RE: [Mapinfo-l] FW: GPS Geotrack and British National Grid

, it is continuously 120m (WNW) of where it should be. The problem I think I have is that the datum I am using (OSGB 36) is not the same as the Datum GeoTrack is using to plot its position. Hope this makes more sense. Thanks Oliver Francis GIS Operator Maidstone Borough

RE: MI-L AutoCAD files to tab

Scott, In addition to the points already mentioned translation failure or 'unusual' results can occur if the autocad file has proxy objects, solid fills or external references. Purging the drawing in autocad (File/Drawing Utilities/Purge...) can sometimes also help. As a last resort copying the

RE: MI-L Automated SQL Query

Hi Vinesh I have been doing a similar thing recently for separating different object types prior to use for graphics production and have found making a custom workspace to be an easy way of doing this - e.g. this snippet of a workspace (I hope I haven't snipped out any essential bits...) selects

MI-L Problems with Mi Pro 7.5 and XP

Hi all, We have recently installed MI Pro 7.5 on several new computers and have come up against numerous problems. The three computers are HPs, all of different spec and all running XP. Identical computers running Win2k are running fine. To date we have noted the following: Digitising -

MI-L extremely slow live DBMS

Hi all, I have a live DBMS connection to a MS Access database that is unreasonably slow to the point of being unusable. For example the browser window opens one record at a time and takes over 1 second per record... Whilst any live table is opening, or if I move through records in a browser

RE: MI-L extremely slow live DBMS

Thanks to Peter and Mikael Lund - the trace feature had indeed been enabled. Turned it off and now all is well! Thanks again. Ollie -Original Message- From: Peter Horsbøll Møller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 December 2003 11:48 To: Oliver Prudden; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

RE: MI-L Saving a Thematic Layer

That was most uncanny - I was just on the verge of asking the question about 'fixing' the colours of a individual value thematic when Lee asked it for me... psychic list! Jacques - if you would extend the testing period I would be very interested to try your IVT Beta Ollie -Original

RE: MI-L Label Arrows

[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 June 2003 19:14 To: Oliver Prudden Subject: Re: MI-L Label Arrows Oliver, Check Jacques Paris' Web site http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/ppcc/gisprogs.htm (file name fleche01.zip) for a collection of arrows. You could also search the Free Tools section of Directions

MI-L Label Arrows

Hi all Is there any way to convert the arrow/line that you get when you move a label into a polyline or maybe an arrow symbol? The problem is that the label arrows disappear when exporting to dxf. Any thoughts appreciated... Ollie. This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the

MI-L Mouse movement speed reduction in MI7

Hi all, I recently had to rebuild my computer, involving a complete re-installation of Win2K. I have now installed all my software, and all is good, except for MapInfo v7 - the mouse speed is significantly reduced when MapInfo is the active Window, maybe by as much as half. I've tried

MI-L SVG software

Hi list I am currently investigating the options for exporting maps and layouts as scaleable vector graphics (svg). Does anyone have comment about the relative merits of different software? I'm currently aware of Map2SVG, FME (though the MapInfo plugin is not yet available?) and SVGMapMaker. I

RE: MI-L MapInfo Errors

Julian Just had a similar problem myself. Try exporting the tab as a MapInfo Interchange File (.mif) to a local drive and then import it back into MapInfo. After I made my changes, it seemed to save successfully. Hope this helps Oliver Veenendaal Information Solutions Group Black Veatch Ltd

MI-L UK Ground water abstraction data

Morning List, Does anyone know where I can get ground water abstraction point location data (for Wiltshire UK)? Preferably free! Thanks in advance Ollie. This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the attention of the addressee. It may contain privileged and confidential

MI-L labels and arrows

Hi all I am trying to produce a map which has over 10,000 points, lines and regions (each object type in a different table), each of which needs to be labelled with the object's unique ID. The trouble is that I need each of the labels to be offset with an arrow pointing to the object (or object

RE: MI-L Creating Text for Points

Mark, create a table for your point objects with a text (character) column, put the desired text into this column, then use it to label your points. Then you can then set the point style to 'none' (the top left symbol in the chose symbol dialog, probably represented by an 'N') and the labels

RE: MI-L Another problem with Adobe Distiller

The phantom line problem does seem to be related to the number of nodes a region object has. Curiously it doesn't happen at all with polylines. It seems that the limit is around 400 nodes per region, if you have many more nodes the phantom lines appear. -Original Message- From: Tim

MI-L Another problem with Adobe Distiller

HI all, Following on from yesterday's Adobe question... I'm having some difficulties with acrobat distiller, not related to text, but to region objects. The pdfs produced have 'phantom' lines which are visible at certain zooms, but do not show up when the pdf is printed. The lines are either

MI-L selecting distinct field entries

Hi Is there a way to retrieve a list of all the possible entries used in a field without any duplicates? For example: say I have a table, with 1 character field, with 10 records, comprising either red, blue or green. Is there a way in SQL to return a list of these three possible entries? I

RE: MI-L Aerial Photography

You could try Simmonds Aerofilms: http://www.aerofilms.com/ or speak to Stewart Simmonds on 01934 732122. I know they have extensive historical photography of the UK, but I don't know if it extends as far back as 1947. Ollie Prudden -Original Message- From: Vinesh Govind

MI-L Problem workspace

Hi list I have a workspace which fails to open and returns the message 'Mapinfo has generated errors and is closing down'. I have checked the workspace using 4thbeach Software's Workspace Control, and it checks out fine. It appears to open all the tables properly, but generates the error when

MI-L

Hi all, I have a table with a ID field (char) that has a character followed by 1 to 4 numbers. I would like to be able to select all records which have an ID starting with, say H. Is there a wildcard type of operator that would allow me to do something like this? Ollie. This Electronic

RE: MI-L

Thanks all, Are there any other wildcards? Such as more specific ones representing only characters, or only numbers or a wild card that represents only one character? Ollie. -Original Message- From: David Booth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 17 January 2002 12:09 To: 'Oliver' Subject

MI-L arrow heads for polylines?

Is there a way to be able to have arrowheads on one end of a polyline? I have seen reference to a utility called ARROWS.MBX in the MapInfo archive, but can't find it on the directions mag download site. TIA Ollie. This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the attention of the

RE: MI-L arrow heads for polylines?

Thanks all. I feel a bit silly now. This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the attention of the addressee. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the person for whom it is intended, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it.

MI-L modifying thematics still a problem

Hi, Thanks to all those who responded with suggestions to this problem when I asked earlier in the month. Unfortunately, I still have been unable to resolve it. My earlier message was: Any table I create in MapInfo, or Import from Excel, Access or dxf and then create a thematic on has this

RE: MI-L Scrolling Mouse

I find that attempting to change the zoom with a scrolling mouse whilst drawing an object causes the base map or raster to disappear. Does anyone else get this? Ollie -Original Message- From: James Dargie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 November 2001 10:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MI-L Scrolling Mouse

CHATWANI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 November 2001 11:33 To: Oliver Cc: 'James Dargie'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI-L Scrolling Mouse Ollie I am wondering whether that is due to the fact that the raster layer is set to be visible within certain parameters? It may be worth checking

MI-L colours

Hi list I want to print a chart of all the colours in MapInfo so I can see how they come out on paper. Does anyone have a table or maybe a utility which will save me from having to draw 256 boxes and colour them all in? Ollie This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the attention of

MI-L Workspace woes

Hi List I have a workspace which sets up a layout with 14 graphics for print. The source map for the layout frames has in excess of 4000 regions which are labelled with their unique ID. To prevent overlap of these labels, I manually moved many of them and gave them arrows to make the map

MI-L Importing dxf

Hi I have several AutoCAD 2000 drawings that I am importing into MapInfo 6.5 which have nearly 100 layers each. Is there a way to update a column for each object with the name of the AutoCAD layer it was on? Ollie This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the attention of the

MI-L Proviewer

I am having some difficulties with Mapinfo Proviewer v6.5, but only on some computers. On any of our cad machines everything works fine, but on the standard (pretty slow) computers, the info tool does not work; the computer has a think for a bit but doesn't bring up the info box. It also fails

MI-L legends

I am trying to increase the size of the legend objects for regions. Ideally I would like them to be about 2 to 3 times as large as they appear by default. Does anyone know if this is possible? Ollie This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the attention of the addressee. It may

MI-L Ink-jet printing

I am trying to print a MapInfo 6.5 layout to an Epson Stylus Colour 1520 inkjet printer. The image quality is really sharp, but it has printed all the hatched regions as solid fills. When I print the same layout to a B/W HP5000 laser printer, the hatches come out fine. Does anyone have any

Re: MI-L Balkan States Data

Lyn For Kosovo NGO relief data you may want to try the UN's http://www.reliefweb.int/hcic/maps/map_main.htm Oliver Fitz-Henry Lyn Pawlowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/05/01 03:01am I am looking for any data at any scale for the Balkan states area. Any direction is appreciated