn.2243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Views: The views expressed in this electronic communication are those of the writer and are not, unless otherwise stated, the views of East Dorset District Council. Confidentiality: The addressee(s) of this electronic communication shall treat its contents in confidence and take all reasonable steps to ensure that the contents are not accessed or made available to any third party. No liability arising from unauthorised access to the information contained in this electronic communication whilst stored on any computer system or electronic storage media outside of its direct control shall be accepted by East Dorset District Council. Virus checking: Whilst all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure that this electronic communication and its attachments whether encoded, encrypted or otherwise supplied are free from computer viruses, East Dorset District Council accepts no liability in respect of any loss, cost, damage or expense suffered as a result of accessing this message or any of its attachments. -- 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/MB default 'dialog' font
Hi Can anyone tell me if there is a way to change the default font used in dialog boxes to be courier. I'm trying to get columns of text to align in mapbasic, but in the absense of courier, this seems as though it will be impossible. Thanks Ian Allan -- 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 Friday Humour - Breaking News...
Ireland's* worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue workers have recovered 826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the night. *If you are Irish, feel free to swap nations as appropriate. -- 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 predefined styles
Lars, try the address below and download a product called ScreenDig 2.0 demo. I think it's what you are looking for, except it handles symbols, lines and polygons (not text). The point is that the information you want to digitize is read from .Tab files or MS Access files at startup, so you define your own set of symbols, lines and polygons to use. http://www.dgis.se Cheers Niklas Grytting DGIS Software Tel: +46 (0) 70 373 97 98 Fax: +46 (0) 8 514 410 19 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Importing from Mapguide to Mapinfo/MapX.
The word from the MapGuide community is in agreement: Convert to SDL using the SDF Loader, then import into MI using FME... -Original Message- From: climber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 August 2000 00:33 To: Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford) Cc: 'Pablo Francisco Sparta'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI Importing from Mapguide to Mapinfo/MapX. You should check out Vancouver, Canada's, Safe Software, and their Translators: FME Professional Suite, or FME Professional ESRI Suite. It's worth the money considering the power to translate geospatial information. Both MapInfo and ESRI use a subset of FME for their products translators. http://www.safe.com/ I can attest to FME Professional Suite for MapInfo and it's ability to correctly translate CARIS NTX files. Provided the data is exported properly from CARIS. Stan Johnston Geologist "Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford)" wrote: > I'm not aware of a more direct route (but that doesn't mean to say there > isn't one!), but you can use the SDF COM Toolkit to manipulate (ie. > read) your SDF's. If another lister can provide you with the necessary > information to create TABs etc.. > > [The mapguide SDF loader can also create SDLs - ASCII-versions of SDFs] > > CJM > -Original Message- > From: Pablo Francisco Sparta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 24 August 2000 15:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI Importing from Mapguide to Mapinfo/MapX. > > How can I import from Mapguide format (SDF) to Mapinfo/MapX formats > (TAB)? > Thank you, > Pablo Sparta. > -- > 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] -- 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 exporting maps to word
Hi! The fastest way which gives least problems I've found to be like this. Have the map window active, press Ctrl+C to copy it. Change to Word and take Paste special and choose Image (I hope thats what it is called in the English version) instead of MapInfo Mapobject. Paste special gives an image that is easier to move around in the document. It's great for day to day work instructions. Sorry to say it doesn't work on layout window there's the only way I've found to save window as wmf or print to file. Have a nice weekend Regards Christer -Original Message- From: Holden, Bill (CY - City Planning) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:30 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI exporting maps to word hi we are exporting map windows (mapinfo professional 6) to word (save window as...file format..insert picture) with poor results. i searched the archive and saw some stuff suggesting this process back in the v.4 days. is this as good as it gets? thanks Bill Holden Senior Planner I * Demographics * Statistical Analysis * Planning Information Planning Research and Information Resource Centre City Planning Branch Community Services Department http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/departments/planning/ -- 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 thematic mapping problem- solutions
Thanks to those who offered solutions. It works fine now. solution 1: Run Command "Create Ranges From water_levels With "+col_name+" Use ""Equal Count"" Number 4 Round 0.1 Into Variable GW_ranges" solution 2: dim a as atring a=" Create Ranges From water_levels With "+col_name+" Use """Equal Count""" Number 4 Round 0.1 Into Variable GW_ranges" run command a solution 3: Dim tMyAliasColName As Alias Dim col_name As String tMyAliasColName = col_name Create Ranges >From water_levels With tMyAliasColName Use "Equal Count" Number 4 Round 0.1 Into Variable GW_ranges Steven Kalma URS/Dames & Moore The Netherlands Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steven_Kalma@URSCor p.com To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-mapinfo-l@lisSubject: MI thematic mapping problem ts.csn.net 23-08-2000 17:04 Hi, I am having some difficulties with a thematic mapping task with MapBasic. Maybe someone out there in MapInfo land can help me? I have an application in which I want to create a thematic map using 4 equal count ranges based on information from a given table (called " water_levels"). The problem is that the column in the "water_levels" table on which the thematic map is going to be created is not always the same. The column name is stored in the string variable "col_name" and is in the form "col4" etc. The code that is causing problems is: Create Ranges >From water_levels With col_name Use "Equal Count" Number 4 Round 0.1 Into Variable GW_ranges At run time this results in an error of the form "Invalid variable type". If I replace the variable "col_name" in the above code with col4 everything goes fine, the only problem being that it is not always col4 which I want to shade! Anyone able to give me some advice? Steven Kalma URS/Dames & Moore The Netherlands 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]
MI: column info
Title: MI: column info Hi list ! I know it is very simple question, but please help. How can I get information of a particular column from a selected record in the text format using mapbasic window.? TIA, Ken
