Re: MI-L saving settings (drives and alphabetic) when opening tables

Joe You can set/modify which directories MapInfo automatically uses to search for Tables, Workspace etc Go to : Option>Preferences>Directories>Modify Regards John John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX THOUGHT FOR THE D

MI-L MI 7.0 and ESRI Shapefiles?

According to Mapinfo's literature, Mapinfo Professional 7.0 has the ability to open ESRI Shapefiles directly from the Open dialog display! I'm curious as to how well this actually works? Any feedback would be gratefully appreciated. Regards John John Ottini GIS Mapping Progr

RE: MI-L Software similar to ArcPad

Brian As far as I know Mapinfo does not have a program similar to ArcPad, but there is a translater available that maybe of interest to you. http://www.avantra.com.au/agmi2ap.html. John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX

MI-L Label Overposting

Ron One option would be to convert your labels to text (using Labeler.mbx) and save them as separate text layer. This would later allow you to move,rotate and save multiple pieces of text at any one time. Just a thought! John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246

MI-L E-Mailing Mapinfo based tables to ESRI people...

Alicia If you are using MI 6.0 or later, I would suggest that you convert the Mapinfo table to a Esri Shapefile using the Universal Translator before shipping it to the Esri people. You wouldn't want to confuse them by sending a Tab file! :-) John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Or

Re: MI-L Thursday Help

Stephen Yes, just follow this 3 step process. 1. Select the point in map window A 2. Select the Title Bar in map window B (to make map window B active) 3. Select QUERY> Find Selection from the Drop Down Menu Done! John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407)

Re: MI-L Converting decimal degrees to degrees/ minutes and seconds andvice versa

David There is an mbx file called DMSCNVRT.MBX, but I can't remember if it comes with the Tool Manager in Mapinfo 6.0 or if I got it online somewhere. Anyway, I think it's what you are looking forso check your Tools folder. John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public

Re: MI-L Select By Line Type

hole procedure from the beginning for each line (pattern). Hope this helps John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www

Re: MI-L polylines to polygons

Libba - Welcome First - Select all of the Polylines (make sure that the layer is editable) and the Select (from dropdown menu) Objects>Convert to Regions. Save the changes! John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 -

Re: MI-L order of tables in FIND command

Nick As far as I can tell, MI orders the tables in the dropdown list on the FIND dialogue box in the order in which you opened the tables. Of course, the only tables listed in the Find dropdown list are those that have at least one indexed field. John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando

Re: MI-L Select By Line Type

hole procedure from the beginning for each line (pattern). Hope this helps John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX |+---> || "Marty Sprenz" | |

Re: MI-L Status Bar on bottom of MI Window gone!

Try Options > Show Status Bar - T Daaa John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 -

Re: MI-L transparent layers....

Lai One way to handle this would be to make the top polygon transparent by using the Region Style function. Select Region Style from the Options Menu, set the region style as a hatch pattern and give it a distinctive color. Then uncheck the Background box that eliminates any background shading a

Re: MI-L Creating thematic map bar charts- labelling the values

Stuart I'm going to assume that you created the Graph by opening a New Graph Window! To add labels for each value, select the Graph menu - General Options - Data Labels and then set the label location. Regards John John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246

Re: MI-L How to autolabel lines not in view?

zoom to the extents of the street linework layer. You can always adjust the text size and style later. Hope this makes sense. John Ottini GIS Mapping Program City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX

Re: MI-L browser

Iain Surejust use the Frame Tool to add another frame to your layout window and select the Browser you want from pulldown menu (Window:) when the Frame Object Dialog Box pops up. John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX

Re: MI-L Pie Chart Map Labels

Yes - you can label the parts of a Pie chart with proportion or percentages. See Graph>General Options>Data Labels from the drop down menu John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892

Re: MI-L MapInfo fundamentals question

Don Try Tools>Tool Manager>Polybrk.mbx. This will break your Polyline into individual segments at each node. Regards John John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892

Re: MI-L Selecting streets in a ward

Try this in SQL Select FROM TABLE : WardBdry ( tab), Streetline (Tab) WHERE CONDITION : Ward Bdry Obj Contains Steetline obj This should give you want you need. John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX

MI-L GIS Books

t I don't know how good the content is. John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 (407) 246-2892 - FAX ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, se

MI-L North South East West

"My problem maybe that I don't know what the North-South-East-West thing is technically called." Simon It's called a North Arrow and you can find a number of different styles in Options/Symbols Styles/Mapinfo Arrows. John John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public

Re: MI-L legends

isn't too complex, then I suggest you create your own legend.this well give you the maximum flexibility. John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 Check out our Online Maps at : http://www.cityoforlando.net/publi

Re: MI-L off to the dark side

ears. Tom Now that you've had the 'Force with You' over the past 6 years, you can never truly be a part of the Dark Side. Best of Luck John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 Check out our Online Maps at : http://www.cityoforlando

MI-L

f you want to change the column headings permanently you must do that using 'Table' the pull down menu) then Maintenance/Table Structure. John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando-Public Works (407) 246-2375 Check out our Online Maps at : http://www.cityoforlando.net/

Re: MI-L

Travis Are you saying that the file/layer cannot be edited (as in Layer Control editable box is grey and cannot be selected?) If this is the case then save the file under a different name and make it editable, then remove the unwanted line and polygon. John Ottini GIS Tech III City of Orlando