Re: MI-L combining not mappable tables by using a certain row

2000-10-27 Thread Andy
where . Doesn't this do what you are asking? Or you could be snazzy and do a Select with an Inner Join (i think) and then feel slightly chuffed all day. Andy B - Original Message - From: "Cattaneo Christian BRP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent:

Re: MI Web-Mapping !!

2000-09-18 Thread Andy
check out the following http://www.web-mapper.com for all the mainstream packages (and GI News) and http://freegis.org for free internet mapping solutions andy bailey - Original Message - From: "Claude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mapinfo mailing list" <[E

MI To all GIS Officers within UK Local Government

2000-08-30 Thread Andy
Could you please contact me, I would like to invite you to an online discussion concerning OS/LA Service Level agreements. regards, Andrew Bailey www.hackney.gov.uk 0208 356 2227 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to

MI Friday Humour - Breaking News...

2000-08-25 Thread Andy
Ireland's* worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue workers have recovered 826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the night. *If you are Irish, feel free to swap nat

Re: MI The poop on C#

2000-08-21 Thread Andy
Intel specific?? I couldn't find any mention of this in the article but the thought of this is worrying. What, in god's name, is the reason for designing a modern programming language that is platform-specifc? unless you want to continue domination of an industry and consider all users are sa

Re: MI Yet another repetition of KAKWORM

2000-08-14 Thread Andy
Security patch for Outlook Express http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/critical/patch9.htm?FinishURL=% 2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Easp%3FReleaseID%3D22700%26redirect%3Dno i think this is the one that you need - its certainly the latest security update for OE5. New World Order of Pinheads -

MI Friday Humour

2000-08-04 Thread Andy
Quasimodo is working hard in the cathedral belfrey - he's really busting a gut because there was lots of weddings on that day. After work the Head Priest said 'Hey, Quasi, why don't you hire someone to help you?' 'Good idea' says Quasi, and off he skips to put an advert in the paper. The next

MI automated change in polygon's fill color according to change in ID value?

2000-07-26 Thread Andy
Is it possible to have a mapbasic chunk of code running in the background of MI that will automatically change the color of polygons of a given table when an identifier column is changed? For example, i want all polygons with ID=1 to be yellow, ID=2 to be red etc and then when i change the ID valu

No Subject

2000-07-11 Thread andy
All, These are very simple questions, but I can't seem to find any easy answers. I have a table of 100 records with 30 of those selected. How do I switch my selection so that it contains the other 70 records instead? (The thirty records represent items which I wish to have excluded from the

Re: MI Friday Funnies, Part Deux

2000-04-14 Thread Andy
In retaliation here is some for the guys The Women's Guinness Book of Records >Traffic Light Cosmetics >The longest spell spent oblivious to traffic lights whilst applying makeup >was one of 1 hr 51 mins 8 secs by Ms. Janet Dodson (GB) at a road junction >in the centre of Preston on 1st Augu

MI Buffering

2000-03-28 Thread Andy
ngle to result determine buffer's coorinate using pt.x coordinates, bearing and distance. I fancy there might be some tuning in the regard of identifying internal angles. regards, Andy Bailey - Original Message - From: "PPR Jon Bloor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mapi

MI Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:37:53 +0100

2000-03-28 Thread Andy
Do you know of any good web sites coveringcomputational geometry / GIS algorithms. I aminterested in polygon/polygon intersection andbuffering but not circular buffering i.e. if you havea polygon I need an algorithm that creates a buffer ofequal size all round the polygon so that the bufferm

MI Excel Mapping

2000-03-20 Thread Andy
g files - these are just tab files so just use your own.   Andy Bailey

Re: MI - how to integrate with Excel

2000-03-20 Thread Andy
To place native TAB files you must dig out the map manager program - found normally here: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Datamap\Datainst.exe. That contains the tables and layer control properties - all wrapped up in geoset saves which are rather like workspaces to thouse who have

Re: MI Backwards compatibility of MI

2000-03-16 Thread Andy
nope, ive got 5.5 and 5.0 going and i can't go from from 5.5 workspaces back to 5.0. mind you i haven't compared workspace contents and it might be something very small and changeable - Original Message - From: "Hyde, Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, Mar

MI Viewer program

2000-03-02 Thread Andy
Is there a free viewer out there which allows the user to viewmultiple layers in one window. I downloaded Mapinfo's proviewer and this apparently doesn't do this. I'm interested in viewers that can handle tab files.   regards, andrew bailey  

MI Noise Pollution Mapping

2000-02-21 Thread Andy
Birmingham City Council in the United Kingdom have published a noise mapping project, thought you'd might be interested.   Andy B.   http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/noisemaps/birmingham/report/index.htm

Re: MI/MB: View HTML within MI?

2000-02-18 Thread Andy
no - i don't think it is possible but to be honest you just wouldn't want to do it anyway. Consider all the plug-ins that we have included with our browsers - they are far more than simple text viewers these days. What you could do is use visual basic or some other controlling language to have Map

MI US street-level Data

2000-02-08 Thread Andy
. and I imagine theres not too much problem transfering it into dxf or some other standard format?   Any pointers?   TIA, regards, Andy Bailey

MI Wanted: DXF file of building

2000-02-02 Thread Andy
Hi Gissers,   I'm after a dxf file of a building showing internal walls etc, can anyone provide me with such a file? It is solely for demonstration purposes with some modelling software i've constructed. It will not be passed on, duplicated or placed in the public domain.   TIA, Andy B.

Re: MI Viewing a Map without MapInfo on a machine

2000-02-02 Thread Andy
or you could export the map into excel for more interactive mapping fun - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 6:01 PM Subject: Re: MI Viewing a Map without MapInfo on a machine > I believe it is possi

Re: MI Can map be embedded in Excel 97 and linked?

2000-01-12 Thread Andy
he map from a possible choice of six - shown on the left. To change the style of map grab one of the icons, and drop it over the icon in the white box. Congratulations on creating your first thematic map with Excel. As long as yo

Re: MI patch55026.exe

2000-01-12 Thread Andy
the page you want to clcik to is http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/mipro - Original Message - From: "Steve Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:18 PM Subject: MI patch55026.exe > I cannot believe there has not been any announcemen

Re: MI Can map be embedded in Excel 97 and linked?

2000-01-11 Thread Andy
yes you can. You need to prepare your zipcode table in mapinfo and then add it to the microsoft map manager's data list. After that you will be able to use it in excel with thematic zipcode columns. - Original Message - From: "Bob Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: T

MI friday sexist humour

2000-01-07 Thread Andy
sorry...   Two elderly women were out driving in a large car, both couldbarely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising alongthey came to an intersection. The stoplight was red but theyjust went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself, "I mustbe losing my mind, I

Re: Why the MAILS KEEP COMING

1999-12-21 Thread Andy
hehe Wild West Bill sent him packing out of town! - Original Message - From: "Bill Thoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:55 PM Subject: Why the MAILS KEEP COMING > Actually, it was a new subscriber whose email server was poorly > configur

Fw: MI Zooming in to a selection

1999-12-01 Thread Andy
- Original Message - From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <"bryan_d"@wrcplc.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:32 PM Subject: Re: MI Zooming in to a selection > please, couldn't someone with not too much time on their hands compose a > small mb

MI MapXSite: constructing a maplink using X,Y and zoom

1999-11-30 Thread Andy
Ladies and Gentlemen,   Does anyone know how to build a hyperlink to a mapxsite map using X, Y and zoom values? I've seen the mapxsite online tutorial for 'linking to a map from a static page' which uses values for street, city and state (see below) and i imagine that its pretty similar.   ht

Re: MI Looking for European city points

1999-11-25 Thread Andy
doesn't the Digital Chart of the World hold population figures? If it does then download country sized chunks from www.gisdatadepot.com for free and enjoy. - Original Message - From: Alan Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Se

Re: MI free image viewer

1999-11-24 Thread Andy
Try using LinkPlus.mbx from SpatialPlus, and use your web browser or a small image viewer (IView32.exe is my favourite) to view images. - Original Message - From: Karl Kliparchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MapInfo listserv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 12:53 AM Subje

MI mobile phones warning

1999-11-23 Thread Andy
This may be UK only - I don't know >   IMPORTANT - MOBILE PHONES>>   Please be aware of the following:->>   If you get a phone call on your mobile from a cellnet, one 2 one or >vodafone engineer, telling you that they are doing a check onyour phone and that you have to press #9

Re: MI legend manager trouble

1999-11-23 Thread Andy
I have MI 5.5 and cartographic legends are fine. Is there any error that springs up when your client tries to produce them? Andy - Original Message - From: jchgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MapInfo Help <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 4:24 PM Subject: MI le

MI mapxsite

1999-11-17 Thread Andy
Hi listers, 1. Is there a mailing list for MapXSite developers?   2. Anyone know how to increase the JavaMap size? I've tried InitMapSize and there are no properties aside from Name and Output Frame.   Andy

Re: MI Supports Dual Processing?

1999-11-15 Thread Andy
Densham, of UCL, (ac.uk) Andy Bailey - Original Message - From: Lepage, Mike L (Mike)** CTR ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Laith Wark' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; MapInfo List Serve (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 1:49 PM Subject: RE: MI Supports

RE: MI can i make a mapx geoset from my mapinfo workspace

1999-11-10 Thread Andy
Sandeep,Theres a tool you can load in called MapInfo MapX Geoset Utility - this willcreate your geoset for you, and you can also load in geosets and tinker withthem.regards,Andy B.

MI Virus contained in recent mailing

1999-11-08 Thread Andy
Please note: this has nothing to do with any Wobbling in California. I've just got the following message from my webmaster concerning one of the mapinfo recent mail postings. 'A mail message with subject "MI photogrammetric querry" has been found containing a virus - This virus is like W32/Ska !!

Re: MI More DTMs and Raster maps

1999-11-01 Thread Andy
there Alex, that took about two minutes to pick up http://www.gisdatadepot.com/catalog/SN/datalist.html there is for singapore ; ** Digital Chart of the World (DCW) - E00 Format ** Admin/Political Boundaries - 1M - E00 Format Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 0 Hydrography - 1M - E00

MI MapX: Which Layers can be used with the Find tool

1999-10-28 Thread Andy
bobox for the user to select. But I cannot find any reference to examining layers to see if they contain indexing? Any offers please?   Regards, Andy Bailey London Borough of Hackney http://www.ramarama.freeserve.co.uk Mapping applications in community networks

Re: MI Transcad

1999-10-25 Thread Andy
For clustering I would recommend Bailey and Gatrell's Interactive Spatial Data Analysis ISBN: 0-582-24493-5 - Original Message - From: Haavard Bøgh-Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 10:11 AM Subject: MI Transcad > > hello > Mapinfo: > 1)Is

MI ODBC erro nightmare

1999-10-15 Thread Andy
posed to look into reinstalling sections of Windows NT or the Service Pack 4? Or is it wholly a MapInfo problem?   Any assistance will be worshipped for the rest of my lifetime..   Andy

Re: MI Address Gazetteer matching software - UK BS7666?

1999-10-08 Thread Andy
Yes Jon We've built a BS7666 Address/Property Gazetteer. For our address matching needs we used OmniData by InfoShare www.infoshare.ltd.uk , very easy and quick to use. Recommend it for large text files as the processing is pretty fast for whats going on behind the scenes. - Original Message

MI Excel's MapInfo Data Installer Error

1999-10-01 Thread Andy
rrors. Each of tables are either all regions or all text. And so far i've failed to get most of my region tables included in the data manager's list. Has anyone got any solutions. (also no mention of excel's data manager at the microsoft site: something to do with mappoint probably)   Andy B.

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

Re: MI Friday humor

1999-09-20 Thread Andy
sorry to dissapoint everyone but this is one of #the# top urban myths and is unfortunately bogus. do a search for urban myths - there a several good sites out there the best myth is the continuing story of the pop star with the stomach pump, and well, i won't go into it but safe to say the identit

Re: MI Hello from "FLoyd" State

1999-09-15 Thread Andy
actually, would you believe that England suffers from more tornadoes per area unit than the states. (no, i don't believe it either but apparently its correct) and when we do get them they are not 170 miles long. best wishes to all in floyd's path - Original Message - From: Quan, Sheila <[

MI The beauty of ODBC and other small things

1999-09-10 Thread Andy
and i'm hoping for a better solution.   regards, Andy Bailey.

MI Dr Watson

1999-08-20 Thread Andy
IS at the weekend - one that is stable and flexible - anyone wanna help?)   Andy

MI VB tools

1999-08-13 Thread Andy
Hi all,   I'm looking for a resource of Visual Basic objects that can be used to build cheap and cheerful frontends and perform simple tasks on data. If we haven't got a VB&MI site shall we pool together to collate one?   Andy Bailey

Re: MI 1980 Census

1999-08-06 Thread Andy
can you name your country of interest please, sometimes we have to guess. - Original Message - From: John Haynes To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 3:23 PM Subject: MI 1980 Census Hi All,   If anyone knows a location for the complete 198

Re: MI and Coral Reef?

1999-07-30 Thread Andy
When i was studying for my surveying degree in newcastle, england my dissertation was a GIS health study of coral reefs. Though i didn't use Mapinfo i'm not too sure that i would like too - it being an entirely vector-analytical GIS. I used Idrisi and some data supplied through an Idrisi training

Re: MI my code is evil

1999-07-30 Thread Andy
l who offered solutions. Andy. - Original Message - From: Marty DeBenedictis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: mapinfo mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 9:08 PM Subject: Re: MI my code is evil > Andy: > I think your pr

MI my code is evil

1999-07-29 Thread Andy
The code cleans address data and can be, once be fixed, a useful tool however! There's something wrong here with the following code. The code edits a table which stores addresses. Unfortunately the people that entered the data have placed the building number and the building name in the same

Re: MI SQL query

1999-07-27 Thread Andy
Hi Ronan, Do a SQL select; Select *, Count() Tables Polygon_table, Point_table Where Polygon_table.obj contains Point_table.obj this should create a new column in the polygon table with a count of the points Andrew Bailey - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTE

MI thats irony for you

1999-07-22 Thread Andy
okay - i started off asking people not to add to the message pile, and what didn't i see coming? yes, tons of emails agreeing with me - which is nice, but now i've ended up with more mail than i can deal with. Shot myself in the toe there haven't i? Anyway, i thought it would cheer everyone

MI Please refrain

1999-07-22 Thread Andy
I don't need an email from everybody on this list to know that we've all received the same number of blank emails. I am a sentient being and I've pieced the evidence together. So lets refrain from everybody squealing. I think Bill and the listserver are aware of the problem by now.   Andrew

MI SUM: assorted objects in a single table

1999-07-15 Thread Andy
Thanks very much to all who have responded. Some suggestions used the ObjectInfo command in MapBasic, as in Mike Eden's reply..   Select * from where Str$(ObjectInfo(obj,1)) = "5" into RESULTSThe number after obj stands for the Mapbasic equivalent ofOBJ_INFO_TYPE, while the number 5 in quot

MI Selecting using object type in an assorted table

1999-07-15 Thread Andy
Imagine a table holding points, polylines and regions (polygons in the real world). Is there a one-stop method for sql selecting all the points, or all the lines etc..   I can do it in a two-stop method; as below;   Select id, obj from table1 into Selection Browse * From Selection   and then;

MI Selecting using object type in an assorted table

1999-07-15 Thread Andy
Sorry,   a minor correction to my posting. we had to save a copy of the table between the two SQL commands. the first query produces a column called 'Object'. But this cannot be queried successfully - until the save. Reopening the saved table, and examining the contents under Table > Maintena

MI autocad v12/v14 dxf import to mapinfo

1999-07-09 Thread Andy
Hi there,i have dxf files of some vegetation. Bringing it in to Mapinfo i found that Autocad v12 dxf import works fine but v14 doesn't resulting in no objects created. Does anyone have similar experiences or can explain why an increased version doesn't function like a previous version.   reg

MI Double-click problem resolved

1999-07-06 Thread Andy
Hi there,   As is always the case, i realised after i sent the mail that there's the mouse controls in Windows Control Panel and the double-click sensitivity can be heightened to reduce accidently 'double-clickingness'.   Andy

MI Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:16:24 +0100

1999-07-06 Thread Andy
Hi there, I'm doing a lot of on-screen digitisation and polygon admendment. I'm increasingly frustrated by the double-click aspect of the create new polygon tool. Just to clarify, if you are half-way creating a polygon and you accidently double-click a node then MI recognises this as a call to co

MI e00 format - please disregard

1999-01-17 Thread Andy
sorry - friday brain drain, i've found the arclink app  

MI e00 format

1999-01-17 Thread Andy
Could someone explain to me the route (if possible) of transferring data from a e00 file format to a mapinfo tab file format?   Andrew Bailey