RE: [MI-L] Feature Wish List - UT GDB
Hi Mike I think that the FME product (of which Universal Translator is a subset) requires an ESRI product installed on the client for GeoDatabase translation. depends wich you mean, there are now three you there: - personal geodatabase (ms access based), FME requires ArcGIS installed - SDE geodatabase, requires SDE - the new file based geodatabase (sounds terrific), does not require ArcGIS as far as I know. Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch Geographic Information Solutions Luternauweg 12 -- CH-3006 Bern Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper
I think there was no development on it since at least five years. This thing is dead! I agree, MapInfo Corp. should drop Vertical Mapper completely and become a reseller of Engage3D. This would be best for everybody including MapInfo Corp. A dead product leads to nothing.. If Encome would 'open up' Engage3D with an SDK to be access from MapBasic and MapXtreme things would be really nice. Jakob Lanstorp Software Developer GIS, Surveying IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Mob +45 4020 7529 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flavio Hendry Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:30 AM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper Hi all there is the often mentioned wish to integrate Vertical Mapper. I wonder why, as this products is completely outdated and full of bugs, such as: - does not work at all on large datasets - vectorizing of contours and slope etc. does not work or is extremely slow, results are poor (compared with i.e. Engage 3D, extremely fast and creating smooth and gorgeous contours, as well on extremely large datasets) - import often does not work - 3D capabilities are useless - and and and ... I think there was no development on it since at least five years. This thing is dead! If integrate something useful, then Engage 3D pleas, which is a full fledge 3D product. See http://www.encom.com.au/template2.asp?pageid=24. Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch Geographic Information Solutions Luternauweg 12 -- CH-3006 Bern Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 ___ 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] Feature Wish List
I've been watching the Feature... thread and don't recall this one little item... That is to add the [IF] functionality to SQL capabilities of the Query and Label builders Ex: IF (FEATURE LIKE Mapinfo adds IF and other functionality and fixes), Print(Happy Mapinfo Customer +chr$(10)+ Happily Upgrades more often) Else Print(Continue to just make do with the old version you're running) Dave ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Feature Wish List
I think the text labelling and the layouts require upgrading. Neither has been touched for years and they have slipped behind. For example you always seem to have to have a bit of a fight with the frames to get the map at the correct display scale, and the legends often don't display correctly. On the label front some more intelligence about fitting the names in (see MAPublisher Version 7 for example which now has the option to fit the label within the polygon or onto the base line by adjusting the font and letter spacing), and proper curved text. Regards Tim Dr Tim Rideout Director Visit XYZ at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Oct 4 - 8th 2006, Intergeo Munich Oct 10-13th 2006 or IMTA World in Singapore, Nov 2006. The XYZ Digital Map Company Unit 9 Phase 2 Hardengreen Business Park Dalhousie Road Dalkeith Scotland EH22 3NX Tel +44 131 454 0426 Fax +44 131 454 0443 Mobile + 44 7766 825937 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Reid Sent: 25 October 2006 07:49 To: 'Mapinfo-L' Subject: Re: [MI-L] Feature Wish List I've been watching the Feature... thread and don't recall this one little item... That is to add the [IF] functionality to SQL capabilities of the Query and Label builders Ex: IF (FEATURE LIKE Mapinfo adds IF and other functionality and fixes), Print(Happy Mapinfo Customer +chr$(10)+ Happily Upgrades more often) Else Print(Continue to just make do with the old version you're running) Dave ___ 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] Feature Wish List
How about a more Excel like browser window - sort the values simpky by clicking in the header. - move around with the arrow keys - select mulitple cells across rows and records - ... More or less what some of us already have seen in the Grande Project. Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical Information IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Rideout Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:36 PM To: 'Mapinfo-L' Subject: RE: [MI-L] Feature Wish List I think the text labelling and the layouts require upgrading. Neither has been touched for years and they have slipped behind. For example you always seem to have to have a bit of a fight with the frames to get the map at the correct display scale, and the legends often don't display correctly. On the label front some more intelligence about fitting the names in (see MAPublisher Version 7 for example which now has the option to fit the label within the polygon or onto the base line by adjusting the font and letter spacing), and proper curved text. Regards Tim Dr Tim Rideout Director Visit XYZ at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Oct 4 - 8th 2006, Intergeo Munich Oct 10-13th 2006 or IMTA World in Singapore, Nov 2006. The XYZ Digital Map Company Unit 9 Phase 2 Hardengreen Business Park Dalhousie Road Dalkeith Scotland EH22 3NX Tel +44 131 454 0426 Fax +44 131 454 0443 Mobile + 44 7766 825937 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Reid Sent: 25 October 2006 07:49 To: 'Mapinfo-L' Subject: Re: [MI-L] Feature Wish List I've been watching the Feature... thread and don't recall this one little item... That is to add the [IF] functionality to SQL capabilities of the Query and Label builders Ex: IF (FEATURE LIKE Mapinfo adds IF and other functionality and fixes), Print(Happy Mapinfo Customer +chr$(10)+ Happily Upgrades more often) Else Print(Continue to just make do with the old version you're running) Dave ___ 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
RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper
Flavio, I agree with your sentiments...but thats just the point of my request... in many respects VM is past it (3d! ho ho)..so why not bundle it in and let some MI-users carry forward the development..if we could have 'Engage' than that would be excellent..but Engage is a maintained (and valuable) product ... i actually EXPECT to pay extra for that..(and to be honest, as limited at VM may be i still use it in preference to the esri equivalents ..and they are still £! (and have you seen esri's contouring eeuw!)... so getting it bundled would be a true 'value-adding' exercise by MI corp and one that they could afford..) Russel Lawley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Flavio Hendry Sent: 23 October 2006 07:30 To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper Hi all there is the often mentioned wish to integrate Vertical Mapper. I wonder why, as this products is completely outdated and full of bugs, such as: - does not work at all on large datasets - vectorizing of contours and slope etc. does not work or is extremely slow, results are poor (compared with i.e. Engage 3D, extremely fast and creating smooth and gorgeous contours, as well on extremely large datasets) - import often does not work - 3D capabilities are useless - and and and ... I think there was no development on it since at least five years. This thing is dead! If integrate something useful, then Engage 3D pleas, which is a full fledge 3D product. See http://www.encom.com.au/template2.asp?pageid=24. Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch Geographic Information Solutions Luternauweg 12 -- CH-3006 Bern Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l * This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. * ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Vedr.: RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper
Hi I agree that VM is a dated product and that it’s necessary with improvements, but it’s still better than most of it rivals (especially the point aggregation, coincident point handling, HUFF, region/point analysis and a qualified dialog in Kriging). The interpolation of very large dataset is a limitation and where there is room for other programs like Anudem, Engage etc., but both has other limitations Streambuilder has filled the lack of hydrological possibilities, but VM could continue to be a valuable tool if they fixed the bugs and added a few improvements: One is easy automation and integration in the Mapbasic environment Another is filters (e.g. 3’3 smoothing or sharpening) Another is easier work with classified Grid Another is CoKriging Another is better import and export (more formats – especially Idrisi, ER-Mapper and other classifications programs) Another is dynamic hill shading like ER-mapper (it’s a very powerful way to investigate structures in a dataset) And of course better 2½ D view (and even simple flythrough like the old Virtual Frontier) Ole Gregor, Udviklingskonsulent i Miljø og Teknik Viborg Amt Skottenborg 26 8800 Viborg Denmark +4587271307 +4521219831 Lawley, Russell S [EMAIL PROTECTED] Til Sendt af: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com mapinfo-l-bounces cc @lists.directions mag.com Emne RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper 24-10-2006 11:11 Flavio, I agree with your sentiments...but thats just the point of my request... in many respects VM is past it (3d! ho ho)..so why not bundle it in and let some MI-users carry forward the development..if we could have 'Engage' than that would be excellent..but Engage is a maintained (and valuable) product ... i actually EXPECT to pay extra for that..(and to be honest, as limited at VM may be i still use it in preference to the esri equivalents ..and they are still £! (and have you seen esri's contouring eeuw!)... so getting it bundled would be a true 'value-adding' exercise by MI corp and one that they could afford..) Russel Lawley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Flavio Hendry Sent: 23 October 2006 07:30 To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper Hi all there is the often mentioned wish to integrate Vertical Mapper. I wonder why, as this products is completely outdated and full of bugs, such as: - does not work at all on large datasets - vectorizing of contours and slope etc. does not work or is extremely slow, results are poor (compared with i.e. Engage 3D, extremely fast and creating smooth and gorgeous contours, as well on extremely large datasets) - import often does not work - 3D capabilities are useless - and and and ... I think there was no development on it since at least five years. This thing is dead! If integrate something useful, then Engage 3D pleas, which is a full fledge 3D product. See http://www.encom.com.au/template2.asp?pageid=24. Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch Geographic Information Solutions Luternauweg 12 -- CH-3006 Bern Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l * This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject
RE: [MI-L] Feature Wish List - Geodatabase Translator
For the ESRI Personal Geodatabase, does FWTools (ie, OGC and the PGeo driver) do more than get into the MDB file by ODBC and extract SHP files? The description (at http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_pgeo.html) isn't very informative: ESRI Personal GeoDatabase OGR optionally supports reading ESRI Personal GeoDatabase .mdb files via ODBC. Personal GeoDatabase is a Microsoft Access database with a set of tables defined by ESRI for holding geodatabase metadata, and with geometry for features held in a BLOB column in a custom format (essentially Shapefile geometry fragments). This drivers accesses the personal geodatabase via ODBC but does not depend on any ESRI middle-ware. Personal Geodatabases are accessed by passing the file name of the .mdb file to be accessed as the data source name. No ODBC DSN is required. OGR treats all feature tables as layers. Most geometry types should be supported, including 3D data. Measures information will be discarded. Coordinate system information should be properly associated with layers. Currently the OGR Personal Geodatabase driver does not take advantage of spatial indexes for fast spatial queries, though that may be added in the future. I read that to get into the ESRI Personal Geodatabase with (?) Linux / Unix requires the unixODBC driver to be installed (which may be why Bill Thoen couldn't get it to work). IL Thomas GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Thoen Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:17 AM To: Mike Osbourn Cc: Mapinfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: Re: [MI-L] Feature Wish List - Geodatabase Translator On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 05:55:20PM -0400, Mike Osbourn wrote: I think that the FME product (of which Universal Translator is a subset) requires an ESRI product installed on the client for GeoDatabase translation. I would love to be corrected on this if I'm wrong. I think it needs an Access dll. When I installed the Win32 version of the Open Source tool FWTools I was able to translate Geodatabase files, but the Linux version of FWTools does not work. I don't have any ESRI software on my XP systems, but that translator seems to work there, so my guess is that you don't need any. ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.9/490 - Release Date: 20/10/2006 ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] feature wish list - Vertical Mapper
Hi all there is the often mentioned wish to integrate Vertical Mapper. I wonder why, as this products is completely outdated and full of bugs, such as: - does not work at all on large datasets - vectorizing of contours and slope etc. does not work or is extremely slow, results are poor (compared with i.e. Engage 3D, extremely fast and creating smooth and gorgeous contours, as well on extremely large datasets) - import often does not work - 3D capabilities are useless - and and and ... I think there was no development on it since at least five years. This thing is dead! If integrate something useful, then Engage 3D pleas, which is a full fledge 3D product. See http://www.encom.com.au/template2.asp?pageid=24. Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch Geographic Information Solutions Luternauweg 12 -- CH-3006 Bern Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] feature wish list
Further to Richards observation, I also agree that MapInfo should provide the MapInfo-L community with their proposed plans for MapInfo, especially since myself (and others) decided to subscribe to the annual maintenance program primarily because of the imminent arrival of Grande. One of the key selling pitches (though not in an overt way) used at a user group meeting in June (or so) 2005, was that users on the maintenance plan would receive a beta version of Grande later in the year. Of course that didn't eventuate, but was one of my main reasons for my upgrading to the current release at that user group and then joining the annual maintenance plan. As with other comments on the list, I would like to see some significant changes to the product, especially in the area of producing professional cartographic output, with minimal output. Encom's Discover (an add-on for MapInfo) has certainly made life a lot easier with its Scaled Output, Legend creation and numerous text utilities, mainly because of a series of excellent descriptive dialog boxes with pulldowns that allow the user to achieve a good result. Although I have not used it, I have heard from fellow GIS'ers that ArcGIS map production capabilities are absolutely fantastic certainly looking at the annual ESRI Map book that is produced speaks for itself. My MapInfo 9.0 feature list would include the following: - 7 parameter transformation for Australia GDA94 (3 parameter just doesn't cut it) - improved text labelling - improved scaled output functionality (including overlay grids, titleblocks and company logos) - fixing the bug of having a layer close or browser close when doing a Table Maintenance operation - fixing the new 8.5 zoom to objects extent when doing a copy/paste operation (a real bugger with text labels) - remember several previous views that you can navigate back through (not just the current one-only) - if editing several layers at once, an easy method to change editable and selectable layers (maybe mouse control functionality?) - expanding the 256 colour palette to one where you can easily define additional colour schemes and have 512, 1024 colours ... - add the ability to bring across ArcGIS polygon colours (it can be done as one fellow in Queensland has written a program that does it and sells it for about $ 200 Australian) - better table update functionality so that if you are doing numerous queries and table updates, you don't accidentally overwrite the master data (something Data Assistant does quite well ... yes I know, a plug for my own MapInfo add-on) - when writing an expression for labelling or thematic mapping, offer a function to save the expression (currently have to copy and paste to/from a Wordpad document) - implement significantly better error handing functionality when writing SQL queries or label expressions so that the obscure Syntax Error - Please correct message does not appear. For the average user, this message doesn't tell them what to fix. Again third party add-ons such as Discover and Data Assistant offer behind the scenes data validation as the expression is being constructed. - remove the comma which appears in columns defined as small integer or integer (at least have it as a preference to be set of not) - remove the useless error message when creating points that occurs when you pulldown the X-column, and the same column is listed (by default) for the Y-column. This occurs because MapInfo displays the first two numeric columns it encounters in a table. However if the first numeric column contains Sample numbers and the second numeric column contains Longitude it ticks me off to no end to change Sample numbers to Longitude (which by default sits in the Y-column) and have MapInfo ask Use same column for X and Y field and then change the Y column anyway because if you click No, it boots you out and expects you to change the Y value first. Anyway, enough rambling for a Sunday arvo ... time to go to the local pub for a brewski. Cheers, Bill = I commend all of the entusiasm, but let's get real. MI abandoned 'Grande' because they are adandoning their desktop product. Like have we heard a beep from MI regarding any future plans for MI Pro? Rich -- Richard Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.greenwoodmap.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] Feature Wish List
On 10/22/06, Chuck Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mat Elfstrőm's wish list specifies two items I think are essential. Routing capabilities and adding MapBasic to the core product. I think the Universal Translator should be updated and provisions made to allow import and export of ESRI's new geodatabase file format. ESRI's personal geodatabase format is not exactly 'new', it is actually being phased out, starting in 9.2 with a new file-based format. The personal geodatabase (not to be confused with SDE) is built on the Microsoft Access MDB format. ERSI is moving toward a new, proprietary, file-based personal geodatabase format. As Bill T. pointed out, FW Tools supports the current MDB geodatabase format (Although I have not tried it myself). And just for the record, I second the motion to include an MB compiler w/ MI Pro. Rich -- Richard Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.greenwoodmap.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] Feature Wish List
About universal translator.. I wonder if MapInfo could strike a deal with safe software.. http://www.safe.com/ Although I've never tried FME I have heard very positive feedback from users. I sure hope MI corporation will take this list seriously. After all this list should be considered high priority by MI when it come to feedback or even reporting bugs.. Come to think of it, people from the RD dept. at MI corp. who monitor this list can use this info to improve their software. We could be considered like testing mice in a laboratory..You can learn alot from mice like us. It's a great ressource fro MI. Like I said the other day in another posting: Alot of people in this list are very "Hardcore Users" and most of us will upgrade are licenses every year or a every major upgrade. keep the positive feedback and suggestions comming!! just my 2 cents.. Regards, Eric Eric Gagnon, B.Sc. Maptica www.maptica.com Chuck Lockwood wrote: Mat Elfstrőm's wish list specifies two items I think are essential. Routing capabilities and adding MapBasic to the core product. I think the Universal Translator should be updated and provisions made to allow import and export of ESRI's new geodatabase file format. Chuck Lockwood -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MapInfo-L Digest, Vol 12, Issue 64 Send MapInfo-L mailing list submissions to mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of MapInfo-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. RE: feature wish list (Mats Elfstr?m) 2. Re: feature wish list (Richard Greenwood) 3. Re: feature wish list (Data Directions) 4. [Spam] Google Earth (Tim Rideout) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:12:55 +0200 From: Mats Elfstr?m [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [MI-L] feature wish list To: "'Bill Thoen'" [EMAIL PROTECTED], mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi All! Adding to the wish list, which I feel is of utmost importance if MapInfo Corp really wants to enhance the next release (if Project Grande has made its grand exit). I think there are those who are fed up with upgrades which only add cosmetic changes. They really must make it worthwhile to continue upgrading. Else I fear some users will look at alternative platforms. 1 Incorporate Vertical Mapper in the core product MapInfo Pro (and the sdk into MapBasic). 2 Add routing capabilities (route mapper or something) to the core product. 3 Add MapBasic to the core product. By doing this, Mi Corp would give upgrading users some real and useful value on their chosen platform, and maybe even gain one or two new users at the same time. Their latest effort, Envinsa, seems to be very US centric as many other additions have been lately. Us Swedes have been struck twice by language specific changes, and I am not sure if Universal Translator has been brought up to speed in version 8.5. My point is that if you aim to an international market, efforts should be international and not confined to the American market. Hdlsning Mats.E ::: :Email/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ#9517386: :-: :Mail/ GISKRAFT, Mats Elfstroem, Vaepplingv 21, SE-227 38 LUND, SWEDEN: :Phones: +46 46 145959, +46 70 595 3935 : ::: -- next part -- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Bill Thoen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MI-L] feature wish list Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:23:24 +0200 Size: 2054 Url: http://www.directionsmag.com/pipermail/mapinfo-l/attachments/20061022/1db237 6a/attachment-0001.eml -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:21:53 -0600 From: "Richard Greenwood" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MI-L] feature wish list To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 10/21/06, Mats Elfstrvm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All! Adding to the wish list, which I feel is of utmost importance if MapInfo Corp really wants to enhance the next release (if Project Grande has made its grand exit). I think there are those who are fed up with upgr
RE: [MI-L] Feature Wish List
I think that the FME product (of which Universal Translator is a subset) requires an ESRI product installed on the client for GeoDatabase translation. I would love to be corrected on this if I'm wrong. Mike Osbourn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Lockwood Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:46 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Feature Wish List Mat Elfstrőm's wish list specifies two items I think are essential. Routing capabilities and adding MapBasic to the core product. I think the Universal Translator should be updated and provisions made to allow import and export of ESRI's new geodatabase file format. Chuck Lockwood -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MapInfo-L Digest, Vol 12, Issue 64 Send MapInfo-L mailing list submissions to mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of MapInfo-L digest... Today's Topics: 1. RE: feature wish list (Mats Elfstr?m) 2. Re: feature wish list (Richard Greenwood) 3. Re: feature wish list (Data Directions) 4. [Spam] Google Earth (Tim Rideout) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:12:55 +0200 From: Mats Elfstr?m [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [MI-L] feature wish list To: 'Bill Thoen' [EMAIL PROTECTED], mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi All! Adding to the wish list, which I feel is of utmost importance if MapInfo Corp really wants to enhance the next release (if Project Grande has made its grand exit). I think there are those who are fed up with upgrades which only add cosmetic changes. They really must make it worthwhile to continue upgrading. Else I fear some users will look at alternative platforms. 1 Incorporate Vertical Mapper in the core product MapInfo Pro (and the sdk into MapBasic). 2 Add routing capabilities (route mapper or something) to the core product. 3 Add MapBasic to the core product. By doing this, Mi Corp would give upgrading users some real and useful value on their chosen platform, and maybe even gain one or two new users at the same time. Their latest effort, Envinsa, seems to be very US centric as many other additions have been lately. Us Swedes have been struck twice by language specific changes, and I am not sure if Universal Translator has been brought up to speed in version 8.5. My point is that if you aim to an international market, efforts should be international and not confined to the American market. Hdlsning Mats.E ::: :Email/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ#9517386: :-: :Mail/ GISKRAFT, Mats Elfstroem, Vaepplingv 21, SE-227 38 LUND, SWEDEN: :Phones: +46 46 145959, +46 70 595 3935 : ::: -- next part -- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MI-L] feature wish list Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:23:24 +0200 Size: 2054 Url: http://www.directionsmag.com/pipermail/mapinfo-l/attachments/20061022/1db237 6a/attachment-0001.eml -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:21:53 -0600 From: Richard Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MI-L] feature wish list To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 10/21/06, Mats Elfstrvm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All! Adding to the wish list, which I feel is of utmost importance if MapInfo Corp really wants to enhance the next release (if Project Grande has made its grand exit). I think there are those who are fed up with upgrades which only add cosmetic changes. They really must make it worthwhile to continue upgrading. Else I fear some users will look at alternative platforms. 1 Incorporate Vertical Mapper in the core product MapInfo Pro (and the sdk into MapBasic). 2 Add routing capabilities (route mapper or something) to the core product. 3 Add MapBasic to the core product. By doing this, Mi Corp would give upgrading users some real and useful value on their chosen platform, and maybe even gain one or two new users at the same time. Their latest effort
Re: [MI-L] Feature Wish List - Geodatabase Translator
On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 05:55:20PM -0400, Mike Osbourn wrote: I think that the FME product (of which Universal Translator is a subset) requires an ESRI product installed on the client for GeoDatabase translation. I would love to be corrected on this if I'm wrong. I think it needs an Access dll. When I installed the Win32 version of the Open Source tool FWTools I was able to translate Geodatabase files, but the Linux version of FWTools does not work. I don't have any ESRI software on my XP systems, but that translator seems to work there, so my guess is that you don't need any. ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] feature wish list
On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 12:27:35PM +0100, Lawley, Russell S wrote: heres mine: better pattern/colour /font support for all objects some proper tools for making layouts that dont look like they have been drawn by an amatuer with a crayon(including proper map-graticules and wysiwyg legends) legends that are easier to build, dynamic, show map-visible only content and are at last, bug free YES! Down with crayons and maps that look like 'toons! Up with maps as art!! built in vertical mapper sdk into mapbasic This is reasonable now that we don't have to worry about bringing VM into the .NET environment. The VM SDK needs a bit of an overhaul anyway. - Bill Thoen ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] feature wish list
Hi All! Adding to the wish list, which I feel is of utmost importance if MapInfo Corp really wants to enhance the next release (if Project Grande has made its grand exit). I think there are those who are fed up with upgrades which only add cosmetic changes. They really must make it worthwhile to continue upgrading. Else I fear some users will look at alternative platforms. 1 Incorporate Vertical Mapper in the core product MapInfo Pro (and the sdk into MapBasic). 2 Add routing capabilities (route mapper or something) to the core product. 3 Add MapBasic to the core product. By doing this, Mi Corp would give upgrading users some real and useful value on their chosen platform, and maybe even gain one or two new users at the same time. Their latest effort, Envinsa, seems to be very US centric as many other additions have been lately. Us Swedes have been struck twice by language specific changes, and I am not sure if Universal Translator has been brought up to speed in version 8.5. My point is that if you aim to an international market, efforts should be international and not confined to the American market. Hälsning Mats.E ::: :Email/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ#9517386: :-: :Mail/ GISKRAFT, Mats Elfstroem, Vaepplingv 21, SE-227 38 LUND, SWEDEN: :Phones: +46 46 145959, +46 70 595 3935 : ::: ---BeginMessage--- On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 12:27:35PM +0100, Lawley, Russell S wrote: heres mine: better pattern/colour /font support for all objects some proper tools for making layouts that dont look like they have been drawn by an amatuer with a crayon(including proper map-graticules and wysiwyg legends) legends that are easier to build, dynamic, show map-visible only content and are at last, bug free YES! Down with crayons and maps that look like 'toons! Up with maps as art!! built in vertical mapper sdk into mapbasic This is reasonable now that we don't have to worry about bringing VM into the .NET environment. The VM SDK needs a bit of an overhaul anyway. - Bill Thoen ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l ---End Message--- ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] feature wish list
On 10/21/06, Mats Elfström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All! Adding to the wish list, which I feel is of utmost importance if MapInfo Corp really wants to enhance the next release (if Project Grande has made its grand exit). I think there are those who are fed up with upgrades which only add cosmetic changes. They really must make it worthwhile to continue upgrading. Else I fear some users will look at alternative platforms. 1 Incorporate Vertical Mapper in the core product MapInfo Pro (and the sdk into MapBasic). 2 Add routing capabilities (route mapper or something) to the core product. 3 Add MapBasic to the core product. By doing this, Mi Corp would give upgrading users some real and useful value on their chosen platform, and maybe even gain one or two new users at the same time. Their latest effort, Envinsa, seems to be very US centric as many other additions have been lately. Us Swedes have been struck twice by language specific changes, and I am not sure if Universal Translator has been brought up to speed in version 8.5. My point is that if you aim to an international market, efforts should be international and not confined to the American market. Hälsning Mats.E ::: :Email/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ#9517386: :-: :Mail/ GISKRAFT, Mats Elfstroem, Vaepplingv 21, SE-227 38 LUND, SWEDEN: :Phones: +46 46 145959, +46 70 595 3935 : ::: -- Forwarded message -- From: Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:23:24 +0200 Subject: Re: [MI-L] feature wish list On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 12:27:35PM +0100, Lawley, Russell S wrote: heres mine: better pattern/colour /font support for all objects some proper tools for making layouts that dont look like they have been drawn by an amatuer with a crayon(including proper map-graticules and wysiwyg legends) legends that are easier to build, dynamic, show map-visible only content and are at last, bug free YES! Down with crayons and maps that look like 'toons! Up with maps as art!! built in vertical mapper sdk into mapbasic This is reasonable now that we don't have to worry about bringing VM into the .NET environment. The VM SDK needs a bit of an overhaul anyway. I commend all of the entusiasm, but let's get real. MI abandoned 'Grande' because they are adandoning their desktop product. Like have we heard a beep from MI regarding any future plans for MI Pro? Rich -- Richard Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.greenwoodmap.com ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
