MI-L Record length limit

I'm trying to add a new field using the modify table structure dialogue box but when I hit OK I'm getting this message Total record length must be no longer then 4000 bytes. My table contains 60 fields and 2000 records. Several fields have 100 to 200 character field width. I'm I at the limit of

MI-L Digitizer setup

Is it possible to setup a digitizing table in order to digitize a paper map by simply picking the control points and selecting the corresponding points on a digital map of that area opened in MapInfo, rather then always having to manually type in every X,Y for each control point? Something like

Re: MI-L BC albers Projection

You can edit the mapinfo.prj file in a text editor, which is located in your Mapinfo program directory. Before you edit, save a copy of your current prj file just in case you make an error. The Mapinfo manual describes how to write the parameters in the new projection line. Hope that helps a

Re: MI-L Downgrading survey accurate data

If you have AutoCad you can move/rotate your drawing to fit with the digitized cadastral info. If not maybe creating an affine transformation in Mapinfo (see MapInfo manual) might be a solution. Using Neil Moseley's Affine Calculator at http://members.iinet.net.au/~mose/prod03.html might be

MI-L printing browsers with many fields

I have a Mapinfo browser which contains many fields. I'm trying to print this database in an acceptable format. MapInfo seems to be able to only print the browser in tabular format (columns running horizontally across the page). Columns end up being cut off at the end of the page. I'm

Re: MI-L Line styles

You can download prnttest-108.zip at http://www.directionsmag.com/tools/ This set of files and workspaces tests how your printer will interpret your MapInfo map colors, patterns, and line styles. Dan Bean, Nick (N) [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/11/2002 04:37:07 AM To:'MI-L' [EMAIL

Re: MI-L SQL Querying

I believe it's len(columnname) 40 Dan Andrew Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/09/2002 09:10:51 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:MI-L SQL Querying Dear All Can anybody help I am trying to pick out all records within a column that are more than 40 characters in length. Does

Re: MI-L Re GDA94 or How can I offset all map objects 200m

How do you convert old unprojected map files to AGD66? I may be wrong but I believe you cannot convert unprojected map files to any other datum. When you use FileSave Copy As... of a lat-long unprojected table (no datum) to a lat-long with a datum, it simply substitutes or associates the table

Re: MI-L Bus Routes

Not sure if this will help but you might want to check out an interactive mapping solution created by DBx Geomatics Inc. using MapInfo MapXSite . The site is located at http://www.cuo.qc.ca/atlas/atlas.asp Dan Eagle, David A [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/04/2002 01:23:17 PM To:MapInfo-L

MI-L Producing regions with different line type colours

I have a table of about 100 polygons in which many of them overlap. I would like to assign different line type colours for each polygon but without a fill so that underlying polygons can be visible. Is there is a quick way of doing this without having to change the style of each polygon

MI-L Area Calculations

I would like to calculate the area of several polygons which are in Lat/Long Nad83 system and range in size from small islands to much larger areas. I recall others indicating they came across discrepancies with MapInfo's area calculation. I checked out the MI-L archives concerning area

Re: MI-L Another problem with Adobe Distiller

Oliver, I had posted the same question 08-28-2001. I believe the responses indicated that it has to do with the number of nodes a feature has before it will begin producing phantom lines. If you go to http://lists.directionsmag.com/discussion and do a search on Phantom and make sure you do

MI-L Justification for labelling

I can't seem to find justification options (left, center, right) for labels. I'm I missing something? I have MI 6.5. Dan - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: MI-L Legend Formatting

Chris, If you are using the Create Legend option in MapInfo, one way I just figured out how to increase the distance between themes (frames) in a legend is by selecting legend properties and select the border style option and create a border that is the same colour as your background. The

MI-L Searching NTS 1:250 000 grids

This is probably a simple question. I have a table which is not mappable which contains a list of about 300 (1:250 000) grid numbers (ie: 011L etc...). I do not have a digital 1:250 000 grid layer (for all of Canada). Does anyone know where I can download a 1:250 000 NTS grid for all of Canada?

MI-L Cloning legend window

I cloned a layout window which contains a thematic legend. In my cloned layout I would like to change or edit the thematic legend text/labels however at the same time keep the original legend as is in my original layout. Rather then having to go through the process of creating a second thematic

MI-L Update: MI-L Mapinfo fonts and PDF

Update to my previous post. Using the file that was created with Distiller I discovered that if I zoom in at a zoom level greater then 120% my point symbols appear! Dan -- Forwarded by Dan Page/HullOttawa/PCH/CA on 03/25/2002 03:40 PM --- [EMAIL

MI-L Registration of airphotos

I obtained a printed copy of an airphoto from Natural Resources Canada National Air Photo Library. I scanned this paper copy at 300 dpi and registered the image in MapInfo. I did not rectify or ortho correct the image before importing it into MapInfo. Using another basemap of the same area and

MI-L Orthophotos for Canada

I need to find basemaps for several areas across Canada. I was thinking about using orthophotos in MapInfo rather then vector basemaps. However I never had to use orthophotos before and not sure where to start looking. I was wondering if anyone can give me any leads as to where I can purchase

MI-L DXF or Arc/Info Import?

I would like to purchase 1:10 000 OBM (Ontario Base Maps) and import them into MapInfo 6.0. However these maps can only be provided in either Arc/Info or DXF. I'm wondering which format imports into MapInfo with the least amount of difficulty? Does it make a different which format I get? Any

Re: MI-L Reprojection Tool?

You can export the file to DXF then import the DXF file, choose your UTM projection. Open the new MapInfo table that was created, save as Lambert Conic. Another option would be to edit the MapInfo header file in a text editor to the correct UTM projection. Dan Morrier, Steve [EMAIL

MI-L Updating Column

I have two tables. Table A has 300 records. Table B basically contains same information as Table A except it has updated information in one of the fields (field X) and only contains 100 records that were updated, the remaining 200 records in Table A were not updated and are not included in

MI-L Updating Column solution

Thanks for all who responded. Solution was to do a query and select the records in table A that match in table B and then do an Update Column on the selection. Just a note: I usually unselect the Browser Results box and just have the original browser table open when I do an update and I

MI-L Map scale in relation to area size of interest

I need to purchase basemaps for a number of project areas (100 or so project areas). The areas of interest can range from the size of a building 1000 sq metres to areas covering 100 sq Kilometres. Obviously not one scale will be suitable for all areas of interest. A 1:50 000 map might be

MI-L Importing ADRG files using Nimamuse Raster Importer 2.1.3

I observed a difference between MapInfo and ArcView when importing ADRG raster files. I used the Nimamuse Raster Importer 2.1 software to read a CD which has 1:50 000 ADRG coverage and saved an area from that coverage to MapInfo Tab/TIF file format. The file is automatically saved as Lat/Long

Re: MI-L Algorithm to convert UTM coordinates to Lat Long

For those of you who were interested in information about coordinate algorithms, a couple of MI-listers suggested to check out the following site. Dan http://www.gpsy.com/gpsinfo/geotoutm/ ___ List hosting provided by

MI-L Polylines to Regions

I have a closed polyline representing an area. When a select the polyline I can see that the entire polyline is selected as is one entity. However when I try to convert this polyline to regions strange lines appear that were not there before and shoot through the polygon. I'm assuming it's

MI-L workspace links and moving data files

I will be moving all my data to a network drive which is backed up on a regular basis. My data is now presently stored on 2 disk drives which are also partitioned into several other drives on my local NT computer. When I start moving my files I know this will effect various workspaces I have

Re: MI-L Affine Transformations

Thanks to Neil for solving my problem, by specifying the new projection as I imported a dxf version it worked very well. I also noticed the resulting map seems to have a better fit with the rest of my data when I assigned the new projection which had the calculated affine parameters, compared to

MI-L Affine Transformations

I have an AutoCad drawing of a survey that was done in non-earth coordinates metres and would like to overlay some GPS data which is in UTM83 Z18 coordinate system. I was reading in the MapInfo manual and also the MI mailing list archives about affine transformations and thought I would give it a

MI-L Affine Transformations

Regarding my earlier post (at the bottom of this e-mail) about transforming a non earth map to a real earth coordinate system. I ended up converting the file to dxf and importing it into MapInfo and setting up a coordinate transformation using the two control points that I had. But I'm not sure

MI-L nodes added when translating from MapInfo to ArcView

I used a map of Canada which comes with MapInfo (very small scale) as a basemap and overlaid a line feature in which part of the line is supposed to run along the border of BC and Yukon, I used Equidistant Conic (North America) as the projection. But I noticed the line feature did not match or

Summary Re: MI-L MapXtreme vs ArcIMS

Here is a summary of a couple but very helpful responses I received from the following question I posted. If there are any other comments on this subject I would love to hear them. Thanks. I would like to know the pros and cons between MapExtreme and ArcIMS. Any thoughts on the differences?

MI-L converting degree decimal minutes to decimal degrees

I have a table with Lat/Long fields that are in degree decimal minutes (dddº mm.mmm) , for example (09923081) which is 99º 23.081' And I need to convert those lat/long fields to decimal degrees in order to use the create points in MapInfo. But the only mbx programs I can find such as

MI-L MapExtreme vs ArcIMS

I would like to know the pros and cons between MapExtreme and ArcIMS. Any thoughts on the differences? TIA Dan ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: MI-L Translation Software

I know MapInfo Professional comes with a Universal Translator that can do the conversion. But can ArcView translate tab to shp? I'm not sure. Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/19/2001 01:02:02 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI-L changing symbol style

I have a table of point symbols in which I created a thematic map. I would like to edit and change the symbol colours permanently in the table to match what was produced with the thematic map. Is there a way of doing this automatically? Or do I have to go through SQL queries and change the symbol

MI-L importing autocad text in mapinfo

I have an AutoCad DWG file that contains text (distance of property lines) which was created using the Dimension function in AutoCad. When I import this file in MapInfo, MapInfo indicates that the TEXT layer contains no objects. And the text is not visible in MapInfo. I tried importing using DXF

Re: MI-L MI GPS and digital camera

You can take a look at the KODAK DC290 Global Positioning System (GPS) Solution Kit http://www.kodak.com/CA/en/corp/showcase/digital/engDigitalCams.shtml also an article on that system at http://www.spatialnews.com/newsletter/issue12/demofis265.html Dan Antonio Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] on

MI-L setting layout for different printers

I had a request to produce a map and print it out in both black and white and also a colour version. To print the black and white version I print to a laser printer, and when I need a colour version I print the map to an HP deskjet printer. It works out that the colours of the map look fine

MI-L output to PDF

I'm trying to print a map from MapInfo to PDF using Acrobat Distiller, when I do and open it in Adobe Acrobat I see these lines all over the place that should not be there , I call them phantom lines because when I zoom in close they disappear, and they don't show up when I print which is a good

Re: MI-L Tool Icons in 6.5

I have the same problem, the icon always displays zoom in icon even if it's in zoom out mode. I'm running MapInfo 6.0, with NT 4.0. Dan Ian Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/07/2001 01:10:13 PM Please respond to Ian Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI-L linking tables

Thanks for all who replied to my following question. I have two tables, one with objects , the other with information about the objects (not mappable) They both have a common ID field. Is it possible to keep these tables separate in MapInfo and be able

Re: MI-L Making Linked Table Mappable

Do you need to go through DBMS? If not try opening the access table directly using open table and then create the points that way. Dan galmala [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/11/2001 12:34:12 PM Please respond to galmala [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SUMM: MI-L Problems with WGS 84 projections in a map display

Is this correct that if a table is in Lat/Long projection with no datum associated in the projection list , MI will imply that it is in NAD27 and recalculate the coordinates from Nad27 to the new selected projection? I always assumed that if data is in Lat/Long with no datum selected in the

MI-L cloning view for layout window

I find the clone view option for map windows very handy. Is it possible to do that with a layout window? Seems that when I create a new layout window the settings I had in the previous layout window are not applied to any new layouts created in the same workspace and I end up having to go through

Re: MI-L Canadian postal code question

I would say Oakville, Ontario. Dan Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/17/2001 04:51:45 PM Please respond to Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SUM: MI-L Canadian postal code question

I actually used http://www.lasoo.com/ which is a site I believe was posted on here awhile back. What's neat about it is that it brings up an interactive map of that city as well. As far as I can see you can query any city, postal code , address in the world. Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] on

Relational Databases Re: SUM: MI-L mismatch between map browser windows after query

This topic touches on a question I have. Not being a database expert, maybe it's a simple question and I don't know it , but how do you use MapInfo or a GIS with a relational database in which the information is located in many tables that are linked? Can relational databases that are created in

MI-L Linking Access 97 to MapInfo

I have an Access 97 database which contains memo fields that cannot be viewed in MapInfo 6.0. What is the easier way to link Access 97 to MapInfo so that when you select an object or make a query in MapInfo the information is viewed in Access97? My programing knowledge is almost non existent, so

MI-L Spans to MI

Are there any translators out there that will convert Spans VEC/VEH files to MI format? TIA, Dan ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and

MI-L Memo or reference fields in MapInfo

How do I show memo fields in MapInfo from a database in which some records have more then 254 characters in that field? Any suggestions? I'm using MI 6.0 Dan ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine |

MI-L Problems Arcview SHP files to MI using Universal Translator

I get the following error in the log file when trying to translate a SHP file to MapInfo format. "Read operation failed while reading index file header. Program Terminating Translation FAILED. Unable to generate mapping file" Has anyone else run into this problem? I'm using MapInfo 6.0 Dan

Re: MI-L MI patch 60032

I was interested in downloading the v6.0.0.32 Upgrade/Patch so I went to the testdrive center to download the "MapInfo Professional v6.0.0.32 Upgrade/Patch Installation" but there was no available link or highlighted text to click on to initiate a download, and I do currently hold a MapInfo

MI-L NTS grid

Does anyone know where I can get a grid of NTS 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 map sheets for Canada, preferably in MapInfo format? TIA Dan ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe,

Re: MI-L Orthophoto Question

Andre, There's a program called Images + by Exa-Min that might be able to do what you are looking for, go to http://www.geobasemap.com/ Dan "Lederer, Andre" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/14/2000 01:33:34 PM Please respond to "Lederer, Andre" [EMAIL PROTECTED]