Good grief! I just joined the list and already I think I know the answer to one of the questions, so I can't resist. If you have some points on your raster image that can be used to register the image- open it as a MapInfo table using File>Open Table, then select Raster Image. Select the image file- and tell MapInfo you want to register, not just display it. Nominate the projection, then register as many control points as you can- this helps put your picture in good alignment with your map. I have used successfully this for aerial photos, and also for scanned pictures of maps. Your pictures appear as the bottom map layers. You can only view one picture at a time, unless you have a series of pictures for different parts of the map- such as a series of aerial pix covering a broad map area. In that case, their edges cover each other, but you can see most of them. BTW- I am a former student of Ian Johnson, author of Understanding MapInfo, which got a justifiably positive mention in the list recently. He's at the University of Sydney, Archaeology Dept. The above information is from my well-thumbed, pencilled and highlighted copy of his book, which has seen me through several years of archaeological research. I use MapInfo 5, and although his book was written for MapInfo 4, I have no probs extrapolating the info to any new MapInfo features. Bob Hudson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, 15 July 1999 0:56 Subject: MI geocoding an image > > >Hi all, >Does anyone know how or even if I can bring an image (jpg, gif, etc) into >mapinfo, then assign some control points to it, thereby allowing me to >prcecisely locate coordinates on this image? >This image is a map, by the way. >Thanks >Wade Cothran > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put >"unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
