RE: [MI-L] Large Printers for MapInfo

We've used an HP DesignJet 800PS with Mapinfo 6.5 for years with great results. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Hughes, Colleen / Don MitchellSent: Thursday

RE: [MI-L] SID Format Aerial Photos - Convert?

GeoExpressView I will convert a SID file to a TIF and create a TIF world file (reference file) as well. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jackson, Simon (Capita Symonds) Sent

RE: [MI-L] Geo Referenced TIF Files

Title: Message I believe there is a utility available on the Directions Mag site that will read a world file (TFW, JPW etc..) and create a TAB file from the info. If you need to convert in batch, i created a batch converter that I would be happy to share with anyone interested. Ben

RE: [MI-L] printwin file save as dialog box

be aware that the default PDF name will be the window (in this case the layout) title. So unless the title is unique, you will wind up saving each new PDF over the old ones. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

RE: [MI-L] Naming a query window

Title: Naming a query window You can name the query by using "into" in the sql statement. Select * from Table into qryResults will give you a query named qryResults instead of the generic query1, query2, etc... Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 26

RE: [MI-L] sql

You need to separate the criteria in the WHERE clause Select * from table1, table2 WHERE table1.obj within table2.obj and table1.id = [some value here] and table2.id = [some value here] Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [MI-L] Simple Labeling Question

use the format$() function example format(12333.23,"$,#.##") = $12,333.23 Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Arlene BakerSent: Thursday, May 25, 2006

RE: [MI-L] Geocoding to Block Group

If i understand your question correctly, then yes, if your data has unique block group ID's you can determine the block group centroids (block group geocode). It's just a matter of joining your data with the block group data on the blockgroup ID. This of course assumes you have a block

RE: [MI-L] Transparent polygons

try deselecting the internal handling of transparent fill in the advanced printing dialog -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Matthew DolanSent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:57 AMTo: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L]

[MI-L] Creating a custom dialog with loops

Can anyone tell me if its possible to create a custom dialog (in this case a series of checkboxes) from a simple loop? I want to create a series of checkboxes on a custom dialog from the results of a query, so the user can decide what results from the query require further processing. MapBasic

[MI-L] Returning RowID in the Select Statement (SQL)

I am querying a large dataset and would like the select query to return the RowID as a temporary column. Can this be done. When i run the following query: Select rowid TempIndex,TaxKeyNumber from _2004WaukeshaCoParcels where TaxKeyNumber = NBC 1153979 into Selection Browse * From Selection

[MI-L] Dimensioning arrays in workspaces

I'm trying to dimension an array in a workspace, and keep getting a syntax error. Does MI not allow this? CODE: Dim layFrameX1(11) as float layFrameX1(1) = 19.2201 layFrameX1(2) = 1.2396 layFrameX1(3) = 1.2396 layFrameX1(4) = 1.2396 layFrameX1(5) = 1.2396 layFrameX1(6) = 1.2396 layFrameX1(7) =

RE: [MI-L] Appending rows from multiple tables into one

I believe there is a Batch Append program available on DirectionsMag -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Tom HalbrookSent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:41 AMTo: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Appending rows

RE: [MI-L] Primary Secondary Areas

Unless you have customer location data, delineating retail trade areas can be a bit of a guessing game. You might use drive times to delinate a trade area. As far as how far from a site you're trade area extends is somewhat dynamic, in that it depends on the retailer or shopping center your

RE: [MI-L] Saving Querys to Workspaces

MI doesn't save manual selections into a workspace. You either need to save the query as a table, or use SQL to query the desired records. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Newman Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:29 AM To:

RE: MI-L Updating Columns

The Rowid function will do what you need. if you want to start at 230 then just update the column with the expresssion rowid + 229 Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Brown, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 17

RE: MI-L Importing Census Demographic Info into MapInfo

The ESRI website has free, easy to download Census datasets in SHP file format. You'll just need to translate the data to a MapInfo format. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday

RE: MI-L GeoDatabase convert to MapInfo?

I think you need the ArcToolBox component of ArcGIS to extract SHP files from the geodatabase. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:16 AM To: 'Mapinfo-L' Subject

RE: MI-L Check if Folder Exists

I found this code sample which should do what your looking for Set fso = CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject) if fsoObject.FolderExists(C:\winnt) Then Response.Write c:\winnt folder found (you woulnd't be reading this otherwise) End If Set fso = Nothing Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator

RE: MI-L RE: Alias Field Names In a MI Query

Try this: Select fldValue1 fldThisNewFieldName Where fldValue1 1 Into tblNewTableName Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Sprenz, Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:59 AM To: MapInfo-L

RE: MI-L Search and find by LAT-LON

You should be able to query a point using SQL. Just use the Centroid(X) or Centroid(Y) functions in the WHERE clause. example: select * from points where Centroid(X) = 89 and Centroid(y) = 43 Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Tom

RE: MI-L Question about updating a column

use the table update column function, and update the column using the area function: area(obj,acre) Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:18 AM To: MapInfo

RE: MI-L MapInfo vs. Manifold

deal for $300 or whatever it costs now, assuming you also have Mapinfo, ArcView, or a compararble desktop product. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Cowper, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 8:31 AM

RE: MI-L MapInfo vs. Manifold

for mapping software to pan a map is painfull . Just in case your wondering, running manifold on a P4 3.0 Ghz with an NVIDIA Quardro Card with 128 Megs of onboard RAM. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: SCISOFT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: MI-L MapX geoset label question

I think you need to bind a dataset to the layer and then you should have all the fields of the table available to create an attribute label. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Tuttle, Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday

RE: MI-L wmf image size

.wmf or windows metafile is a vector format not a raster format like .jpg, .tif, .bmp etc which is why the line work is much crisper. I think photoshop is strictly for dealing in the raster world. But with a program like Illustrator you should be able to combine layers. Ben Greenberg GIS

RE: MI-L .e00 format

That is an export format from ESRI's ArcInfo, which can be translated with the Universal Translator provided in MapInfo Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Ronning, Christine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4

RE: MI-L MapPoint - MapInfo Pro Import

With a little programming it is possible through the MapPOint API to extract the lat and long from pushpins and other data sets from MapPoint. I don't know of a direct MapPOint to MI conversion tool however. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message

RE: MI-L Thematic Map from PCensus

Are you looking for technical advise or data? Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Ali, Naz @ Vancouver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 2:37 PM To: MI-L (E-mail) Subject: MI-L Thematic Map from PCensus Hi: I

RE: MI-L Problem with MapInfo crashing

By any chance have you changed any printing devices since you last used the workspace? Some versions of MI don't do too good when they encounter references to print drivers that are no longer installed. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message

RE: MI-L Réf. : MI-L MapInfo's Map Quality Gets Panned in the News

ArcMap does have nice auto label logic, but as far as manually manipulating attribute labels, MapInfo continues to be superior. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday

RE: MI-L MapBasic Question

it to you. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Charles Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L MapBasic Question Sorry to repost but I did not get any replies: I

MI-L Any Mapinfo Users near Milwaukee WI?

Hello all I was just wondering if there were any MapInfo users in or near the Milwaukee WI area? Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine

RE: MI-L Follow up question after the checkered question

You should be able to download what you are looking for on the ESRI web site. http://arcdata.esri.com/data/tiger2000/tiger_statelayer.cfm?sfips=06 Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: MI-L Random Number Ranges....

Updating the column with: 5 + (rnd(1) * 145) should give you a random number between 5 and 150 Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Morrier, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: MI-L MapInfo vs. Other GIS Programs

I would say that ArcGIS (ArcView ver. 8 and 9) has better CAD-Like capabilties. We have both here, but I still prefer using MapInfo for the bulk of our work load. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Cowper, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: MI-L Showing company logo-icon on a map using Mapinfo6.5

MI is very picky about the image files it will accept. The logo must be square (32 x 32, 64 x 64) must be a bitmap and must be resonably small (file size). Refer to the MI user guide for the specs. required for the software to accept a custom symbol. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG

RE: MI-L Select Highest Value only in Table - Multiple Records

the largest value. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Cowper, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 3:16 PM To: MapInfo-L (E-mail) Subject: RE: MI-L Select Highest Value only in Table - Multiple Records Thanks

RE: MI-L MI-L: ECW files...

I believe you can install the ECW Handler Files from the MapInfo CD. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Menelo Argiropoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L MI-L

RE: MI-L Points and lines from the same table

Run two queries Use the ObjectLen() function to query out the points from the lines (or the lines from the points) Example (POints) select * from MyTable where objectlen(Obj,mi) = 0 (Lines) select * from MyTable where objectlen(Obj,mi) 0 Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial

RE: MI-L Update Column

Use within instead of contains as the spatial operator is referencing the points and the points don't contain, but are within the RING (polygon). Add Column ring (pop00 )From points Set To sum(Pop00) Where within Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original

RE: MI-L TEXT OBJECT CONVERSION

into map and create points from the CenX and CentY fields. You should now have a points table with the orginal Label as attributes of the points. Hope this helps (and that i made sense) Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Tom Halbrook

RE: MI-L Conversion of workspaces from 6.5 to 5.5

Open the workspace in a text editor like notepad and simply edit the text that says !Version 650 to !Version 550 Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:08

RE: MI-L Is it possible to Alias a Layer Name

i think you have to use a command line in the mapbasic window or edit your workspace. Example: open table C:\temp\aaa.tab as bbb Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Phillips, Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12

RE: MI-L Printing Translucent maps

Hit the Advanced Command Button on the print dialog. Turn off internal handling for transparent raster and print using EMF. Hope this helps Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 13400 Bishops Ln Suite 100 Brookfield, WI. 53005 Direct (262) 938-5053 Fax (262) 797-8940 -Original

MI-L Looking for Zip + 4 Data

records i am looking for an automated way of doing this. Thanks in advance!! Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400

RE: MI-L MB: Dialog Positioning

Isin't it dependent on the user's display resolution? Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 262-797-9400 -Original Message- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 10:46 AM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L MB: Dialog Positioning Does anyone know

RE: MI-L attribute data for text labels

if i understand your question, i believe it can be done with the objectinfo function. Example go to tableupdate column select the column you want to populate and in the Value text box type objectinfo(obj,3) this should populate that column with the text of the object itself. Ben

RE: MI-L MapInfo Pro 6.5 XP

We use MI 6.5 and XP. I've had no problems at all. Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:09 PM To: mapinfo-l (E-mail) Subject: MI-L MapInfo Pro 6.5 XP Is there anyone using MapInfo Pro 6.5 on the XP operating system?

RE: MI-L Custom symbols in Win XP

With post-WIN 2000 OS Mapinfo stores them locally and separate for each user of the machine (if there are more than one) I think you will find them at C:\Documents and Settings\(you login name)\Application Data\MapInfo\MapInfo\Professional\650\CustSymb Hope this helps Ben Greenberg GIS

RE: MI-L Transparency

Enhanced Metafile and de-select the checkbox that says internal handling for transparent raster. Hopefully this will work for you like it does for me. Ben Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 13400 Bishops Ln Suite 100 Brookfield, WI. 53005 Direct (262) 938-5053 Fax (262) 797-8940

RE: MI-L Orthophoto Format

I have had great sucess using orthos in MrSid format. It's a compress format and requires significantly less space than tiffs. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 13400 Bishops Ln Suite 100 Brookfield, WI. 53005 Direct (262) 938-5053 Fax (262) 797-8940 -Original Message

RE: MI-L ESRI Translation to MapInfo

I'm not sure what the error message means, but one thing i always try if the UT fails to convert to a .TAB file, is to convert to a .MIF and then import the .MIF to a .TAB. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 13400 Bishops Lane, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 797-9400 (262

MI-L Looking for Vancouver Street Files

Does anyone know where i can purchase cheaply or get for free street files for Vancouver, Canada? Thanks in advance -Ben Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 13400 Bishops Lane, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 797-9400 (262) 797-8940 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mlgcommercial.com

MI-L Spatial Operators

application. thanks in advance -Ben Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 13400 Bishops Lane, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 797-9400 (262) 797-8940 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mlgcommercial.com

MI-L MapX Features Question

zips from the main layer show up as well (and i don't want them to). Sorry about the poor description of my problem, i hope it makes some sense. Thanks in advance -Ben Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial (262) 938-5053 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

MI-L Where can i find National Retailer Logos (fonts)?

of Retailer and service industry corporate logos. I am looking to update the font set(s), but SitesUSA will no longer sell me just the Fonts (without buying a bunch of their other stuff). Does anyone know of alternate sources where i can purchase a similiar product? Thanks in advance -Ben Ben

RE: MI-L Image Formats and Print Quality

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. If you have the full version of Adobe Acrobat, you can create .pdf files of your layouts which will preserve image quality. -Ben -Original Message-

MI-L Looking for US Area Code Boundaries

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. Does anyone know of a source for US Area Code boundaries? Thanks in advance -Ben Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator MLG Commercial (262) 938-5053

RE: MI-L .dgn files in MapInfo

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. The universal translator will translate Microstation files to TAB files. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

RE: MI-L MapInfo Windows 2000 compatibility problems

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. you might have a conflict with your printer drivers. With later = versions of MapInfo you can save printer information in the workspace. A simple = command

RE: MI-L MI MapInfo and Window 2000

a mapper window and then save it should work. Occasionally this doesn't do the trick, in which case i select any object within the mapper window and the software will save the file. Let me know if you come up with anything better. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator MLG Commercial (262) 938-5053

RE: MI-L Downloading MI Pro 6.5 BETA

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. I am having the exact same problem. I do recall have a similar problem in the past. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator MLG Commercial 13400 Bishop's Lane, Suite

RE: MI-L Visual Basic

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. An excellent intro to VB is "An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 6.0" by David I Schneider. Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator MLG Commer

MI-L MI and AutoCad

of a superior product in the same price range. Thanks in advance, Ben Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator MLG Commercial 13400 Bishop's Lane, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 Phone: 262-938-5053 Fax: 262-8940 [EMAIL PROTECTED]