Hi Katie,
There is a command under the TABLE menu called "Combine Objects Using
Column". This should do what you want if you are trying to dissolve based
on a common data value. It actually leaves the original polygons intact and
appends the new combined ones to the end of the table (or into a new
table) - which you can then save out as a new file.
Good luck,
Will Mitchell
Mitchell Geographics, Inc.
496 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
www.mitchellgeo.com
ph 207.879.7769
fx 207.253.5756
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Subject: MI 'Dissolve' command functionality in MapInfo 5.5?
Does anyone know of anything that will 'dissolve' a bunch of polygons
(regions) based on a particular field in a MapInfo table?
I want to produce a MapInfo table from another that uses similar vales in
one field from the original table; whilst getting rid of absolute lines.
I'm trying to find something similar to the 'dissolve' command used in
ArcInfo. Any help would be much appreciated - I have a large dataset and I
am finding it pretty frustrating editing this MapInfo table.
Thanks
Katie Lysons
Oscar Faber
Senior Consultant
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