Re: [MI-L] Norwegian NGO 48 projection in MapInfo
Title: Norwegian NGO 48 projection in MapInfo Hi Jakob, Here's what I got from Statens Kartverk in 1995. Datum: a = 6 377 492,0176 m e = 1 / 299,1528 Modified Bessel ellipsoid Oslo observatory = 10d 43' 22,5" east (Greenwich Meridian) 8 Gauss-Krger zones, relative to Oslo obs. (minus = west) : - 4d 40' - 2d 20' 0d + 2d 30' + 6d 10' + 10d 10' + 14d 10' + 18d 20' For all zones, the scale factor = 1,0 at the zone meridian (an assumption based on the used word "tangential meridians"). False northing = 58,0 degrees I have no information as to the easting coordinate values used, so there you'll have to compare to a known point. You can also find a thorough description here : http://www.asprs.org/resources/grids/ -- Norway is listed under 1999. I don't have MapInfo projection clauses at hand, you'll have to do the calculations yourself :-) Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Lars I. Nielsen GisPro Jakob Lanstorp wrote: Anyone having the MapInfo definition of the Norwegian NGO 48 projection ? Thx., Jakob Lanstorp Software Developer GIS, Surveying IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Mob +45 4020 7529 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Mapinfo capabilities
Interesting discussion I'd be interested to know where you think Oracle Spatial sits in this and whether it is or can be adapted to be an alternative solution ?. Some of our clients are moving away from SDE because it creates another layer above their Oracle databases and the complexity in maintaining and managing SDE. Good luck Rob Rowell Insight GIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.insightgis.com.au ph +61 3 6234 5833 fax +61 3 6234 5899 mob 0418 127 152 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Gagnon Sent: Monday, 16 October 2006 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mapinfo list Subject: Re: [MI-L] Mapinfo capabilities Yes, I agree.. That's why I wanted to start this discussion.. I just hope everybody will give some feedback on this issue an somebody at MapInfo will here us. After all we are the Mapinfo users.. and some people in this list are real hardcore!! So I just hope that mapinfo won't let thes GIS sectors down and will be competitive in regards to other GIS companies that offer solutions in these sectors. Eric Eric Gagnon, B.Sc. Maptica www.maptica.com Doug Cubin wrote: Hi Eric Although I do use MapInfo a lot (I helped set up the UK User Group over 10 years ago), I do find that I can only recommend ESRI products to my clients when GIS is required for corporate use. This is primarily because of SDE and not due to any desktop functionality. SDE (enhanced by products such as ArcFM) handles multi-user environments very well - especially where editing is required. Furthermore, with ESRI latest 9.2 release of ArcGIS, there is now feature-level auditing built in to the geodatabase. Unfortunately, MapInfo simply cant cater for this - which is a shame because I think MapInfo is the best desktop GIS you can get. The problem with MapInfo is that when you have many users (especially out in the field e.g. utility engineers) then you have to programmatically cater for synchronisation. There are a few tools out there, but nothing that really works seamlessly with the database - and this is where SDE comes in. One of my larger clients is a water utility with 6m+ customers and they do have some MapInfo clients. This is fine as I just allow ArcIMS to deploy OGC WMS and WFS services and one day WFS-T (ie. Transactions) will be deployed, but when it comes to editing then an ESRI client is required. SDE off the shelf manages the multi-user multi-department environment really well and it is extraordinarily fast - searching through millions of spatial (pipeline) records in milliseconds is no problem. An important note regarding AutoCAD is that by default they support SDE editing. This means that within AutoCAD you can start up the SDE CadClient menu that will give u full access read/write to SDE databases. This is a very powerful feature particularly as the AutoCAD drawings themselves, feature by feature, can be stored within the SDE database or as a BLOB of DWG. Therefore SDE handles the whole AutoCAD editing process. Impressive. Companies such as Miner and Miner http://www.miner.com/ have made full use of the Geodatabase with the internal business rules, all based around SDE, and developed a very powerful suite of products for the Utility corporate infrastructure. There are several ways to go with this for MapInfo as far as I can see: 1. Develop rival product - rulebase support for Oracle/SQL Server Spatial (how about PostGIS?) This would be a layer that sits on top of SDO (much like SDE) and support the business logic. All reading/writing would pass through this layer. 2. Develop full SDE API/Geodatabase support. If they don't want to create a rival product then MapInfo could simply the SDE interface therefore opening up the utility market for third party developers - just like Miner and Miner. 3. Drive forward Open GIS Consortium They could very aggressively drive the Transactional support for WFS map services. MapInfo already has a very decent WMS/WFS client and if editing was supported via OGC, then the backend could be SDE anyway. ArcIMS could be deploying the data or another map server. Those are my thoughts on the matter! I am sure there are some products out there that do support municipal or corporate infrastructure but I havent seen many. To develop those products without an underlying intelligent spatial database layer is very tricky - you have to cover all the bases yourself: syncrhonisation, feature auditing, feature locking.. Cheers Doug -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Gagnon Sent: 12 October 2006 18:24 To: mapinfo list Subject: [MI-L] Mapinfo capabilities Hi, We see other companies bringing different GIS packages to infrastructure / utility mapping. Esri has solutions for this. So does Intergraph and Autocad. I keep seing marketing strategies offered by mapinfo but more going towards
[MI-L] Frame Scale
All, Does anyone know how to extract the scale from a layout frame object using MapBasic? I would like to automatically populate a text object on my layout with the current scale of the map frame but cannot seem to find a way to do this. Regards, James ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] (ADVERT) Free Download - 250k Coastline/Political Map
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RE: [MI-L] Event based programming
Which environment are you referring to? MapBasic? MapX? Integrated Mapping? The answers are different for all three. Spencer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rakesh Rao Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:41 AM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Event based programming Hello, I have a dialog based application in which I need to update a raster image in a layer and show the dialog again soon after. Is there a way to temporarily hide the dialog box? How do I find out if the dialog box has closed? On a similar note, how do I trap the event when MapInfo is about to exit? Any help is appreciated. Thanks Regards - Rakesh Rao [ rakesh.rao(at)4d-technologies.com ] - Four Dimension Technologies [www.4d-technologies.com] - Get GeoTools, Work smarter: www.4d-technologies.com/geotools - Free Lisp downloads @ TechCenter: www.4d-technologies.com/techcenter ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] Shape files when brought into MapInfo
I have brought and ESRI shape file into MapInfo which should have a bunch of geology (polygons? I believe). I used the universal translator and it was a success. When I went to then open the new tab file in MapInfo it seem to have no data (nothing showing on the screen), but if I open a browser there is lots of data. Does anyone no what step I am missing? Cheers, Sandra Rickard Geologist Wolfden Resources Inc. Phone: (807) 346-1668 Fax: (807) 345-0284 401-1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 www.wolfdenresources.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Shape files when brought into MapInfo
Are you sure there's no map objects? Is it possible they converted with a white border and fill or no border and fill? While the mapper window is active, open Layer Control, and double click on the layer that's supposed to be populated with objects, and see if there are any style overides available, if not, there's for sure, no objects. If this is the case, it's quite possible your problem could be related to using the wrong projection when you converted the foreign data (*.shp files) David Reid Colbert County 9-1-1 Colbert County, Alabama From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sandra RickardSent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:10 AMTo: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Shape files when brought into MapInfo I have brought and ESRI shape file into MapInfo which should have a bunch of geology (polygons? I believe). I used the universal translator and it was a success. When I went to then open the new tab file in MapInfo it seem to have no data (nothing showing on the screen), but if I open a browser there is lots of data. Does anyone no what step I am missing? Cheers, Sandra Rickard Geologist Wolfden Resources Inc. Phone: (807) 346-1668 Fax: (807) 345-0284 401-1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 www.wolfdenresources.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] RE: MapInfo-L Digest, Vol 12, Issue 52
Hi Sandra, I had something similar happen before with a shapefile with Polylines. Somehow, don't ask how, but the geographic data had somehow been changed to have the exact same co-ordinates for every point in the lines. I didn't realize it until I exported the TAB to a MID/MIF, then opened the MIF file in Notepad. It could be that the Shapefile is corrupted or something. Did you get the shapefile from someone else and, if so, can you check with them? _ Don Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:09:41 -0400 From: Sandra Rickard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MI-L] Shape files when brought into MapInfo To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message-ID: !!AAAYAPvfQWF0s29JgoOTN0LDsRDCgAAAEJI10l [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I have brought and ESRI shape file into MapInfo which should have a bunch of geology (polygons? I believe). I used the universal translator and it was a success. When I went to then open the new tab file in MapInfo it seem to have no data (nothing showing on the screen), but if I open a browser there is lots of data. Does anyone no what step I am missing? Cheers, Sandra Rickard Geologist Wolfden Resources Inc. Phone: (807) 346-1668 Fax: (807) 345-0284 401-1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 www.wolfdenresources.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] RE: Shape files when brought into MapInfo
Hi Sandra, There been a few other reports of this type of thing happening recently. I think the issue is that the original source files have no cordless system and ordered your choosing the non-Earth coordinate system when you are doing your import. I believe what's happening is that the bounds of 0,0 to 10,10 is being used incorrectly -- we're talking with MapInfo to find out where this is coming from. The solution would be to choose a coordinate system that is not non-Earth, provided that you know what that should be. If you'd like us to examine this further (we are the makers of the universal translator, which is a subset of our flagship FME product), please send your log file which the universal translator would've produced in to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we can take a further look. Good luck! Dale -- Dale Lutz Safe Software Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] VP Development Surrey, BC, CANADAphone: (604) 501-9985 http://www.safe.com fax: (604) 501-9965 -- I have brought and ESRI shape file into MapInfo which should have a bunch of geology (polygons? I believe). I used the universal translator and it was a success. When I went to then open the new tab file in MapInfo it seem to have no data (nothing showing on the screen), but if I open a browser there is lots of data. ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Frame Scale
As you probably know, the frame scale is not the same as the map scale, because of the way MapInfo fits a map view into a frame. But in a layout, of course, it's the frame's scale that matters. It would sure be nice if there were just an ObjectInfo() or ObjectGeography() call for this, but there isn't (or at least not in the documentation for MapBasic 8.5). The frame scale can be calculated, but all methods are convoluted and inaccurate. I have a little test app that calculates frame scale using two different methods and could post the source if anyone's interested. Hope this helps Spencer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Stott Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:47 AM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Frame Scale All, Does anyone know how to extract the scale from a layout frame object using MapBasic? I would like to automatically populate a text object on my layout with the current scale of the map frame but cannot seem to find a way to do this. Regards, James ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] Shape Files when brought into MapInfo
Thank you to everyone who responded. I have solved the problem and just in case any of you come across this here is what Dale said. Hi Sandra, There been a few other reports of this type of thing happening recently. I think the issue is that the original source files have no cordless system and ordered your choosing the non-Earth coordinate system when you are doing your import. I believe what's happening is that the bounds of 0,0 to 10,10 is being used incorrectly -- we're talking with MapInfo to find out where this is coming from. The solution would be to choose a coordinate system that is not non-Earth, provided that you know what that should be. If you'd like us to examine this further (we are the makers of the universal translator, which is a subset of our flagship FME product), please send your log file which the universal translator would've produced in to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we can take a further look. Good luck! Dale Cheers, Sandra Rickard Geologist Wolfden Resources Inc. Phone: (807) 346-1668 Fax: (807) 345-0284 401-1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 www.wolfdenresources.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] Sequential Point Distance Calculations
Title: Sequential Point Distance Calculations Dear List, We have the need to calculate distances (and speed) between sequential points (vehicle location plots) in a table. Is there a tool out there that you would suggest? William Meixner Manager, Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our mission is to make a difference by caring for people in need. tel: 858-492-3676 fax: 858-492-3677 mobile: 858-518-9706 Add me to your address book... American Medical Response 8808 Balboa Avenue Suite 150 San Diego, CA 92123 The information in this e-mail transmission, or the documents accompanying this e-mail transmission, may contain confidential health information that is legally protected by state and federal law, including, but not limited to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and related regulations. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail transmission is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this information, or if you are not properly authorized to receive this information, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents of this e-mail or the attached documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately by sending a reply e-mail indicating that you have arranged for the deletion of this e-mail and a destruction of this e-mail and any attached documents. ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] Advert for GIS Assistant/Web Admin
Hi All Just added a new job posting to the Jobs Board on our MUGNZ website for a GIS Assistant/Web Admin here at Napier City Council. Take a look at... http://www.mugnz.com/content/view/112/41/ The position includes access to the latest software and technology: - Current MapInfo versions - Adobe Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, etc - High-end HP Workstation with dual 20 screens - New Laptop (dual core cpu + 2Gb Ram etc) - A3 scanner - Ipaq with GBM Mobile etc - Great coffee! On the downside you would have to work with me! ;O) Cheers Simon Regards Simon Nitz GIS Administrator Planning Department Napier City Council New Zealand Napier Planning: http://www.napierplanning.govt.nz Napier GIS: http://www.gis.napier.govt.nz Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 0064-6-835-7579 ext.8151 DDI: 0064-6-834-4151 Fax: 0064-6-835-1574 New Zealand MapInfo User Group Web Site: http://www.mugnz.com ## Attention: This e-mail message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. Any information provided is given in good faith. However unless specifically stated to the contrary, Napier City Council accepts no liability for the content of this e-mail or for the consequences of any action taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you received this e-mail message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] Project Grande Terminated?
I heard through the grapevine that the MapInfo Pro .NET effort just got whacked today! The new .NET stuff is going into MapXtreme, which will be able to be licensed on the desktop, but that new releases of MI Pro are still going to be programmable by MapBasic and that MapBasic development will continue for the foreseeable future. I guess this means that we MB developers will still be able to afford the fancy cars, palatial mansions and Hollywood lifestyles we have become accustomed to... (heh!) Does anyone else here have any more details about this yet? I also heard something about a VB.NET interface to MapInfo, but I don't know what that means yet. - Bill Thoen ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] Universal Translator Issues
Just an update on this issue. Firstly thanks to those who replied. Bill states below quite clearly that their is an issue with UT setting the bounds too low, which causes features to be stacked on the same point. Stephanie's response was The fix is don't convert the autocad file directly into a .tab file, convert it into a .mif then use a text editor to change the boundaries in the .mif file, then import it into MapInfo. Yes this is a very tedious process if there are a lot of layers in the .dwg file. This has worked out reasonably well, I wasn't aware of this format/functionality and found that the .mif file format was quite intuitive. So I wrote an application that reads the file and purges the information that Im not interested in. This gets me about 90% of the way, at which point I just do a manual delete of any more features that I don't want. I got some follow up emails from Dale Lutz regarding the issues with UT, safe is investigating the issue so heres hoping for a fix. Thanks again Leslie Pogson Design Engineer United Group Infrastructure Transport , Major Projects 28 Clayton Road Clayton North Victoria 3168 Australia Direct: +61 3 9239 4274 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unitedgroupltd.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/10/2006 10:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: [MI-L] Universal Translator Issues What is the Coordinate system or Projection used by the CAD files sent to you? If you translate from an external format (DXF, DWG, DGN, etc) to TAB format and do not select any specific projection, the result TAB files will be set to Non-Earth (meters) system using a default set of bounds that is only 10 meters across. Regards, -Bill Mail List:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/2006 12:14 PM ZE10 To:mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com cc: Subject: [MI-L] Universal Translator Issues Hey List, I'm having some issues with the Universal Translator. Im converting AutoCad DWG files to Tab. I've tried it with the UT that shipped with both MI Professional versions 8.0 and 8.5 8.0 is fairly accurate but I get several artefacts, including a large number of parallel lines which are several thousand times longer that the actual drawings. They all start in a section of the drawing fairly close together. some arcs which are only noticeable at a fairly close level of zoom various point data and text scattered around the work area a great distance away from the drawing 8.5 completes the translation but is completely meaningless. All that comes through is point data all but two of which are at the same location. I spoke to the CAD department who looked over the areas with the issues and they found nothing. I have a theory that the parallel lines are the UT not being able to handle an AutoCad object type that someone used when creating their portion of this drawing. Which is why it is localised. The files that the CAD guys are using are microstation, these don't even complete the translation. The file originates in 3D but is 'Exported' to AutoCad 2D. Anyone got any ideas on what is going on here? Or suggestions on what I can do to get a 'clean' translation. Leslie Pogson Design Engineer United Group Infrastructure UNITED GROUP This email message is the property of United Group. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose, copy or distribute this email, nor take or omit to take any action in reliance on it. United Group accepts no liability for any damage caused by this email or any attachments due to viruses, interference, interception, corruption or unauthorised access. If you have received this email in error, please notify United Group immediately by email to the sender's email address and delete this document. Please consider the environment before printing this Email. ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l UNITED GROUP This email message is the property of United Group. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is
[MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5 and connecting my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx to it for real time tracking in the field. This is the first time I have tried connecting via GeoTracker and I keep getting a 'Status is unavailable...' signal in the GeoTracker dialogue. The GPS is connected via USB as the laptop does not have a serial port. I do have connection to the laptop via another application but cannot into GeoTracker. I have gone through the 'help' file, done the preferences stuff but with no success. Any assistance would be great. Tony Tony Baylis Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] RE: SHP FILES - MANIFOLD TO MAPINFO 8.5
Richard I'm not sure if you subscribe to the MapInfo-L list but there have been problems with the Universal Translator (a free utility, a cut-down version of FME from Safe Software) incorrectly handling SHP files when importing them into MapInfo. Your email (below) says It seems to be Ok on points only data but lines (and assume polygons) get corrupted and MapInfo refuses to load them. This is EXACTLY the problem that Universal Translator has with SHP files - ie, it's not a Manifold issue. I can email you the posts on MapInfo-L which describe this problem (there are at least 3 separate persons posting about it, I think). This is different from your issue - and may well be a good reason NOT to make SHP files from Manifold and then import them to MapInfo - ie, you would be better off exporting from Manifold in 'native' MapInfo TAB/DAT/etc filesets, or as MIF/MID (as I suggested earlier). The issue of the line styles, etc not matching from Manifold to MapInfo is something that Manifold is continually improving. In fact, if you read the MapInfo-L list, it's also currently an issue for some people for the import of all sorts of ESRI data which has stylist information, into MapInfo - it's a fact of life, for every GIS that needs to exchange data with every other GIS. IL Thomas GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia -Original Message- From: Richard Sands [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] [Spam] SHP FILES - MANIFOLD TO MAPINFO 8.5 Gday Ian Thanks for this - someone in Spain emailed me almost immediately saying same - this forum stuff is amazing. For some reason there's a hangup between exporting files from Manifold in native MapInfo format and then importing into MapInfo - I found this before and mentioned it on Forum - seem to remember it got acknowledged it doesn't work too well. It seems to be Ok on points only data but lines (and assume polygons) get corrupted and MapInfo refuses to load them. I was sure it was a matter of getting MapInfo to read and save the info into its native format and reside in its appropriate place, but it's a bit difficult on someone else's computer and in there office to do too much scratching around. I still use CanvasGIS but haven't used it for any really serious stuff lately. It is very good. I see it still gets the stick on the web and ACDC don't seem to respond one bit which to me is a bit odd. Regards Richard -Original Message- From: SCISOFT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:00 PM To: 'Richard Sands'; 'MANIFOLD-L' Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] [Spam] SHP FILES - MANIFOLD TO MAPINFO 8.5 Richard MapInfo Professional 7.5+ can use SHP files like it uses rasters such as GeoTiffs or ECW - except of course the SHP contains vector data. What happens is that the TAB file contains a reference to the SHP (and its DBF attributes file), and the MI engine handles the rendering of the vector data. Now, I have an ancient version of MI (v6.5) and I won't upgrade in the near future, so I may be wrong in this: I don't believe that the SHP files can actually be edited by MapInfo. In order to do so, what you would need to do with MapInfo v8.5 is to **import** them, using the Universal Translator tool, so that they're in native MapInfo format (DAT). Then, you have a set of MI files that can be edited as required by the client. May I ask why you didn't export the data in either native MapInfo format (what manifold would show as TAB), or in the MIF/MID exchange format? SHP is foreign to both Manifold and to MapInfo (and should be a banned format in my opinion!!). IL Thomas GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sands Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:56 PM To: MANIFOLD-L Subject: [Manifold-l] [Spam] SHP FILES - MANIFOLD TO MAPINFO 8.5 I've export shp files from 7.0 and emailed to client. When MapInfo 8.5 (latest version)opens them they cannot be edited. I have visited the recipient on site with my laptop and copied files to their PC from memory stick. Still no edit. Right click on the layer in MapInfo and the edit box is greyed out. The files are not read only when windows reads them and I don't have passwords to protect the data etc. I've repeated this with several files to no avail. I exported some as .mif and they worked fine in MapInfo. Only the shp files are uneditable. (in case of wonder - Lines with lots data don't seam to export from Manifold and into MapInfo as .mifs - they don't open at all in 8.5 at this end) Can anyone offer help here? Regards Richard ___ Manifold-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/manifold-l -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/480 - Release Date: 17/10/2006 -- No
Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Tony, Here is the sequence of events that worked for me. Start your computer. Turn on the GPS unit. After the computer boots up, plug the GPS Unit into the USB port. Let the computer recognise the new hardware. Start up Mapinfo and run the Geotrack.mbx Then start Geotracker. This was the only way I could get a USB GPS unit to work on my computer with version 8.0 of Mapinfo and version 3.3 of Geotracker. Hope this is of some help. Regards, Jon Gramm ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] RE: [Manifold-l] RE: SHP FILES - MANIFOLD TO MAPINFO 8.5
Guys I regularly use both manifold and MapInfo, and I have had some of the problems people are discussing here when exchanging files from manifold to mapInfo. Richard, do any of the files that you are sending contain columns with no information in them? I have found that MapInfo doesn't like to import mid/mif files from Manifold that have blank columns. This hasn't solved all my problems, but generally if I only export the specific columns that I need I don't have too many issues. Cheers James Kelly -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sands Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2006 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'MANIFOLD-L'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [Manifold-l] RE: SHP FILES - MANIFOLD TO MAPINFO 8.5 Ian Thanks. (not sure if I hit send all or just to you before). 'you would be better off exporting from Manifold in 'native' MapInfo TAB/DAT/etc file sets, or as MIF/MID (as I suggested earlier).' One problem seems to be when I send data from Manifold to MapInfo in its native format as above, it doesn't read into MapInfo at all - says its corrupt or can't create data base/ table or something? It works fine with point data. I'm not concerned for the styles of lines etc. Conversely the shp import at least works - gets it into and readable and thematically presentable into MapInfo from Manifold. The fellas at the MapInfo end still cant get the files to be editable despite my passing on comments from you Ian and also Jose. They are getting the MapInfo support to look at this, but it's a bit slow coming. This is a plug for our user Forums - I realise this isn't really a Manifold issue, but there's help out there - and very quickly thanks. I'll have a poke around in MapInfo-L (no don't subscribe) and see what says there. Regards Richard ___ Manifold-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/manifold-l -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Thanks to Mike and Jon for your help but unfortunately I have had no success. All things I had tried except maybe the definitive step through. I shall keep working on it and let everyone know when I work it out. Tony Cummings, Mike wrote: Check the settings/configuration of your GPS. If I remember correctly, to use a USB connection the GPS should be set to the garmin protocols not NMEA 0183. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tony Baylis Sent: Wed 10/18/2006 5:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5 and connecting my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx to it for real time tracking in the field. This is the first time I have tried connecting via GeoTracker and I keep getting a 'Status is unavailable...' signal in the GeoTracker dialogue. The GPS is connected via USB as the laptop does not have a serial port. I do have connection to the laptop via another application but cannot into GeoTracker. I have gone through the 'help' file, done the preferences stuff but with no success. Any assistance would be great. Tony Tony Baylis Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- Tony Baylis Spatial Information Specialist Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
