MI-L Alaska-Peru reprojection

2003-03-14 Thread Ken Hickey
am I doing wrong? Do I need to account for being south of the equator? Cheers Ken Hickey -- Kenneth Hickey - Research Associate Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia

MI-L elevation data from autocad-map

2003-02-26 Thread Ken Hickey
the ".dwg" file in MIF format from autocad, the associated MID file does not preserve any elevation values. Does anyone have any experience getting elevation data out of AutoCad and into MapInfo? Thanks in advance Cheers Ken Hickey

MI-L too many files open?

2002-07-30 Thread Ken Hickey
. Is there a maximum limit to the number of Tables MapInfo will work with? I am using MapInfo 6.5 on Win2000 with 1Gb of memory. Any help would be much appreciated Cheers Ken Hickey -- Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit

MI-L importing MOEP Binary Compressed or SAIF/ZIP format

2002-07-02 Thread Ken Hickey
G'day all I need to get some TRIM digital map data (from the BMGS - Gov of British Columbia) into MapInfo. The data comes in either MOEP Binary Compressed or SAIF/ZIP format. Has anyone imported this type of data into MapInfo before and if so, how did they do it? Cheers Ken H

MI-L text box

2002-06-12 Thread Ken Hickey
Hey Does anyone know whether it is possible to create a text box in a layout window and then paste text into and fully justify it? Cheers Ken -- Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sci

MI-L invalid grid data element size

2002-05-22 Thread Ken Hickey
d whether there can be anything done to correct it? I am using MapInfo 6.5 on Win2000 with Vertical Mapper v3.0 Cheers ken Hickey -- Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences Univer

Re: MI-L MapInfo and administrative rights

2002-04-05 Thread Ken Hickey
I have MapInfo 6.5 set up on my Win2000 machine have no problem changing setting etc only logged in as a power user. Under v6.5 settings for each user are stored in their own C:\Documents and Settings\"username"\Local Settings\Application Data\MapInfo folder,.

MI-L import USGS optional format DLG

2002-04-04 Thread Ken Hickey
G'day all Does anyone know a way to import optional format USGS DLG files into MapInfo?. The files have the following vector format; Character Set = 8-bit ASCII Logical Record Length= 80 Bytes BlocksizeMultiples of 80 Thanks in advance Cheers Ken H

Re: MI-L utm-lat/long-utm converters

2002-03-27 Thread Ken Hickey
rth and Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada phone +1-604-822-3765; Fax +1-604-822-6088 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . - Original Message - From: "Fonseca, Milton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ken Hickey

MI-L utm-lat/long-utm converters

2002-03-27 Thread Ken Hickey
heers Ken Hickey -- Dr Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada phone +1-604-822-3765; Fax +1-604-822-6088

MI-L importing E00 files

2002-03-21 Thread Ken Hickey
l.e00 kb.apr kbcolor.lut.e00 kbf.aml.e00 kbf.e00 kbge.e00 kbge.eps kbge.gra kbgl.e00 kbleg.aml.e00 kbleg.e00 kbleg.eps kbleg.gra kbpat.lut.e00 myplt.lin.e00 plotter.shd.e00 scalealb.e00 states.e00 versatec.shd.e00 Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions. Cheers Ken H

MI-L digital model western USA and BC

2002-03-20 Thread Ken Hickey
something cheap and perhaps even free!! Thanks in advance Cheers ken Hickey -- Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1

Re: MI-L save windows as problem

2002-03-18 Thread Ken Hickey
G'day Yannick I have had the same problem using MapInfo 6.5 on a machine with 1Gb of ram and bundles of hard drive space. I find that I can save one window okay in jpg or bmp format, but if I subsequently try to save a second window, I get the "check for sufficient memory" error message. I have t

MI-L update column

2002-03-01 Thread Ken Hickey
different fields. = Is there a way for MapInfo to now automatically allocate a unique number = in my ID field to each object in the table? Thanks in advance Chers Ken Hickey -- Dr Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Dep

MI-L docked layer control

2002-02-19 Thread Ken Hickey
in advance Cheers Ken Hickey -- Dr Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada phone +1-604-822-3765; Fax +1-60

MI-L ASCII grids

2002-02-14 Thread Ken Hickey
G'day All Does anyone know if it is possible to import an XYZ ASCII grid into = MapInfo or Vertical Mapper. Thanks Ken Hickey -- Dr Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sci

MI-L ERMapper grids into VerticalMapper

2002-02-12 Thread Ken Hickey
t view the image = itself (MapImagery will let me do that). Has anyone else moved data = between ERMapper and Vertical Mapper? Thanks in advance Ken Hickey -- Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth

MI-L upgrade to 6.5

2002-02-11 Thread Ken Hickey
not to automatically load it." Cheers Ken Hickey -- Kenneth Hickey Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada phone

MI-L upgraded to 6.5

2002-02-07 Thread Ken Hickey
G'day all I just upgraded from MapInfo v6 to v6.5. Now everytime I open MapInfo I = get an error message saying; "Unable to read Preference file, using internal defaults" Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks in adva

MI-L DLG file import

2002-01-28 Thread Ken Hickey
G'day all I have received some DLG files form the USGS and would like to get them = into MapInfo. The files are in optional format, but all come with a = ".CDO" extension. Does anyone know to get these files into MapInfo? Thanks in advance. Ch

MI-L rotating globe

2002-01-10 Thread Ken Hickey
w, of the = earth and need one with reasonable detail so that main mountain ranges = etc are visible. Of course I am looking for a freebee rather than a = commercial product. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Cheers Ken Hickey

MI-L bitmap display

2002-01-07 Thread Ken Hickey
place them beside a = number of the localities. When I open these graphs in Mapinfo it won't = let me display them above the geology unless I register them, which = would mean having to make up a whole lot of false co-ordinates. Is there = a simple way to do this?? Thanks in advance Cheers Ken

MI-L v6.5 and transparent printing

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Hickey
G'day Does anyone know whether MapInfo v6.5 is able to print transparent = raster images to HP Postscript printers under Win2000? Version 6 cannot = do this, it crashes after creating huge temporary print files (>4GB).=20 Cheers Ke

MI-L huge printing temp files

2001-05-22 Thread Ken Hickey
= 1.5Gb temp file that fills the hard drive. I am trying to print to a HP = Deskjet 932C that is directly connected to computer. Has anyone else had = this problem, or have a suggestion to fix it? Any help would be much = appreciated. Cheers Ken Hickey

MI-L printing error 31109

2001-05-10 Thread Ken Hickey
e). I = can print from other applications and I only get the error when I try to = print with part of a raster map as a background. Does anyone know what = this error is and how I can fix it?=20 Thanks in advance Cheers Ken Hickey .

MI-L binary vs ascii

2001-03-09 Thread Ken Hickey
inary = files 16bit numbers and all ASCII files 8bit (the latter using standard = ASCII characters)? Aren't ASCII characters coded in binary numbers? Also what software is available to read/edit the numbers/text in a = binary file? Cheers