Fw: MI ESRI Shapefile and MapX Compatibility Question

[Eric Frost / HR and Associates, Inc.]

Dennis:

Well, occasionally there are some extremely large and/or 
frequently updated datasets where it would be useful to
be able to map Shape directly..maybe in the MB to open
you could specify the projection (e.g. always NAD '83)
so it wouldn't have to be Interactive.. I realize you can
batch imut.exe but it's not suitable for files that take 1.5
hours to convert..

I don't know.. just a thought. MI Pro 6.5? 

Eric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Waardenburg, Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Eric Frost / HR and Associates, Inc.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: MI ESRI Shapefile and MapX Compatibility Question


> Eric,
> 
> I've never heard of any plans to incorporate this into MI.  But if they did,
> it wouldn't really be much different than the import process is now.  You'd
> still have to explicitly describe the projection/coordsys before the shape
> file could be read, and that's all you really have to do now when using the
> Univeral Translator.
> 
> Once ESRI gets their act together and incorporates coordsys info into their
> files, I expect that we'll see native read capabilities in MI.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Frost / HR and Associates, Inc.
> > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:31 AM
> > To: Waardenburg, Dennis
> > Subject: Re: MI ESRI Shapefile and MapX Compatibility Question
> > 
> > I am so excited..I did not know MI had implemented this...any idea
> > if/when will they add this to MI Pro? 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Waardenburg, Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 7:38 AM
> > Subject: RE: MI ESRI Shapefile and MapX Compatibility Question
> > 
> > 
> > > Richard,
> > > 
> > > The major drawbacks you describe are the result of shortcomings native
> > to
> > > Shape files, not MapX.  Shapefiles contain neither the
> > projection/coordinate
> > > system nor the object style info for the layer, as Mapinfo TABs do.
> > MapX
> > > can't read information that isn't there, so it's necessary for the coder
> > to
> > > provide it.
> > > 
> > > Dennis Waardenburg
> > > GIS Specialist
> > > The Environmental Company, Inc.
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 5:32 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: RE: MI ESRI Shapefile and MapX Compatibility Question
> > > > 
> > > > Dave,
> > > > 
> > > > MapX 4.x can read & display native ESRI shape files using the
> > > > 'Map.Layers.Add LayerInfoObject' method.  There is a major drawback
> > though
> > > > -
> > > > you have to know the projection of the data and specify that in the
> > > > 'LayerInfoObject' - MapX does not seem to be able to get the
> > projection
> > > > from
> > > > the shape file itself.  MapX also renders the goemetry in the MapX
> > default
> > > > styles.
> > > > 
> > > > Richard Burkmar.
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: 31 August 2000 22:12
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: MI ESRI Shapefile and MapX Compatibility Question
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Does anybody out there know of any information regarding the reading
> > and
> > > > editing
> > > > of ESRI Shapefiles using the MapX language?
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers
> > > > 
> > > > Dave Williams
> > > > Montgomery Watson
> > > > 
> > > > 
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