At 12:27 PM 12/08/1999 +0100, Mats Elfstr�m wrote:
>A while ago there was a thread concerning the default lat/long behaviour
>of the cosmetic layer.
>I have just experienced a weird behaviour of the standard buffer tool
>when using the cosmetic layer as recipient for the buffer.
>The *seed* table is in a Swedish coordinate system with 7 digit meter
>coordinates.
>The buffer created never gets the right width and the ends get deformed.
>Only by using the *seed* layer I can get it right which of course is a
>problem if I want to work with read-only data.
>
>Can somebody confirm that this problem is related to the cosmetic layer
>projection?
Mats:
This is a reported and confirmed bug. Not only will buffering refuse to
work properly in the Cosmetic Layer, but I have had it give incorrect
results in other layers as well. The only time I can trust it to draw a
proper buffer is to create it in the same layer as the source (seed).
When this was described to MapInfo recently in a meeting as "Buffering
doesn't work," a lead employee defended Pro by saying, "It works, just not
in the cosmetic layer." I got the impression that MapInfo was in no hurry
to release a bug fix as long as there was a work-around (no matter how
convoluted).
Steve Wallace
GIS & Market Information Manager
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
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