RE: [MI-L] Java vs .NET?

2006-06-21 Thread Jakob Lanstorp 







As you state if portable 
applications are important Java would be a good solution. .NET has a linux 
framework call Mono, but I have no experience with it. As to future MapInfo 
developer products I think that specially web services will be a central issue 
and there both Java and .NET would be fine here. With .NET you might be 
closer to the future MapInfo.NET than Java, because it is based on MapXtreme 
2005 .NET. MapXtreme .NET is the most successful developer product 
presently from MapInfo. The latest .NET 2.0 framewotrk and Visual Studio 2005 is 
a very nice peace of work. I have not much experience with Java IDE, but they 
are not close to that. You can get the Express (free) version of .NET SDK and 
Visual Studio so all developers in your organisation might won't need full 
featured Visual Studios at once. Don't forget to check out "Click Once" a .NET 
smartclient to match Java applets. 
 
Also there is this very nice 
site: http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/ where 
a guy call Bob Tahor has tons of videos on .NET development that could make my 
grand mother a developer in no time
 
For some reason Java is bigger in the US 
and .NET in Europe (at least last time I heard). Anyway I will surely go 
for .NET where your VB and MapBasic experience could make it a easier transfer, 
but at the bottom level it might be one of those religious question 
:).
 

/Jakob

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.NET?


Hi all,
 
Am faced with a strategic decision at present.  We 
are getting bigger and need to move off the VB and MapBasic path that I have 
been happy in for a long time.
 
We are about to develop some server based applications 
with thick or thin clients.  These won’t necessarily be spatial apps.  

 
Two options present themselves to me, VB.NET or 
Java.
We have one programmer who is doing good things in 
VB.NET on desktops and WINCE devices, and two are trained  in Java, but not 
experienced.
 
I have a desire to put some stuff onto linux servers, 
but this is not an essential path (as it would make the decision for 
me).
 
I haven’t been impressed with the success of .NET 
projects that I have observed, but maybe that has changed.
 
Would appreciate comments, traps to avoid with either 
path, strengths of either.
 
TIA
R
 
---
Robert 
Crossley
Agtrix 
P/L Australia
 
Far 
Southern Queensland Office:
9 Short 
Street
PO Box 63 
New 
Brighton 2483
 
P: 61 2 6680 
1309
F: 61 2 6680 
5214
E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
W: www.agtrix.com
 
Brisbane 
Office:
109 Milsom 
St
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4151
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P: 61 7 3843 
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Re: [MI-L] Creating a line from a series of points

2006-06-21 Thread Uffe Kousgaard 



Hi Alan,
 
If your points are completely unordered and you 
don't know the order, it sounds as if you need to apply a travelling salesman 
algorithm to determine the best order.
 
Kind regards
 
Uffe Kousgaardwww.routeware.dk

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Alan 
  Silvester 
  To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com 
  
  Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:30 
  PM
  Subject: [MI-L] Creating a line from a 
  series of points
  
  
  Dear 
  All,
   
  Does anybody know how to 
  automatically create a line from a series of points, i.e. rather than drawing 
  a line from point to point, I want to be able to make a line that 
  automatically joins up the points. The problem is, is that the next point to 
  join up with the line may not be the next record in the table?! The points are 
  however all 1km apart.
   
  Does anyone have any 
  ideas?
   
  Regards,
  Alan
   
  Alan 
  Silvester
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[MI-L] Java vs .NET?

2006-06-21 Thread Robert Crossley 








Hi all,

 

Am faced with a strategic decision at present.  We are getting
bigger and need to move off the VB and MapBasic path that I have been happy in
for a long time.

 

We are about to develop some server based applications with thick or
thin clients.  These won’t necessarily be spatial apps.  

 

Two options present themselves to me, VB.NET or Java.

We have one programmer who is doing good things in VB.NET on desktops
and WINCE devices, and two are trained  in Java, but not experienced.

 

I have a desire to put some stuff onto linux servers, but this is not
an essential path (as it would make the decision for me).

 

I haven’t been impressed with the success of .NET projects that I
have observed, but maybe that has changed.

 

Would appreciate comments, traps to avoid with either path, strengths
of either.

 

TIA

R

 

---

Robert
Crossley

Agtrix P/L
Australia

 

Far Southern Queensland Office:

9 Short Street

PO Box
 63 

New Brighton 2483

 

P: 61 2 6680 1309

F: 61 2 6680 5214

E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

W: www.agtrix.com

 

Brisbane Office:

109 Milsom St

Cooparoo  4151

Queensland

P: 61 7 3843 3363

 

 

 

 






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RE: [MI-L] Extracting coordinates of the end points of a line

2006-06-21 Thread Simmonds, Ashley \(DTEI\) 



heh, it's been a couple years since i 
really delved deep into MI programming, and i fergot that the MB functions are 
in a seperate help file to the normal MI stuff, so was foncused when i couldn't 
find any reference to functions i *knew* i used to use.
 
oopsey.


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Extracting coordinates of the end points of a line
This post made me really smile so 
hopefully you all can at least see why. Mr. Simmonds says:  haven't used it for maybe the 
last 2 updates of MI so maybe it's gone... Gone? If there is 
something that we can easily defend in terms of MapInfo Professional and 
MapBasic, is that we never take out a built in function or command!   We 
even have a few functions that were changed between the first and second 
versions (1992) but the old ones were left in for compatibility with special 
translation code. Can any of you long timers identify these? There are 8 
functions that now have new names but if our code sees that we are running a 
version 1 .MBX (anyone got one for testing?) we translate those functions into 
the new names. Sincerely with a 
smile! Eric Blasenheim MapInfo Corporation Mail List:mapinfo-l-bounces 

  
  
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Subject: 
LinkRE: [MI-L] Extracting coordinates of the end points 
  of a linethe function you want is ObjectNode... but for some reason 
i can't find it in the MI helpfile...  i haven't used it for maybe the 
last 2 updates of MI so maybe it's gone...?? 

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coordinates of the end points of a lineDoes anyone know how to extract the X1, Y1, X2, Y2 of a line 
to update columns, assuming that X1 and Y1 are the start of the line? 
I’m stumped.   
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RE: [MI-L] HotSpot/Grid Map

2006-06-21 Thread Ali, Naz @ Vancouver 
Title: HotSpot/Grid Map



This is in MapInfo 8.0
Thanks, Naz
 


From: Neil Havermale 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:31 
PMTo: Ali, Naz @ Vancouver; 
mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: RE: [MI-L] HotSpot/Grid 
Map


A MIP 8.5 
solution?
 




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Map
 
Hi 
Group: 
I am quite 
new with Vertical Mapper and am doing a hotspot map. I am using 'Triangulation 
with Smoothing' in Interpolation Method to create a Population Density Map. The 
result I get seem to be correct except that when I add it to my MapInfo layers, 
it distorts my map. Can anyone please suggest where in my steps could cause 
this?
Thanks     Naz Ali | GIS Marketing Services CB Richard Ellis Limited 
 West Georgia Street, Suite 
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RE: [MI-L] HotSpot/Grid Map

2006-06-21 Thread Neil Havermale 
Title: HotSpot/Grid Map








A MIP 8.5 solution?

 









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AM
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Subject: [MI-L] HotSpot/Grid Map



 

Hi Group:


I am
quite new with Vertical Mapper and am doing a hotspot map. I am using
'Triangulation with Smoothing' in Interpolation Method to create a Population
Density Map. The result I get seem to be correct except that when I add it to
my MapInfo layers, it distorts my map. Can anyone please suggest where in my
steps could cause this?

Thanks

  
  
Naz Ali | GIS Marketing Services

CB Richard Ellis Limited

 West Georgia Street, Suite 600
| Vancouver, BC V6E 4M3 
T 604 662 5173 | F 604 684 9368

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RE: [MI-L] Entended Error 503

2006-06-21 Thread Allan Charteris 



Peter - Many Thanks
had already tried option 1, but option 2 worked a 
treat
Cheers
Allan


From: Peter Horsbøll Møller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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503

Hi Allan,
 
Two suggestions:
 
1. Try to do a Save As to make sure the data i stored in a "true" MapInfo 
TAB file.
2. If that doesn't help, open the TAB file in a text editor and change 
the version to 300.
 
I would think that you need to do the second suggestion. Please note that 
having large objects or other "newer" features in the table might be a problem, 
so make a copy of the table, before doing this experiment
Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical 
Information & IT   COWI A/S Odensevej 
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allan 
CharterisSent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:24 AMTo: 
mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Entended Error 
503

Hello 
All
Using MapInfo 8.0 
and VM3.1  
When doing a 
ploy-to-point I get Extended Error 503 - to what does the error refer and how do 
I fix it?
 
Thanks in 
advance
Al
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[MI-L] HotSpot/Grid Map

2006-06-21 Thread Ali, Naz @ Vancouver 
Title: HotSpot/Grid Map





Hi Group:


I am quite new with Vertical Mapper and am doing a hotspot map. I am using 'Triangulation with Smoothing' in Interpolation Method to create a Population Density Map. The result I get seem to be correct except that when I add it to my MapInfo layers, it distorts my map. Can anyone please suggest where in my steps could cause this?

Thanks
 
 
Naz Ali | GIS Marketing Services
CB Richard Ellis Limited
 West Georgia Street, Suite 600 | Vancouver, BC V6E 4M3
T 604 662 5173 | F 604 684 9368
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RE: [MI-L] Wrong Subject on last one: Spatial Query

2006-06-21 Thread Peter Horsbøll Møller 
Title: Wrong Subject on last one: Spatial Query



Christine,
 
I'm sure there are a number of ways to do this. Here is 
mine
 
1. Make sure that your table contains a column with a unique ID. You 
could use ROWID to update a numerical column.
2. Use Table > Buffer to create a new table of buffers around your 
points

3. Add a column to hold the number of points, let us call it 
NUMPOINTS4. Using Table > Update Column you can now 
update you table of buffers with the number of points that fall within each 
buffer.
    Update Table "Buffer"
    Column "NUMPOINTS"
    Get Values From Table "Points"
    Where OBJ in Buffer Table "Contains" OBJ in Points 
Table
    Calculate Value "Count(*)"
4. Now do a SQL Select:
    Select "*" 
    From "Points"
    Where "ID In (Select ID from Buffers Where NUMPOINTS > 
10"
 
I'm not sure if you 
want to select the points where there are 10 or more points within .5 km 
including the point or excl the point. But that should just be a question of 
comparing NUMPOINTS to 10 or 11.
 
HTH,
Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical 
Information & IT   COWI A/S Odensevej 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronning, 
ChristineSent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:53 PMTo: 
MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Wrong Subject on 
last one: Spatial Query

Hi all,I have mapped a points layer.I would 
like to select those records where there is more than 10 points within a radius 
of .5km.I'm having trouble even starting on this one!  Can anyone 
provide some 
guidance/thoughts?ThanksChristine-Original 
Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of 
Spencer SimpsonSent: Wed 6/21/2006 11:34 AMTo: 'Alan Silvester'; 
mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: RE: [MI-L] Creating a line from a 
series of pointsI think we need to know a little more about the table, 
such as:1.  Are there columns 
specifying X and Y, or formulas, or a point objectyou can derive X and Y 
Coordinates from?2.  Is there a column 
specifying the order that a point appears in 
thepolyline?3.  Is there more than one 
polyline? If so, is there a column specifyingwhich polyline a row belongs 
to?If so, then it's possible to write a MapBasic application to 
chain thepoints together.  Some of the other listers may have even 
written suchapplications.A.  
Sort by (select statement with order by clause) polyline specifierand order 
specifierB.  Iterate through the result 
table.  For each record:if the line specifier changed, finish the 
current polyline (insert) andstart a new one with the coordinates from 
current rec (Create Pline).If not, add the coordinates from the current 
rec to the end of the currentline. (Alter Object Add 
Node)C.  At the end, finish the current 
polyline.   Hope this 
helpsSpencer  _ From: 
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On Behalf Of AlanSilvesterSent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:30 AMTo: 
mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Creating a line from a 
series of pointsDear All,Does anybody know how 
to automatically create a line from a series ofpoints, i.e. rather than 
drawing a line from point to point, I want to beable to make a line that 
automatically joins up the points. The problem is,is that the next point to 
join up with the line may not be the next recordin the table?! The points 
are however all 1km apart.Does anyone have any 
ideas?Regards,AlanAlan 
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RE: [MI-L] Tetrahedral projection

2006-06-21 Thread Spencer Simpson 
"Tetrahedral projection" can mean one of two different things:

1. A computer graphics technique for rendering solid 3D objects on a 2d
screen.  The solid objects are broken into individual tetrahedrons and each
tetrahedron is projected onto the screen.

2. A multisuperficial map projection.  You can nest the Earth inside a
polyhedron, project the Earth's surface onto the polyhedron and then unroll
it.   In practice, you strategically position several gnomonic projections
and trim them to fit together as the faces of the polyhedron.  The most
famous of these is Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map, which uses an
icosahedron, but it will work with a tetrahedron.  

For the latter, which is what I suspect you actually mean, I found the
following:

http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjInt/ProjStar/projStar.html

HTH
Spencer

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Subject: [MI-L] Tetrahedral projection

Hi,

I'm looking for information on tetrahedral projections.  I did not 
find much on google and directionsmag...  Can Anybody can help?

Thank you!

Simon

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Re: [MI-L] Tetrahedral projection

2006-06-21 Thread Simon Roy 
Thank you for your help.  Do you know any software that would be able to 
create/handle theses projections in a geographical context?


Thanks again,

Simon

Spencer Simpson a écrit :

"Tetrahedral projection" can mean one of two different things:

1. A computer graphics technique for rendering solid 3D objects on a 2d
screen.  The solid objects are broken into individual tetrahedrons and each
tetrahedron is projected onto the screen.

2. A multisuperficial map projection.  You can nest the Earth inside a
polyhedron, project the Earth's surface onto the polyhedron and then unroll
it.   In practice, you strategically position several gnomonic projections
and trim them to fit together as the faces of the polyhedron.  The most
famous of these is Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map, which uses an
icosahedron, but it will work with a tetrahedron.  


For the latter, which is what I suspect you actually mean, I found the
following:

http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjInt/ProjStar/projStar.html

HTH
Spencer

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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:16 PM
To: Mapinfo-L
Subject: [MI-L] Tetrahedral projection

Hi,

I'm looking for information on tetrahedral projections.  I did not 
find much on google and directionsmag...  Can Anybody can help?


Thank you!

Simon

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Sam Knight a écrit :


Hello Simon,
Bartholomew's Projection comes pretty close, but it is not a true polyhedron.  
You've probably already hit this if you've been Googling but, an example is 
shown on this page:
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjInt/ProjStar/projStar.html

Have you tried searching "tetrahedric" instead of "tetrahedral"?
Lee Conformal Tetrahedric Projection:
http://www.ilstu.edu/microcam/map_projections/Miscellaneous/Lee_Conformal_Tetrahedric.pdf

Good Luck!

Regards,
Sam Knight

Applications Specialist
Blue Marble Geographics

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http://www.beyondgeo.com
  

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RE: [MI-L] Wrong Subject on last one: Spatial Query

2006-06-21 Thread Ronning, Christine 
Title: Wrong Subject on last one: Spatial Query



Thanks Peter,
 
One of those days where the brain stopped working 
creatively once lunch hit!
 
Christine


From: Peter Horsbøll Møller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:17 PMTo: Ronning, 
Christine; MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: RE: [MI-L] Wrong 
Subject on last one: Spatial Query

Christine,
 
I'm sure there are a number of ways to do this. Here is 
mine
 
1. Make sure that your table contains a column with a unique ID. You 
could use ROWID to update a numerical column.
2. Use Table > Buffer to create a new table of buffers around your 
points

3. Add a column to hold the number of points, let us call it 
NUMPOINTS4. Using Table > Update Column you can now 
update you table of buffers with the number of points that fall within each 
buffer.
    Update Table "Buffer"
    Column "NUMPOINTS"
    Get Values From Table "Points"
    Where OBJ in Buffer Table "Contains" OBJ in Points 
Table
    Calculate Value "Count(*)"
4. Now do a SQL Select:
    Select "*" 
    From "Points"
    Where "ID In (Select ID from Buffers Where NUMPOINTS > 
10"
 
I'm not sure if you 
want to select the points where there are 10 or more points within .5 km 
including the point or excl the point. But that should just be a question of 
comparing NUMPOINTS to 10 or 11.
 
HTH,
Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical 
Information & IT   COWI A/S Odensevej 
95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark   Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct  +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail  [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis 
 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronning, 
ChristineSent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:53 PMTo: 
MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Wrong Subject on 
last one: Spatial Query

Hi all,I have mapped a points layer.I would 
like to select those records where there is more than 10 points within a radius 
of .5km.I'm having trouble even starting on this one!  Can anyone 
provide some 
guidance/thoughts?ThanksChristine-Original 
Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of 
Spencer SimpsonSent: Wed 6/21/2006 11:34 AMTo: 'Alan Silvester'; 
mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: RE: [MI-L] Creating a line from a 
series of pointsI think we need to know a little more about the table, 
such as:1.  Are there columns 
specifying X and Y, or formulas, or a point objectyou can derive X and Y 
Coordinates from?2.  Is there a column 
specifying the order that a point appears in 
thepolyline?3.  Is there more than one 
polyline? If so, is there a column specifyingwhich polyline a row belongs 
to?If so, then it's possible to write a MapBasic application to 
chain thepoints together.  Some of the other listers may have even 
written suchapplications.A.  
Sort by (select statement with order by clause) polyline specifierand order 
specifierB.  Iterate through the result 
table.  For each record:if the line specifier changed, finish the 
current polyline (insert) andstart a new one with the coordinates from 
current rec (Create Pline).If not, add the coordinates from the current 
rec to the end of the currentline. (Alter Object Add 
Node)C.  At the end, finish the current 
polyline.   Hope this 
helpsSpencer  _ From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
On Behalf Of AlanSilvesterSent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:30 AMTo: 
mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Creating a line from a 
series of pointsDear All,Does anybody know how 
to automatically create a line from a series ofpoints, i.e. rather than 
drawing a line from point to point, I want to beable to make a line that 
automatically joins up the points. The problem is,is that the next point to 
join up with the line may not be the next recordin the table?! The points 
are however all 1km apart.Does anyone have any 
ideas?Regards,AlanAlan 
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re: [MI-L] Tetrahedral projection

2006-06-21 Thread Sam Knight 
Hello Simon,
Bartholomew's Projection comes pretty close, but it is not a true polyhedron.  
You've probably already hit this if you've been Googling but, an example is 
shown on this page:
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjInt/ProjStar/projStar.html

Have you tried searching "tetrahedric" instead of "tetrahedral"?
Lee Conformal Tetrahedric Projection:
http://www.ilstu.edu/microcam/map_projections/Miscellaneous/Lee_Conformal_Tetrahedric.pdf

Good Luck!

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Hi,

  I'm looking for information on tetrahedral projections.  I did not 
find much on google and directionsmag...  Can Anybody can help?

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[MI-L] Wrong Subject on last one: Spatial Query

2006-06-21 Thread Ronning, Christine 
Title: Wrong Subject on last one: Spatial Query







Hi all,

I have mapped a points layer.

I would like to select those records where there is more than 10 points within a radius of .5km.
I'm having trouble even starting on this one!  Can anyone provide some guidance/thoughts?

Thanks

Christine


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I think we need to know a little more about the table, such as:



1.  Are there columns specifying X and Y, or formulas, or a point object
you can derive X and Y Coordinates from?
2.  Is there a column specifying the order that a point appears in the
polyline?
3.  Is there more than one polyline? If so, is there a column specifying
which polyline a row belongs to?



If so, then it's possible to write a MapBasic application to chain the
points together.  Some of the other listers may have even written such
applications.



A.  Sort by (select statement with order by clause) polyline specifier
and order specifier
B.  Iterate through the result table.  For each record:

if the line specifier changed, finish the current polyline (insert) and
start a new one with the coordinates from current rec (Create Pline).

If not, add the coordinates from the current rec to the end of the current
line. (Alter Object Add Node)

C.  At the end, finish the current polyline.

   

Hope this helps

Spencer



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Dear All,



Does anybody know how to automatically create a line from a series of
points, i.e. rather than drawing a line from point to point, I want to be
able to make a line that automatically joins up the points. The problem is,
is that the next point to join up with the line may not be the next record
in the table?! The points are however all 1km apart.



Does anyone have any ideas?



Regards,

Alan



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GroundSure Limited

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RE: [MI-L] Creating a line from a series of points

2006-06-21 Thread Ronning, Christine 
Title: RE: [MI-L] Creating a line from a series of points






Hi all,

I have mapped a points layer.

I would like to select those records where there is more than 10 points within a radius of .5km.
I'm having trouble even starting on this one!  Can anyone provide some guidance/thoughts?

Thanks

Christine


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Spencer Simpson
Sent: Wed 6/21/2006 11:34 AM
To: 'Alan Silvester'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com
Subject: RE: [MI-L] Creating a line from a series of points

I think we need to know a little more about the table, such as:



1.  Are there columns specifying X and Y, or formulas, or a point object
you can derive X and Y Coordinates from?
2.  Is there a column specifying the order that a point appears in the
polyline?
3.  Is there more than one polyline? If so, is there a column specifying
which polyline a row belongs to?



If so, then it's possible to write a MapBasic application to chain the
points together.  Some of the other listers may have even written such
applications.



A.  Sort by (select statement with order by clause) polyline specifier
and order specifier
B.  Iterate through the result table.  For each record:

if the line specifier changed, finish the current polyline (insert) and
start a new one with the coordinates from current rec (Create Pline).

If not, add the coordinates from the current rec to the end of the current
line. (Alter Object Add Node)

C.  At the end, finish the current polyline.

   

Hope this helps

Spencer



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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:30 AM
To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com
Subject: [MI-L] Creating a line from a series of points



Dear All,



Does anybody know how to automatically create a line from a series of
points, i.e. rather than drawing a line from point to point, I want to be
able to make a line that automatically joins up the points. The problem is,
is that the next point to join up with the line may not be the next record
in the table?! The points are however all 1km apart.



Does anyone have any ideas?



Regards,

Alan



Alan Silvester

GIS Manager

GroundSure Limited

Unit E, Level 7

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[MI-L] Tetrahedral projection

2006-06-21 Thread Simon Roy 

Hi,

   I'm looking for information on tetrahedral projections.  I did not 
find much on google and directionsmag...  Can Anybody can help?


Thank you!

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RE: [MI-L] Creating a line from a series of points

2006-06-21 Thread Spencer Simpson 








I think we need to know a little more
about the table, such as:

 


 Are
 there columns specifying X and Y, or formulas, or a point object you can
 derive X and Y Coordinates from?
 Is
 there a column specifying the order that a point appears in the polyline?
 Is
 there more than one polyline? If so, is there a column specifying which polyline
 a row belongs to?


 

If so, then it’s possible to write a
MapBasic application to chain the points together.  Some of the other
listers may have even written such applications.

 


 Sort
 by (select statement with order by clause) polyline specifier and order
 specifier
 Iterate
 through the result table.  For each record:


if the
line specifier changed, finish the current polyline (insert) and start a new
one with the coordinates from current rec (Create Pline).

If not, add
the coordinates from the current rec to the end of the current line. (Alter
Object Add Node)


 At
 the end, finish the current polyline.


    

Hope this helps

Spencer

 









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from a series of points



 

Dear All,

 

Does anybody know how to automatically create a line from a
series of points, i.e. rather than drawing a line from point to point, I want
to be able to make a line that automatically joins up the points. The problem is,
is that the next point to join up with the line may not be the next record in
the table?! The points are however all 1km apart.

 

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Regards,

Alan

 

Alan Silvester

GIS Manager

GroundSure Limited

Unit
  E, Level 7

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2006-06-21 Thread Alan Silvester 








Dear All,

 

Does anybody know how to automatically create a line from a
series of points, i.e. rather than drawing a line from point to point, I want
to be able to make a line that automatically joins up the points. The problem
is, is that the next point to join up with the line may not be the next record
in the table?! The points are however all 1km apart.

 

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Regards,

Alan

 

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GroundSure Limited

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7

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RE: [MI-L] Importing Lidar data

2006-06-21 Thread Gilbert Haché 








I know that FME from SAFE is looking into
it –seen comments from the FME user group that since users are requesting
it, they will look into adding this in their package. I don’t think it’s
available yet. You could check on their web site or ask them the status of that
function at www.safe.com

 

Also, AmberCore (developers who were from
Northwood the original group who made Vertical Mapper -) has made some kind a
tool to do so. I talked to them a few weeks ago. Not sure how it’s done,
if you have to create the file for one of their products and afterward export
in Mapinfo… Can transform millions of points in minutes. A note, won’t
be cheap!

 

http://www.ambercore.com/index.php

 

 

Hope this help

 

GH

 









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Hi List





 





Does anyone know of a tool to import and combine large numbers (in the
region of 500-2000 files) of ASCII format Lidar data files?





 





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[MI-L] Make Table Mappable - Per Row Style - SQL Sever problem

2006-06-21 Thread Addison, Howard 



Hi 
All,
 
I'm trying to 
utilise the "Per Row Style" option when making ODBC Tables 
Mappable.
 
I've successfully 
achieved this with an access database BUT for the life of me, I cannot repeat 
this from an SQL server Database.
 
I would love to here 
from anyone who has had success doing this. 
 
Howard
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[MI-L] Importing Lidar data

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Tonge 
Hi List
 
Does anyone know of a tool to import and combine large numbers (in the region of 500-2000 files) of ASCII format Lidar data files?
 
Mike
 
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[MI-L] Help on Sybase Database

2006-06-21 Thread David Benjamin 
no means a solution, but possibly a "better'n nuttin'"

> solution...

> 

> I don't know if XP has "Open With" in the right click dialog of
Explorer.
I

> don't even remember if this is native to Win2000 or if it was an add
on

> tweak I found but. If that's available, and you don't find resolution
a

> better way, this would be better than having to dialog through menues
to
run

> Diabuilder.

> 

> Fwiw

> Dave

> 

> 

> -Original Message-

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> Subject: [MI-L] OT - DiaBuilder2000 File Association Problem

> 

> 

> The *.prj file normally associated with DiaBuilder 2000 project files
seems

> to also be normally associated with other software and I keep having
to
fix

> it with the "Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File..." to reset
the

> the file association to run DiaBuilder2000.exe with any *.prj file.

> 

> However, I can't get this to work from a WinXP normal user account. It

> works fine for my admin account but not for the one I normally do

> development in. The DiaBuilder icon doesn't appear in the program
list,
and

> when I choose "Browse" and pick it, absolutely nothing happens. It
won't

> associate, nor does it give me an error.

> 

> This account can execute DiaBuilder2000.exe no problem, but I'm
getting

> tired of manually launching it instead of just double-clicking on the
prj

> file. Anyone else here using DiaBuilder2000 to build mapbasic dialogs 

> know how to fix this? Is it a Windows thing, or something peculiar to

> DiaBuilder?

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RE: [MI-L] Extracting coordinates of the end points of a line

2006-06-21 Thread Eric_Blasenheim 

This post made me really smile so hopefully
you all can at least see why. Mr. Simmonds says:

 haven't used
it for maybe the last 2 updates of MI so maybe it's gone...

Gone? If there is something that we
can easily defend in terms of MapInfo Professional and MapBasic, is that
we never take out a built in function or command!   We even have a
few functions that were changed between the first and second versions (1992)
but the old ones were left in for compatibility with special translation
code. Can any of you long timers identify these? There are 8 functions
that now have new names but if our code sees that we are running a version
1 .MBX (anyone got one for testing?) we translate those functions into
the new names. 

Sincerely with a smile! 
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Does anyone know how to extract the X1, Y1,
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of the line?
I’m stumped.
 
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RE: [MI-L] OT - DiaBuilder2000 File Association Problem

2006-06-21 Thread SCISOFT 








All

Omitted the attached image
this time (much too large). 

 

Using file associations
in Windows is not the greatest fun. 

 

Rather than associate a
file extension - .PRJ is used by much more than MapInfo, DiaBuilder, ESRI, and
almost every software coding IDE (Integrated Development Interface) - the trick
is to create a "Send To" job that works when you use the context menu
in Windows Explorer. The context menu (of anything) is when you right-click
with your mousething. 

 

Now, writing a Windows
Shell Extension like a SendTo extension is a bit tricky, but fortunately all
you really need to do is to create a shortcut - or even an MSDOS batch file
(remember them?), and put it into the SendTo folder for the user (or Default
User). 

 

For example, the use of
regsvr32.exe to register and unregister ActiveX components (etc) can be made a
simple operation, by creating a batch file containing just this: 

  regsvr32 %1

(since there is always a
Windows PATH set to the location of regsvr32.exe, which is %windir%\system32\ -
ie, C:\WINDOWS\system32\ )

 

The SendTo folder that I
am using on my computer is 

  C:\Documents
and Settings\Admin\SendTo\ 

I’m currently
logged in as a user with administrative permissions. AFAIK, an XP system that
is locked down with minimal permissions (like Bill's) should allow this to work
OK. There is a SendTo folder in \Default User\ - but not in \All Users\ 

 

Create a shortcut to
DiaBuilder2000 (right-click, Create Shortcut on my machine), then edit that
shortcut (right-click, Properties). Change the Target textbox by adding a
space, then %1 – 

eg, C:\MyStuff\DiaBuilder2000.exe
%1

Give the shortcut a nice
recognizable name, so that you know what’s going to happen when you
invoke it by selecting your .PRJ file and right-clicking and choosing the
SendTo submenu. 

Then, dump that shortcut
into the appropriate \SendTo\ folder. I don’t Trey’s stuff
installed on this machine, so this filename may be wrong. 

 

Anyway, try it. At worst,
set admin privileges to get the thing working then change back to your
locked-down situation and see if it is still functional. 

 

IL Thomas

GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia

 

 

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XP does have the "open with" option, and
that's what I'm trying. In the

"Open With" dialog box Diabuilder2000 is not
listed among the possibilities

and when I try "Browse" and navigate to and
click on DiaBuilder2000.exe,

nothing happens.  This is not the case when I use
my administrator acount.

 

When I check the security settings on
DiaBuilder2000.exe my normal

privilege account has full access to this file, but I
can't seem to get

!$*%ing Windows to let me associate DiaBuilder2000.exe
with *.prj files 

from this account. 

 

What's even more irritating is that from a Google for
"Windows file 

association" I've found lots of "how
to's" explaining how to use the 

Windows file association feature from Windows
Explorer, but nothing 

about this problem. 

 

If somebody could recommend a good Windows XP Problems
mailing list where I

could ask about this, that might be helpful too,
because I think this is

more a Windows issue than a DiaBuilder2000 or MapInfo
problem.

 

- Bill

 

 

On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:15:23AM -0500, David Reid
wrote:

> This is by no means a solution, but possibly a
"better'n nuttin'"

> solution...

> 

> I don't know if XP has "Open With" in
the right click dialog of Explorer. I

> don't even remember if this is native to Win2000
or if it was an add on

> tweak I found but. If that's available, and you
don't find resolution a

> better way, this would be better than having to
dialog through menues to run

> Diabuilder.

> 

> Fwiw

> Dave

> 

> 

> -Original Message-

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Thoen

> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:49 AM

> To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com

> Subject: [MI-L] OT - DiaBuilder2000 File
Association Problem

> 

> 

> The *.prj file normally associated with
DiaBuilder 2000 project files seems

> to also be normally associated with other
software and I keep having to fix

> it with the "Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder
Options/File..." to reset the

> the file association to run DiaBuilder2000.exe
with any *.prj file.

> 

> However, I can't get this to work from a WinXP
normal user account. It

> works fine for my admin account but not for the
one I normally do

> development in. The DiaBuilder icon doesn't
appear in the program list, and

> when I choose "Browse" and pick it,
absolutely nothing happens. It won't

> associate, nor does it give me an error.

> 

> This account can execute DiaBuilder2000.exe no
problem, but I'm getting

> tired of manually launching i

RE: [MI-L] Entended Error 503

2006-06-21 Thread Peter Horsbøll Møller 



Hi Allan,
 
Two suggestions:
 
1. Try to do a Save As to make sure the data i stored in a "true" MapInfo 
TAB file.
2. If that doesn't help, open the TAB file in a text editor and change 
the version to 300.
 
I would think that you need to do the second suggestion. Please note that 
having large objects or other "newer" features in the table might be a problem, 
so make a copy of the table, before doing this experiment
Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical 
Information & IT   COWI A/S Odensevej 
95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark   Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct  +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail  [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis 
 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allan 
CharterisSent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:24 AMTo: 
mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Entended Error 
503

Hello 
All
Using MapInfo 8.0 
and VM3.1  
When doing a 
ploy-to-point I get Extended Error 503 - to what does the error refer and how do 
I fix it?
 
Thanks in 
advance
Al
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[MI-L] Entended Error 503

2006-06-21 Thread Allan Charteris 



Hello 
All
Using MapInfo 8.0 
and VM3.1  
When doing a 
ploy-to-point I get Extended Error 503 - to what does the error refer and how do 
I fix it?
 
Thanks in 
advance
Al
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