MI-L spanish user group

Hello: I am a professor at the Basque Country University and the projects manager of the "Laboratorio de Cartografía Experimental y Sistemas de Información Territorial" (Experimental Cartography and Land Information Systems Laboratory) and we are starting a MapInfo Spanish users group. Please

SV: MI-L MB/Delphi DLL - Passing user-type parameters by reference

To Peter - Try the following example - MapBasic code: (xx.mb) Type MouseXYtxt x as Integer y as Integer txt as string End Type Declare Sub Main Declare Sub RecordEx Lib "xx.dll" (X as MouseXYtxt) Sub Main Dim MousePos as MouseXYtxt MousePos.x

MI-L English Versions of European Cities

List, I am building a European database to which I am matching our data against European cities. The GIS dataset I am using, however, contains city names in the own language - ie 'Athens' is 'Athinai' in my database. The data I have came free with ArcView, and MapInfo didn't include any free

MI-L RE: MI Digest V1 #183

Hi I'm using MapInfo V5.5 and I'm trying to do a style override on a symbol. I wish to keep the same orientation as already exists for these symbols. Is this possible? cheers Paul Braniff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Th

MI-L FW: Calculating the Cosine fn

Guys and gals, This is more a question for those C programmers out there. We are programming in Dynamic C uploading code to a AVLS (vehicle location system) microprocessor. The guys have been having some problemsas described below. If anybody has any thoughts - who works in this kind of lo

MI-L TIF Headers

Hello. Is there a utility out there to write a TFW header file from a TAB file? I know about importing a TFW into a TAB, but how about the other direction? Background: I've got a pile of manually registered TIFs in MapInfo and need to fire them off to an ArcView person. TFW files are strange

MI-L Probleme with text element

  Hi everybody!   Is there a solution to text displacement problem when increasing or decreasing the font size?   I started with labels placed at the polygon centroid. I have around 2000 polygons. In order to export the labels toward Microstation, i have had to convert those labels to real t

RE: MI-L TIF Headers

Will, You can try the application "tab_tfw.mbx" (attached). I got it from Mr Duncan Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). It takes a .tab file, if it has an associated .tif file and creates a .tfw. Hope this help! Regards, François Bergeron GIS Analyst KOREM Inc. > -Message d'origine- > De :

MI-L MapXtremeJava - shot in the dark

I'm sending this out in the desperate hope that somebody out there might have any answer they can share. I'm building a MapXtreme Java application with an applet and a servlet. All of the maps are being generated by the servlet and passed down to the applet. My problem is that I wish to allow t

MI-L Updating from Queries

Hi experts, A drill hole data base, a mappable table of drill hole locations, a non mapabble table with depth From and To and rock type (Kilm_dhlitho). A non mappable table used to compile statistics on the drill hole data base. Run a query on the rock type table to determine how many entries the

MI-L Buffering

Hi Everyone. Apologies if this is a stupid question. I was wondering whether anyone was aware of a MapInfo tool that allowed the user to search through the attributes of a table and buffer all objects of particular attribute? If possible I would prefer a tool whereby the operator can vary which

FW: MI-L Buffering

Iwould just like to add that I am attempting this on a large number of different variables and there would prefer an automated version which groups and buffers the zones automatically. Thanks Stephen -Original Message- From: Brooks, Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 January 200

MI-L Republic of Angola

Hi, This coming weekend, I am fixing to write my March, 2001 column on the Grids and Datums of Angola (& Cabinda) for "Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing." Although I have some material, more would be welcome. Can anyone help with information or leads? Thanks, Prof. Clifford J. Mugn

Re: MI-L MapXtremeJava - shot in the dark

Hi A few ideas... You could design an image map (HTML) with all symbols on it, where the image pixel coordinates would correspond to the symbols definition. Just show it to the user. Also, you could use a single layer in a geoset (mapdefinition or whatever), containing all symbols you offer to

MI-L DCW (1992) projection

Hi, we would like to convert layers from the DGW (1993) to Mapinfo. We wanted to use the FME translator. To make this conversion between the original datas of the DCW and Mapinfo we have to indicate the projection of the source datas. I cannot find the projection used to store the datas on the DG

MI-L Printing Transparent Rasters in Mapinfo 6

Printing Transparent Rasters in MI6 I have just spent three days trying to print an A0 Plot with Symbols and coloured polygons. The following works for me. 1. In Win 98 use the latest HP Driver (I am using the HP650C) In the Advanced tab of this driver select the "In Computer" Option If you have

MI-L Training

I'm trying to find information on the MapInfo training courses offered. Has anyone taken them? How do you decide to take Intermediate or advanced? Are there any user groups in the Kansas City area? Thanks in advance Isaac Wiley Brungardt Honomichl & Co. P.A. 10895 Grandview, Suite 150 Overlan

RE: MI-L RE:

plano is like map in spanish. We make the difference between Plano and Mapa based on the scale. A plano usually is a bigger scale than 1:10.000, but of course there is no "concensus" about this. Alberto needs to find a unique key between the tabla (browser in MI) and "plano" (map in MI). Juanse

RE: MI-L TIF Headers

Will, There is a TAB2TFW.mbx converter on the directionsmag site that does t what you want. ( I made a modified form of it to do a bulk conversion, if you are doing lots of 'tiles' you may want to try it, let me know ). The tab2tfw.mbx works very well although we had an occasional problem with di

MI-L Grid N UTM36 WGS84

We would like to create a UTM Grid with un distance of 10 000 m between the lines. Does anybody know un application mapbasic to create UTM grids ? Thank you for any help. Rainer ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine

MI-L Satellite Photos

Can anyone recommend several public and private sources of satellite photos. I'm with the USEPA and we're in the market. Specifically, we are looking for national photos (read: the entire continental in one photo) as well as photos of entire major cities. We are very interested in time series,

MI-L RE: GIS Data

Can someone tell me how to remove rows from a table (.tab) where content has been deleted (and it's grayed out)? I drew lines and associated them within a table and had to delete some of lines (thus the information in the associated row) > Thanks so much! > -Caryn >

Re: MI-L Training

http://www.mapinfo.com/support/training/na/index.cfm (Note the Training Assessment Quiz under General Information on the right.) http://www.mapinfo.com/support/user_groups/index.cfm http://www.directionsmag.com/usergroups.asp?a=typelist&typeid=2 (I didn't see a user group for the KC area though.

Re: MI-L RE: GIS Data

you need to pack the table. (Table - Maintenance - Pack Table) Note: Once you pack the table, you will no longer be able to restore the deleted rows (which would be... File - Revert Table) Caryn Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/18/2001 01:48:04 PM Please respond to Caryn Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECT

RE: MI-L RE: GIS Data

Caryn, Go to table, maintenance, pack table. the table will automatically close. Just re-open it and the gray rows will be purged. "Note" This cannot be undone. Randy -Original Message- From: Caryn Boyd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 10:48 AM To: '[EMAIL PR

Re: MI-L RE: GIS Data

also, be aware that packing a table will close the table (which clears any thematic layers you have associated with that layer) so I usually save the workspace before I pack, PACK the table, then close the workspace (don't save), then reopen the workspace or you could open JUST the table

RE: MI-L TIF Headers

..." If you have to batch convert the images too; paintshop pro is fast and cheap." So is Graphic Workshop Professional - and it's shareware! It'll convert a whole directory of images to almost any format, in one go (among other things). http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html "Batch con

RE: MI-L RE: GIS Data

I would like to make a slight correction. When a table is packed, that table is not closed, you do not need to reopen it. But all displays of that table are closed; it is removed from a mapper (and the mapper disappears if it was the only layer) - that is why a thematic map associated to that tabl

Re: MI-L MI: window size and paper unit size.

Hello,   The screen in *Small Fonts* is based on 96 pixels per inch and in *Large Fonts* is 120 pixels per inch.   This are one of the biggest causes of screen layout messes.   Depending one the monitor, how far you stretched the edges out to the plastic, resolution 800x600 640x480, large/sma

RE: MI-L RE: GIS Data

Packing a table does not close the table to the point where you have to reopen it. Packing only removes the table from the mapper and closes any browsers associated with the table. You shouldn't have to completely reopen the table. After you pack a table you only need to go into layer control a

MI-L Census TIGER Files

I am trying to find out if any users on the MapInfo internet mailing list have a translator that I can use to translate TIGER files to a format that MapInfo can use to display these files on a map. Can anyone help? Stephen Robertson Emory Young & Assoc., Inc.

MI-L RE: GIS Data

This alias has been very helpful!!! Has anyone tried downloading files from ftp://ghtftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/hazmaps/gis/ ? Assuming I get them unzipped (which they don't appear to be zipped in the first place, to me), onced downloaded, the tar.gz and .gz extentions are causing me confusion. How i

RE: MI-L RE: GIS Data

Caryn, .tar.gz and .gz are files that were compressed using gzip and tar, most likely on UNIX. If you have the latest version of WinZip you can uncompress these types. You can download a free eval version here: http://www.winzip.com Regards, Jeff Koncz Directions Magazine -Original Mess

MI-L Sorting of a mapping table

I have a sorting problem I need some help with. I have .tab file on which are stored segments of road. The road was extracted from other sources in random order. I would like to sort the table in such a way that each segment logically follows the next. I was thinking of doing this by sorting o

MI-L Tiger translator

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RE: MI-L Training

In my opinion the training assessment quiz referred to below is a waste of time. The questions are poorly written and the reported results are wrong. For example question 3 asks: "What command would you use to open a dBase file in MapInfo? " and gives the following options: File > Open

MI-L Labels w/ superscript or subscript

Hi list, Does anyone know of a tool that will allow you to create a label with superscript or subscript? Harold R. Feinberg Research Analyst 1 GIS California Dept. of Conservation: Division of Mines and Geology (916) 445-2673 __

MI-L RE: MB/Delphi DLL - Passing user-type parameters by reference - Fixed!

Thanks to all the programmers out there who responded to my question offering solutions and assistance. The lessons I learned: 1. Don't assign Pascal-style strings to null-terminated string variables directly, use the StrPcopy() function instead. 2. Always pad the MapBasic string variable with t

Re: MI-L Gridmaking tool

http://www.archaeology.usyd.edu.au/resources/software/index.html#GIS_Utiliti es These resources include Ian Johnson's Gridmake- very useful. Bob H - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 19 January 2001 05:18 Subject: MI-L Grid N UTM36 WGS84

MI-L RE: [No Subject]

hola, para comenzar creo que tu pregunta es muy generalizada. Para responder necesito una breve reseña acerca de cada tabla (campos) y además el tipo de consulta de deseas realizar. Con estos datos será facil responder. Eduardo. --Original Message-- From: "alberto cuevas" <[EMAIL

RE: MI-L spanish user group

Hola Miguel, soy un geólogo Chileno y usuario avanzado en mapinfo, he realizado diversas consultorias y capacitación a compañias mineras. Estoy interesado formar parte de algun grupo de usuarios hispanos de Mapinfo. Dejo mi correo. --Original Message-- From: Miguel Calvo <[EMAIL PR