Hi Linda,

> Ok. I get the concept of the transformer, but my result doesn't make 
> any sense.  I am offsetting some points to some distant to the upper 
> right.  For the x and y offset, I input 1. 1 what? I don't know. Since 
> my data is in decimal degrees, I'm assuming 1 is one degree north and 
> to the east. Am I correct? So then, if I change that number to .01, 
> then the offset is 0.01 degree to the north and east. Well, the result 
> is the exact distance as 1. I've tried 5, 10, 1e-5 and the resulting 
> offset distance is the same. What am I missing?????

The offsetter adds the values you enter for X, Y and Z to every 
coordinate of every feature. So if your data is in decimal degrees, a 
'1' means 1 degree.

The behaviour you're describing is definately not what the Offsetter 
should be doing. Can you send some sample files?
-- 
Hans van der Maarel
Red Geographics
www.redgeographics.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED]





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