MI Problem solved

Dear MapInfo Users,   thank you for you good answers according to my problem with using CentroidX and CentroidY functions. My headache is gone. The problem was solved using MapBasic command Set CoordSys Earth "My projection Parameters". Strange thing is that even you can see from Map-Option

RE: MI MB: Window Maximize Bug

I've had this bug in a network environment where the Mapperwindow maximizes on a local machine specific basis. In other words all workspaces open with maximized mapper windows. Will the below settings address the problem for any workspaces opened at the computer workstation in question? Scott Gi

MI: Geometry Manager - pricing

Hi All! Since my last post I have learned the price for GM is £595/$995. In my opinion, this is far too costly for an essential function in any GIS, and I would seriously ask MapInfo Corp to reconsider. I believe that MapInfo should be a qualified tool for map and data creation, and not only an

MI Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:17:35 -0600

Mappers, I am starting a search for detailed street data (and possibility demographic data) for a "market plan" in Singapore. Do any of you know of sources for Singapore data? Thanks so much! Eric Frost HR and Associates, Inc. 630-789-0444

RE: MI virus alert! *Sigh* It's a hoax folks

I repeat: *Sigh* It's a hoax folks Please, whenever you get a message about a new virus, please take a minute to find out if it's for real or not. http://www.google.com/search?q=wobbler+virus+california You'll notice the first 6 returns all contain the word "hoax" in the title. And if

MI Extracting X and Y Values of Nodes in MapInfo

Hello. I'm trying to extract and save(as dbf or other) the x,y coordinates of the nodes for a bunch of tracts. I'm able to extract centroids using SQL Select but haven't had any success with the nodes. Any suggestions? Thanks.

MI us aerial photo doqq data

List, Thought I would mention that the web distribution for aerial images has changed for the better. In the past you could get the doqq images from http://teraserver.microsoft.com but it was a piece of a doqq and you didn't get the reference info so you could not register it in mapinfo. I not

MI subscribe mapinfo-l James Schumm

subscribe mapinfo-l James Schumm -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI Wobbler is a Hoax Virus

See the following from the MCAfee virus site. The e-mail sent is passing on a hoax. Check the McAfee site or the Norton site and you will see it is a hoax. The following is from the McAfee Anti Virus Web Page Virus Hoax Wobbler Hoax (California) AVERT HOAX Notice!! NAI Labs AVERT would lik

RE: MI virus alert!

This is a hoax. Please check these "warnings" with one of many sites on the web. A snippet from http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/scares/california.html Name: California/Wobbler. Type: Virus hoax. Danger: NONE. Description: This hoax email warns that if you receive an email with an attached file

MI RE: ObjectGeography(object, OBJ_GEO_CENTROID)

-Original Message- Sent: November 4, 1999 11:46 AM Subject: MI: ObjectGeography(object, OBJ_GEO_CENTROID) MI and MB 5.5 under Win95: In MapBasic.def the following: Define OBJ_GEO_CENTROID 5 Although not documented under the ObjectGeography() function in MapBasic's Reference Guide,

Re: MI Long plots on HP750

Tim, We have an HP750C+ with an HP JetDirect network connection on our NT network and WIN95 workstations. We have produced long plots without problems. In the Page Setup dialogue, you can select 'Other' [or 'Custom'?] for plot dimensions rather than one of the standard sizes. This will open a s

MI MB: Window Maximize Bug

Hai everybody, its a long time ago, i was also a member of your list. i have a tricky problem, so i think its a bug in MapBasic. i want a user not to be allowed to maximize a mapperwindow. so i tried following code: Sub WinChangedHandler If WindowInfo(FrontWindow(), WIN_INFO_STATE) = WIN_STA

RE: MI virus alert!

Afraid notno mention of it on IBM's Virus Alert page: http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/VirusAlert/ However, I did find this on their list of hoaxes: http://www.av.ibm.com/HoaxFrame/hoaxframe.html California/WOBBLER is yet another virus hoax by Dave Chess Sometime in May or June of 1999,

MI saving toolbar preferences

Dear listers: Does anybody know how to save your preferred mapinfo desktop (say, drawing and main toolbars docked, the rest closed) so that it comes up this way at start up? It's very annyoing to keep rearranging things... you can reply directly, will sum. Thank you. -- Sonya -

RE: MI virus alert!

The virus is actually a hoax. It is referenced in the following web page. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wobbler-hoax.html John Hollingsworth The Buxton Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: jchgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:1

Re: MI virus alert! (HOAX)

This is another hoax. See... http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wobbler-hoax.html Please check this site (or any of the others) before passing virus alerts to anyone... especially a mail list numbering over 1,000 readers. Steve Wallace Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies GIS & Mark

MI Power Lines

Does anyone know of a source for power line locations (either national or regional)? Obviously public domain would be wonderful, but a commercial product would work, too. Thanks, Gary. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-

MI virus alert!

Received this from a friend this a.m. JUST AN FYI - Subject: *** VIRUS ALERT *** This information was sent to us by one of our users...We have been informed of a new virus - WOBBLER- it will arrive on e-mail titled "California". IBM and AOL have announced that it is very powerful, more so than M

Re: MI-VM profile

Sharon, In the latest release of Vertical Mapper (version 2.5) the X axis units for the Cross Section Tool can be set to a variety of distance units including kilometres. This is done in the Preferences dialogue (Vertical Mapper > Preferences). In earlier versions the X axis was determined by t

MI Long plots on HP750

Mappers, Does anyone have any experience producing long plots on an HP750C? I need to produce a map that will be longer than an ArchE 36" x 48" plot that seems to be the maximum - probably something like 36" x 55". Since I'm printing on roll media it seems like it should be possible, but I can't

MI Integrated Mapping

Hello, I am using Visual Basic to run MapInfo as an OLE. I would appreciate any information on how to extract the information from where the user has clicked in the MapInfo window to sue in the Visual Basic window. Also how to acces "Current Tool". As well, if anyone has the source code to

MI Friday Humor Two-fer-one: The Escape and The Divorce . . .

THE ESCAPE ARTIST ~ A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he could hop high, the zoo officials put up a ten foot fence. Again the kangaroo was out the next morning, just roaming around the zoo. The fence was then extended to twenty feet high

MI Mapinfo coordinates problem

Hi all I have 3 simple questions:- 1. In MapInfo, if I can break the polyline at the node I want ? 2. If i can enter polylines using coordinates using GUI? 3. If I can list the above polylines and edit the coordinates of the polylines ? TIA for all helps john __

MI GIS/GEO Career Center launched

November 5, 1999 THE GEOCOMMUNITY ANNOUNCES THE "GIS/GEO CAREER CENTER" http://www.spatialnews.com/classifieds/ The GeoCommunity is pleased to provide you with the Career Center. The place to post your FREE GIS/CAD/Remote Sensing Industry Job Postings. Post your Employment ad in one of 3 categor

Re: MI Problems

Dear Sami When using functions, either in MapBasic programs or in MapInfo selects, the projection used has to be set - it does not adopt that of the map window. If you are using MapBasic include a Set Coordsys as desired at the start of your code. If you are using functions direct in MapInfo ( e

Re: MI Will 5.5 Do This?

At 08:20 PM 11/05/1999 -0700, Roy Chiappini wrote: >Folks: > >I do the following using Vertical Mapper. > >1) Create Map >2) In VM: Region to Grid >a) Export grid in ASCII format > >Will MI 5.5 permit this w/o use of VM? No. The only grid feature in MI Pro v5.5 is the Grid Thematic, whic

RE: MI line style editor

Chris and Dima, Thanks for your help. You know, I must have gone to that MIPro page ten time yesterday and there were never any links (not even the one "If you currently hold a MapInfo Passport, click here."). Today, I went to the same page again, and there they all are, bright as day! I don't

MIPRO / GroupWise Software

Anyone know of any clashes between MapInfo Professional ver 55 and "GroupWise" software ? This may involve MFC42.dll... --- Bruce Campbell Development Manager GDC Ltd Tel : +44(0)181 349 2151 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: MI <-> AGIS more info

Many responses so far, but I am still stuck: Don't know much about Atlas, but looks like their map files are *.agf. I've found another GIS package called AGIS that uses *.agi. My stuff is *.prc + some informix database files. Not sure if my stuff is Atlas GIS or something else. I've got 20 or

RE: MI zoom display

Oops! Sorry Laith, ignore my previous message, I am so wrapped up in MapBasic that I assumed you were asking how to do this in MapBasic! I have probably just confused you... Pete ;-) -Original Message- From: Laith Wark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 November 1999 05:25 To: MapInfo

MI Problems

Hello,   functions CentroidX and CentroidY are giving me headache. My coordinate system is Myanmar, but these functions seems to give me latitudes and longitudes in decimal format. Does anyone know where the problem is?   Thank you and Best Regards,   Sami ---Sami Janne - GIS and Rem

Re: MI zoom display

Dear Laith I bet your units are not what you expect them to be. Pull down the Map Menu. From the bottom of the menu select options. Set your distance units as reqyyuired eg metres or kilometres. Now go back to layer control. If you want ROADS visible between a width of 10 metres and 1 kilmetre t

MI Map of France (administrative)

Hi all, Would someone have a (free) map of France with the administrative boundaries (departments) ? Thanks for any help Pancho -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L"

RE: MI zoom display

Hi Laith, Try something like: Set Map Window gWin_id Center (tile_x_diag, tile_y_diag) Zoom 20.4 Units "km" Center positions the map. Don't think there is a min or max, just a zoom distance thus: [ Zoom { zoom_distance [ Units dist_unit ] |

MI AGI WALES - CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

AGI Cymru Enabling Access to Geographic Information in Wales Launch of AGI Cymru and one day Seminar on Thursday 18 November 1999 at Cardiff City Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF1 3ND AGI Cymru is a new initiative to bring together all those agencies and organisations in Wales who are using GI

MI Ode to the Infinite Email

Ode to the Infinite Email Sometimes if I wake up At the crazy hour of 4. Unable to get back to sleep (Of that I am quite sure) I fire up the email Via modem (slow connection) And sort through backlogs on the -L. Insomnia reaction? Or just an inability To rid what I've not read? (Before I get th