RE: MI High Quality Graphics Output

1999-12-15 Thread Gabor Vasarhelyi
Steve, i have been grappling with the same issue and found that using an image setter print driver from MS Publisher98 was the best solution. You print to file. This creates a high quality post script file which is usable by commercial printers. I have tried a number of post script printers

Vedr: MI Changing selected object styles using MB

1999-12-15 Thread pel
Hi Tim You have to write a function and then use it in a Update Include "mapbasic.def" declare Function NewStyle(byval o as object) as object ... Update Selection set obj = NewStyle(obj) ... Function NewStyle(byval o as object) as object dim tmpObj as

RE: Vedr: MI Changing selected object styles using MB

1999-12-15 Thread Richard . Burkmar
Peter, Wont that alter the style in the underlying table? May not be a problem of course. Richard Burkmar ICL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 December 1999 08:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Vedr: MI Changing

MI how to remove a map window's minimize button?

1999-12-15 Thread Rinus Deurloo
Hi All, How can I remove the minimize button in a map window's title bar from within MapBasic? I am using Mapinfo/MapBasic 5.5 under Windows98. The KGM utility API_TEST (version 4.01) does not work. Thanks in advance, Rinus Deurloo.

Re: MI High Quality Graphics Output

1999-12-15 Thread Ted Florence
The people we work with seem to be using one or more of Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia FreeHand and Corel Draw. The advantage of using either Illustrator or FreeHand is that with these two graphics programs you can use our MAPublisher product which is a suite of cartographic and GIS plugins and

Re: MI night image of the earth

1999-12-15 Thread Frank Schuessler
Hi Christovam, it is called 'The Brilliant Earth' and it is published by the company named 'The Living Earth Inc.' in Santa Monica / CA. Frank Schuessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.strategis.de Christovam Barcellos schrieb: Hi listers,I saw it once. A nice and big image of the entire

MI night image of the earth

1999-12-15 Thread Christovam Barcellos
Hi listers, I saw it once. A nice and big image of the entire Earth during the night. The background is completely black but it is possible to recognize the most populated and industrialized regions in the world. The version I remember was in A0 paper with high resolution. Can anybody

Re: MI how to remove a map window's minimize button?

1999-12-15 Thread Anssi Joutsiniemi
Hello Rinus, If you want to remove max/min buttons from window you actually have to change the window style. I included a small app to show how to do that. If you have any question just let me know. By the way KGM utility API_TEST works as designed. It removes the menuitems from systemmenu

MI Digital camera and GPS

1999-12-15 Thread Marc Pelosse
Hi all, I'm looking into digital cameras coupled with a GPS to use with Mapinfo. I have info on ther Kodak DC265 coupled with a Garmin GPS III, but I'd like to know about other similar solutions. TIA. Marc Pelosse Conseiller en géomatique Services conseils, Biens immobiliers Centre d'expertise

MI MapXsite Applications for Crime Mapping

1999-12-15 Thread DeskMap Systems, Inc.
All: We are presenting the MapXsite technology to the Attorney General's office (Crime Victims Institute) tomorrow and wondered if anyone has published web sites related to crime mapping or similar topics. Thank you- Jennifer A. Montano Business Development Sales Manager DeskMap Systems,

MI Coordinate transformation - Affine transformation

1999-12-15 Thread Lavoie, Claude
Last July, Cliff Mugnier, Jacques Paris, and Walter ... (I only kept the last message of the thread in which Walter's family name is not mentioned) had an interesting discussion about coordinate transformation from a "Dig" site local coordinate system to a projected system, and about whether a

RE: MI Changing selected object styles using MB

1999-12-15 Thread Richard . Burkmar
Tim, I've just had a similar problem myself. Actually I wanted to use MB to change the style MI used to highlight any selected objects - like you can from 'Options-Preferences-Map Window' in MI. I didn't find a wholly satisfactory way. One neat looking way was to use SelectionInfo to get the

MI Embedding Problem

1999-12-15 Thread Mark Nadler
I am using MapInfo 4.5. I have created a thematic map that includes a legend . I want to embed both the map and the legend in a Word 2000 document. I have tried to use the various recommended procedures to do this. So far, I have been successful in embedding my map but not the legend. Can

MI Geospatial and Natural Resources Workshops for 2000

1999-12-15 Thread Holly Nelson
2000 TRAINING WORKSHOPS U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE 700

Re: MI Coordinate transformation - Affine transformation

1999-12-15 Thread Christian Singer
At 11:50 15.12.99 -0500, you wrote: Last July, Cliff Mugnier, Jacques Paris, and Walter ... (I only kept the last message of the thread in which Walter's family name is not mentioned) had an interesting discussion about coordinate transformation from a "Dig" site local coordinate system to a

Re: MI night image of the earth

1999-12-15 Thread Bill Thoen
That's a NASA image. Try http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/hologlobe/earth_night.html Christovam Barcellos wrote: Hi listers, I saw it once. A nice and big image of the entire Earth during the night. The background is completely black but it is possible to recognize the most populated

Re: MI SDTS format - Dragon Slayers Wanted

1999-12-15 Thread Bill Thoen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've spent considerable time in processing this data format with MapInfo and (sorry to offend anyone with the following) ARCInfo / ArcView . It has been my experience that although there are work-arounds for getting the map / graphic aspects of the data into MapInfo,

Re: MI SDTS format - Dragon Slayers Wanted

1999-12-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Bill Thoen wrote: If we must have this format rammed down our throats, I would like to see it so easy to use that federal state, county and municipal governments would prefer to use it when offering their data to the public than E00 (a proprietary format) or MapInfo TAB

MI Earth at night picture

1999-12-15 Thread Gerald Kornelsen
NASA has a site called Astronomy Picture of the Day. I know I've seen the whole earth picture as well, but for now here are 2 similar ones. The first one is Europe at night, the second is Asia at night. Perhaps if you want to root around NASA's site, you can find an earth one as well.

RE: MI MapXsite Applications for Crime Mapping

1999-12-15 Thread Serge Dumoulin
I designed with Carl Samples of the Huntsville Alabama Criminal Investigation department the nations first Megan's Mapper. It's not web based but has the ability to do so. I left technology was left with Banton Research (my former company). You can contact Carl at (256) 427-5450 or [EMAIL

MI Street Layers for Texas and Florida

1999-12-15 Thread Brad Mathews
Hello, Does anyone know who has the best street layer for Texas and Florida? We already know of ETAK, who we use for California, Thomas Bros and NavTech. Is there anyone else out there with a quality road base who might have coverage in these states? Thanks Brad Mathews Technical Director

MI ProPress

1999-12-15 Thread Steven Heapy
Hi Mappers Has anyone used propress for printing maps? and can give me a quick run down on it. Does it allow you to print to file eg ps or eps cheers Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and

re: MI Coordinate transformation - Affine transformation

1999-12-15 Thread Jeff Cole
Folks, The Geographic Calculator has this feature. Information is available at http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products.asp?id=1 Last July, Cliff Mugnier, Jacques Paris, and Walter ... (I only kept the last message of the thread in which Walter's family name is not mentioned) had an

MI Fiji base map

1999-12-15 Thread Stephen Wallace
Hell list - I am seeking a digital base map of the island of Vanua Levi, part of the Fiji Islands. Any ideas ? Thank you in advance Stephen Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL

MI changing line styles using MB

1999-12-15 Thread Tim Warman
Mappers, Thanks very much to everyone who provided suggestions on this. However, I'm still having problems and must be missing something really simple. Can anyone suggest why the following code snippet fails to alter the line styles of the objects? I've got the program to open the file I want,

MI Problem updating browser coords from mapper objects

1999-12-15 Thread Solid Geology Pty Ltd
Dear list I have a browser of imported points which were used to create a mapper in a non-earth metres projection. The points were then moved in the mapper to correct some of their positions. I now want to update the browser coordinates with the new positions. However, when I use the

RE: MI ProPress

1999-12-15 Thread Brown, Christopher (HI Perth)
I tried the beta evaluation, I think about a year ago? Thinking all my problems would be solved when printing to our HP650c PS plotter. Unfortunately the ProPress application version I tried did not provide me with the solutions I expected of it! Since then I have not followed up on how MapInfo

Re: MI I want a sample .BNA

1999-12-15 Thread Steve Lackow
There is a ton of TIGER 1992 data in BNA format at CIESIN, ftp.ciesin.org, /pub/census/usa/tiger directory. This will still be useful for Census geographies for a few years. -- Steve -Original Message- From: John Brosowsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'MAPINFO-L' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

MI typo corrected - fiji base map

1999-12-15 Thread Stephen Wallace
I'm sorry about the typo , Lets try this again. Hello list - I am seeking a digital base map of the island of Vanua Levi, part of the Fiji Islands. Any ideas ? Thank you in advance Stephen Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To