Otherwise you can add a slight buffer around your areas and set "overlapping inputs" to yes on the dissolver...
Jeff On 4/18/07, mark2atsafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In case the coordinates aren't quite as matching as you think, the CoordinateRounder might help - or at least demonstrate that that's where the issue lies. Or maybe the Snapper transformer. Try either of these before the Dissolver and see what happens. Mark --- In [email protected] <fme%40yahoogroups.com>, Hans van der Maarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wayne, > > > Hans, thanks for the quick reply. I tried the dissolver, and it 'sort > > of' worked. It oonsolidated the squares into lines, but not the whole > > area as I was expecting. The squares that have been consolidated > > would have been consecutive rows in the MapInfo file. I assumed FME > > would have read in all the squares and then analysed each one to see > > if there was a neighbor with an equivalent value. > > Hmmm, that's odd. If the values are the same and the areas are adjacent, > they should be dissolved. > > So the obvious questions are: > - Are you sure the values are the same? > - Are you sure the areas are adjacent? > > Is there any way you can supply a sample file? > -- > Hans van der Maarel > Red Geographics > > Zevenbergsepoort 44b www.redgeographics.com > 4791 AE Klundert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Netherlands phone: +31-168-401035 >
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