RE: MI-L Help with Making a New Map
Hi Jake, I'd help you figure out the registration issue, but in this case you ought to track down source files of the geography in question rather than re-digitizing it. If you are dealing with these: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legislat/PassedPlans/redist_maps.htm I suggest you get on the phone and start tracking back to a data source, because this stuff is based on census geographies (blocks) and clearly someone has either a ready made GIS layer of these bounds or at least a cross reference of Block to district. We've dealt with this in many states and trust me, digitizing should be your last option... Good luck Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Jake Posey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Help with Making a New Map I need help with how to basically trace a map. I have a PDF map of Kentucky House Districts and I want to use this map to make a MapInfo map that will overlay on my Kentucky Counties map provided with MapInfo software. I have been able to take an image and import it as a raster file and trace its lines to make a map. However, I ran into two problems. My raster image was neither the same size of my current maps, nor was it using the same coordinates. Can someone please give me advice on how to import a raster image, change its size, and place it on the map area to line up with an existing map? Thank you in advance. __ Jake Posey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamilton Beattie & Staff 102 South 10th Street Fernandina Beach FL 32034 p 904.491.0591 f 904.4910594 cell - (904) 556-5537 4201 Connecticut Ave, Suite 212 Washington DC 20008 p 202.686.5900 f 202.686.7080 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12662
RE: MI-L Help with Making a New Map
I poked around a minute> try this link for boundary files in MapInfo importable vector form > http://www.uky.edu/KGS/gis/bounds.html Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Jake Posey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Help with Making a New Map I need help with how to basically trace a map. I have a PDF map of Kentucky House Districts and I want to use this map to make a MapInfo map that will overlay on my Kentucky Counties map provided with MapInfo software. I have been able to take an image and import it as a raster file and trace its lines to make a map. However, I ran into two problems. My raster image was neither the same size of my current maps, nor was it using the same coordinates. Can someone please give me advice on how to import a raster image, change its size, and place it on the map area to line up with an existing map? Thank you in advance. __ Jake Posey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamilton Beattie & Staff 102 South 10th Street Fernandina Beach FL 32034 p 904.491.0591 f 904.4910594 cell - (904) 556-5537 4201 Connecticut Ave, Suite 212 Washington DC 20008 p 202.686.5900 f 202.686.7080 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12663
RE: MI-L training course material
We've used MapInfo courseware in delivering a lot of training. I've also created my own training course materials about 20 times for different audiences going back to the US Bureau of Mines in 1993 and through just a month ago for varied users. I guess I can offer up our services to do more such custom training materials because they take a lot of time and require a specialized experience - some of our stuff I might contribute to this wonderful list because I feel strongly about the benefits of sharing in this community, but I also feed my kids selling MapInfo services, so we're available for hire for custom training if you are in a pinch...Will travel...but how about MapInfo training in Maine in August? Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Susan Yu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 3:07 PM To: Trevor Robar; Bill Thoen Cc: MapInfo Listers Subject: RE: MI-L training course material Same here! I presented to my co-workers on the basic functionality of MapInfo. They don't need to (or want to) know all the intricate aspect of MapInfo, just how to work the basics (i.e. tools, layers, labels, legends, layout, import, export, thematic mapping etc.) But I wonder if there is a simple FAQ for MapInfo non-users. Then I can use the FAQ to tailor the material to them. I often can't decide if they need to know something or not because I'm looking at the software at a "power user" point of view. I do have some material that I may be able to share but I don't know how good it is. This topic is timely becaue I have been requested to do another MapInfo Intro training. I really like that Wiki idea. I don't know much about wiki or how to set it up, but I do know a little on how to use sites like Blogger and I think that allows for multiple user input...I think... Would something like that be feasible? thanks, Susan Trevor Robar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, I had a real good look back about six months ago. Unfortunately, I did not find anything useful except for course outlines and course costs. I ended up making a course outline and workbook up on my own using the clients data and software license. It is really basic MI stuff. I hear you on the MI course costs, it can get really expensive if you decide to send a few people from the office on an official course. I ended up doing all my training with staff myself. LGS -Original Message- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 6:20 PM To: Robert Crossley Cc: MapInfo List Subject: Re: MI-L training course material On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Robert Crossley wrote: > I am presenting a training course for my application users, and need to > include some core MapInfo skills. Is there any standard training course > material out there in the public domain or for a reasonable per person > charge? It has been years since I have looked at the tutorial data that > comes with pro, but are there any others available? Perhaps this would be > a good wiki application, particularly if the exercises were based on the > standard MapInfo distribued data? It'd be a great wiki topic. I wish the wiki I'd set up a few weeks ago had survived, but due to an act of the gods, followed by a pinheaded hacker from Romania, I've had some difficulty rebuilding the server with all the necessary software. I'm going to put it up again, but I've got a full plate with my day job just now, so if someone else wants to set up a wiki in the meantime, I've got some pages to contribute! > I notice that ESRI have free on-line training. I don't suppose that there > is an equivalent. Not from MapInfo -- training costs US$795 per course -- but last I checked, ESRI's got 5-6 times the GIS market as MapInfo so they can afford some largess. - Bill Thoen - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12676 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12724 - Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12728
RE: MI-L Translating MapInfo to Atlas GIS ver 3.03
Kent - My Atlas pal here tells me they used to give away a utility called Atlas Import/Export (ie.exe) that would bring in some formats (MIF I think). I don't have it but you might track it down... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Translating MapInfo to Atlas GIS ver 3.03 AG*Link imports Atlas GIS files into MapInfo. Is there anyway to export MapInfo to Atlas GIS? Thanks Kent Treichel Analyst-GIS Tax Research Minnesota Department of Revenue MS 2230 600 North Robert St St. Paul, MN 55146-2230 651-556-6150 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12855 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12866
RE: MI-L Ang. MI-L Looking for a MapInfo tool to warp vector tab files.
I'd like to second that recommendation. We've also used the tool with great success, and it is a very powerful capability... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Mats Elfström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Ang. MI-L Looking for a MapInfo tool to warp vector tab files. Hi Stephen! Yes, I do know of one. May I recommend FlexibleMap from Mr Christian Singer (no affiliation) I have been using that for years, not very often, but whenever needed it has proven its value. I have version 2.1, now I see that the current version is 2.3.1, so it is being maintained. (I often find that this kind of add-ons are one night stands who reached their 1.1 version back in 1999 and, despite the need, haven't been developed further) Gripe aside, read more on FlexibleMap at http://www.icsinger.de/flxmap_e.htm Hälsning/ Best regards Mats.E FB Engineering AB Södra Förstadsgatan 26 211 43 Malmö OBS nya telefonnummer! Tel: 040-660 2550 Mobil: 0705-27 60 27 Fax: 040-660 2599 e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fbe.se - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13295 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13297
MI-L US States LINE file
Hi all, Anyone have a US State outline dataset as Polylines, preferably without coast or with coast attributed/identified? Need this for cartographic purposes and am hoping to not have to build it. Cheers! Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com
RE: MI-L batch shape file import
Hi Cinda, The Universal Translator allows you to select multiple Shapefiles for batch conversion so long as they reside in same directory... I think I used to use a DOS one but the UT should do I think... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Cinda Graubard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:40 AM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: MI-L batch shape file import I know this has come up before but can't find it. Is there a utility to import ArcView shape files in batches, rather than one at a time? Thanks for a quick reply, Cinda Graubard GeoMax - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14441 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14442
RE: MI-L SQL question
You can reverse the order of the tables in the SQL dialog, should return the first table's geography/polygon... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:30 AM To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L SQL question Group, It slips my mind right know so, I have an SQL question. I have a point file and a county file for the US. I want to query all points that fall within the county and then give me the County Boundry file. I keep doing it getting the output of the point file. Any help? Philip Lesnik Research Systems Analyst, Market Research General Growth Properties, Inc. 110 N. Wacker Drive BSC 3-13 Chicago, IL 60606 312-960-2998 312-960-5519 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - +++ Notice: This e-mail including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. '' 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. +++ - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14788 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14794
MI-L tool to save objects as new files
OK, I am not sure what you'd call this, but is there a simple MBX kicking about that will 'explode' a file into one new file per record/object? So if you have one file - a layer of 50 regions and you need a separate TAB file per region, would want to automatically 'save copy as.' for each record and name each new file based on an attribute field. Thanks in advance. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com
RE: MI-L Plume Modeling in MapInfo
We have not used, but started researching this recently... Found this; http://www.dottedeyes.com/software/mapinfo/extensions/alohalink.htm Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Clay Trachtman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:20 AM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L Plume Modeling in MapInfo Hello all, Does anyone know of plume modeling software (extension?) that can do plume modeling in MapInfo. Perhaps some of you are familiar with CATS / HPAC for Arc. I need something like that software, but for MapInfo. Thanks, Clay - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15562 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15563
RE: MI-L Universal Translator and Albers NAD97 projection
We had this for some CA cover type grid files used many moons ago - same idea, slightly different parameters. Can't recall the file/data set or source, maybe Teale... For California cover type grids; "Albers NAD 27 Meters", 9, 62, 7, -120, 0, 34, 40.5, 0, -400 Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:23 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: Re: MI-L Universal Translator and Albers NAD97 projection Bill, Thanks for the introduction to writing a custom projection. No longer as daunting as it seemed. I tried your line as written, and California was shifted about 2,900 miles northward. I played with the False Northing until this worked: "Albers California Custom (CASIL)", 9, 62, 7, -120, 40.5, 34, 40.5, 0, 275800 Looks like the metadata's False Northing was untrue. Truly grateful, Mike In a message dated 3/23/05 8:24:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike: Under the supplemental info at the website you referenced, these are supposedly the projection parameters used for this data. I constructed a mapinfow.prj file entry you can use below when translating via the UT. Copy it into the Regional Conformal Projection section in your mapinfow.prj file using Notepad. It should work with these parameters if they are correct in the metadata referenced below. Give it a whirl -Bill Datum: NAD 27 Projection: Albers Units:Meters 1st Std. Parallel: 34 00 00 (34.0 degrees N) 2nd Std. Parallel: 40 30 00 (40.5 degrees N) Longitude of Origin: -120 00 00 (120.0 degrees W) Latitude of Origin: 00 00 00 (0.0 degrees) False Easting (X shift): 0 False Northing (Y shift):-4,000,000 PRJ file entry: "Custom Albers System", 9, 62, 7, -120, 40.5, 34, 40.5, 0, -400 Mail List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: on 03/23/2005 12:35 AM To:mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com cc: Subject: MI-L Universal Translator and Albers NAD97 projection Need help projecting a map table. I downloaded a shapefile for California PLSS townships and sections from _http://gis.ca.gov/meta.epl?oid=298_ (http://gis.ca.gov/meta.epl?oid=298) which says the projection is Albers NAD97. I have tried running it through Universal Translator with variations on North American Coordinate Systems: Albers Equal-Area Conic(North America) and Albers Equal-Area Conic(Continental U.S.), with no luck. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Mike - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15787
RE: MI-L Universal Translator and Albers NAD97 projection
DOH! Same thing Bill wrote below - guess he and I read the same metadata... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:23 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: Re: MI-L Universal Translator and Albers NAD97 projection Bill, Thanks for the introduction to writing a custom projection. No longer as daunting as it seemed. I tried your line as written, and California was shifted about 2,900 miles northward. I played with the False Northing until this worked: "Albers California Custom (CASIL)", 9, 62, 7, -120, 40.5, 34, 40.5, 0, 275800 Looks like the metadata's False Northing was untrue. Truly grateful, Mike In a message dated 3/23/05 8:24:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike: Under the supplemental info at the website you referenced, these are supposedly the projection parameters used for this data. I constructed a mapinfow.prj file entry you can use below when translating via the UT. Copy it into the Regional Conformal Projection section in your mapinfow.prj file using Notepad. It should work with these parameters if they are correct in the metadata referenced below. Give it a whirl -Bill Datum: NAD 27 Projection: Albers Units:Meters 1st Std. Parallel: 34 00 00 (34.0 degrees N) 2nd Std. Parallel: 40 30 00 (40.5 degrees N) Longitude of Origin: -120 00 00 (120.0 degrees W) Latitude of Origin: 00 00 00 (0.0 degrees) False Easting (X shift): 0 False Northing (Y shift):-4,000,000 PRJ file entry: "Custom Albers System", 9, 62, 7, -120, 40.5, 34, 40.5, 0, -400 Mail List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: on 03/23/2005 12:35 AM To:mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com cc: Subject: MI-L Universal Translator and Albers NAD97 projection Need help projecting a map table. I downloaded a shapefile for California PLSS townships and sections from _http://gis.ca.gov/meta.epl?oid=298_ (http://gis.ca.gov/meta.epl?oid=298) which says the projection is Albers NAD97. I have tried running it through Universal Translator with variations on North American Coordinate Systems: Albers Equal-Area Conic(North America) and Albers Equal-Area Conic(Continental U.S.), with no luck. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Mike - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15788
RE: MI-L MapWorld 2005 - MapInfo-L pass stickers
Steve, my wishes remain in cartography and data management. Might I suggest a MapInfo-L happy hour? Perhaps Wednesday before the 'beach party'? Any of you all send in Maps for the map contest? Last MapWorld there were some great ones but not very many submissions. I suspect they'd still take 'em on if anyone had a late idea to send their best plot in. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Wallace, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 8:32 AM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: MI-L MapWorld 2005 - MapInfo-L pass stickers Hey Warren / everyone -- I'll be there! Some of us old-timer-listers need to meet up somewhere. Of course, you are all EXPECTED to attend my session... 8-D Sorry that I don't have a MapInfo-L "Wish List" to hand John Cavalier or Mark Cattini as in years past. Maybe we can evaluate that process again after hearing what is planned for the next release. See you there! Steve Wallace Florida Farm Bureau Insurance CO's -Original Message- From: Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 06:21 AM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L MapWorld 2005 - MapInfo-L pass stickers Hello all, After a two year break in favour of local events, MapWorld will soon be with us in sunny Miami. As I have done in previous years, I will pin some "I'm on MapInfo-L" stickers to the notice board. Please take one for your conference pass and don't forget to say "Hi!" to fellow -L'ers. The event is an excellent opportunity to network with other MapInfo users and being on MapInfo-L is as good a reason as any to start a chat with a stranger. Learn stuff, meet people and get a tan - prioritise as you wish! I look forward to seeing some of you out there. Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.com - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15806 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15808
RE: MI-L Re: Grid overlays using Vertical Mapper
Scott - I'm a little rusty here but I am pretty sure you need to create a new grid with all values set to 0 and the same number of cells as your bathymetry...then you 'drape' the nautical chart on this grid and not the bathymetry grid - should get you there... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Lewis,Scott [Dartmouth] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:28 PM To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L Re: Grid overlays using Vertical Mapper Hello, Perhaps someone might be able to suggest a solution to my problem; or point me in the right direction: I have some multibeam data (seafloor bathymetry) in grid format that I want to overlay with some raster navigational charts using Vertical Mapper. I am relatively new to Vertical mapper, but so far I have turned the charts (.tif files) into 'drape' files and have added them onto the multibeam grid (in the 3d viewer). My problem is that I don't know how to 'zero' the chart to equal mean sea level. When I overlay the chart with the multibeam, the multibeam appears to hover well above the chart itself. What I would like to do is be able to see is the chart lying flat @ mean sea level, and the seafloor depths appearing below the chart surface. The depths are currently in negative numbers and I would like to assign 'zero' values to the raster chart. I believe the number of cells differs b/w the chart and the multibeam grid. I do not use MapBasic, so any 'simpler' solutions would be much appreciated. Thanks, Scott - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15902
MI-L ArcSDE
Hi all, I may have missed older discussion on this, but as of right now, is there a solution for incorporating an ArcSDE data source directly into a MapXtreme.NET application? Thanks! Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com
RE: MI-L MAPINFO EXPONAIRE QUERY
Hi Peter, We've been setting this up as individual databinds as you noted using Intersects. If the parcel intersects the target layer results show, if it does not no results show. However this is indeed one by one and I think you're trying to run a single query against 56 layers and have a table output, is that so? Not sure how to do that one. Here is some SQL from a similar databind. I'm not sure what DCP stands for - we're checking constraints like floodzones, and administrative zoning including special zoning overlay districts. base Zoning (w/ hyperlink to zoning ordinance online docs) SELECT sample_parcels_Selection.mi_key, Zoning_5_04.Name as "Code", 'http://www.portlandmaine.gov/Chapter014.pdf' as ORDLINK FROM Zoning_5_04, sample_parcels_Selection WHERE MI_Intersects(sample_parcels_Selection.obj, Zoning_5_04.obj) neighborhood name (spatial bind to neighborhood layer) SELECT sample_parcels_Selection.mi_key, NEIGHBOR.Name FROM neighbor, sample_parcels_Selection WHERE MI_Intersects(sample_parcels_Selection.obj, NEIGHBOR.obj) Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Peter Hatton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 1:59 AM To: 'mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com' Subject: MI-L MAPINFO EXPONAIRE QUERY Hi all, can anyone help with the following ? ... We're setting up Exponaire and would like to do the following . We have a total of 56 DCP related constraint layers we wish to have included in exponaire. Each layer represents a different constraint that may be applicable to a "whole" parcel polygon or part of a parcel polygon. I would like to build an Exponaire query as part of a databind to be able to search on individual parcel polygons and return a list of all constraints applicable to that parcel whether the layer polygon covers all or part of the parcel polygon. In other words find all constraint layers that "intersect " the parcel polygon.I thought that if I named all my layers with the same prefix ie. DCP then I may be able to build a query containing ... " intersects any table like %dcp%. Can anyone point me in the right direction .. Many thanks in advance ... Peter Peter HATTON GIS Officer Greater Taree City Council 2 Pulteney Street TAREE 2430 phone 02 6592 5227 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] gov.au This email and any files transmitted with it are intended soley for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Greater Taree City Council is a government organisation and is subject to Freedom of Information legislation. You must assume that any material sent to Greater Taree City Council may be accessible by persons other than the intended recipient. The contents of this message may express views and opinions not necessarily shared by Greater Taree City Council. This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17015
RE: MI-L labels in MI vs. ArcView
Hello list and hi Gretchen - Text splining (among other cartography needs) has been sorely missing for years. Bill Thoen had a curve text mapbasic tool a couple years back and may still. I also got to play around with a pretty great text placement tool from MapText at MapWorld a few months ago. They have an industrial strength text placement engine that is for real production environments - but this was a new MapBasic version that did both dynamic and static labeling using curves as well as all sorts of placement logic and conflict resolution - its called SmartLabel. We make enough maps (fixed scale plots) requiring label work that the cost would pay itself back quickly on internal projects - and I liked it so much we signed on to become resellers. The trick is they haven't quite finalized it yet, but should soon. We're actually planning to use it in conjunction with Bill's MapBook for fire dept map books with road labeling and house address labeling. Always been a fan of these 3rd party tools from this robust community. MI Pro 8.0 doesn't include this text splining feature, but the initial release of the dot net MI Pro (soon.ish?) should include - as mentioned mapxtreme2004/dot net does. P.S. Don't forget - ArcView does not even handle text as an object/layer type - it MUST be dynamically driven or a (project specific) 'graphic' element. This stinks for our map design purposes where fixed text layers at scale are often needed. Thanks all. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Town of Hampden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 2:34 PM To: MapInfo MailingList Subject: Re: MI-L labels in MI vs. ArcView Alan, I have a tool called "Bendy_Text.mbx" in my tools folder; it comes up when I choose to Run MapBasic program. With this tool, one can select or draw a new line that one wants the text to follow, and then hit the text button from this special tool bar. One types in the desired text, chooses to rotate the letters or not, and clicks OK. It works really well most of the time, but can be a little peculiar in how it decides to rotate letters. I find moving the guide line slightly or redrawing it corrects the problem. If you do not have this tool in your tools folder I will be happy to post it as an attachment. Hope that is helpful, ~Gretchen --- Alan Gunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't want to start a whole new MI v. ESRI thing, > but one point I > really liked about ESRI was the labels on maps. > Specifically, it was the > road or stream labels and the way they followed the > curve of the line. I > am using MI 7.5, and the labeling on detailed maps > with roads just looks > amateurish. Is there a way to emulate this feature, > third party tools, > etc? For that one thing I don't like about MI, there > are a million > things I do like, so I don't to seem like I am > bashing MI. > > What are your thoughts/ideas? > > Thanks, > > Alan > > Mapping/GIS Town of Hampden Hampden, ME 0 Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17068
RE: MI-L NonEarth to Correct Coordinates
Hi Roy, I have used this tool in the past - very powerful capability to add to your MapInfo mix - does vector rubbersheeting/transformations including non-earth CAD files to real world coordinates via map-window based control point setup; http://www.icsinger.de/flxmap_e.htm Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. NorthEast MapInfo VAR www.mitchellgeo.com toll-free 877.914.4364 -Original Message- From: RandaEnt. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L NonEarth to Correct Coordinates I've done some looking, found nothing, but seem to recall seeing something about this? Am importing DXF files. They end up non-earth Can I somehow move the objects to the correct lat/lon? Thanks Roy Chiappini - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 5744 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 5756
RE: MI-L Sort by Maximum
Hi Steve, In the SQL order by line type "desc" after the column (eg "Order by: address desc") Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: Morrier, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:26 PM To: MapInfo List Subject: MI-L Sort by Maximum Hi All, Is there a simple way to sort a table in descending order? I'm sure there is. I have a Street file that I would like to sort by address ranges, but I would like the address ranges to start at the maximum value and go down. I have tried sticking a Max clause in the Order By row of the SQL but that doesn't work. Any ideas would be appreicated. TIA. Steve - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 5782
RE: MI-L I want a new format..... Or insight
Hi there, As far as I know you just have to live with those issues. If you are lucky the data provider will have created a seperate *.PRJ file that sits alongside the SHP and contains projection info. This is one that MapInfo can work with and also the Universal Translator writes out when creating a shapefile from MapInfo. Thats the first bit - and a crucial one to be sure - how many hours have I wasted trying to sleauth out the coordinates from a shapefile ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@#$). Usually I preview it in ArcView or ArcExplorer and have enough sense to guess from a sample coordinate pair. Alternately you fish through a seperate metadata file to find the projection and coordinate info. Or you harass the data provider until they give it up. With regards to the styling, yes thats a bummer too. There is a nifty additional optional file in ArcView 3.x called a *.AVL - a legend file - that defines a style setting or thematically driven setting that loads when you open the SHP file. In the newfangled Arc8 there is something called a Layer file - sort of the same idea - an umbrella with settings to sit over the data in the SHP. Neither of these can be used by non-ESRI tools as far as I know, but if you could read them and apply their contents in MapInfo that could be a fix to this annoying non-feature of the direct SHP. As an aside, SHPs are also approx 50% fatter than TAB (.MAP) with large complex spatial layers like topographic contours. I am very interested in more insight on this topic as well - particularly with regards to Open GIS data formats and standards - the geodata.gov site is very interesting and some of you know a lot more about the Geospatial One Stop initiative and also web-based OGC compliant services than I do...I sit on a state GIS board here in Maine where we are planning to implement a new state GeoLibrary - and data distribution, standards, and formats are all on the table. You find SHP files everywhere for downloadable data, and often those ArcExport files too which have a whole host of their own peculiarities. At least the SHP files are published and not propietary - I fear the day when the download will be a Arc...only or other proprietary format - but open formats can still win. Wish I knew more... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: Neil Havermale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:27 PM To: 'Bill Thoen'; 'MapInfo-L' Subject: MI-L I want a new format. Or insight I was considering some of the issues as regards access to increasingly free spatial data like www.geodata.gov and a host of others like it. It seems so simple. The one issue that bothers me most in the lure of free data (and/or conversation with ArcGIS projects), is the de-facto condition/standard that all of this available data is constructed in .SHP format. With MapInfo Pro 7.0 and MapX conceptually all you do is point at the .SHP file and it loads - well sort of. Something is missing. It seems that the "public" form of SHP that we increasingly must deal with is deficient in all sorts of ways - no internal info on projection nor datum, all geographical attributes default to black lines, black dots, and white interiors. Is this buy design? Given that we MapInfo'ers must correspond in an increasingly ESRI-centric data environment, I was wondering if some of you with dual MapInfo and ESRI citizenship, might clue me/us in on how to better deal with .SHP data? To make advantage on .SHP data, do we simple accept that it's generally free character is just good enough to overcome the frustration of the absence of necessary metadata? Is a retarded .SHP format just the millstone we, as MapInfo users, must carry? In my case, all of the additional "detail" needed to reliably depend on SHP importation (the necessary projection info is never readily available) creates enough FUD (Hmmm, things are not lining up as expected - I guess my GPS data must be wrong?) that I wonder if I too should just jump the fence as well? The grass may not be greener? I understand there are some other issues with .SHP that are not generally well understood like the difference between a 2D and 3D .SHPs as well as some detailing in the use of the DBF for attributes? Are there other .SHP issues we need to smarten up on? Should MapInfo add an Appendix to 7.5 and beyond to explain how to adjust a .SHP definition of our Nation and World? MidNight Mapper Aka neil - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 7808 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.
RE: MI-L Upper case to Lower Case
That would be found under the functions list as Proper$()... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: Lathrop, Travis C [PCS] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Upper case to Lower Case Is there a mod that will change a name from all caps to just the first letter being upper case? Travis Lathrop Intercarrier Services 913-762-8064 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 7846
RE: MI-L Generalization
In MI Pro 7.0 there is a SNAP/THIN option under the OBJECTS menu...it provides some functions to generalize/simplify by thinning out nodes on lines... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Generalization Dear all Does someone know a tool or a way in which MI would allow me to simplify a network? MapInfo describes it as: The process of simplifying a data set to a size which can be easily manipulated and represented. For example, a river may have many twists and turns; however, if a map covers a very large area, the river may be represented as a straight line. Similarly, in a map of a very large area, a city might be represented as a point marker. I have to generalize the rail network for illustrations. Which function in MI should I use? Thank you for your help. Kind regards Christian Cattaneo christian cattaneo Bundesamt für Verkehr BAV Bollwerk 27/29 CH-3003 Bern e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] oder [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +41 31 325 12 78 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 8325 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 8334
RE: MI-L clean spagett
I've used MapLogix from Korem to do exactly this. A few hundred bucks and well worth it. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: Peter Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:15 PM To: MapInfo Group Subject: MI-L clean spagett Seldom needed but I have some vector spaghetti line work I want cleaned. Is these an utility or add on I can use easily in MapInfo 6.0? Similar to ArcInfo clean or bui,lld polygons or lines. thanks - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 8611 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 8628
MI-L MapX Mobile and Trimble
Hi list, Anyone out there built a MapX mobile app to run on the Trimble GeoXT (CE) series GPS units? Trimble has their own data capture software called Terrasynch, and you can get an optional ArcPad install that utilizes another Trimble software called GPS Correct that links the GPS signal into the ArcPad. Looking for this same sort of setup using MapX mobile if anyone has built it... Thanks Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756
MI-L Text Export Truncation
Hi list, I can't believe I have not bumped into this in nearly 10 years of using MapInfo Pro, but I still find things out, sometimes basic things, and I wanted to throw this one out for response... It appears to me that when I export a table as a delimited Text file, numeric data values are truncated to the values visible in the browser view. What I have is Decimal degree coordinate fields in a MapInfo TAB file structure using DBF for the data table. They have 6 digits after the decimal point, but only 3 show up in the browser view. When I click inside one of the cells in the browser the full value with all 6 decimal places shows up. If I export this table to a Text file only the 3 visible digits come out. So the recipient of my exported file found a rather 'regular' patter when he re-plotted points. My guess is this is DBF-related, maybe even 8 places showing including a minus sign and the decimal point (-150.321 for example), and maybe a controllable setting in either the browser view or the ASCII export process. Before I dig in to that I thought I'd take the easy route and ask the experts gathered here... Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, Maine 04101 207.879.7769 www.mitchellgeo.com
RE: MI-L SQL Help
Hi Carolyn,
There's surely a way to do this using the / as a separator, but in my
limited ways I use the Left$() function. Trick is you have to have the same
number of places each time, so if your numbers grow you'll have to do it
multiple times on fixed width subsets.
You can update your other column with a fixed portion of that first
reference using
Update column, set 'blank field' = Left$('reference field',1) that gets the
first character from the left...or use ,2 or ,3 and so on to get the first 2
or 3 characters from the left.
To help get subsets you can select using the character length of the field
entries such as Len('reference field')=5 for example...
Will Mitchell
Mitchell Geographics, Inc.
496 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
207.879.7769
www.mitchellgeo.com
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Subject: MI-L SQL Help
Hi guys
I have a dataset that contains a field with references like 1/375 and
2/540 etc. I need to update another column with the just number
preceeding the /. Is there any way I can do this using an SQL. The
dataset is huge and im trying to save some time rather than going
through and manually updating them all.
Thanks in advance
Carolyn
Carolyn Bergin
GIS Officer
Planning and Strategy
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RE: MI-L Metadata creation
Well it's not exactly friendly to use but you can do this stuff with TOOLS>TABLE MANAGER. Alternately you can modify a copy of an existing html FGDC metadata file manually... And this page leads to free tools etc : http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/ Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Metadata creation Hello list, I brought this up a while back and metadata creation has appeared again. What are the other user (especially US government users) on this list doing for metadata while using MI Pro since government employees are required to keep metadata? I have tried MetaMap's trial but it doesn't seem to have enough fields for Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standards. Adding them is too much work too. I guess you could go into the .txt file through Notepad and edit but I haven't determined if that will mess up the .met file? Anyone have experience with MetaMap? Sorry for all the questions but if I can't find a good and easy way to develop metadata to FGDC standards, I may have to switch to ArcView since they have templates to do this! Sincerely, Brian Van Druten Forestry Technician Alligator River NWR Manteo, NC - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10484 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10485
RE: MI-L Web Services
Hi Eric et al...We're dabbling in all this stuff too...and as far as content working from an esri site in MapInfo (Pro or .NET) it must be an OGC compliant Web Map Service (or feature service in.net). Arc Web services I think includes more functional services such as geocoding and oruting but for WMS and WFS you can use a broad variety of content providers...I think private imagery firms like globeexplorer may now have WMS content on a fee/metered basis...and for free stuff there seems to be more govt servers popping up regularly. My local example is Maine is maybe a few months away from hosting an OGC compliant WMS to serve orthoimagery first and feature content later - in theory this will remain an ArcIMS engine but be 'retooled' with OGC connectors to be an open WMS that MapInfo will be able to hit. I have been playing with esri canada's recent announcement of OGC compliant WMS for Geobase Canada. Go to this list http://www.geographynetwork.ca/data/freedata.html# And click on a link to see the metadata...at the bottom of the metadata there is a direct connect URL you can plug into Pro. Starting to be pretty cool... I don't know if this answers your question or not - I've been in rambling discussions on this subject matter today so I may be a bit wandering. But good luck and maybe there will be an ultimate clearinghouse of WMS servers and other web services; And I think that's what GOS is supposed to be... http://www.geo-one-stop.gov/ - if you go there to Geodata Marketplace>NSDI clearinghouse and do a 'search for geospatial data' you might find some good resources... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Devries, Eric SSgt - XIII [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Web Services Greetings fellow Mappers!! I've been working on an ASP.NET project with some mapping capabilities, testing out MI's new King software. In doing so, I've been checking out some available free web services that provide GIS related information. (Such as Weather by Zip code.) Long story short, I came across ESRI's "Arcweb Online". First of all, I'm curious if these will work with MI. Secondly, I'm wondering if somehow I've missed some free Webservices for MI products. Anyone have some pointers or suggestions? Eric DeVries, SSgt, USAF NCOIC Visualized Intelligence HQ Air Force Office of Special Investigations (240) 857-0827 / DSN 857-0827 "My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate." A U.S. Special Forces soldier replied: "Regards from President Bush." - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10503 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10515
RE: MI-L polygon
If I understand correctly, you can also extend your polygon to be edited until it overlaps the edge of the polygon you want it to match - then you can set it as a target object, select the adjacent correct one, and erase - and you should get a common/shared edge. Viel gluck, viel spass usw... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Christine Schildhauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:25 AM To: Mapinfo-List (E-Mail) Subject: MI-L polygon Hi all, I am trying to change a polygon using the nodes of the neighbouring polygon. I know about the use of "shift" and "control" button drawing a new polygon. Using these by changing an existing polygon does not work. Is there another key to strike ? Does anybody know of an easy workaround or a tool which does the job ? ... or do I have to change the position of every single node handish? Thanks for your help! Christine Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christine Schildhauer Ingenieurgruppe IVV GmbH Saarbrücker Straße 36A 10405 Berlin Tel: (030) 818 772-13 Fax: (030) 818 772-22 MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http:\\www.ivv-berlin.de <http://www.ivv-berlin.de/> - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10740 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10745
MI-L Mobile Devices
Hi all, Anyone care to share experiences with newer mobile devices? More specifically, handheld devices with an integrated GPS or attachable GPS that can run MapX Mobile applications. Thanks in advance. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com
RE: MI-L Web Services (for Grandma)
Hi GIS friends, I was on the phone with my 90 year old grandmother this weekend, and as has happened before, she basically said "Oh, I'm s proud of you. I just wish I understood what you did." So I thought I'd issue a challenge: Who can best describe GIS to a 90 year old? Of course there are many terms that should not be used, and Bill's extract below contains many of them. I would add GIS itself as a no-no term. Winning entries will be posted to mitchellgeo.com (which should have a bold new look in a couple of weeks). Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: B. Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:20 AM To: MapInfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L Web Services Ye gods! Who wrote that press release? That's the most impressive example of polysyllabicly gilded prose I've seen in a while! "Interoperability" really gets a workout too. "...working collaboratively to extend and "ruggedize" existing and draft OpenGIS standards. The goal is a robust and complete interoperability framework for implementation within a multi-vendor enterprise and to achieve interoperability between enterprises for geoprocessing..." - Bill On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, David Langley wrote: > Following up on a previous discussion, and to those of you that are > interested, it looks like the next release of the OGC web services (WMS, WFS > etc) will be based around the HTTP SOAP programming architecture making them > hopefully easier to integrating into your client applications via importing > of the WSDL file. > > http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=8935 > or > http://www.opengis.org/press/?page=pressrelease&view=20040318OWS2PR > > Cheers, > > Dave > > David P. Langley > Director of Programming Services > > Mapping Solutions, LLC > 4660 S. Hagadorn Rd. > Suite 120 > East Lansing, MI 48823 > USA > > Voice: (+1) 517-332-7735 > Cell: (+1) 517-719-6359 > Fax: (+1) 517-332-1329 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SMS: 5177196359 (@page.nextel.com) > > Visit our website: www.mappingsolutions.com > > Need cheap GDT and NavTech street-level data for North America and Europe? > Check out Map-In-A-Box at www.mapinabox.com > > > > - > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 10985 > - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10986
MI-L Seamless NED Grids
Hi all, We are happy consumers of National Elevation Dataset DEM data from seamless.usgs.gov. One major problem is that while you have 4 GRID format options on download none of them will come directly in to MapInfo Pro or Vertical Mapper 3. The default format is ArcGRID (proprietary, bad form guys). Then you get BIL, GridFloat, and TIFF.these are either image-only (?) or beyond the GRID understanding of the tools I mentioned. See help excerpt below. This can be conquered if you happen to have some esri tools around (like spatial analyst) for exporting from ArcGRID to ASCII grid. What I'm wondering is if any of you Raster folks have a trick or a utility to reconstitute something like DEM or ASCII grids for import into VM3 from one of the formats? Thanks! -- ArcGrid is an Arc/Info proprietary format. Some other software packages can read the ArcGrid format. Customers who specify ArcGrid will be delivered a workspace. The workspace is not tarred or gzipped. BIL is a non-proprietary format made by running the GRIDIMAGE command in Arc. The data is a simple binary raster format (signed integer data). There is an accompanying ASCII header file that provides file size information (number of rows and columns). The data are stored in row major order (all the data for row 1, followed by all the data for row 2, etc.). GridFloat is a non-proprietary format made by running the GRIDFLOAT command in Arc. The 32-bit (4 byte) is a simple binary raster format (floating point data). There is an accompanying ASCII header file that provides file size information (number of rows and columns). The data are stored in row major order (all the data for row 1, followed by all the data for row 2, etc.). More information about binary floating point is at: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/754/ http://www.math.grin.edu/~stone/courses/fundamentals/IEEE-reals.html http://www.psc.edu/general/software/packages/ieee/ieee.html TIFF for NED and SRTM is a 32 bit floating point grid format. More information on the 32 bit floating point TIFF is at: http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/graphics/graphics.html Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com
RE: MI-L E00 Conversion - What are the dual ID Columns All About?
Hi Bill, These are mandatory columns in ArcINFO files (I think). The first one is the equivalent of a RowID and is auto-numbered sequentially. The second is user-input and is most often also sequential and one number higher than the first column (starting at 0 and at 1 respectively). The second user assigned ID can be any numbers, and is sometimes as join to external data. I always rip off these 2 fields (or at least the first one), as well as the area and perimeter fields, also always there. The real data/attributes start after those auto-fields. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: B. Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 10:02 AM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L E00 Conversion - What are the dual ID Columns All About? In converting some Arc/INFO E00 data to MapInfo, I've noticed that there are always two ID columns. If the coverage is called CITY95, for example, then these columns are labeled CITY95_ and CITY95_ID and they always appear after the AREA and PERIMETER columns. The first one appears to contain unique integers, but the second has duplicates. My questions are: What is the significance of these columns (i.e. why are there two), and can the first one be relied on to always be a unique identifier? - Bill Thoen - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11447 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11449
RE: MI-L Moving Converted DWGs
If you have 125 Euros you should buy Flexible Mapper...it does way more than register_vector including the vector 'rubbersheeting' you mentioned... http://www.icsinger.de/flxmap_e.htm Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Norm Shea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 8:15 AM To: MapInfo Post Subject: MI-L Moving Converted DWGs I posted this several weeks ago and Upinder Mutti was kind enough to send a Register_Vector.MBX. I've finally had a chance to get back to working on that project and have found that this MBX only works with MI 7.5. We are running MI 5.5. Any ideas of a MBX for MI 5.5 for this? My original post is below. >> >>I have some converted DWGs from a surveying >>company and don't have a formal coordinate system with them. Is there >>anyway to georeference these files like I would georeference a raster image, >>kind of scaling and rubbersheeting them? Thanks, Norm Norm Shea Director, Lakes Management Kiawah Island Community Association 20 Kestrel Court Kiawah Island, SC 29455-5657 843-768-2315 office 843-768-0298 fax 843-708-3608 mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. -- End of Forwarded Message - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11656 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11657
MI-L Prism Map colors
Hi there, I have to say I have not really made use of prism mapping much, but I have made one just now and am having some odd behavior on attempted output. It is a simple map, US State boundaries, thematically shaded by a value, then extruded into a prism map based on that same value. Looks fine and I can spin and play OK, but if I put the frame in a layout or if I export the map window or print, the range colors go away and it becomes ghostly white with some visibility left from the extruded states but no colored fills and no state borders. Is there some setting I need to tweak? Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com
MI-L satellite image maps
Hello...this is a bit off topic but it is late Friday I'm fishing around for satellite imagery map products...Poster print type products showing imagery of various US states or regional views. Not looking for data - just a poster for a friend. Anybody know of vendors with this type of product or seen such a thing? I saw nice ones of Hong Kong at www.geocarto.com and also a nice variety at www.omnimap.com but have not found Maine/Gulf of Maine/New England which is the area of interest... Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L Buffering Resolution
I used to use the crude buffers (3 nodes) to create airspace corridors. We had defined line segments and needed to buffer them X nautical miles. The ends would get a triangle point with a single node, which when deleted left a squared off (right angles) end shape. It got trickier when there were varying buffer widths along adjacent segments of the same line and when there were different mileages on either side of the same line segment. The geometry of the adjoining buffers creates joining issues at steep angles. So our real need was to buffer differing miles on either side of the line and along different segments and have a flat end. Fewer nodes just made reshaping and processing a bit easier I guess. Often an offset or perpendicular or right angle drawing tool would've done the trick. Sorry to butt in but I found this interesting... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:31 PM To: Taylor, Michael Graham Cc: Mapinfo List Subject: Re: MI-L Buffering Resolution Mike, You are mostly correct that the lower limit on resolution in buffering is now 12. This is true for everything EXCEPT points. If you buffer points, then you can set the lower limit down to 3. This change was made in MI Pro 5.5, along with a complete rewrite of most of the object processing features (Combine, Buffer, Erase, Erase Outside, Split, etc). We used to allow resolutions down to 3, which produced very crude buffers. One of the main advantages to using such low resolution numbers was that the time to buffer an object would be less, and the size of the object would be less. With the change in Buffering in MI Pro 5.5, the resolution has little to no effect on the processing time required to produce the buffer. And disk space is much less of an issue that it was when the buffer feature with the lower resolution was first introduced (I'm not sure exactly when this was off-hand, but it was at least 8 years ago). The new algorithm used for buffering imposes the lower limit of 12 (except for points). As you step up the value from 12, you may or may not notice a difference in the buffered object - it depends on the object itself (the complexity of the node placement) and the buffer width. The advantage is that the new algorithm does not insert points when they are not needed. The previous algorithm would ALWAYS insert more points with a higher resolution, even if the nodes were essentially on top of each other. This does not happen in MI Pro 5.5 and later versions. So you are correct, the resolution entered is only a suggested value. The exception is buffering points, where you should get that number of segments in the resulting circle object. Out of curiosity, why do you want to produce such crude buffers? Derek Snyder MapInfo Corporation Mail List:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Taylor, Michael Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/13/2001 11:55 AM GMT To: Mapinfo List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: MI-L Buffering Resolution Hi I am trying to create a rather crude buffer around a feature (the least amount of points I can get away with), however MI6.5 seems to ignore any setting in the resolution under 12. The test I did was on a fairly close to right angle line and one a line with a 30ish degree bend using a resolution of 3 and 12 and a buffer of 100m. The point counts on the resulting buffers where the same. Can anyone explain the way MI determines how many points to slap into a buffer circle? Does it have a minimum arc sweep? ie place a point every 5 degrees around the circle unless more are required. It appears the the resolution is taken as a suggestion only and only useful if you require more points in your buffer rather than less. -- Mike Taylor __ GIS Senior Consultant mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sinclair Knight Merz Limitedhttp:\\www.skmconsulting.com Level 12, Mayfair House Tel: +64 4 473 4265 54 The Terrace Fax: +64 4 473 3369 PO Box 10283,Wellington New Zealand ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | ww
RE: MI-L SUMMARY: Developer Costs - redux
Hello list - Bill's note about Maine surprised me - it turns out the numbers he referenced were from California. We are the only MapInfo VAR/development shop in Maine, and our rates are significantly lower. Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Thoen Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:30 AM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L SUMMARY: Developer Costs - redux New information has arrived to add to this summary. First, I must confess that I screwed up on when I listed the exchange rates between the dollar and the pound and euro. The current (and hopefully correct) rates are listed below. In Israel you can get programming in MapBasic, MapX, MapXtreme NT and MapXtreme Java for $350 per day. Thanks to the Internet, they can work on jobs for anyone who's connected. In Maine (USA) the cost for experienced MapX/MapXtreme plus Oracle Spatial and SpatialWAre is about $1000/day, $120/hr. However, jobs are generally negotiated on a flat rate plus expenses for projects of any size. put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L MI: ArcView "Projects" to MapInfo
Short answer, no. Unless there is a magical APR to WOR tool out there (which I can't imagine) you have to recreate all of the settings you are describing after importing each shapefile/layer. Can be a lot of work depending on the map and its component layers and cartography. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Karr Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L MI: ArcView "Projects" to MapInfo Greetings All: I need some "education", since I don't know much about ArcView. Is it possible to "translate" a project completed in ArcView into MapInfo? What I want is to end up with is a printout from MapInfo that looks "exactly", more or less, like a printout of the same project from ArcView. I can get the individual "layers" and translate those, OK, But most of the "grunt" detail work seems to be held in another part of the ArcView project than the layers. I think what I'm talking about is zooming control, font control, line attributes, at least some of the text, and maybe other "stuff", too. The project I have in mind does not have fill "patterns", just some polygons with fills in shades of gray. There are differing line types, weights and colors; text fonts; road symbols; nothing that seems very exotic or complicated. I, then, want the ability to modify any and all "things" in this translated project in MapInfo. Possible?? Partially possible?? ...thanks Bob Robert Karr Phone: 517-373-3028 Science Research AssistantFAX: 517-373-0171 Science and Technology Division Legislative Service Bureau Michigan State Legislature 124 West Allegan Street, 4th Floor pob 30036 Lansing, MI 48909-7536 USA ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L export labels
There is a tool under Tool Manager called 'Labeler' that lets you 'transfer current labels' from the autolabel no-man's-land to the cosmetic layer to a real file which you can export to DXF...Creating a fixed layer of text object labels requires a good deal of forethought because they are scale-dependent and you must invariably make positioning adjustments...but this tool should help. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, Maine 04101 207.879.7769 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Adam C. Hegedus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L export labels Is it possible to export street labels for a map? I'm importing a map-info map into Macromedia flash via a dxf file, but there seems to be no way to get the street names. Is there a way to somehow export the names? Thanks, Adam - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI-L How To Sort Decending
In the 'Order by columns...' field just add a space and then type desc Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. NorthEast MapInfo VAR www.mitchellgeo.com toll-free 877.914.4364 -Original Message- From: Niemiec, Neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:27 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L How To Sort Decending I have a table in MapInfo and when I set up a SQL statement to sort it, it does it ascendingly - how can I make it do it decendingly? NEAL NEAL T. NIEMIEC GIS APPLICATION DEVELOPER (303) 706-4497 ECHOSTAR @ INVERNESS OFFICE 90 Inverness Circle East Englewood CO 80112 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI-L Rubber Sheeting
Try FlexiMap from Christian Singer... http://www.icsinger.de/flxmap_e.htm It does great things. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. NorthEast MapInfo VAR www.mitchellgeo.com toll-free 877.914.4364 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Rubber Sheeting I was wondering if anyone knew of a MapBasic script that could assist one in rubber sheeting a layer. Thank you Ethan M. Gomberg City GIS, City of Orlando -Engineering Bureau 400 S. Orange Ave. Orlando, FL 32802 USA TEL 407.246.3064 FAX 407.246.2892 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out our website at http://www.cityoforlando.net/public_works/esd/gis - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI-L MI-L: Append2.mbx
It's in the bounds. I've seen a lot of people run into this one, myself included, and at first it is quite a mystery. To fix it you can change the bounds of the table you are appending to, by (a) saving a copy of it using Check and Set Coordsys Bounds under tool manager or (b) exporting the first file to MIF and editing/expanding the bounds of the MIF and reimorting. Hope this helps. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: Rood, Timothy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 1:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L MI-L: Append2.mbx Hello, I'm getting odd (!!) results using the Append2.mbx from the DirectionsMag tool site. I've used it successfully before to batch append dozens of similarly structured tables such as flood maps. Now I'm trying to use it with NWI wetlands quads, appending the quad sheets together to create county-based wetlands maps. It worked on the first county I did, but on two subsequent ones it seems like all the quad records are appended correctly, but the graphics for all quads except the first one in the file name series (such as 701, for example) get "lost" in the processing. But, there's more: the only remaining graphic is not the original quad, but the original and a partial chunk of the one next to it and the one below it. And more: when I use the info tool to click around the remainder of the "county" I get data from the aggregated table, but there's still no graphics. This sounds like one of those complete anomalies, I know. I've used this tool before with success and can't figure out this oddball outcome. Of course, any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tim Rood -Original Message- From: victor haskins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L demographic info help Hi Listers, Thanks for this resource. Hope someone can guide me. We are a small marketing consulting company and we use MI PRO 6.5 for some of our mapping needs. I have a current project that requires demographics and segmentation for 2000 census geographies. I attempted to buy a product called TargetPro but they said they could not ship the current version (they said it was frozen, whatever that means) and the new version will not be really ready for my customer profiling until late September or early October. Any ideas on where I should go. I have some deadlines. Also, if someone can direct me to a drivetime model that uses minor roads? My client is retail oriented. thanks in advance Vic - Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo
Your questions beg for a lengthy conversation of relative technical capabilities vis-a-vis the work you do with the software. But in a very small nutshell I'd offer than the answer to both (then and now) questions could be summed up as "Faster, easier, and cheaper". If you want some detail backing up of any of those claims drop me a direct line. Cheers. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: Evan MacDougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 2:44 PM To: MapInfo-L E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo People, Ok, i know this question has been discussed before, but I suddenly have a burning need for more answers. Our company chose to use MapInfo because of some partnerships we had. Now, 4 or 5 years later, and after all the people who made that decision have left the company, I am supposed to be able to say why. So, that leads to my question (2 parts) below. Why would I want to use MapInfo rather than ArcInfo? And the second part of that questions is, why would I have chosen to use MapInfo over ArcInfo 4 or 5 years ago? Much appreciation in advance for any answers to this (2 part) question. -Evan MacDougall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GIS Supervisor DPSI (formerly ACE USA Flood Services) (310)342-3600 / (800)736-3109 - ext. 3681 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2819 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2820
RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo
You make some good points, however I want to clarify that the question was about MapInfo vs. ArcINFO (not ArcView)...two very distinct technical and price comparisons. MapInfo Pro and ArcVIEW are roughly the same in price (unless you get into the various add-ons/extensions on av). Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: HealthMaps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:37 PM To: MapInfo-L E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo Not clear that "cheaper" is true. AV doesn't have $600 upgrades every year with not much more than bug and cosmetic fixes. The faster & easier part is true in my view true and it does not crash as often within even 4 orders of magnitude of AV. But if you are really going to do a comparison then do not forget Maptitude, Geomedia, Manifold, etc. R Hoskins Olympia, WA -Original Message- From: Will Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:05 PM To: Evan MacDougall; MapInfo-L E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo Your questions beg for a lengthy conversation of relative technical capabilities vis-a-vis the work you do with the software. But in a very small nutshell I'd offer than the answer to both (then and now) questions could be summed up as "Faster, easier, and cheaper". If you want some detail backing up of any of those claims drop me a direct line. Cheers. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: Evan MacDougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 2:44 PM To: MapInfo-L E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo People, Ok, i know this question has been discussed before, but I suddenly have a burning need for more answers. Our company chose to use MapInfo because of some partnerships we had. Now, 4 or 5 years later, and after all the people who made that decision have left the company, I am supposed to be able to say why. So, that leads to my question (2 parts) below. Why would I want to use MapInfo rather than ArcInfo? And the second part of that questions is, why would I have chosen to use MapInfo over ArcInfo 4 or 5 years ago? Much appreciation in advance for any answers to this (2 part) question. -Evan MacDougall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GIS Supervisor DPSI (formerly ACE USA Flood Services) (310)342-3600 / (800)736-3109 - ext. 3681 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2819 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2820 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2823 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2824
RE: MI-L mapworld flights
Yeah, and I thought I was reading something wrong at first but I actually booked a ticket at $225 RT from the NorthEast (Manchester NH). All the major carriers are offering this last I checked. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 8:53 AM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L mapworld flights If you are looking for cheap flights to MapWorld, SouthWest has San Diego as the featured destination again this week. (available till midnight tonight, Thursday) . Usually there are others with similar offerings when this happens. Hope this helps jim henry - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3489
RE: MI-L Mapinfo tools
There is OBJECTS>CHECK REGION and OBJECTS>CLEAN...and a topocheck utility...and if you want to do 'build and clean' like arcinfo you can buy MapLogix from http://www.map-logix.com/index.html -Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, Maine 04101 207.879.7769 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: Peter Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 5:15 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L Mapinfo tools It's Friday and we're are going to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend, eh! Here's a question. Does MapInfo have tools to correct topology line work much like the build and clean functions in ArcInfo? We are using Mapinfo on our desktops and import dxf files, etc. which need to be cleaned up. Thank you in advance Peter - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3546
MI-L MapX feature editing
I am searching for information on the possibilities for advanced feature creation and editing within a MapX application. I'm talking about drawing parallel lines, perpendicular lines, lines at a specified offset, controlled and prioritized snapping, snapping to a line segment (not a vertex) and creating a break in line, and other similar things. I know most of these things are not even implemented in MI Pro, but it doesn't hurt to ask the MapX community for their experiences. The 2 questions are: 1. Can these things be implemented, and 2. Has someone done it already, and if so is there a programmers 'toolbox' for sale? I suppose a related question to throw out is what the best feature editing add-on toolbox might be in MapBasic. Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 winmail.dat
RE: MI-L MI: VFR Airspace Boundaries
You might have a look at DAFIF http://acc.nos.noaa.gov/Catalog/DAFIF.html I'm not certain about the specific data you need, but this product is full of airspace related data and it is distributed in MapInfo format. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charlie Bernhardt Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L MI: VFR Airspace Boundaries Hi all, Does anybody have (or know where to find) digital boundary files of Class B, C, D, and E airspace for the Los Angeles terminal area, as depicted on the VFR terminal chart for Los Angeles? ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L saving a clipped region
You are correct in thinking the clip region is a mapper thing - not an edit to the highway file. You need to do the following - not the only way, but it will work; 1. Select all of the streets in and around the area of interest - using the marquee select is often good - and make sure to get a larger area than you need to ensure full coverage 2. save the selection as a new file 3. open that new file, make it editable, and select all of the street segments in it 4. Under objects menu, set target. 5. Select the polygon you want to clip with - in your case the state 6. Objects>Erase Outside. This should get you the file you want. Be sure to pack the new table after your editing by going through table>maintenance>pack table Hope this helps. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Ph 207.879.7769 Fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carolyn White Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:40 PM To: Mapinfo-L (E-mail) Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L saving a clipped region Mappers, Okay, I just *don't* understand what is really happening with a clip region. I have created a clipped region of the US highway map. It includes the Highways for the state of Mississippi and some small area outside the state. I can't seem to save justed the clipped region of the highway map. I can save the workspace and get back the view of the clipped region upon reloading the workspace. But whatever I do when I save what appears to be the clipped highway tab file, upon reloading the saved file displays the highways for the entire US. So, this says to me that clipping is a visual thing, not an actual operation. Is that correct? Or is the real clipped file hiding somewhere? Alternatively, once upon a time the Kevin M... tools included a tool to clip streets at a target boundary. I haven't been able to get it to work since version 3. I looked at the tools at Directions tools, but nothing obvious jumped at me. Am I just doing this wrong or do I need a tool, or what? TIA Carolyn S. White, PhD Program Coordinator Assistant Professor, Sociology Room 1445 Digital Computing Lab Voice: 217-333-6751 1304 W. Springfield Ave.Fax: 217-244-7089 Urbana, Il 61801Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L help needed to find projection.
Aw C'mon Cliff, Gert prefaced the message with *warnings* about not knowing the territory. And I sympathize, even as a professional geographer and GIS practitioner. Let's imagine a scenario in which Gert was given an ArcExport file or a Shapefile for that matter and has to work in MapInfo. Since SHP files have no projection info tagging along and Export files have it but only buried in the guts of a mess of text, it is damn hard to figure out what you have to work with. Same goes for CAD files. And although you'd hope to have info from the originator of the data, that ain't always the case. I am among the many list readers who find your input technically fascinating, but sometimes rude. Keep it coming, but cut us some slack. Respectfully, Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Ph 207.879.7769 Fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Clifford J Mugnier Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 7:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI-L help needed to find projection. Gert, Would you care to divulge the particulars of this mysterious system you have encountered, or should we continue to guess until you are provided with an all- encompassing solution to every mystery of the universe? What are you talking about? Prof. Clifford J. Mugnier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Surveying, Geodesy, & Photogrammetry LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 2408 CEBA Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Voice & Facsimile: (225) 388-8536 == SEE: http://www.ASPRS.org/resources.html == winmail.dat
RE: MI-L Combining matching polygons
Title: Combining matching polygons Hi Evan, From your description it sounds like you can use the TABLE Menu Command > "Combine Objects Using Column". This will create the merged polygons that you need either as new objects in your same table or into a new table. I find it easier to just let them be added to the existing table, then you can save them out as a new file and revert the base table...this way you don't have to set up a blank table with a matching field structure ahead of time to dump into. Good luck. Will MitchellMitchell Geographics, Inc.496 Congress StreetPortland, ME 04101www.mitchellgeo.comph 207.879.7769fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Macdougall, Evan 1065Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:55 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: MI-L Combining matching polygons Hello all, I have a perplexing problem that maybe there is a solution to. If you can help me, let me know. Here's my problem: I am working with FEMA flood maps for various counties for the U.S. Each county is broken down into a variable number of different maps, each showing 3, 4 or more different flood zones. However, sometimes, the maps change shapes and sizes. So, say a county that once was broken up into a 4x4 grid is revised by FEMA and is now broken up into a 7x7 grid. I can use gridmaker to make grids to match the net map designs, that is not a problem. However, the old map boundaries are still there and i now have side-by-side polygons with the same information sitting next to each other, all over the map. Is there there a program/process that will compress the graphical data by combining adjacent polygons which have matching data? So, is there a way that I can remove the old map boundaries after cutting in the new ones without having to go map-by-map, polygon-by-polygon to combine the ones with matching info myself? Any help would be very much appreciated (very very much). -Evan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: MI-L label expressions
You need more + signs and spaces inside the quotes. High_school + ": " + Reading + ", " + Math + ", " + Language Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kaiser, Amy, SSA Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 7:40 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L label expressions Can someone tell me what is wrong with the following expression? High_school ":" + Reading "," + Math "," + Language I am trying to create a label that looks like this: Skyline High School: 57, 67, 93 where the above numbers represent a test score for each of three columns...reading, math and language... any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Amy ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
MI-L redistricting
Anyone out there getting involved in the post Census-2000 legislative redistricting game? I have looked at a couple of redistricting tools developed for AV for this purpose - Autobound from digital engineering corp and REMAP from election data services. Anything similar been built in MapInfo expanding on the redistricting tool specifically for this task? Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 winmail.dat
MI-L TIF Headers
Hello. Is there a utility out there to write a TFW header file from a TAB file? I know about importing a TFW into a TAB, but how about the other direction? Background: I've got a pile of manually registered TIFs in MapInfo and need to fire them off to an ArcView person. TFW files are strange - they contain coordinates for the 0,0 pixel value of the image, which for ArcView is the upper left (for MapInfo it is the lower left). They then hold the number of feet (or other unit) represented by a pixel in a plus one, minus one arrangement. They contain no projection/coordinate system info. Manual creation is a possibility if I can determine the pixels to feet ratio and the zero point. Thanks for tools or tips. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 winmail.dat
RE: MI-L esrii file?
Under the tools menu there should be a program called ArcLink. If it isn't there go to tools>tool manager and check the loaded box. The file is an arcInfo export file. You need to find out the projection of the data file before you can import it properly. The projection info should be in a descriptive metadata file where you downloaded the e00 from. If not, open the e00 in a text editor and search for "prj". This often brings you to a line of text describing the projection/coordinate system. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Gagnon Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 7:56 AM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L esrii file? Hello Mapinfo people.. I got this soil map I downloaded for free off canadian gov. web site.. My only problem is the extension.. (soil.e00) Is there a way can open this in MI6. I tried import and the universal Translator.. no success there.. Any help with be greatly appreciated.. Thanks, Eric -- Eric Gagnon GIS Technician La Commission du District d'Aménagement de la Vallée Tel.: (506) 475-2511 Fax.: (506) 475-2516 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L Labels
Set up a label expression that reads: Right$(labelcolumn, 1) or Right$(labelcolumn, 4) substitute your column name containing the label info for 'labelcolumn'. Works with text strings. Good luck. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Liddell, Elizabeth Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:24 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L Labels Hi all I need to automatically label a whole lot of polygons. The column which is being used contains a string of 8 numbers. I only want to label using the last digit or the last 4 digits. Is it possible to do this using the expression, under the layer control? Thanks in advance Elizabeth ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L topology, area calculations and the coincidence of lines
There are a couple of workarounds I'd suggest to getting clean polygons... 1. You can reshape on polygon and drag a couple of temporary nodes to extend it out over the other - then set it as a target and use the adjacent one to erase the overlap. 2. MapInfo now lets you create a polygon from a series of cleanly connnected lines. Select all the lines encompassing a region and choose Objects>Enclose. This way you only have to draw that shared border segment once and use it to build your polygons on either side. 3. Buy MapLogix from Korem. It lets you do 'spaghetti' digitizing and then 'clean' the lines into correctly snapped/split/structured network. From there you can build those polygons, again using the same line to create the shared border. You can also check for structural errors with this tool. This utility gets you the equivalent of ArcINFO 'clean' and 'build'. And finally - No, ArcView doesn't support anything more than MapInfo in this regard. Good luck. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tim Warman Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 2:36 PM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: MI-L topology, area calculations and the coincidence of lines Something that Jacques Paris wrote about a week or so ago has reared its ugly head on a project here. I have a series of geologic contours, all of which terminate against a fault. I need to calculate the areas bounded by each set of contours, so I've digitised (onscreen) a series of polygons using the polygon tool with the snap setting on. Theoretically the adjacent regions should be perfectly adjacent, that is the nodes along their shared boundary should overlap perfectly. This isn't the case though - there is some degree of offset, and I believe Jacques had mentioned that it's caused by the level of coordinate precision being used (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). Has anyone come up with a decent workaround or solution to this? The area calculations I'll be doing may eventually wind up in court. Just as an aside, does Arcview support true topology in the sense of allowing a single polyline to serve as the common boundary for two adjacent regions? TIA, and will sum. Cheers, _ Tim Warman Groundwater Geologist/GIS Guy Richard C. Slade & Associates LLC North Hollywood, CA, USA +1 (818) 506 0418 ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L Comparison between AI and MI
Hi Karl, I have sought a decent comparison for a long time with no luck. I haven't used ArcINFO in quite a long time because ArcView caught up so much and because MapInfo always did what I needed. ESRI users often said to me ArcINFO is 'a different class' than MapInfo (and ArcView), but that is a bit of a cop out especially with what we've seen develop on the Arc 8 front where ArcView and ArcINFO are now really part of the same software (specifically ArcView is now really ArcMap which is a subset of the new ArcINFO which is really ArcGIS!). Many years back I used ArcINFO for data development - specifically for its ability to draw 'spaghetti' linework and then CLEAN and BUILD that linework into error-free polygons. About a year ago I discovered MapLogix from www.korem.com which does that within MapInfo for about $400. Another challenge that pointed me back to ArcINFO was 'rubbersheeting' vector files from non-earth or misaligned data into a true projection. I found Christian Singer's Fleximap to do that within MapInfo. The basic data structure is different - topology vs. non-topology - and that is a complex issue but I land on the side of getting it done faster, easier, cheaper where possible which keeps me seeking/developing/using 'desktop' solutions and not thinking a whole lot about topology. And the database issues are many but also changing (the older INFO was pretty much crap but now you use Access and SQL and Oracle etc.). ArcView3.x and MI are pretty similar with tabular data (i.e. dbf flat files) except MI works with Access and is overall more flexible, stable, and faster in my experience. There are benefits to ArcINFo that I can't fully explain, and there are a lot of ArcView vs MapInfo comparisons to be made seperately - perhaps some others who work with both MI and ESRI will offer? I even want to see a comparison between ArcINFO and ArcView on a very detailed functionality matrix level but this is not the forum for that. Last but not least - a big difference that was and still is a huge tiebreaker - $18,500 vs $1,500. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Karl Kliparchuk Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Comparison between AI and MI Hi all. I checked through the listserv archives to find a comparison between ArcInfo and MapInfo Pro but have not seen any. Does anyone have a comparison that they are willing to share with me, and the rest of the listservers? Thanks in advance for your replies. Karl -- Karl Kliparchuk, M.Sc. McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. L100 - 780 Beatty Street Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 2M1 Tel (604) 683-8521 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L mapinfo skills
Yes, I love this thread. Keep it coming. I've heard some refer to ArcView8.1 as 'bloatware'. But you can use a picture of someone's face as a fill pattern we learned today - just be patient. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Waardenburg, Dennis Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L mapinfo skills I've always thought it ironic that ESRI software has a reputation for being so complex and advanced, because that reputation is primarily due to the fact that ESRI products have always been clunky, user-unfriendly and bug-ridden. There is a significant experience/time barrier to entering the ESRI GIS world - ESRI users must invest large periods of time learning the quirks, bugs and work-arounds of ESRI products before being able to use them effectively. Other GIS platforms that have comparable capabilities are much more user friendly, with more standardized and streamlined user interfaces. The result is that it's easier and quicker for users of these platforms to become proficient at the tasks required of them. Somehow the end result of this is a reputation that ESRI has the more "advanced" products. The thought process is something like "Look how fast Johnny Newguy started mapping data with MapInfo, while our resident ArcInfo wiz still hasn't gotten his machine to run that grid analysis. I guess MapInfo must be pretty simplistic, but that ArcInfo is one complicated piece of software." Dennis Waardenburg GIS Specialist The Environmental Company, Inc. > -Original Message- > From: GIS Clerk [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 11:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI-L mapinfo skills > > my job is to maintain a casastral base using MapInfo. > in the context of a wage/job comparison, i received the following comments > from a human resources consultant and would appreciate feedback: > > 1) "MapInfo is described in the GIS world as a low end program compared to > other GIS programs e.g. ARc Info. Unlike the higher end systems it is not > being used to manage data for engineering, layout or legal mapping." > 2) "The off the shelf MapInfo program does not have anoffset tool to > enable > layout of property lines." > 3) "Skills required to learn and use the MapINfo system are similar to > using > word processing systems such as MS Word. There is no significant training > required to enable use of the system as would be required for layout for > engineering or legal tie in." > > thanks > > > List Sponsor > Are YOU Playing? > Register online to win over $5,000 in prizes, including a ready-to-use > compact GPS receiver. Play the "Build Your Own Mosaic" game at > http://www.digitalglobe.com/forms/survey.jsp?form=esri_survey.xml&source=d > irection > or join the fun in person at July's ESRI International User Conference. > ~~ > > ___ > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L skills and markets
My2c + on MapInfo vs ESRI marketing and reputation (warning, kind of long) I think this topic is of utmost importance to MapInfo users and fans around the world. MapInfo Pro has to remain a product focus of MapInfo corp and needs to be given more development and marketing attention. Regarding reputation i.e. MapInfo = business and ESRI = govt/environmental/real-world mapping etc. I have personal experience with this one I built a GIS division from the ground up for an environmental and engineering consulting firm. I built it on MapInfo. It worked and it worked well. In fact, the folks in charge were continually amazed at the speed and cost-effectiveness of our operation relative to the experiences of their counterparts in the field, all of whom ran with ESRI GIS often at great expense (AInfo+HardWare). In fact, almost all of our clients used ESRI products as well, but when we had an option we always did our in house data processing, analysis, map making, etc in MapInfo and with related tools such as Vertical Mapper. BTW, Vertical Mapper 3 is coming and in discussing MapInfo for 'real GIS' VM warrants some words VM is a ripping good tool even stacked up against the AV extension equivalents. I cant say enough about being able to download the 4 intersected DEMS your project inevitably straddles, directly feed them into VM from exactly the format they come to you in, stitch them together, reproject the grid, clip it to a custom boundary, and do analysis such as viewsheds all in a matter of minutes not hours. Now that I run my own GIS business it is the same deal Ill do work in MapInfo even for ESRI clients when work is not software-specific (i.e. not an ArcView app or something). The funny thing is that much of the work is in the real-world mapping category and in government and environmental and planning arenas ESRIs by reputation. And the market presence of ESRI in these areas is so dominant in my recent experience that most decision makers do not consider ANY other options. This is demonstrated in a recent RFP calling for an evaluation of GIS software options in the beginning but specifying work with Avenue later in the same document. I've seen more than a few of these where the evaluation is which configuration of ESRI goodies to buy or how many seats of ArcView, not what other choices might be. When Ive had the opportunity to show MapInfo against ArcView 3.x it never fails to impress, especially those trying to learn GIS for the first time via ArcView. Things such as reprojecting on the fly and connecting to Access directly are often show stoppers as simple and familiar as they are to experienced MapInfo users. Back to reputation I live in a backward world doing my environmental GIS in MapInfo and sharing offices with an ESRI-based business GIS shop. We are proof that the reputation has much more to do with marketing than it does with capabilities or software suitability (we are both trying to 'convert' each other all the time - it is quite entertaining). Truth is the new ESRI tools are very strong and will quickly come to dominate the GIS market and MapInfo needs to push Pro ahead to keep pace. I agree with some of the previous commenters that it would serve MapInfo well to have some geographers on board to help guide both development and marketing. And getting into the education and govt streams/arenas more thoroughly seems like one of the best ways to build more critical mass amongst professional GIS users. In geography grad schools all over you find Arc-based labs almost exclusively. Finally, I get to feel smug and secure when my ArcView friends get excited about reprojection on the fly or labeling with expressions but only for a moment then I see my MapInfo 6.5 upgrade mailers in 3 places touting invert selection as a major new feature. Then they fire back a volley saying it took an awful long time for MI to implement the code "not in". I could go on but I have to go play with my new 3D glasses shipped with MI6.5:) Happy Monday. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L skills and markets It seems to me that part of the problem with the perceptions of MapInfo are due to what I would consider very poor marketing decisions. To ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L Geocoding Blues
You need to index the field. Table>Maintenance>TableStructure will get you to a list of fields with a checkbox for 'indexed'. Just mark your field and it should become available to geocode against. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lederer, Andre Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Geocoding Blues Ok, I'm stumped again... I have a intersection database that I imported from Access. In its basic design I have a Street Column, a Cross Street Column (which I concatenated into one column separated by a back slash ie. Portage Ave / Main St) and I have X and Y Coordinate Columns. When I opened this in MapInfo I proceeded to create points which was not a problem. The problem is that I cannot take my other unmapped MapInfo table which contains a Street / Cross Street column and geocode it using the mapped intersection table I just created from a Access. The mapped table I created points on simply does not show up as an option in the in the Geocode window in the Search table box. It's frustrating because I can see the points I created in my map window. I even took a small selection of the mapped table and resaved it with a different name but still no success. I hope someone can help!!! Thanks in advance Andre ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
MI-L Help buffering to select percentage of data
Hello all, Forgive me for not knowing the correct terminology for this process (witness subject line)... I'd like to take a point in one file and select a set of all surrounding points representing a certain percentage of the surrounding points. For example, given a file of 100 points representing customers, I'd want to select the closest 80 (or 50 or any user chosen number or percentage). The second related goal would be selecting outward against a data value in the point table - i.e. if the target 100 points have a column of data representing dollars, select outward until hitting the desired percent of total dollars. This is different from grid interpolating/contouring - it is the selection process I'm really interested in. So if that is clear enough, I'm seeking a tool for free or for sale that will make MI Pro do this. Thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L copy and paste nightmares
Yes, I used to work with someone (DW) who took this to the extreme - he must have hit ctrl-c or v 10 times in a nanosecond every time he wanted to copy/paste - fingers were always a blur. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bedarf, Derek Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L copy and paste nightmares Yes, I've had the problem too. I have a work around, it's not very elegant. Just "Ctrl-c" 3 or 4 times every time you want to copy. That seems to actually copy it. It takes more time, but if you do it fast, it's not much longer. It becomes second nature after a while, I do it outside of MI now, and people give me weird looks and wonder why I'm clacking the keyboard all the time. -Derek ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L: Laptop/MapInfo query
Dell Inspiron series is excellent. I use all that stuff you mentioned on a Inspiron 7500, which is, in fact, too heavy (i lug it in a backpack daily)...But the new ones - the 8000 series - are better and lighter and probably can't be beat for your purposes...(???anyone???) - Costs are high but so is the value... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neil Havermale Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:36 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L: Laptop/MapInfo query I would suggest you cosider Sony laptops. They are exceptional in quality and features asl well as they are are backed by a well known company. We used to use Microns, Toshiba, and Compacts. Microns were really top performers but you can not get them anymore. Toshiba, well their repair efforts are in my experience hopeless, and Compact just aint the outfit they used to be. We moved over to SONY and have never looked back. We are very pleased and have found them to be reliable as well as very well supported as regards getting upgrades for drivers and the like when new OSs have come along. If you check on value and features you will also find they are a very good deal as well. MidNight Mapper aka Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 6:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L: Laptop/MapInfo query Greetings listers: I will purchase a new laptop shortly and want to solicit opinions from laptop GISers. RAM recommendations? Clock speeds? I realize "the best I can get" is the best anwer, but also suspect there are tradeoffs to be made, and don't know which features I need not worry too much about. I'm most concerned with weight. I will use TargetPro, StreetPro, and MI 6.5. I also use Illustrator, Photoshop, and Pagemaker and some other stuff. Clearly I need a powerful laptop. Is it possible to get something with enough juice that's also not too heavy? I appreciate any opinions on the matter. Regards, Tony D'Ambrosio St. James Capital [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L .dgn files in MapInfo
Through the Universal Translator under TOOLS. Select "Intergraph/Microstation Design" as Source Format... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L .dgn files in MapInfo How does one access maps in .dgn format in MapInfo V6.5? John Scott ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L Andrew Dressel
I'd like to echo the previous comments. I may not have the years and experience from which to speak to match some of the commenters, but I have the same sentimental attachment to the software and desire to see it flourish. I have chosen the independent GIS consultant path, and am a MapInfo VAR as a part of that. I am a geographer first, and as such a generalist when it comes to GIS consulting. MapInfo Pro still stands up very well against ArcEverything and the many other comparables. If Andy is the reason for that, then I owe him endless thanks. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Ph 207.879.7769 Fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Haynes Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 6:59 PM To: Wallace, Steve; MapInfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L Andrew Dressel I believe we're probably seeing a repetition of what happened in the mid-90's when Andy went off to other things. As he published valuable code over the web, he suddenly was welcomed back into the MI Troy fold. I have no idea of the extent of his equity position or the financial ramifications of what has happened. I do believe, as Warren Vick stated in a later EMail, that Andrew has an intellectual wedding to MapInfo Pro that has done much to make it the premiere desktop mapping program. The lack of sales and marketing support has been devastating to the product. The failure of the total telecommunications gamble is going to take a heavy toll and, as a consulting company, we are seriously considering software alternatives. John Haynes Director Geodata Consultants, Inc. 1-800-838-6661 www.geodataconsult.com - Original Message - From: "Wallace, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:40 PM Subject: MI-L Andrew Dressel > L-Gang: > > I'm back for a quick question -- does anyone know what happened to Andrew > Dressel at MapInfo Corp? My e-mail to him today was bounced as invalid, and > when I tried to call him, his phone extension is no longer valid. > > Any ideas on what happened to this MapInfo co-founder and good friend to the > MapInfo-L community? Anyone know who is now in charge of the MapInfo Pro > product line? > > Thanks, > > Steve Wallace > Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Co's ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: MI-L MapInfo-L Newbie here!
Hi Monica. Try this: http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/TDC/Mapinfo-L.nsf/$about?OpenAbout Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Ph 207.879.7769 Fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Abitol, Monica [C] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 1:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L MapInfo-L Newbie here! Hi! I'm Monica. I went to page: http://www.directionsmag.com/mapinfo-l/ and it said to "Check out the "Message Archives" link to search past messages and see if your questions have already been answered." I've been trying to find this link but I can't. Can you please show me where it is? Thanks, Monica ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
RE: [MI-L] calculating distances
IN MI Pro ver 8 there is a nifty tool in the tools menu called 'Distance Calculator'. If you are on an earlier version you can do it with the Distance function in SQL select but it is a bit cumbersome...you need a common ID in both tables for joining, then can put the following in your SQL selct columns up top: Select table1.id, table2.id, Distance(table1.Lon, table1.Lat, Table2.Lon, table2.Lat, "mi") "Distance" (You can also use centroid X and X instead of Lon/Lat fields) Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 P 207.879.7769 F 207.221.5861 (new) www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Tracey Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:07 AM To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] calculating distances Hi all, I have 2 tables, one of them has one point on it (table 1), and the other has approximately 500 points (table 2). I was wondering if there was an easy way of calculating the distance of all the points in table 2 to the one point in table 1, and then automatically adding an extra field in table 2 with that value. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Andrew Tracey Information Support Officer Corporate Information Corporate Development South Tyneside Council Westoe Road South Shields NE33 2RL Tel: 0191 4247561 E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not print this e-mail if you can help it - and help protect the environment. This Message may contain confidential information and is protected by copyright. If you receive it in error please notify us and delete it without making use of or copying it. The addressee and other employees within the Council may read and copy any e-mail reply to this message and other e-mails you send to us. Whilst we use virus checking procedures we accept no liability for viruses and recipients must rely on their own virus checking procedures. The Council's web site address is www.southtyneside.info ___ 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] Create TAB over SHP
Hello list, I've been silent on here for a lng time now - but always reading - thanks for all the good advice. Q: I have a client developing a mapxtreme2004.net embedded mapper application and their customers typically have shapefiles that need to go into the app. They need to find a way to create a TAB file referencing the SHP data without using MapInfo Pro. Issues include projection specification and data types of fields in the SHP's dbf. Is this easy and has someone tackled this in the form of a standalone utility? Thanks in advance! Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 P 207.879.7769 F 207.221.5861 (new) www.mitchellgeo.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Trying to find Terrain data
My favorite is the National Elevation Dataset (NED). You can read about it here: http://ned.usgs.gov/ and download from here: http://seamless.usgs.gov/ or order CDs. There are also coarser resolution data if you need large areas like the whole US... MapInfo can now open and render an ArcGRID file so you can pull down this format. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 P 207.879.7769 F 207.221.5861 (new) www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenkins, Michael D. Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:58 AM To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Trying to find Terrain data I am tying to find terrain data of the USA that I can overlay onto my MapInfo maps. The terrain data would graphically indicate elevations. Any ideas or suggestions of sources for this data? ___ 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] Projection question
You are suffering from a false easting and a custom projection in the source data. I may get this wrong but here goes: if you open (in a text editor) your MAPINFOW.PRJ file which is under program files/mapinfo/professional (make a backup copy before editing) - you should see this listed for the projection you are trying to use: "Equal-Area Projection (United States)", 9, 62, 7, -96, 23, 29.5, 45.5, 0, 0 You'll need to create a CUSTOM category at the bottom of the PRJ file, and copy and paste the above entry into this custom category but change the parameters. 1) 9 is Albers Equal-Area and can stay. 2) 62 is the datum NAD27 on Clarke 1866 spheroid. I am no expert on this stuff, I don't see HPGN listed - I would try using 74 here for NAD83 on GRS1980 spheroid. 3) 7 is units of meters and can stay. 4) -96 is origin, longitude, and I believe this equates to your central meridian which should be -84. 5) 23 is origin, latitude and should change to 24. 6) 29.5 is standard parallel 1 and should change to 24. 7) 45.5 is standard parallel 2 and should change to 31.5. 8) 0 is fales easting and should change to 40. 9) final 0 is false northing and can stay. This 'should' be the custom prj line needed but no guarantees :) "CUSTOM Equal-Area Projection (United States)", 9, 74, 7, -84, 24, 24, 31.5, 40, 0 For reference see the MI_UG.pdf user guide document section on projections... Fun, huh? Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 P 207.879.7769 F 207.221.5861 (new) www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ericson, Tim Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 5:27 PM To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Projection question I'm using Universal Translator to transfer ERSI SHP data to MapInfo The data I'm using tells me that the projection is: Projection ALBERS Units METERS Datum HPGN Spheroid GRS1980 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 central meridian -84 0 0.000 latitude of projection's origin 24 0 0.000 false easting (meters) 40.0 false northing (meters) 0.0 I use the North American Albers (Continental US) projection in the UT tool. The new layer (translated ERSI SHP file) is about 500 miles WEST of where it should be! What should I do? Thanks Tim Ericson Network Engineer FAA FTI Program ___ 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 ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] Maine WMS
Hi List, For those of you who have an interest in Maine data and who are using OGC WMS clients including MI Pro, here’s a nice new resource for you. The state GeoLibrary (a body I serve on, separate from the state GIS office but working closely with it) has helped drive the implementation of OGC services, and will continue to do so. The GeoLibrary has also been funding new statewide orthoimagery and some of this data is now online. Pop this URL into your MI Pro WMS server list (I suggest naming it Maine GeoLibrary WMS), and have a go: http://megisims.state.me.us/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/WMSFramework?request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1 Please provide any feedback you may have to me, and I will channel it to the folks running the servers at MeGIS. This is an exciting new way for MapInfo and other users to directly access our state GIS data (which resides behind this OGC-enabled ArcIMS service in ArcSDE.). I’m happy to see things moving in this direction. As a matter of fact, I just stumbled across a similar service in VT – here’s their WMS URL: http://maps.vcgi.org:8080/wmsconnector/servlet/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?servicename=WMS_VCGI&VERSION=1.1.0&request=getcapabilities This is not an ad or a press release or anything like that, just a heads up to this friendly community I have been fortunate to belong to – I hope a few of you can use this. Cheers, Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 P 207.879.7769 F 207.221.5861 (new) www.mitchellgeo.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Long standing Pro problem with Copy - or is it me?
I think this is a real problem - about 8 years ago I had a colleague who pounded the #$#@ out of his 'c' key doing multiple ctrl-c..c..c.. strokes and I thought he was just crazy or had a bad keyboard. But I have since seen the same thing on a dozen different machines with many different users... I agree that MapWorld was good this year too...100 degrees is strange for this Mainer but the conference was better than last couple somehow... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St Portland, ME 04101 ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd. Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 1:22 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Long standing Pro problem with Copy - or is it me? I was chatting with Eric Blasenheim of MapInfo at last week's MapWorld (which was very good this year) and mentioned one of my long standing annoyances with Pro. When he mentioned he wasn't aware of the problem, it made me think "it is me?". The problem is with Copy for which I always use Ctrl-C. I have found that when copying text from a browser or the info window, the copy does not always "take". Now I know it's easy to mash a keyboard especially with a Control/letter key combo, but I'm certain that this problem exists. Also, I seem to recall someone else mentioning it on the list some time ago. Now I always double tap Ctrl-C and that seems to work. So, for those who use Ctrl-C to copy a lot, and subsequently paste... is this a problem with Pro or my fat fingers/worn keyboard? Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.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] Layout question
If I read you correctly the trick is to work at print scale in the mapper...one of those things that is hard to get at first but becomes crucial to quality output especially wrt labels/annotation. First step is to determine the output dimensions and set the layout to match them - such as 36"x48" for a 3'x4' poster. since your screen is smaller than that, the mapper window contents will not be seen at print/output scale. Place the map in a frame in the large layout space and be sure to have the map extents fully shown. Double clicking lets you see the print scale, as well as change it, changing the map zoom at the same time. Once you have dimensions and map extent and from that a print scale, you can return to working in your mapper window. First save the view using the named views tool so you can return to it...then chage the view scale in the mapper window to the print scale. This will zoom the map in to a realistic representation of what will print. At this scale/zoom you can pan around and adjust any map elements including labels. When done, return to the saved view and your layout should have a print-ready map. As for the other items you can place them in their own mapper windows and frames within the layout. If you are dealing with scale dependent map layers and autolabels you are in trouble and need to think about setting up differently... hope that helps Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 207.879.7769 www.mitchellgeo.com On Fri Aug 18 14:46 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Hi, I'm stuck on a project I've been working on in mapinfo professional and need some advise. I'm putting together a map of North America with over 500 points/labels. We'd like to print out a poster of this map. I will probably have to save it as a .jpg as we'll take the image to Kinkos to print out a poster. There are raster images (displayed only - spreadsheets, logos) that need to be on the map . I'm struggling with the layout because I need the zoomed in detail but I also need the raster images. Is there a way to maintain the zoomed in detail on the layout? Or is there a way to set up the layout so that it's scaled for a poster? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help. Brandice Hermann Market Analyst Holcim (US) ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] off topic-- mxd files
Sorry it can't be done. I hope that sparks an indignant response correcting me, but thats what I know. And I share an office with the guy who wrote 'project packer' the same thing for Arc3.x... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 207.879.7769 www.mitchellgeo.com On Wed Sep 13 13:01 , Cinda Graubard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: Does anyone know if one can "package" an ArcGIS mxd like one can package a workspace in MapInfo? Thanks, Cinda Graubard GeoMax ___ 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] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Hi all - I think Jim and I are often living in parallel worlds (lol, hi Jim)...I wanted to echo his comments on GBM Mobile. I have been testing/using it in a field project (manhole and storm drain recon, yuck)...and it is freakin' great. We signed on to be Northeast US resellers in fact. The form design and data management - end to end - is why. I have forestry customers starting to pick it up too (using Garmin's PDAs). Using with an IPAQ and a cheapo Delorme Blue Logger GPS puck taped to my hat (yes really) with bluetooth communcation. The GPS position is rather low-accuracy but wasnt the point in this job - where we needed spot on location capture we had a Trimble ProXRS running in field too. In fact we are preparing to rig up that Trimble backpack antennae to a bluetooth adapter and have it feed wirelessly the very same iPAQ. This will give me real-time sub-meter data fed over bluetooth to a GBM Mobile data collector on a PDA. Requires a forthcoming Trimble driver from GBM called Survey Tools to take the signal in. Overall GBM Mobile has a lot of power and is nicely designed. Lets you live in the MI Pro environment and push and pull data to field devices. And if you want to use a laptop instead theres a companion product now called GBM Portable that does the same stuff and more on XP for a tablet or toughbook or whatever. And it uses the same form design. Portable is built on mapxtreme.NET. Lots of good stuff there. Cheers... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 207.879.7769 www.mitchellgeo.com On Mon Oct 23 9:15 , "Jim Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: Thanks Neil for this discussion of Bluetooth GPS. I was having a similar discussion on the phone with Mike Osbourn just before reading your post. I agree that this is a technology that is going to make major changes in our field, in fact I am about to upgrade to new smart phone and Bluetooth combination. I am hoping cables in the field (or in the office for that matter) are going away. I would also suggest that folks take look at the MI based GBM Mobile data collection software from Exa-Min Technologies, www.geobasemap.com. It works well with the new Bluetooth receivers and interfaces with MapInfo Pro seamlessly. The ease of field form design and creation makes arc pad look silly. The utility and portability of the blue tooth/Smartphone data collector makes this a very realistic situation for change methodologies for a broad range of field data collection. The amount of storage on smart phones is something that an old guy like me is just not prepared for. Having an MI based data collector with ortho photos and working tables on it is something that I still find beyond belief, but it is reality. Thanks again for your discussion. Jim James C. Henry JCH GeoInfo Solutions 2726 Croasdaile Drive Suite 207 Durham, NC 27705 (919)493-9339 v. (919)321-4903 f. (919)819-8307 m. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jchgis.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [[EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','')">[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Neil Havermale > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 4:47 PM > To: David Reid; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mapinfo-L > Subject: RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx > > I would suggest the end of the era of a cabled GPS device > needs a bit more exposure. While personal hand-held > navigation units like the Geko and other-like dedicated > devices still need serial connections, Bluetooth versions do > not. Either the UI device has Bluetooth built in (most smart > phones, PDAs and leading PDNs)or you can buy a Bluetooth\USB > dongle for $40 for your laptop that will manage up to seven > other Bluetooth devices in a LAN diameter of 30-40 meters. > > I would suggest you then consider any number of Bluetooth GPS devices. > Cost for a 3m RMS static average accuracy statistic with WAAS > capable navigation, that is rechargeable, manages up to 20 > GPS satellites by massively correlated synchronization, > providing 8 hours duration, and 10m Bluetoothed GPS > transceiver comes in around $295US ($120 street) for > SiRFstarIII GPS-chipped units. > > For Nokia and other Symbian OS users, a smartphone navigation > application like MgMaps.com can give you state-of-the-art > personal navigation with on-the-fly access to internet map > sources like Google Maps, Yahoo, Open Maps, and others. For > $150 and an appropriate smartphone data service, you have an > excellent GPS unit plus a personal navigating application > able to access worldwide road/image/hybrid backgrounds. And > you can also download KML tracks. PDNs and PDAs with like > features would cost you as much as $700 with maps delivered >
