Just to stick my oar in, I have both MI and Autocad14.0/Map 3.0 and use
both. Why you might ask?
I find that they both have strengths and weaknesses. Mapinfo's strong
points are cost, relative lack of complexity (at a user level) and standard
of map presentation. Acad is costly, but I far pref
Anyone on the list know of any UK based geomatics/gis recruitment agencies?
TIA,
Andy
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Tim,
I find the easiest way is to save your workspace, then open the .WOR file
with notepad or other editor and edit the cartographic legend section. If
you use Search:Find carto, this will take you to the top of the legend
section. Then you can reorder the frames by simply cutting and pasting
Hi,
it can get confusing. WGS 84 is a satellite datum, which incorporates it's
own reference ellipsoid for the purposes of providing positions in
convenient Lat/Lon co-ordinates, rather than it's native 3 dimensional
cartesian co-ordinates. So in effect you are right in concluding that WGS84
Hi,
If you have co-ordinates in degrees, then what you have is
Longitude/Latitude (WGS84), as UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) system
is exclusively a metre grid system. If you wish to convert from
Longitude/Latitude (WGS84) degree to UTM metres, here is one way you can do
it. First create
Hi,
To be concise, Ain el Abd 1970 is not a projection, it is a datum based on
the International ellipsoid. An ellipsoid is a three-dimensional
mathmatical model for the shape of the earth - there are numerous such
models, the International ellipsoid of 1910 is one of them. In simple
terms, a
Hi,
This is quite straightforward, in Layer Control, select the layer of
interest, click the "Label" button, choose Label with : Expression, enter
an expression like this example :
"Region: "+Region+Chr$(13)+hect+" ha"+Chr$(13)+acre+" ac"
This produces the following label on the map
Region
I have encountered the following problem printing to a Deskjet 690C
printer, and would be interested to know if anyone else has
encountered/overcome it:
When printing from MapInfo 5.5, overlaying transparent hatches do not print
correctly. Only the uppermost hatch is printed, as if the hatch h
