MI centroidx and centroidy output as UTM coordinates

1999-09-24 Thread Rajeev saraf
I have a table of points whose projection is set as UTM. When I update my columns with centroidx and centroidy functions, i get the values in lat/long. Why is it like that? How do I populate my fields my UTM values. However, if I run SET COORDSYS command in mapbasic window and set it to UTM

MI Jam Buddy?

1999-09-24 Thread Martyn
Hi, I was very interested in references to this product in the responses to the PDF question. I checked out the Avenza site and could find no reference to it. Just a lot of MAPulisher Stuff. Any pointers to where I can find out about it would be appreciated Regards, Martyn Shedd --

RE: MI Translator from .bmp to .gif ~answer

1999-09-24 Thread Matt.Wilkie
>I am looking for a (preferably free; if not, cheap) translator >converting .bmp images to .gif in batch mode. The conversion You could try NConvert which comes with Xnview. It's not referenced in the GUI, but if you look in the Xnview directory it's there. Type nconvert.exe -help for a list

MI What is Oracle Spatial?

1999-09-24 Thread Neil Havermale
What is Oracle Spatial? The product provides an integrated set of functions and procedures that enable spatial data to be stored, accessed, and analyzed quickly and efficiently in Oracle8i. This means that spatial and attribute data can now be managed in one physical database, thereby reducing pr

Re: MI: What is MI's market share in the US and abroad?

1999-09-24 Thread Neil Havermale
I believe the most recent issue of GeoInfoSystems Sept 1999 - "Framework Data Survey Preliminary" on page 26 / Fig 13 you'll find a "map" for Spatial Distribution of Popular GIS Systems Nationwide - County Government. Yes, it does show that ESRI has a number or county governments but you as I are

MI - offset printing a layout

1999-09-24 Thread Spriggs, Jim
Dear Listers, We are going to print several thousand copies of a 38x50 inch map created with MapInfo. I would greatly appreciate any information on preparing the layout for offset printing. Something that allows the printer to create the magenta, yellow, cyan and black separations. It looks li

Re: MI Thomas Bros. grid file

1999-09-24 Thread Dan Munson
Did you find this?   Dan   Dan MunsonVice President of Sales & MarketingCDS Business Mapping800-746-7797Mapping for the Next Millennium -Original Message-From: Tracy W alklet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Tuesday, September 1

MI Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:30:33 -0400

1999-09-24 Thread Lavoie, Claude
Second posting: I am looking for a (preferably free; if not, cheap) translator converting .bmp images to .gif in batch mode. The conversion is to be launched from within a MB application with a command of the type: run program ".exe c:\bmp_img\*.bmp c:\gif_img\*.gif" Any advice appreciate

MI Translator from .bmp to .gif

1999-09-24 Thread Lavoie, Claude
Second posting: I am looking for a (preferably free; if not, cheap) translator converting .bmp images to .gif in batch mode. The conversion is to be launched from within a MB application with a command of the type: run program ".exe c:\bmp_img\*.bmp c:\gif_img\*.gif" Any advice appreciate

MI Friday Humor

1999-09-24 Thread jchgis
Another Oldie, but goodie: Taken from real resumes and cover letters and printed in the July 21, 1997 issue of Fortune Magazine 1. I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience. 2. I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor and spreadsheet progroms. 3. Received a plague for Salespers

MI Workspace Questions

1999-09-24 Thread Chandra Vavilala
Dear Mapinfo Listers: (1) Has anyone opened a workspace under Map Basic control? That is, without using the common dialog. (2) Also for thematic mapping. Has anyone by-passed The 3 step dialog sequence that Mapinfo imposes? We are working with Mapinfo Pro 5.0 (desktop) and Access '97 and are

MI SDEBasic

1999-09-24 Thread Neil Havermale
The other day I believe we saw an offer over this list (Oh those darned spanners!) of a new tool that allows MapInfo to access SDE on a read and write basis. I saw this info on SDEBasic go by this AM and was wondering if would be useful? It might be cheaper that SDE and Spatialware. I am not ce

MI Table structure

1999-09-24 Thread Miguel Iturralde
Hello everyone,   I have some attributes tables with the records in this fashion:   Poly_id    Code    Definition    Value 1   xyz   xyz       xyz 1   xyz   xyz    xyz 2   xyz   xyz            xyz 2   

RE: MI Spam ( another Spam anecdote delete me)

1999-09-24 Thread Don Amsbaugh
In light of all the Spam and reaction to the Spam hitting our list, I thought you listers might find the following interesting: http://www.thisistrue.com/spam.html It's an intelligent responses to the ever increasing problem. I'd send the text of the page, but it is quite involved and lengthy.

RE: MI MapInfo to pdf

1999-09-24 Thread Landis, Bill @ Phoenix
Distiller is a utility that comes with Acrobat that converts postscript files to PDFs. Very useful. Bill Landis... Information Management Director, Global Mapping Services CB Richard Ellis P 602 735 5233 F 602 735 5655 -Original Message- From: Tony She

MI Geocode Problem

1999-09-24 Thread branagan
I've been geocoding along with my MI for the Mac, when all of a sudden, it just won't geocode or create points anymore. (I'm sure its operator error.) While I have only 139 points and have to redo it, has anyone seen anything like this before. I've run Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, no

Re: MI Friday Humour

1999-09-24 Thread rgduncan
Andy: That's one of the better ones! Had me laughing out loud! Another I like that I read in an insurance magazine: Guy was explaining how he had come to run over a little old lady who had stepped out from behind a car, " and when I asked her why she had stepped out so suddenly, she conceede

Re: MI Can not delete selected records with MapBasic

1999-09-24 Thread Aditya
Change your Sub as follows, This will solve the problem Sub Query1 fetch first from TableB do while not eot(TableB) Dim a as object a = TableB.obj Select * from TableA where obj contains TableA.obj into Results fetch next from tableB Loop Delete from Results End Sub Hope this helps

RE: MI MapInfo & MrSID

1999-09-24 Thread Tony
MrSID creates a 24 bit image. When MI prints a raster it is "reduced" to an 8 bit image. MI management is aware of this problem. Tony Suffolk County PD Long Island, New York, USA > -Original Message- > From: Alvarez, Roberto C [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 19

Re: MI Friday Humour / unsubscribing

1999-09-24 Thread John Haynes
Actually, I prefer System C. Set the Unsubscribing Kit in front of your computer. Find the ring labeled, "Pull to Unsubscribe". The actuation lever will fly off the small pineapple shaped kit with a loud "PING". In three seconds you will be unsubscribed. John D. Haynes Geodata Consultants 1-8

Re: MI: What is MI's market share in the US and abroad?

1999-09-24 Thread Chris Martin
I know its a bit parochial, but In UK Local Government Circles, the desktop mapping breakdown around last year was: MapInfo 21% ArcView (ESRI) 19% Someone else 12% ...and then the rest... I'm sure MI will give you some figures, but regardless, I suggest that if ESRI are claiming 90% of most ma

MI: Free stuff

1999-09-24 Thread Michael O'Toole
Hello everyone,   If anyone wants a copy of a new freeware application called Table Info v1.0 (i know, not very original but it's late at night here!) it's available for download from our web site. This application allows you to obtain information about tables opened within MapInfo. It displ

MI Friday Humor: Three-For-One . . .

1999-09-24 Thread John Hoffmann
September 24 in history: * 1979 - CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service #1: Kids Will Be Kids . . . A six-year-old comes crying to his mother because his little sister pulled his hair. "Don't be angry," the mother says, "Your little sister doesn't realize

MI Friday Humor

1999-09-24 Thread John Haynes
Some old ones, but some I hadn't seen before   Take heart, anyone among you who believes you are  technologicallychallenged, you "ain't seen nuthin'" yet.  This is an excerpt from a WallStreet Journal article:1.  Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "PressReturn Key"

MI Zoom to all of four layers

1999-09-24 Thread Elliot Tinton EG CEFAS
Hello list, I am trying to create a MapBasic application that converts text files to points and automatically displays different point files on a map. This works fine but I would like the final display to be automatically set so that it zooms in on the smallest area possible that contains fou

MI: What is MI's market share in the US and abroad?

1999-09-24 Thread Carolyn S White
When I talk with ESRI users they seem so confident that ESRI has 90% of the market. Does anyone have good numbers for just what the breakdowns are for market share in the US and abroad? I'm sure the market share differs in different markets, as well -- business applications versus environmental ap

RE: MI MapInfo & MrSID

1999-09-24 Thread Lepage, Mike L (Mike)** CTR **
I read somewhere that mapinfo does not display true color, but that you could go in the registry and turn it back on. (I think it was MRSid document). Kinda sketchy answer, but it's all I got. Mike Lepage, B.Sc. Senior RF Engineer Wireless Professional Services Lucent Technologies 314-891-2130

MI Friday Humour / unsubscribing

1999-09-24 Thread Joshua Ostroff
How many times have we seen some nitwit write to an entire email list: >UNSUBSCRIBE ME PLEASE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! even though each post to the list has clear unsub instructions! Well, this is what they should be doing (with acknowledgements to the unknown author) --

Re: MI MapInfo to pdf

1999-09-24 Thread Milo Simonic
I've used printing into pdf for quite some time now - and can only recommend it. However you have to select 600 dpi as your default resolution - it looks publication quality. Use only proper paper for your deskjet/plotter - it does make a difference. The resulting output looks much better from Ac

MI Friday Humor

1999-09-24 Thread Jeff James
Hello everyone. I'm relatively new to the list, so I hope I'm not recycling a joke you've all seen. This one was one of my favorites, purported to be an actual letter from the Smithsonian Institute... but you know how urban legends are... Paleoanthropology Division Smithsonian Institute 207 P

Importing E00 into MI

1999-09-24 Thread Carolyn Davies
Hi, I've downloaded files and wish to use them in MI. The data is in ArcInfo's E00 format and I was told these could be easily imported into MI. I'm not sure how to go about this. I would be grateful if someone could let me know of the correct procedure to import such data into MapInfo. Tha

Re: MI UTM to Lat\Lon translator - a practical example

1999-09-24 Thread LVN
Jason, >... but that's not ideal for routine maintenance. ... Oh yes it is ! Please forgive my pushiness, but I simply needed to post this mail to show that MapInfo Pro has a lot of (overlooked) potential. What you need to do is wrap the routine up as a workspace (a macro), and just run it o

MI Friday Humour

1999-09-24 Thread Andy
Old but unmissable...> >This is an accident report which was printed in the newsletter of the> >British equivalent of the Workers' Compensation Board. This is the> >bricklayer's report . . . a true story.> >> >> >Dear Sir,> >> >I am writing in response to your request for additional informa

MI Friday Funnies

1999-09-24 Thread "Sarah W Myers"
Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. No mention of this phenomenon was included in the product brochure. In addition, Wife 1.0 installs itself