Hallo Bikram
I had this problem too, from version 3 so far.
Go to menu: Map-options and change projection to Lat Long and return again
to nongeographic.
Then you fill column in browser with centroidX and centroidY correctly.
Daniel
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Subject: MI mapinfo coordinate units
> Hi,
> There is a peculiar problem I am facing with mapinfo.
>
> The steps I take are as follows:
>
> 1. Open a table with map point type object and select the point type
object
> using mouse.
> 2. Using mapinfo menu: Map|options
> 3. In the mapbasic window execute the statement: Set map xy units "m"
> 4. Double click the point object selected earlier. The values displayed
are
> in meters.
> 5. Now execute the statement: Set map xy units "degree"
> 6. Double click the point object selected earlier. The values displayed
are
> in degrees.
> 7. But exectuting in
> the above two situations do not give values in two different unit systems
> instead continue to give values in only one unit system for eg: meters in
> case of TM coordinate system as per the current coordinate system.
>
> I need to convert the units using mapbasic statement(from a program) to
get
> similar results as observed when I double click the point object.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Bikram
>
>
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