Hi Rick,
There might be some tools out there that'll streamline the process. But they might
cost you, or they may be too dependent on the data sets to be used.
I have an alternative suggestions, using only the two standard MI tools.
1. Make two mappers, #1 with the detailed content and #2 with the overview map content
2. Make a layout with both the mappers represented appropriately
3. Save as workspace
4. Run the standard tool Nviews.mbx, and register your 50 detailed map position as
"named views".
Every time you need to go back:
1. Open the workspace
2. Run Overview.mbx to have the overview mapper show the position of the details
mapper
3. Run Nviews.mbx
2. Cycle thru your "named views" to fetch the appropriate details map
3. Switch to the layout, and print it
Nviews.mbx will read a definition list when started, and write the definition list
when exiting. The list is always located in the mbx's directory, so you can copy and
run the mbx from a different dir if you want to have a seperate named views list.
It may sound troublesome, but it beats having to have 50 of one or the other :-)
If you have MapBasic, the source code of both utilities are included and can be
modified if necessary.
HTH
Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
Lars V. Nielsen
Odense, Denmark
----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: MI-L Muliple Layout Atlas map
> Hello all,
> I have a printed map request that will be something like a customer
> reference atlas of a metropolitan area.
> There will be an overview map, followed by serving area maps with
> vicinity insets, to show where that serving area is in the city. It
> should total about 50 maps.
> I am a relatively new MI user and I am unsure what the best way to
> accomplish this. 50 .wor files seems very hard to manage. And one .wor
> with 50 layouts, 50 legend windows, and over 100 map windows would be
> incredibly slow.
> As this is new territory for our group, I sure would appreciate some
> direction as to best practices for this type of printed map format.
> This could set the standard for other jobs, which my company operates in
> 13 markets with about 50 serving areas in each. The right steps would
> help.
>
> thanks for any advice.
> TIA
> rm
>
>
>
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