Hi All,
It really depends on how the enduser will use the final data. We have
clients for whom a drag and drop solution would be perfectly adequate. Same
sort of folks who think Zip Code boundaries are a real geographic entity.
The basic premise of doing our work in the most professional manner should
be the goal. Unfortunately, that last 5-10% of accuracy might well cost
the profit for the job with no real gain for the object of the user. I
recall looking over the shoulder of a valued associate as he embarked on a
project to eliminate sliver polygons in a national set of block boundaries.
My only comment was, "Why?"
-----Original Message-----
From: Mats Elfstr�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: MI 4.0 Relocate a grouping of polylines/polygons
>Hi all!
>Today some Emails were exchanged.
>
>David Reid wrote:
>> I'm sorry you're offended, and that you MISTAKENLY THINK I have no
>> repsect for the creator of the dataset. My desire and self demand for
>> accuracy in my own work, and respect for "others" is precisely why I
>> asked for assistance.
>
>in reply to my answer:
>> > Such practice is most unprofessional.
>> > You show absolutely no respect for the efforts the creator of your
>> > dataset made to ensure some degree of geometric accuracy.
>
>(read the rest in the original postings)
>
>I feel like the bad guy here and would very much like a second opinion
>from the list.
>How do you others feel, is it OK to drag map objects to 'where they
>should be' when a format conversion has been made using inadequate tools
>or the wrong parameters?
>Or when a dataset has been delivered in another coordinate system than
>desired?
>
>I do not think so.
>Maybe I was too hard on David who tried to solve a problem as he saw
>fit, but I wanted to arouse some debate on the matter.
>
>As a producer of map data, I would not like it if my product was treated
>in such a way, and would certainly decline any responsibility regarding
>the geometric accuracy of the result.
>
>To summarize: I believe that the 'free' translator Arclink delivered
>with Mapinfo ought to be used for e00 conversion, and that the known
>projection should be entered during import. Then the map data ought to
>appear 'where it should be' without further ado.
>
>Mats.E
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