FYI >Steve: > >You wrote: > >Creating buffers in Cosmetic Layer should be same Spherical/Cartesian as in >mapper projection. I'm creating 5 mile buffer into the cosmetic layer on >top of a window in Long/Lat NAD83, and it comes out as an ellipse in the >Cosmetic Layer. Create the same buffer in the table itself, and it's right. > >Update: Now things are getting worse. Same buffer, different source point. >Now it makes the 5 mile buffer larger than the entire state of Florida >(actually, can't tell how big it would have been, it stops at the map's >bounds). > >Answer: > >Yes, we are aware of this problem. To get around the problem, create the >buffer >in the same layer as the point selected for creating the buffer. Or, put the >layer of the selected object for creating the buffer in a map window by itself >and the buffer will be created properly in the cosmetic layer. The problem >occurs when there are layers in the map window with different projections. > >Cindy >MapInfo Technical Support Steve Wallace GIS & Market Information Manager Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
