Hi Howard, Maybe a market for a StreetPro data set to solve 16th century street addresses like "XXIV Ye Olde Carriageway" ? ;-D
No seriously, there are a number of "geocodes" you can do in the Windows versions, even though they're not always dubbed as such in the GUI : If you have X and Y, you use "Create Points". Remember to set the projection correctly. If you have a seperate table with geography, you can join to it using "SQL select". If you have StreetPro like data (vectors with left+right intervals), you use the "Geocode" function. And you can also use "Geocode" to make a simple match to any geographical table, having the centroid (point) of the matched feature be your "geocoded value". This is especially useful for matching against e.g. cities, counties, postal districts etc. And there are probably more intricate ways, and you might also be able to "fake" your geocoding data into either of the above formats. It all depends on the format your current data's in, and what accuracy you want to achieve. But coming from MI Dos you should at least be able to import the data and apply the Windows version logic to them. Best regards/Med venlig hilsen Lars V. Nielsen GisPro, Denmark http://www.gispro.dk/ http://hjem.get2net.dk/lars-online/ WGS84: 10.20'40"E 55.20'20"N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Mathieson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 12:09 AM Subject: MI-L Mapinfo and genealogy > When Mapinfo was in its infancy(dos) I developed an extensive database regarding a >number of surnames. I was able to create point files for location and geocode genealogical events against this point file. The purpose was to study the diffusion of particular surnames thru time. Before retiring from my academic career I purchased a windows copy of MapInfo 5. I recently tried to duplicate this project on Mapinfo5 and got totally stumped. It seems the only way I can geocode my data base is if I have a street file or database of postal codes. Unfortunately people in the 16th century didn't have either. > > My Question: how do I create a file to geocode my data against? > > Howard Mathieson > > Email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 4682
