Sharon,
In the latest release of Vertical Mapper (version 2.5) the X axis units for
the Cross Section Tool can be set to a variety of distance units including
kilometres. This is done in the Preferences dialogue (Vertical Mapper >
Preferences). In earlier versions the X axis was determined by the distance
units of the grid's projection.
If your version is older than than version 2.5 then try creating a custom
projection with the unit identifier in the projection string set to
kilometres (m=7, km=1).
For example change this:
"UTM Zone 18 (NAD 83)\p26918", 8, 74, 7, -75, 0, 0.9996, 500000, 0
To this:
"Custom Projection", 8, 74, 1, -75, 0, 0.9996, 500000, 0
For more information on this check out Creating Your Own Coordinate System
in the MapInfo Professional Reference Guide.
James Harvie
Vertical Mapper Product Manager
Northwood Geosience Ltd.
43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8
Nepean, Ont, Canada
613-224-2020
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From: Map Library <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 2:58 PM
Subject: MI-VM profile
>Hi Folks!! I'm just full of questions these days that can't be answered by
>manuals. Today's question is about VERTICAL MAPPER's profile function. Can
>anyone explain how it defines the horizontal axis? It seems to me that the
>values are 'sort of' correct. If I draw a profile that runs say 30
>kilometres in the map window, the profile draws a horizontal axis labelled
>"Distance (Meters)[e-3]" with a max distance of 0.30 which is correct but
>why can't I get it changed to reflect a normal distance (km)? All my map
>options are set to kilometres and the defaults are all set to metric
>units. The preference options for VM don't seem to offer any help
>either. What am I missing?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Sharon
>
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