MI-L MB/Delphi - Extracting table info from a .WOR file

2001-05-15 Thread Peter Zyczynski
Greetings Listers, I'm trying to extract table name/alias/visibility info from a WOR file but without actually opening it. ie. parsing text strings within the actual WOR file. I'm just about to embark on writing (reluctantly) a Delphi DLL procedure to parse text in the WOR file to obtain the

Re.: MI-L re: SQL select...where problem

2001-05-15 Thread PEM
Hi David and others, Well this is a common mistake in th euse of variable references to tables and columns. If you want to use variables to read values from a defined column in a table allways use the special variable Alias, as shown below: 'combine the two tables using the ID field as a

RE: MI-L 3d mapping question

2001-05-15 Thread Lawley, Russell S
John, hopefully you have found a solution by now, but I just wanted to voice support for Eric Maranne's suggestion of a VRMl solution, VRMl is v easy to learn and reasonably efficient (upto a point). Here at the BGS we are always looking at novel ways of getting 2d maps into 2.5d/3d models, and

Re: MI-L Proximity Analysis

2001-05-15 Thread Roeland van der Spek
Andrew, You can use Triangulator for this purpose. Use it to create Voronoy polygons arround the shop locations. The shop that is within the same polygon as the customer is the closest for that particular customer. you can download a free trial version of triangulator form www.mercatorgeo.nl

MI-L: MapBasic 4.0 - labelling

2001-05-15 Thread P.W. \KRAMEKO\ Sp. z o.o.
Hi, is it possible to label features on map with expression like this: set map Layer lay label line none Position center Font ("Arial ",0,9,BLUE) Pen (1,2,0) With Lit + Chr$(10) + Format$(Pow_Pod/100,"0.") if Lit 0 Overlap On Duplicates On

RE: MI-L v4-v5.5 Workspaces

2001-05-15 Thread Søren Breddam
Hi Paul, You might have luck with the following code in the MapBasic window before using the info tool: set window info position (1,1) regards Søren Breddam -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Paul Middleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sendt: 15. maj 2001 07:27 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne:

MI-L China Projection Assistance Required

2001-05-15 Thread Bill and Lorraine Donaldson
I have been given a two TIFF images; one of the South China Sea and one of the Bohai Gulf. I need to digitise some wells from the sheets. I require assistance with defining the datum (or better yet, obtaining the MapInfo projection parameters!)for each TIFF. Details are: South China Sea Map:

MI-L re: Batch import

2001-05-15 Thread Windeler, David
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. To whom it may concern: I was just wondering if anyone knows of the best way to create a batch import program. The queue will be user defined (i.e. user

Re: MI-L China Projection Assistance Required

2001-05-15 Thread Clifford J Mugnier
Bill, See my column on the Grids and Datums of China in Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. The web site is listed below my signature block. The CHS China South Datum and Tan Tanggu Datum are completely unfamiliar to me. Prof. Clifford J. Mugnier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Surveying,

Re: MI-L Data similar to MapInfo ExchangeInfo

2001-05-15 Thread Tracy Waldon
Check out GDT Wire Center Premium. I think it's www.geographic.com. I switched to it after having quality problems with ExchangeInfo prior to MapInfo's acquisition of OnTarget Mapping. Wish I could afford both, I would like to do a comparison now that MapInfo has taken over production of

MI-L Setup Digitizing table in MI

2001-05-15 Thread lgsolutions
Hey, I am trying to setup a Summasketch tablet in MI 5.5 and I don't know what I need to do. I need help from the start. Thanks Anyone Trevor Robar GIS Services Landmark Geographic Solutions 902 765 6002 __ Get your FREE personalized

Re: MI-L Publishing Maps

2001-05-15 Thread Dany Bouchard
One approach you may want to investigate is the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). This technology expressed in XML (text-based) has zoom-pan capability as well as many possibilities to make interactive, rich cartographic documents. Currently, Adobe just completed Version 2.00 of their SVG

RE: MI-L Clearing the Cosmetic Layer

2001-05-15 Thread Baker, Gareth
Thanks to those people who responded to my list posting regarding clearing the cosmetic layer. I just thought it might be useful to summarise the possibilities that I have come across. There seem to me to be 3 basic options: 1. Use the following menu command: Run Menu Command 810

MI-L Recentering the Pole

2001-05-15 Thread Portolan Geomatics Inc
Hello all, I have a MapInfo exercise that has pulled a muscle and has left me limping slightly, does anyone out there know how to walk this off? =) A client of mine wants to create a polar projection map *off* of the pole. This wasn't too had to accomplish because one of the polar projections

RE: MI-L Clearing the Cosmetic Layer

2001-05-15 Thread Jacques Paris
Gareth, Thanks for such a clear summary. If every body was doing half as good as you, the list will become even better for all. Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ List

MI-L Fast USGS DEM's

2001-05-15 Thread briant peterson
Hello all! I need some DEM's of the US fast. Would anyone care to suggest a web site for quick downloads. The USGS takes to long on a turnaround. Thanks! Briant Peterson GIS Laoch solutions ___ List hosting provided by

MI-L MI - um symbol

2001-05-15 Thread SpatialImage
Listers, I'm attempting to map wavelength data (of which I know nothing) and keep coming into the notation um where the u is really the Greek mu. Nobody here at our office knows what this means or what it is. We're not engineers. If it helps, the data are thermal images tied to ground

MI-L

2001-05-15 Thread TechN
Hi all We have fifty tables and they are in different projection systems , and i want to separate them into different tables according to their projection systems. I am appreciating your reply thanx ramesh [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MI-L Clearing the Cosmetic Layer

2001-05-15 Thread Spencer Simpson
Baker, Gareth wrote: select * from layerinfo(frontwindow(),0,1) into sel delete from sel This avoids the Discard prompt at the point when the cosmetic layer is cleared but when a user then comes to close the mapper window they are again prompted to save or discard. I hope people agree

Re: MI-L MI - um symbol

2001-05-15 Thread Spencer Simpson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm attempting to map wavelength data (of which I know nothing) and keep coming into the notation um where the u is really the Greek mu. Nobody here at our office knows what this means or what it is. We're not engineers. If it helps, the data are thermal images tied

MI-L MB Goto utility

2001-05-15 Thread David Reid
Before bite off more than I can chew trying to right a MB utility for this, I thought I better pose the question to the list. Is there some feature built into Mapinfo or is there a know MB utility that would perform a coordinate, go to function. That is to say, one could enter the lat long

MI-L Raster engine is unable to recognize image file format

2001-05-15 Thread Carlos Montalvillo
boundary==_NextPart_001_004D_01C0DD75.CE7BDCF0 --=_NextPart_001_004D_01C0DD75.CE7BDCF0 Greetings Listers, I'm trying to open a .gif file as a raster image. If the .gif = file=20 has only 256 colours (8 bits), MapInfo is not capable to open the raster = file. The

MI-L Raster engine is unable to recognize image file format

2001-05-15 Thread Carlos Montalvillo
Greetings Listers, I'm trying to open a .gif file as a raster image. If the .gif = file=20 has only 256 colours (8 bits), MapInfo is not capable to open the raster = file. The message error is : Raster engine is unable to recognize image = file format. Anybody knows if it is possible

RE: MI-L MI - um symbol

2001-05-15 Thread Eric
Hi, this is a hot topic ! a wavelength actually is a length (as you could derive from the name). Ok, they're real short distances, so small that even a centimeter (cm) is an almost galactic distance in comparison, that's why it's measured in um wich stands for micrometers. This measures the

RE: MI-L MB Goto utility

2001-05-15 Thread MAGS-Gerencia
David You have an option in MI called Change View. There you can enter the coordinates you want and the map will be center in these. Alejandro - Original Message - From: David Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MapInfo-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 2:12 PM Subject: MI-L MB

MI-L Fast USGS DEM's

2001-05-15 Thread Elizabeth McCartney
Hello Briant, There are several ways to get USGS DEMs. Free DEMs in the SDTS version are available at: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html You can download them as fast as your connection will allow. Information on SDTS is at: http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/ Native

RE: MI-L China Projection Assistance Required

2001-05-15 Thread Bill and Lorraine Donaldson
Clifford, Many thanks for that pointer to your paper ( http://www.ASPRS.org/resources.html ). I was able to slightly modify the default UTM (WGS84) projection, by making reference to the Krassovsky datum. Checking the registered TIFF's with known vector data shows that everything lines up

MI-L Web mapping - SVG/VML and Flash

2001-05-15 Thread PERRY Chris
Hi MapInfo-L community, This is more a discussion point than anything else. I see a lot of discussion on the list about publishing maps to the web. One possibility which has arisen is using SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and Vector Markup Language to implement this. I was wondering if anyone

MI-L Utilities!

2001-05-15 Thread Lau Kah Yee
Hello everybody. I have a project that use MapBasic to write a program to calculate the reference crop evapotranspiration base on the FAO Penman-Montheith method.The final result will be when you click on a place on the map in MapInfo, the latitude of the place will automatically go into the