MI-L Re: Réf. : Re: MI-L Réf. : MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread Flavio Hendry
mapinfo has a very good price performance compared to other products on the market. mi+publisher cost still less then arcgis. and 98% of our clients using over 2000 licenses are pretty happy with mapinfo as it is. and 1000 USD is not an issue if it really helps ... and there are many people not

MI-L Create points at line intersections

2005-02-15 Thread Dan Bowles
Hi list Thanks for the responses to my last listing. The problem I have this time is this: I have a table with one polyline representing a pipeline; I have another table with many many polylines representing creeklines; I want to create a third table containing point data for each intersection be

Re: MI-L Looking for date formating utility

2005-02-15 Thread Stephen Chan
Alistair Hart emailed me that you can use FormatDate$() and CurDate() The limitation with this is that it will not produce the characters st,nd,rd,th ie 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th The other thing is that there will always be a horizontal line separator. I saw these as specifications =/ Also it sounds lik

Re: MI-L Réf. : MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread Alistair Hart
I think the .eps format is supported in photoshhop as well... Cheers, Al. *** Alistair Hart GIS Project Officer Health Surveillance Tropical Public Health Unit Network PO Box 1103 Cairns QLD 4870 Ph: 0740 503 628 Fax: 0740 311 440 E: [EMAIL PRO

MI-L Road Network (Rw Net)

2005-02-15 Thread Dale Atkinson
Listers, I'm new to MapInfo and I have a digitized roads layer containing major roads for the whole state. I also have 230 stations which may or may not lie on a major road the idea is to find the distance to the closest station along the road. I have downloaded RW Net. Is there a way I

Re: MI-L Looking for date formating utility

2005-02-15 Thread Stephen Chan
I considered creating an app for you I was going to create an app for you but. I did a google search and found this page http://www.sgsi.com/MIUserGroup/wor_0998.htm Use SGSI's "SuperWor.mbx" . This adds commands to the std MapInfo menu to embed an active current date on your Layout and r

Re: MI-L Creating multiple line objects

2005-02-15 Thread Stephen Chan
Use the following command instead in the MapBasic Window Update Roads Set OBJ = (CreateLine(x1,y1,x2,y2)) This will update the hidden MI obj field which contain the map object details with a line created from your x and y end point co-ordinates. Using Insert adds, using Update... u updates =)

MI-L Looking for date formating utility

2005-02-15 Thread Doyle, Peter W
Greetings List, Would anybody have a copy of SuperWor.mbx. I beleive it is a utility that embeds the current date into workspace files. or would anybody have a utility to format the date into the following format - "16th Feb 2005" Regards Peter

MI-L MapInfo Pro and SQL Server Issues

2005-02-15 Thread Don Mitchell
Hi All, Hope someone can help with this. I am moving MapInfo Pro 7.8 from one desktop with SQL server to a new desktop. Install worked fine. Created a connection to the database on our SQL Server. Still appears to be going O.K. Then the problem. I can open tables from the database and I

Re: MI-L Réf. : MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread Jesús Orozco
Hello, Have you tried to install a printer that supports EPS output and send MapInfo's printing to this printer? If I recall well, this format is recognized by some graphic design softwares out there (like Corel or Macromedia Fireworks). Maybe the layout problem could be solved making a print f

RE: MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread Dan Bowles
Yes. -Original Message- From: Phil Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 1:51 AM To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files I have been reviewing the messages on the MapInfo list server and I wanted to take a poll to see if you, t

Re: MI-L Reading MasterMap

2005-02-15 Thread Alan Cooper
Also try http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/translat.htm but I've not used it Alan - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

MI-L Creating multiple line objects

2005-02-15 Thread Sallyann Smith
I have a table that contains a list of points for the start and finish of road sections, with an ID for each section, and I need to create a separate map Line object for each section. I wrote a simple MapBasic program to scan through each line in the table, read the coordinates and then use In

RE: MI-L Reading MasterMap

2005-02-15 Thread Rod Ellis
Hi Perhaps you should take a look at OS MM translators at Dotted Eyes http://www.dottedeyes.com/software/os/translation/interpose.htm and BY Design http://www.bydesignwales.demon.co.uk/ Cheers Rod -Original Message- From: Samuel Clarke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 February 2005 16:2

Re: MI-L Reading MasterMap

2005-02-15 Thread Bill Thoen
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Samuel Clarke wrote: > Can MapInfo us MasterMap gml.gz compression files > > I can see from the import table section that it can import MasterMap gml > files but I'm not sure what to make of the .gz > > Do I need a translator? Or a compression tool? You'll need gzip to unco

MI-L Reading MasterMap

2005-02-15 Thread Samuel Clarke
Hi List Can MapInfo us MasterMap gml.gz compression files I can see from the import table section that it can import MasterMap gml files but I'm not sure what to make of the .gz Do I need a translator? Or a compression tool? Many thanks Sam Clarke Renewable Energy Specialist Wardell Armstrong

MI-L Geocoding by street address and postal code

2005-02-15 Thread Ronning, Christine
Hi everyone, I'm trying to geocode some records that have a street address and 6 digit postal code. The street network I am geocoding to only has a 3-digit postal code though. It's for all of BC so obviously there are a lot of repeat street names. Is there any way to specify to look first fo

MI-L Réf. : Re: MI-L Réf. : MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread christiane . roh
Frankly, given the cost of a MapInfo licence, I don't see why I should pay about 1000 dollars , only in order to export the map to imaging and publishing softwares. The Adobe suite are the main tool of our publishing desk (as in most cases) and I need an easy way to export files for them. IMO

Re: MI-L Réf. : MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread Flavio Hendry
hi christiane > Personnally, I'd be much more interested by the ability to export > MapInfo layouts directly to Adobe Illustrator while isn't MAPublisher exactly doing what you want? (www.avenza.com). Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry ---

MI-L Réf. : MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread christiane . roh
I think there is a need to find a better solution to export MapInfo layouts in vector format. As is, there is only one possibility to export vector files to publishing and imaging softwares : through Microsoft's wmf format. I don't know whether you can import pdf documents in vector based ima

RE: MI-L Extracting Start and End Co-ordinates from polylines

2005-02-15 Thread Peter Horsbøll Møller
To extract start and end points of polylines you should use the ObjectNodeX(obj, segment, node) and ObjectNodeY(obj, segment, node) functions This will only work for single segment polylines as there is no (easy) way you can tell which is the start/end point on multi segment polylines: Update M

MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files

2005-02-15 Thread Phil Lee
I have been reviewing the messages on the MapInfo list server and I wanted to take a poll to see if you, the end users, would find it valuable if MapInfo supported the ability to produce GeoPDF files? For those of you who do not know what a GeoPDF is, it is: A fully legal 1.6 PDF file that

MI-L Extracting Start and End Co-ordinates from polylines

2005-02-15 Thread Matt Carlson
Hello, I'm trying to extract Start and End Co-ordinates from polylines. I know Jaromir Svasta's p2p.mbx will extract all vertices from polylines, but I only want start and end points of the polyline (there is no way of establishing which are start/end and which are intermediate points...) I have

Re: MI-L Any Mapinfo Users near Milwaukee WI?

2005-02-15 Thread DLPSBR
I'm a transplanted CHEESEHEAD living in Arizona, but I grew up in Appleton, WI. I named my company after my favorite trout stream, the South Branch of the Oconto River. I think that I should rate higher than Mike in the new Mapinfo Users near Milwaukee WI club. Dan == South Br

MI-L joining tables in MapInfo 6

2005-02-15 Thread Sallyann Smith
Amanda, to join two tables, you need to have one column in each table that has similar data that MapInfo can join on. You have to select the names of the two columns - one in each table. If the data isn't quite the same you may be able to create an expression to match it Sal

MI-L joining tables in MapInfo 6

2005-02-15 Thread amanda kaye
I have been trying to join tables in MapInfo 6. After selecting the option join and choosing the tables I am unable to select a field by which to display the final data ( the only options are expression. I keep going around in a loop. Does anyone have any ideas?

RE: MI-L Polyline Node Coordinates

2005-02-15 Thread Driver, Greg 9434
Neil, This tool might be of use - http://www.directionsmag.com/files/index.php/view/535 - it extracts nodes from polylines and saves them into a table of points. HTH Greg Driver -Original Message- From: Neil Gibson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 February 2005 11:01 To: mapinfo-l@li

MI-L Polyline Node Coordinates

2005-02-15 Thread Neil Gibson
Hello I have a file of 188,239 polylines, and i ideally want to make a point layer of all of the nodes in the file. Does anyone know how to do this? Ive tried exporting the file as a mif which return the coordinates of each node, but i dont know how to create a point file out of these, or whe

MI-L LZW tiff compression

2005-02-15 Thread Samuel Clarke
Hi all, Can MapInfo deal with LZW tiff compression or is there a plug-in Many thanks Sam