MI-L Another UK Ordinance Survey GRID question ...

Dear list, can anyone explain me the difference between the UK Ordinance Survey GRID and the Irish Ordinance Survey GRID? Do they have the same datum? Do they use the same ellipsoid? Which area do they cover? Silke Keuerleber PTV AG Mobility Systems GIS Data Engineering Tel.: +49 7 21 96 51

MI-L Openning Workspaces containing Layouts slow in V5.5 ?

Hi all, Has anyone else experiencienced a very slow reponse time in = openning workspaces that contain a layout within MapInfo Pro V5.5? Initially I thought it was network connection, odbc connection = or the fact that the workspaces were created in V5.0. To isolate the = probl

RE: MI-L Openning Workspaces containing Layouts slow in V5.5 ?

Aine, Just a suggestion. Is there a reference to a network printer in the workspaces that include layouts? Perhaps the speed issue is related to the time taken to resolve the printer reference. you could check this by removing the printer reference from the workspace and then reopening it in MI.

RE: MI-L Web mapping - SVG/VML and Flash

Hi everybody, It's been a year, (or more?) but I'm back. I developed a website called flashmaps.org. So far just lots of good examples of stuff. Feel free to join the listserv. Only one member, so far (I haven't promoted it at all), but he's the guy who publishes flashkit.com. He knows a lot!

Re: MI-L coordsysbounds on DBMS tables

"Tim Warman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another quick question, is there a way to alter the coordsysbounds of a > table that's linked via DBMS to Access? If the table uses X-Y BIND, there is an easy way. Otherwise, you're out of luck. If you know the correct Coordsys clause, including the bou

MI-L re brush style

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: Just a quick question. I am trying to change the colour (pen style) of all objects in a layer. I have used the code from the MapInfo Pr

MI-L Select and View Entire Object from a Table

I have written an MBX that allows the user to map a selected bus transport service. The user makes certain selections from a dialog and then a Polyline is created in a results table and added to the FrontWindow. I would like to give the added functionality of letting the user set the type of view

MI-L 2 Questions

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. Hello all, 1) I recently asked a question about reducing the number of nodes after an area has been clipped, all the suggestions I received work only on lines

RE: MI-L Select and View Entire Object from a Table

Mike, To determine the extents of objects call the ObjectGeography function like so: - fXmin = ObjectGeography(obj, OBJ_GEO_MINX) fXmax = ObjectGeography(obj, OBJ_GEO_MAXX) fYmin = ObjectGeography(obj, OBJ_GEO_MINY) fYmax = ObjectGeography(obj, OBJ_GEO_MAXY) This will not work

Re: MI-L Web mapping - SVG/VML and Flash

I started a little MapInfo -> SVG converter several months back and posted the source at http://www.mapelves.com It just does points, but if you're commited and have the time I'm sure you could make it fully functional. See the links at the bottom for similar efforts.. - Original Message

MI-L SQL question

Dear list, I've tried to make a join between 3 base tables in a mb app. TabA is the main table and TabB & TabC contain a describing tekst to codes i TabA. This doesn't work, why: SELECT TabA.ID, TabB.text, TabC.text FROM TabA, TabB, TbC WHERE TabA.code1=TabB.code and TabA.code2=TabC.code INTO ab

Re: MI-L area calculations

Tim, The problem with circles and ellipses is that they represent unprojected objects. In order to project the data, there needs to be discrete points that can be projected. Especially in Lat/Long circles and ellipses, as well as arcs, rectangles and rounded rectangles, should be used mainly f

MI-L Thanks for the help on viewing an object

Thanks to everyone who emailed me (especially David Booth and Keith Campbell) regarding trying to view the entire area of an object from a table. I got a few different solutions and in the end I went with the following code. I may not have explained myself clearly but the issue was that the extent

MI-L re server

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: First off thank you to all those that solved my last MapBasic problem. Secondly, I was just wondering if I could get some feedback wit

MI-L federal guidelines re: NAD27 or NAD83

Is there a federal mandate for federal agencies and their affiliates to move from 1927-based projection systems to 1984-based projection systems? If there is, I would like to locate some written statement that encourages agencies (particularly conservation related agencies) to move in that dir

RE: MI-L area calculations

Derek, Thanks for the detailed reply - it was very informative. My questions stemmed from a problem with MI's scaled symbol thematic maps. Because MI uses symbol fonts for this type of map, the symbols cannot be scaled in true proportion to the variable being mapped, but instead are scaled in cru

MI-L MI: SpatialWare for SQL Server.

Hi There, We recently received a copy of "Spatialware for SQL Server ver. 4.5". The MapInfo versions we have the ODBC drivers for SpatialWare 4.0 only and it is for Oracle. We tried to use Easy loader V.6.6 (downloaded from the net) to make an upload without a success. We tried to use DBMS Loade

MI-L strange poll results!

Ok what's up, in our ever changing polls, this week I asked the question "Which company would you like to work for?" So far MapInfo is blowing everyone away! Is there something that I should know or do you think there's some people content on clicking over-and-over again on MI to get some interes

MI-L Opening AutoCad files in MapInfo

I would like to be able to click on an object in MapInfo and have an AutoCad dwg file of that area open up in a separate window. Is that possible? Is there an add-on program that can do this? Thanks, Dan ___ List hosting pro

Re: MI-L strange poll results!

Must be the 10-hr work week, free beer, stock windfalls that make powerball look pale, adoration by the masses, the cool T-shirts, cruises to the Caribbean... I don't know; it's hard to tell what really motivates people, especially them Noo Yawkers. BTW, you wouldn't be using any of those surplus

MI-L Oriented Arrow Symbol

Hi, I have a database of GPS data with lat, long and heading. There is a symbol that orient the point of the arrow in direction of the heading... regards matias valenzuela www.geografica.cl f : 56-32-810020 fax: 56-32-810056 ___

MI-L MapInfo and CData

Hi all, At the moment I am running CData96 with MapInfo. Problem is, when running CData I cannot access the Tool Manager Menu. When I exit from CData is appears! Would anyone know how I could fix this? Regards Laura Muir Assistant Newsagency Administrator Circulation Department The Herald

MI-L Units setting in print menu of proviewer

Where is it that I change the units type on the option screen of the print menu in proviewer. One of the pc has it in inches others in mm thanks ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To u

MI-L 100K DRGs Without Collars

Hi list, Just been to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Data Deli http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us/ to look for Vermillion Lake 1:100,000 Quadrangle and Hibbing 1:100,000 Quad. All very easy and user friendly but ended up with what I thought would be GeoTIFF (tif & tfw header), only got tif

Re: MI-L Opening AutoCad files in MapInfo

I would suggest using the hotlink feature in MapInfo 6.0 or higher. If your autocad drawings are squares, you can download free grid-creation tools from directionsmag. Then you add a column for the hotlink to your grid. Enter the paths and filenames in a column within your table an activate the

MI-L GRIDASCII to .mig

Dear Listers, Using Windows NTv4 and MIv6.5 recently loaded I am trying to convert a .grd (GRIDASCII) file to .mig using Grid Tools The conversion doesnt work and ultimately I get the message An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated Mapinfow.exe Exception

RE: MI-L GRIDASCII to .mig

Probably your Ascii grid file is in the matrix shape. Try to convert it in x, y, z type and try again. Is working fine. Stefan > Dear Listers, > > Using Windows NTv4 and MIv6.5 recently loaded I am trying to convert a .grd > (GRIDASCII) file to .mig using Grid Tools > > The conversion doesnt wo