In the original MIF file, you find the line in the header, which has something about "Coordsys". Here you add a bounds clause, which restricts coordinates to a smaller rectangle which matches your data. If you already have a bounds clause, try to make it smaller.
Read more about it here: http://www.mapinfo.com/community/free/library/interchange_file.pdf - page 6. Kind regards Uffe Kousgaard www.routeware.dk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anirban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:44 PM Subject: MI-L MapInfo Precision > > Hi Listers, > > i am looking for simple solution/trick to avoid the precision problem on > MapInfo. > I am exporting Data from another GIS (Smallworld) to mapinfo as mif and mid > files. > > the coordinates of the mif files(say a point) are of the order something > like > > 4567834.5480 and so on (Non earth "m") > > But when iam importing the same mif file in Mapinfo the coordinate changes > to > 4567834.5500. though the mif file reads 4567834.5480 > > Now when i am exporting the Mapinfo file into the mif file (overwriting the > earlier with 4567834.5480) > the mif file shows 4567834.5500. > > For this problem i am getting distance errors of .4 to 1 mtr for certain > objects . > > Does anyone has any soultion for this ? > > regards, > > Anirban > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
