MI exportation de mise en page sous mapinfo
Bonjour, Lorsque j'exporte des mises en pages sous différents formats (wmf, jpg,bmp...), du texte sort des cadres de bordures. Ma configuration matériel est la suivante : écran iiyama 19' avec comme carte graphique la Matrox millenium G400 AGP la version Matrox power desk est la 4.22 et la version du pilote d'affichage est la 4.00.1381.4220 (4.22.081) la mémoire est de 32 M La résolution semble jouer un rôle important dans ce problème car je suis avec le 19' en 1280*1024 mais si je mets à la place un 17' en 1024*768 l'exportation des mises en pages se passe sans problèmes. Le support technique de matrox ne pense pas que la carte soit en cause, celui d'ADDE pense le contraire. J'aimerai donc avoir votre opinion si jamais vous avez été confrontés à ce problème. Merci beaucoup Laurent FrilleuxSTRATEGIS SAZolad Mini Parc, Bat 2912 rue de la Croix Verte34198 MONTPELLIER Cedex 504-67-41-68-41
MI RE: MobileLBSList: GIS and Wireless PDAs - MapInfo versus ESRI
I don't think that porting a desktop software, either MapInfo Pro, ArcView or any smaller packages is good way to make solutions for big public market. These are just like strange plugins for netscape, nobody uses them because nobody wants to use service which can't be accessed very simply. There could be some tools for specialists like ArcPad, but WAP seems to be only way to go to mass market with GIS solutions. I try to describe our way of using MapInfo and Oracle technologies for a wireless application. This has acually been very effective way to have a working solution, so maybe it gives some good ideas. - We've made a mapserver using MapXtreme, and added wbmp support for WAP pages (there is just a stand-alone gif2wbmp converter for that). Mapserver can show maps and add mobile positioning data to maps. - Underlying database is Oracle8i, which contains positioning data and Yellow Pages data, geocoded in Spatial format. Actually most of map data (static one) is still in MapInfo tab files. - There are quite simple basic "find nearest" and "find route" functions within Oracle8i database, to prioritise presented data. - MapInfo+Oracle alliance is used for just one thing - there is nice tool (easyloader) for uploading MapInfo data to Oracle8i spatial database. Actually, the easyloader can be downloaded from mapinfo testdrive web page for free ;-) Maybe MapXtreme (MapX within it) can also load spatial data directly to map, but it seems that using database application to read geometry from database and add to map "manually" is safer and probably faster too. You can see it at wap.locategsm.com (the site asks your phone number and some password to do positioning, but if you just don't enter anything and just click GO then you can get to most things, or see Help page to look at several demo positionings). The positioning tool is currently Ericsson's MPC, so the accuracy is as good as it can be with CGI-TA technology. Jaak Laineste Regio/Locategsm -Original Message- From: Neil Havermale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 12:21 AM To: 'Alistair Edwardes' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: MobileLBSList: GIS and Wireless PDAs - MapInfo versus ESRI For you "mobilebslist"ers interested in GIS we "mapinfo-l"ers have an interest in wireless.. We MapInfo GISers are very curious about the pending wireless era. I guess the thread that we pickup on in the G3 thing is that one of the increasing common features on WEB sites are maps and instructions on how to get to some place (if you know where your are) - a Yellow Pages with instructions on how to get there. There are a number of internet and intranet designs we could go on about. The PDA GIS model we are concerned with is the difference between the ESRI ArcPad which is a tiny(?) WinCE PDA stand alone GIS for heads-up feet-down GISing and note taking versus the MapInfo design of I what I may reference as GIS-just-in-time via the wireless revolution. For MapInfo the key technology is MapInfo's alliance with Oracle. Oracle as you may know is really pushing the envelope to provide wireless access to their 8i and now 9i Oracle WEB data servers. While 2MB+ G3 remains a glimmer in eyes of the stock market, it offers to the PDA form of wireless access, a very powerful and enabling GIS opportunity. I doubt I will ever carry a GIS in my mobile phone but I just might carry access to a powerful GIS via my wireless PDA. I don't know what the "LBS" thing is other than potentially a reference to how much a person can carry in a pocket? We MapInfo-ites are a bit new to this G3 and wireless thing. May be you could contribute to our discussion? MidNight Mapper aka Neil -Original Message- From: Alistair Edwardes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:20 PM To: Neil Havermale; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MobileLBSList: GIS and Wireless PDAs - MapInfo versus ESRI Neil, Carolyn et al. Do you think there is a risk of placing too much importance with respect to LBS in the PDA Market? As the saying goes "All that glisters is not gold". Whilst all the multimedia extensions may seem superficially tempting - is this really what the mass market wants? I think there is a strong argument to say that people want 'handy' devices that are optimised for making phonecalls, with supplementary data features that provide information useful in a mobile environment. If the supplementary features start to become to obtrusive to the core function, for example by draining battery power or increasing the complexity of interaction, then the device is no longer useful. Of course there are proven niche markets for PDAs, especially in areas such as forestry and data capture where a GIS in the field is exactly what is needed. But in comparison to the 1 Billion market that has been quoted, these are niche markets. Do people really want to
RE: Parsing MIF file
Hi Antoine, I have downloaded the stuffs from mentioned site. Stuffs contains more than the expected and simply great. Thank you very much. Gangadhar Talawar -Original Message- From: Antoine Gilbert, KOREM [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 9:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Mapinfo List' Subject:Re: Parsing MIF file go to http://pages.infinit.net/danmo/e00/index-mitab.html Here you can find some informations... and some code in C for translate mid/mif to mapinfo formats.. ___ ||//Antoine Gilbert || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || //#ICQ 9737371 || \\ || \\Le Groupe KOREM Inc. ||\\ http://www.korem.com Push'n'See : www.pushnsee.com MIG: www.mig.ca ___ - Original Message - From: "Gangadhar Talawar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'Mapinfo List'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 7:02 AM Subject: Parsing MIF file Hi all, Has anybody tried to convert MIF format to some other format?, if so please send me copy of C/C++ code, which parses MIF file. You can send your code to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gangadhar Talawar -- 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 Combining Error
I'm trying to combine objects using a column from a table and keep getting the error "An error occurred overlaying the objects Operation cancelled" when the process gets a certain amount of the way through. Can anyone explain what might be wrong ?? TIA, Scott..
MI Text cosmetics
Listers, In labelling roads with their respective names I have happened upon some rather shapely country roads. The labels I have added therefore look a little unsightly and angular (they are quite large). Is there a tool out there that will allow me to wrap these labels to a path (something along the lines of what you can do in Corel Draw)? Otherwise my options are to split the text up and position the words individually or I may indeed export the lot to Corel Draw... Any thoughts? Cheers, Dave _ David A. Eagle WS Atkins Consultants - East Anglia Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA. Direct Dial Tel: (01223) 814090, Fax: (01223) 277529 E-Mail: [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 Finding the node number of selection in reshape mode
Hello everyone, Does anyone know if there is a way to get the specific node number of the currently selected polygon or polyline node in MapBasic? I am trying to create an application to input specific coordinates of a polyline or polygon that has been previously been created. Kirk Regular www.gds.nf.net -- 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 exporting layout to wmf files
hello and sorry for my bad english i am working with mapinfo 6 and i have a problem to export layout to wmf files the text in the layout are outside the frames but when i print these layouts the text are styaing inside these frames. mi screen is an iiyama 19' and the resolution is 1280*1024 when i use a 17' screen with 1024*768 i don't have problems my graphics cards is a matrox millenium g400 agp matrox technical support indicate me that the card is ok, mapinfo technical support in france (adde) told me the contrary what can i do to solve this problem ? Thanks Laurent FrilleuxSTRATEGIS SAZolad Mini Parc, Bat 2912 rue de la Croix Verte34198 MONTPELLIER Cedex 504-67-41-68-41
Re: MI Combining Error
I used to get that error message all the time. Since I upgraded to V5.5, have not seen it once. If you are using any version prior to v.5.5, you may want to upgrade. - Original Message - From: Scott England To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 5:32 AM Subject: MI Combining Error I'm trying to combine objects using a column from a table and keep getting the error "An error occurred overlaying the objects Operation cancelled" when the process gets a certain amount of the way through. Can anyone explain what might be wrong ?? TIA, Scott..
RE: MI MB: Run Command Limitation
There certainly used to be a length limit for the select statement used by ODBC too. - David Booth Senior GIS Officer Merseyside Information Service -Original Message- From: Jacques Paris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 September 2000 16:18 To: Mike Taylor; 'Mapinfo List' Subject: RE: MI MB: Run Command Limitation I have written the most sophisticated program of all : dim a,b as string onerror goto crash a="" boucle: a=a+"A" b="print "++a+ print len(b) run command b goto boucle goto fin crash: print "error "+err() fin: end program and it gets stuck on a command at 508 characters (error 965, expression too complex). The run command accepts thus a string of 507characters. That would be 512 - 5 (let us assume that it is some code id). Aren't they other places in MI where the 512 character limit is imposed? Don't I remember something of the sort with the "where" clause of the SQL requester? Jacques PARIS e-mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Taylor Sent: September 21, 2000 1:04 AM To: 'Mapinfo List' Subject: RE: MI MB: Run Command Limitation Hi again Seems I spat the dummy at the wrong statement. I changed the string (from select to print) that I was sending to run command. eg, From: qs = "select ... lots of stuff ... from table into anothertable" run command qs To: qs = "print ""select ... lots of stuff ... from table into anothertable""" run command qs This worked fine, so I will change my question to why is this happening with select?? The amount of characters seems to be variable as well depending on the expression? I've attached a program which will generate the problem on my machine. -Original Message- From: Mike Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 21 September 2000 15:20 To: 'Mapinfo List' Subject: MI MB: Run Command Limitation Hi I seem to have run into a size limitation on the string you can pass to run command. It works when I trim the string down to 421 characters and fails (badly, invalid page fault) when it is 422 characters. The command also fails when I put it into the mapbasic window of professional. Is there any workaround for this? Why is 422 the magic number? -- 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 Combining Error
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RE: MI MB: Creating and Committing tables (Urgent!)
Hi Chris, It's nothing to do with the actual file names having spaces in them (interpreted by Mapinfo as underscores), is it? For example long file name.tab would get opened in MapInfo as long_file_name The other possibility is if there was a table with that name and somehow only some of its component files got deleted (eg no .tab, but .dat and .id files still present). - David Booth Senior GIS Officer Merseyside Information Service -Original Message- From: Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 September 2000 10:04 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI MB: Creating and Committing tables (Urgent!) I've got some code which takes in some data, does some calculations and then produces a host of other tables... e.g. Select NISLID, R_FLOW, RDNAME, FLOW, FLOW / R_FLOW "Stress_All" from x2010dm_TR where Flow_Category = 3 into x2010dm_TR_100plus Commit Table x2010dm_TR_100plus As "working\96-10dm\x2010dm_TR_100plus.TAB" TYPE NATIVE Charset "WindowsLatin1" When I run this code, I get an error at the Commit Table line: 'File "x2101dm_TR_100plus.TAB" does not exist. Unable to create table.' Old versions of this table exist but aren't read-only or anything. However, I tried deleting them, but still got the same error message... Any thoughts? Chris Martin GIS Consultant WS Atkins Consultants Ltd (01952) 201234 -- 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 MapXtreme - Java
Go to the mapxtreme java web site http://www.mapxtreme.com/software/mapxtreme/java/index.html regards ___ ||//Antoine Gilbert || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || //#ICQ 9737371 || \\ || \\Le Groupe KOREM Inc. ||\\ http://www.korem.com Push'n'See : www.pushnsee.com MIG: www.mig.ca ___ - Original Message - From: "Preetha Suri" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 5:25 AM Subject: MI MapXtreme - Java Hello, Would any body be able to tell me what features does MapXtreme have ? Is it an application developed in pure Java ? Does it support wireless GIS applications ? If so, typically what kind of uses does it have in the wireless field ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Preetha. -- 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 Animated gif maps
Take a look at www.directionsmag.com in their gallery for some good examples of animated GIF maps. This one is the best, by Marc Pelosse -- http://www.directionsmag.com/images/mapgallery/88_lg.gif . You could use about any thematic type you wish, but the one I used in my old example was a "dot density" thematic. MapInfo Pro implements their dot density thematic in an interesting way: as long as you are working in the same window (all at one session?), the random point placement is generated from a single seed. That means that whenever you change the values driving the dots, they will always be drawn in the same order, in the same places. You can use a tool like Animagic (shareware) at http://www.rtlsoft.com/animagic/ , or Paint Shop Pro (low-cost, commercial) at www.jasc.com , to paste all your individual frames into one animated GIF. Try it out. Steve Wallace Contributing Editor Directions Magazine http://www.directionsmag.com - Original Message - From: "Robert Batenburg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 04:43 PM Subject: MI Animated gif maps Does anyone recall an article outlining the creation of animated .gif maps using MI output? I thought it was posted some time ago by Steve Wallace at http://www.ffbic.com/mapinfo, but the link seems to be broken. Thanks, Rob Rob Batenburg GIS Data Management Specialist Integrated Pest Management Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre Agassiz, British Columbia [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 Web safe colors in MapInfo
I am looking for a guide on which of MapInfo's mapper colors are web-safe. I tried setting some custom colors in the map display but the RGB settings that corresponded to hex setting in a web reference I had do not match the color. Is there a reference on this or something obvious I am missing? Robert Lambe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 315-428-6098 -- 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 ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!
One Comment about the advertising with the e-mail. Don't do it! That's the sort of thing that could run me off from this list faster then any thing else. Jack -- 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 MapXtremeJava Servlet protocol
Since MapXtremeJava is now a full java servlet, is there a specification some where about what the valid argument/combinations to it are? -- David Corbin Mach Turtle Technologies, Inc. http://www.machturtle.com [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]
Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One Comment about the advertising with the e-mail. Don't do it! That's the sort of thing that could run me off from this list faster then any thing else. Would you be willing to pay a subscription fee to get the list mail then? How do you suggest we afford the service? Would you prefer twice-yearly fund drives like they do for public broadcasting? It's been free because I managed to get a good deal at Colorado Supernet for the last 6 years. That made it cost so little (and was helped by some donations and the proceeds of an auction) that my business carried it these last few years. It cost $14.95/mo plus my time, which was gladly given because it has also been good for my business. But SuperNet got bought out by Qwest/US West, and because SuperNet isn't profitable enough for the big wheels, the wheels are closing down that service. The hard, cold Morlocks meet the Eloi of the Internet. In a perfect world advertising serves to connect people who have needs to products and services that answer those needs, and that's the goal we would try to attain. I am all too aware that in our real world, advertising also tries to *create* needs and wants and stick a straw into your wallet and suck hard. We all know that activity sucks, but is there any creative solution that we can come up with where we can generate enough cash to pay for the infrastructure we need to make this list a success? Lists do not live by email alone. Perhaps we can do a mix of paid subscriptions with no advertising with some freebie subscriptions that come with a helping thinly sliced spam. How about the USGS buying up a block and giving them out to employees? Maybe people with deeper pockets could fund subscriptions for students who are full of bright ideas, but no money. Maybe we could charge enough for advertising so that there wouldn't be many (but if there were none, that wouldn't help) Or maybe the ads wouldn't be so bad or common anyway. Maybe we could do a mix of donations, light advertising, auctions, and fund drives. But all that work takes volunteers or paid staff. Advertising is the easiest solution. If you don't want it at all, get creative, and not to put too fine a point on it, put your money where your mouth is. The form that these will take has not been decided yet anyway. All that's been talked about is that the service can be offered and that advertising would be a covenant way to afford it. As Henry D. Thoreau once said, "All great enterprises should be self-supporting." How about some ideas instead of complaints? -- - 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 MapXtreme Java
I'm trying to get MapXtremeJava set up with Apache. When a request is made, here's what shows up in apache error log: [Fri Sep 22 11:29:15 2000] [error] [client 192.168.100.214] Premature end of script headers: /mapinfo/com. mapinfo.mapxtreme.MapXtremeServlet [Fri Sep 22 11:29:15 2000] [emerg] JServ: ajp12[1]: cannot scan servlet headers (500) [Fri Sep 22 11:29:15 2000] [error] JServ: an error returned handling request via protocol "ajpv12" Any ideas what's not configured correctly? -- David Corbin Mach Turtle Technologies, Inc. http://www.machturtle.com [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 layout to wmf files
Bonjour Laurent - Try this: Make sure the layout window is not maximised Resize the layout window so that it is just a little larger than the layout frame Save the layout again as wmf and the text should resize properly. This is the way it has worked for earlier versions so I assume that it has not been fixed. MapInfo apparently calculates the text size in a layout for wmf in relation to the size of the window. I have had good results when following this process. Bonne chance, Lindsay Giles Senior GIS Analyst AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd Suite 600-555 4th Ave. SW Calgary, AB CANADA T2P 3E7 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Main Office:403-269-5150 Direct Line:403-750-7671 Fax:403-269-5245 Visit our web site at http://www.axys.net -Original Message- From: laurent Frilleux [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 7:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:MI exporting layout to wmf files hello and sorry for my bad english i am working with mapinfo 6 and i have a problem to export layout to wmf files the text in the layout are outside the frames but when i print these layouts the text are styaing inside these frames. mi screen is an iiyama 19' and the resolution is 1280*1024 when i use a 17' screen with 1024*768 i don't have problems my graphics cards is a matrox millenium g400 agp matrox technical support indicate me that the card is ok, mapinfo technical support in france (adde) told me the contrary what can i do to solve this problem ? Thanks Laurent Frilleux STRATEGIS SA Zolad Mini Parc, Bat 2 912 rue de la Croix Verte 34198 MONTPELLIER Cedex 5 04-67-41-68-41 File: ATT4.htm -- 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 Howto setup Oracle8i Spatial to accept Easyloader data
Thanks to all who helped. Just for the sake of everyone else trying to figure this out, the steps that a person takes to add the mapinfo user to Oracle 8i is outlined in the Mapinfo Professional 5.5 book, on page 382 (Chapter 21). It would have been nice to recap this information in the Easyloader documentation, just for the record. -Justin Akehurst From: James Koennicke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Justin Akehurst' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI Howto setup Oracle8i Spatial to accept Easyloader data Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:38:11 -0400 Justin, I believe that if you grant the user Bob dba privileges with the admin option, Easyloader will be able to create the MapCatalog without any problem. Something like: Grant dba to Bob with admin option; Hope this helps! James F. Koennicke Engineer/Analyst Vista Information Technologies, Inc. 2195 Fox Mill Road Herndon, VA 20171 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (703) 561-4132 fax: (703) 561-4160 -Original Message- From: Justin Akehurst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 8:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Howto setup Oracle8i Spatial to accept Easyloader data I have an Oracle 8i database with Spatial option, and I am trying to upload data into a table with Easyloader 6.5. I have an oracle user called Bob, let's say, and I can connect to the database with Bob and a password just fine. Easyloader loads up the Tab file, creates a table on the Oracle side, and uploads the data fine. I get a table called 'wakingcb' and a table called 'wakingcb_sx_fl6$' (cause that is what we called the table). Then we get a bunch of errors saying that username/password was incorrect and insufficient priviledges. The skimpy documentation mentions something about a mapinfo.mapinfo_mapcatalog table (which I don't have, since this is a brand new database) and that it would try to create it if it didn't exist. What priviledges/grants/users do I have to make or manipulate to get this data loaded... to me it seems like a user called mapinfo needs to be created in order for this table to be called mapinfo.mapinfo_mapcatalog. Are there any resources that I can read or go to, to make sure that I have Oracle set up right for mapinfo to like my Spatial data? -Justin Akehurst _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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] _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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]
MI Reply to Mr. Thoen - MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!)
Mr Thoen, You have many good points. The first thing I should say is I do NOT represent the USGS in any way by being on this list. That's why You see my home e-mail address unless you know where to look. (Maybe that will keep me out of trouble here at work.) Second, since I am not here on the list as a Rep for them, I am on my own as far as getting and keeping access to this list. This means I can not get any financial support from them to join a paid list. (remember I'm speaking for myself.) I have always tried to be very careful on what I post here because I do know that USGS can be found in my headers. (except, I guess, this time.) I have been able a few times to help some one that had a USGS need. One thing I used to do, and can start again, is forward any mail that contains complaints that pertain to certain topics. (SDTS comes to mind) to proper people here in the building. I've always felt that we could benefit more if more people here were aware of some of the complaints I see. (Remember this is me, not the USGS talking). Bosses have come and gone, and I lost those pathways to them, So I haven't done that for awhile. Now, Mr Thoen, Finally, I am impressed with the time and effort you took to give me the lengthy and well thought out reply to my post. I am convinced. Send on the adds. Jack Forbes "Steve Wallace" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Bill Thoen" m [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-mapinfo-l@lisSubject: Re: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was ts.csn.net MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) 09/22/2000 11:20 AM Please respond to "Steve Wallace" One thing to keep in mind: this will not be some generic list server with advertisements for low-interest credit cards or internet gambling. The host will be a reputable GIS magazine, and who knows -- you might see an ad for something you need! Steve Wallace Vice President, Operations Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Co's - Original Message - From: "Bill Thoen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One Comment about the advertising with the e-mail. Don't do it! That's the sort of thing that could run me off from this list faster then any thing else. Would you be willing to pay a subscription fee to get the list mail then? How do you suggest we afford the service? Would you prefer twice-yearly fund drives like they do for public broadcasting? It's been free because I managed to get a good deal at Colorado Supernet for the last 6 years. That made it cost so little (and was helped by some donations and the proceeds of an auction) that my business carried it these last few years. It cost $14.95/mo plus my time, which was gladly given because it has also been good for my business. But SuperNet got bought out by Qwest/US West, and because SuperNet isn't profitable enough for the big wheels, the wheels are closing down that service. The hard, cold Morlocks meet the Eloi of the Internet. In a perfect world
MI Snap option and MapBasic
Hello again, I thought this would be simple but I can not seem to find a wat to toggle a window's snap option on and off using MapBasic. Would someone tell me if this is possible? Kirk Regular www.gds.nf.net -- 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 MapXstreme Java needs an X server?
I'm trying to write a small client that just creates a .GIF file. I'm using MapJ. Whenever I call toFile() or toImage(), I get an exception from the MapXtreme Java servlet saying it can't connect to an X Server. Please don't tell me your software requires that X be installed to work correctly. That's not a very effiecient server it it does. -- David Corbin Mach Turtle Technologies, Inc. http://www.machturtle.com [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: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!)
One thing to keep in mind: this will not be some generic list server with advertisements for low-interest credit cards or internet gambling. The host will be a reputable GIS magazine, and who knows -- you might see an ad for something you need! Steve Wallace Vice President, Operations Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Co's - Original Message - From: "Bill Thoen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One Comment about the advertising with the e-mail. Don't do it! That's the sort of thing that could run me off from this list faster then any thing else. Would you be willing to pay a subscription fee to get the list mail then? How do you suggest we afford the service? Would you prefer twice-yearly fund drives like they do for public broadcasting? It's been free because I managed to get a good deal at Colorado Supernet for the last 6 years. That made it cost so little (and was helped by some donations and the proceeds of an auction) that my business carried it these last few years. It cost $14.95/mo plus my time, which was gladly given because it has also been good for my business. But SuperNet got bought out by Qwest/US West, and because SuperNet isn't profitable enough for the big wheels, the wheels are closing down that service. The hard, cold Morlocks meet the Eloi of the Internet. In a perfect world advertising serves to connect people who have needs to products and services that answer those needs, and that's the goal we would try to attain. I am all too aware that in our real world, advertising also tries to *create* needs and wants and stick a straw into your wallet and suck hard. We all know that activity sucks, but is there any creative solution that we can come up with where we can generate enough cash to pay for the infrastructure we need to make this list a success? Lists do not live by email alone. Perhaps we can do a mix of paid subscriptions with no advertising with some freebie subscriptions that come with a helping thinly sliced spam. How about the USGS buying up a block and giving them out to employees? Maybe people with deeper pockets could fund subscriptions for students who are full of bright ideas, but no money. Maybe we could charge enough for advertising so that there wouldn't be many (but if there were none, that wouldn't help) Or maybe the ads wouldn't be so bad or common anyway. Maybe we could do a mix of donations, light advertising, auctions, and fund drives. But all that work takes volunteers or paid staff. Advertising is the easiest solution. If you don't want it at all, get creative, and not to put too fine a point on it, put your money where your mouth is. The form that these will take has not been decided yet anyway. All that's been talked about is that the service can be offered and that advertising would be a covenant way to afford it. As Henry D. Thoreau once said, "All great enterprises should be self-supporting." How about some ideas instead of complaints? -- - 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] -- 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 MapXstreme Java needs an X server?
From: David Corbin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI MapXstreme Java needs an X server? Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:03:18 -0400 I'm trying to write a small client that just creates a .GIF file. I'm using MapJ. Whenever I call toFile() or toImage(), I get an exception from the MapXtreme Java servlet saying it can't connect to an X Server. Please don't tell me your software requires that X be installed to work correctly. That's not a very effiecient server it it does. This is a limitation brought about by Java 1.2 and how it renders images. The way that people get around this is by obtaining Xvfb from the X consortium (http://www.x.org/) and set the DISPLAY variable to point to that. To invoke Xvfb, use this command (as root) : Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1152x900x8 then do this command as the user you start your server under (assuming you are using a Bourne-type shell): export DISPLAY=":1.0" Starting MapXtreme's server or Tomcat (which will start the server for you) shouldn't have a problem now. Note: If you are running a flavor of Linux, Xvfb is available as an rpm or deb package, if you don't want to compile it from source. It is usually included in a standard installation of X11R6.4 -Justin Akehurst TerraGraphics, LLC _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!)
*** This is a Sample ad, Only a sample ad. The Advertiser in this add will help you keep this service free. For a few lines of space all this knowledge and access can remain free. Thank you for your attention *** Brien -Original Message- From:John Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:55:28 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) Bill, Going back to the early days when you asked for voluntary contributions would be a start. I fully appreciate the odious response when you ask freeloaders for dough on something they believe SHOULD BE FREE. There are many companies, like mine, that have used the list to further our business and we SHOULD PAY for it. There are other companies whose employees use the list to further their business interests but who, as employees, have no authority to authorize payment and would be hard pressed to persuade those who sign the checks that it is a worthwhile investment. A simple, for a start solution would be to set out a budget and ask for help in meeting it. Companies like mine would respond; a lot of folks would not, but all their contributions to the list make it a valuable business asset for those of us who would happily pay a fee to keep the list from going away. I have no objections to viewing advertising. I mean, like where do you go for anything that hasn't got some message wrapped into it? I just throw out 50% of the Sunday paper and fast forward through the ads on the rental video. As for the chronic whiners, "Adios, MF". Best, - Original Message - From: Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One Comment about the advertising with the e-mail. Don't do it! That's the sort of thing that could run me off from this list faster then any thing else. Would you be willing to pay a subscription fee to get the list mail then? How do you suggest we afford the service? Would you prefer twice-yearly fund drives like they do for public broadcasting? It's been free because I managed to get a good deal at Colorado Supernet for the last 6 years. That made it cost so little (and was helped by some donations and the proceeds of an auction) that my business carried it these last few years. It cost $14.95/mo plus my time, which was gladly given because it has also been good for my business. But SuperNet got bought out by Qwest/US West, and because SuperNet isn't profitable enough for the big wheels, the wheels are closing down that service. The hard, cold Morlocks meet the Eloi of the Internet. In a perfect world advertising serves to connect people who have needs to products and services that answer those needs, and that's the goal we would try to attain. I am all too aware that in our real world, advertising also tries to *create* needs and wants and stick a straw into your wallet and suck hard. We all know that activity sucks, but is there any creative solution that we can come up with where we can generate enough cash to pay for the infrastructure we need to make this list a success? Lists do not live by email alone. Perhaps we can do a mix of paid subscriptions with no advertising with some freebie subscriptions that come with a helping thinly sliced spam. How about the USGS buying up a block and giving them out to employees? Maybe people with deeper pockets could fund subscriptions for students who are full of bright ideas, but no money. Maybe we could charge enough for advertising so that there wouldn't be many (but if there were none, that wouldn't help) Or maybe the ads wouldn't be so bad or common anyway. Maybe we could do a mix of donations, light advertising, auctions, and fund drives. But all that work takes volunteers or paid staff. Advertising is the easiest solution. If you don't want it at all, get creative, and not to put too fine a point on it, put your money where your mouth is. The form that these will take has not been decided yet anyway. All that's been talked about is that the service can be offered and that advertising would be a covenant way to afford it. As Henry D. Thoreau once said, "All great enterprises should be self-supporting." How about some ideas instead of complaints? -- - 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
Re: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!)
Bill, Going back to the early days when you asked for voluntary contributions would be a start. I fully appreciate the odious response when you ask freeloaders for dough on something they believe SHOULD BE FREE. There are many companies, like mine, that have used the list to further our business and we SHOULD PAY for it. There are other companies whose employees use the list to further their business interests but who, as employees, have no authority to authorize payment and would be hard pressed to persuade those who sign the checks that it is a worthwhile investment. A simple, for a start solution would be to set out a budget and ask for help in meeting it. Companies like mine would respond; a lot of folks would not, but all their contributions to the list make it a valuable business asset for those of us who would happily pay a fee to keep the list from going away. I have no objections to viewing advertising. I mean, like where do you go for anything that hasn't got some message wrapped into it? I just throw out 50% of the Sunday paper and fast forward through the ads on the rental video. As for the chronic whiners, "Adios, MF". Best, - Original Message - From: Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One Comment about the advertising with the e-mail. Don't do it! That's the sort of thing that could run me off from this list faster then any thing else. Would you be willing to pay a subscription fee to get the list mail then? How do you suggest we afford the service? Would you prefer twice-yearly fund drives like they do for public broadcasting? It's been free because I managed to get a good deal at Colorado Supernet for the last 6 years. That made it cost so little (and was helped by some donations and the proceeds of an auction) that my business carried it these last few years. It cost $14.95/mo plus my time, which was gladly given because it has also been good for my business. But SuperNet got bought out by Qwest/US West, and because SuperNet isn't profitable enough for the big wheels, the wheels are closing down that service. The hard, cold Morlocks meet the Eloi of the Internet. In a perfect world advertising serves to connect people who have needs to products and services that answer those needs, and that's the goal we would try to attain. I am all too aware that in our real world, advertising also tries to *create* needs and wants and stick a straw into your wallet and suck hard. We all know that activity sucks, but is there any creative solution that we can come up with where we can generate enough cash to pay for the infrastructure we need to make this list a success? Lists do not live by email alone. Perhaps we can do a mix of paid subscriptions with no advertising with some freebie subscriptions that come with a helping thinly sliced spam. How about the USGS buying up a block and giving them out to employees? Maybe people with deeper pockets could fund subscriptions for students who are full of bright ideas, but no money. Maybe we could charge enough for advertising so that there wouldn't be many (but if there were none, that wouldn't help) Or maybe the ads wouldn't be so bad or common anyway. Maybe we could do a mix of donations, light advertising, auctions, and fund drives. But all that work takes volunteers or paid staff. Advertising is the easiest solution. If you don't want it at all, get creative, and not to put too fine a point on it, put your money where your mouth is. The form that these will take has not been decided yet anyway. All that's been talked about is that the service can be offered and that advertising would be a covenant way to afford it. As Henry D. Thoreau once said, "All great enterprises should be self-supporting." How about some ideas instead of complaints? -- - 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] -- 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: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!)
Brien: ah yeah you throw me I didn't even notice the box and was wondering where your message was... Still it wouldn't my first vote for MapInfo-L to join the rest of the world in having that little box in every posting.. I think a less intrusive form of sponsorship thing may be easier? Depends how much it costs...heck, several people would probably be interested in spending something to be this quarter's sponsor and have a one-time announcement and also a mention on the archive page and list description on directions mag...heck yeah depending on the cost my company might be eager to cover it indefinitely...I'm more concered about filtering out the spam, rejecting the unsubscribe requests and protecting us from malfunctioning, crazed mail servers...not sure how that would be coordinated.. I think the eGroups business model where people constantly define new groups which ebb and flow the ad banner is the appropriate revenue stream? Not my place to say but would imagine for DirectionsMag given the comparatively miniscule traffic a quarterly sponsorship is better? (on the other hand this is a very targeted audience...i have no idea what i'm talking about) Eric - Original Message - From: "Brien Green" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) *** This is a Sample ad, Only a sample ad. The Advertiser in this add will help you keep this service free. For a few lines of space all this knowledge and access can remain free. Thank you for your attention *** Brien -Original Message- From:John Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:55:28 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) Bill, Going back to the early days when you asked for voluntary contributions would be a start. I fully appreciate the odious response when you ask freeloaders for dough on something they believe SHOULD BE FREE. There are many companies, like mine, that have used the list to further our business and we SHOULD PAY for it. There are other companies whose employees use the list to further their business interests but who, as employees, have no authority to authorize payment and would be hard pressed to persuade those who sign the checks that it is a worthwhile investment. A simple, for a start solution would be to set out a budget and ask for help in meeting it. Companies like mine would respond; a lot of folks would not, but all their contributions to the list make it a valuable business asset for those of us who would happily pay a fee to keep the list from going away. I have no objections to viewing advertising. I mean, like where do you go for anything that hasn't got some message wrapped into it? I just throw out 50% of the Sunday paper and fast forward through the ads on the rental video. As for the chronic whiners, "Adios, MF". Best, - Original Message - From: Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One Comment about the advertising with the e-mail. Don't do it! That's the sort of thing that could run me off from this list faster then any thing else. Would you be willing to pay a subscription fee to get the list mail then? How do you suggest we afford the service? Would you prefer twice-yearly fund drives like they do for public broadcasting? It's been free because I managed to get a good deal at Colorado Supernet for the last 6 years. That made it cost so little (and was helped by some donations and the proceeds of an auction) that my business carried it these last few years. It cost $14.95/mo plus my time, which was gladly given because it has also been good for my business. But SuperNet got bought out by Qwest/US West, and because SuperNet isn't profitable enough for the big wheels, the wheels are closing down that service. The hard, cold Morlocks meet the Eloi of the Internet. In a perfect world advertising serves to connect people who have needs to products and services that answer those needs, and that's the goal we would try to attain. I am all too aware that in our real world, advertising also tries to *create* needs and wants and stick a straw into your wallet and suck hard. We all know that activity sucks, but is there any creative solution that we can come up with where we can generate enough cash to pay for the infrastructure we need to make this list a success? Lists do not
RE: MI Combining Error
It might be coming from a topological error too (ie bowtie) Have a run with topocheck (download from DirectionsMag site www.directionsmag.com/tools top downloads ) BTW : now in english .. and shareware... (I'll think about puttings ads ;) -Message d'origine- De: Flavio Hendry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: vendredi 22 septembre 2000 16:17 A: Scott England; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: Re: MI Combining Error Hi Scott One thing could be that the table is not packed ... Try to pack it (Table/Maintenance). Which version are you using ? (from 5.5 on it should be more consistent). regards Flavio *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 22.09.2000 at 11:32 Scott England wrote: I'm trying to combine objects using a column from a table and keep getting the error "An error occurred overlaying the objects Operation cancelled" when the process gets a certain amount of the way through. Can anyone explain what might be wrong ?? TIA, Scott.. xx Announcing the ultimate JavaScript Mapping Solution xx !!! Neapoljs: Live on http://www.mapserver.ch - Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards Flavio Hendry- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch Geographic Information Solutions Buristrasse 23 -- CH-3006 Bern Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 - MAPINFO Strategic Partner - PCI Reseller - FME Distributor - Fichier: ATT5.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.185 / Virus Database: 88 - Release Date: 18/08/00 -- 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 Free Riders versus What is an Ad?
I guess it had to come. But I think we need to understand just what the untold rules may be. (Bill don't get me wrong here, but a point or two needs to be made... your conduct and intent via this list must be considered a gem amongst stones.) Last week another list that also seems to be struggling around to find a home, GISList, had a poor chap from India looking for what I thought was a legitimate question about GIS. One of that list's members felt that since he exposed the name of his company, email, and WEB and that he was looking for additional work in the area of GIS (therefore his GIS question), it had to be self promotion; an AD if you will. (The outcome - the list didn't give a Hoot, Bill included!) So now we are about to embark on to the wild side and subscribe with our soul and $. Can any one of us use the list as Bill admits "It cost $14.95/mo plus my time, which was gladly given because it has also been good for my business." Well a $14.95 per month advertisement budget for a small company seems dam reasonable. Ok, pay your $15/month and you too can deliver all sorts of self serving advice and direct ads? Alternatively, what happens if we accept the advertisement model? We give great answers to difficult questions and heck we get some business from this just like Bill did? Worse, what if we step across the line and announce a product, promote ourselves, or go looking for a hire or job? What is news, introductions, offers to help, and lastly what is self/company promotion? Can wish-lists be tolerated? The idea of ads on an open and free-form list is fraught with the problem of free-riders and will only call down the management and their nasty-grams on us. If we have to have them, Ads, I say they MUST be at the bottom - NOT the top! While I know and trust Bill over the years to leave plenty of room for all sorts of activity on this list that is totally edited off others and creates nasty-grams from less tolerant webmasters, I worry that Bill, our gem, may someday drift away from us now that he has gained his reputation and others demand his full attentions. Then what? Yes, I know that a what if or maybe I propose an alternative - possibly MapInfo would sponsor the hosting of the service as a gift to its partners and leave it up to its freely associated members to govern content and purpose? Heck, MapInfo must have saved a million or two just having the list answering all these questions that tend to go unanswered once they fall into the black-hole of "that's a revenue source for support" or Yikes, that's too political - delete it right away", or .. in Troy. Later, MidNight Mapper aka neil 9/23/00 -- 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: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L (was MI ANNOUNCEMENT: MapInfo-L is moving! -No Advertising!!)
John's letter, as usual articulate states my point of view as well. While I have no major objective to advertising labeled as ADV: or AD: etc as is now done, I think that the cost might be doable from donations How much is needed, anyway? At 12:55 PM 09/22/2000 , you wrote: Bill, Going back to the early days when you asked for voluntary contributions would be a start. Cindy Reid ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VOICE: (716) 271-6490 247 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14618FAX: (716) 271-1132 Mapping Analytics provides geographically based analytical services for Sales, Marketing and Strategic Planning (Sales/Service Territory Optimization, Trade Area Analysis, Site Selection, etc.) and GIS services (geocoding, map production and database development) to businesses. -- 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 No Ads, I'm in for $10/year
I have saved many hours at $50-$100/hr with this list. If all of us chipped in the equivelent of $10 per year I'm sure we could keep it free of ads. Or just write some perl code to delete the ads. ,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) oOOO--(_)--OOOo-- Michael Naughton 61 Caldwell St. Huntington Station, NY 11746-182161 [EMAIL PROTECTED] V 631-427-8269 F 413-556-5826 -73.4008061 40.8460857 Email is packaged by intellectual weight, not volume. Some settling of contents may have occurred during transmission. .oooO ( ) Oooo. --\ (( )--- \_)) / (_/ -- 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 Geocoding Lines
Hi, There are a large number of construction projects in our 5-Year capital plan which are itemized and geocoded in a spreadsheet. I need to build a map of these projects from the spread sheet. The projects that relate to points with one X Y coordinate (e.g. new traffic lights, etc.) are easy to generate using Table Create Points. It seems to be more difficult to build projects that relate to lines with two sets of X, Y coordinates (e.g. new roads or water lines, etc.) Is there a way to generate lines from a beginning and end point geocoded in a spread sheet? Any suggestions? Thanks, Bob Regier Township of Langley -- 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: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L
In a message dated 09/22/2000 11:51:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Bill T. writes: How about some ideas for paying the freight for MI List instead of complaints? I've got a great idea! How about Bill does what Bill thinks best?! After all, he's been on the money (no pun intended) so far Mark Clute Intelligis Computer Mapping -- 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 Free Riders versus What is an Ad?
I think we all agree that this is an invaluable tool in using these products. No one likes adsbut, would you stop watching television? One of the difficulties that Bill, et.al., have to content with if they don't go the ad routeis just dealing with the reciept and payments if he takes say $10/subscriptionthat is an administrative headache that I suspect Bill has little interest in taking up Ads are easy. They give us the list. We can ignore them if we want. Bill can focus on technology, not accounting. cj:) -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
