MI-L dynamic segmentation mapinfo

2000-10-12 Thread dominique van thong
hi, i'm actually a student in informatics in montpellier (france).I'm working on GIS more particulary on dynamic segmentation. I'm working on mapinfo and also mapbasic (that i don't really know well). If somebody can help me in that way by giving me references or url i would be so gratefull

RE: MI-L Draw a Line

2000-10-12 Thread Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford)
Use the Create Line statement in a mapbasic window... MapBasic Syntax: Create Line [ Into { Window window_id | Variable var_name } ] ( x1, y1) ( x2, y2) [ Pen . . . ] window_id is a window identifier var_name is the name of an existing object variable x1,

RE: MI-L Draw a Line

2000-10-12 Thread David Booth
alternatively, using the mapbasic createline() function would save all that faffing about with mouse clicks and the alter object menu! - David Booth Senior GIS Officer Merseyside Information Service -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI-L MI Buttons Sticking

2000-10-12 Thread Stokes Jonathan
Hi All having a frustrating problem with MI 6.0 Firstly my Grabber button keeps "sticking" That is sometimes the "hand" will not pick up the map and move it. I have to zoom in and out a couple of times to solve the problem. In addition I had a problem with the reshape button. I had a poly

RE: MI-L MI Buttons Sticking

2000-10-12 Thread Mark Pollard
I am also having a lot of problems with the icons etc. the actual graphic being on the active tool resembles the last used tool instead of the current one, I think that this is something to do with the compatibility between MIpro and Win2k, it also may explain the sticking Pan tool. Also the

RE: MI-L Oracle 8i and its symbols

2000-10-12 Thread MAGS (Mapping Global Solutions)
James, Thanks !! for your help. I am analizing the possibility of using Oracle 8i in a new project for an utility (draw the electrical network) in a multiuser environment and I am a little preoccupied with respect performance with 1 millon records in an NT with a 800 MHz proccesor and 512 M

RE: MI-L Off topic - DMI digital distance measuring instrument

2000-10-12 Thread robert . g . garrett
I use a Garmin III+, which has a built-in trip computer. Gives you distance as well as max, avg and current speed. Bob Garrett Sprint - Broadband Wireless Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Hopefully, the trusty ford is not equipped with Firestone tires ;) Sorry this is a little off topic, but

MI-L How can I unsubsribe to the MapInfo email list?

2000-10-12 Thread Kevin Chow
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Re: MI-L Why MapInfo is interested in Web Mapping?

2000-10-12 Thread Caroline Hilton
Dear List, With reference to the MapXtreme pricing model debate - pricing per power unit or pricing per server. Doug wrote that MapInfo quoted that they have adopted the pricing per power unit because "..this is the way the market is going.." Does anyone have any elaboration on this as to how

Re: MI-L MI Buttons Sticking

2000-10-12 Thread Caroline Hilton
I'm having this problem with the grabber tool too - with Win98. I thought maybe my computer was playing up, as I hadn't seen this problem until yesterday. It's interesting to see others have the same problem. I too am running MI6. Caroline * Caroline Hilton Pelican

MI-L Time Zone Data

2000-10-12 Thread Lyn Du Chateau
Yesterday I asked about reformatting Manifold Time Zone data for MapInfo. The responses were not encouraging. And Tech Support at Manifold was less than helpful. So now I will take another tact. Does anyone know of any very detailed, accurate Time Zone data in TAB, mif/mid or SHP format?

MI-L Need help with Thematic Mapping in MapBasic

2000-10-12 Thread Dietrich Kastens
I am attempting to dynamically create thematic polygon maps in an application. My problem is that when I use Create Ranges/Create Styles to accomplish this, my polygon borders are remaining black and not transparent as I wish. My hard code for mapping is Shade bla bla 10: 120 Brush (2,

RE: MI-L MI Buttons Sticking

2000-10-12 Thread David Booth
It's caused by snapping, I think. If you switch snap (ctrl-s) off the grabber freeze problem goes away, and you can switch snap back on again until the next time the grabber freezes. - David Booth Senior GIS Officer Merseyside Information Service

RE: MI-L Need help with Thematic Mapping in MapBasic

2000-10-12 Thread Jacques Paris
The answer lies in the shade statement. To use the brush_style variable you have to create a string then use it with a Run command The string will look as follows: a="shade window "+frontwindow()+" layer_name with var_name ranges 10:120 "+brush_styles(1)+" Pen (1,1,0) ,120:200

Re: MI-L Update Table with next row text

2000-10-12 Thread David L. Dennis
Juanse, You could write a MapBasic program using the following logic: dim rowid, type as integer dim alt, number, postid as float (?) open input_table open output_table fetch first from input_table do while not eot(input_table) rowid = input_table.rowid type = input_table.type if

RE: MI-L City Plotting

2000-10-12 Thread Charlie Bernhardt
Jonathan, There is a file of cities with population 125K that is included with the sample data on your MapInfo installation disk. If the cities you want fit that criteria, just open that file, select the points for the cities you want, save the selection to a new file, then use that new file.