Mark,
simply add 2 new columns, one called eastings another called row_order
(or whatever you want) to your table.
Then issue the following mapbasic commands.
Update table Set eastings = centroidx(obj)
Select * from Primary_Roads order by eastings into sorted_table
Update sorted_table set row_o
Listers,
I have a series of shapes (polygons, points - whatever). I would like to
update their 'id' by the position of their centroid within the world from
west to east. Would be nice to have the option for north/south and so on.
This is primarily for labelling purposes and would give a nice fi
