Similar to Ashley's question, but in the reverse .... Does anyone have a utilty to take a series of digitised polygons (representing footpath / sidewalk segments) and create a centreline polyline from which the footpath segment length can be obtained? If one doesn't exist, I'll have write one.
Regards, Bill William Donaldson GIS Applications Manager Data Directions 240 Jersey Street, Wembley, WA 6014 Australia mobile: 0401 67 1889 fax: 08 9387 1265 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.datadirections.com.au ============================================================================ == ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simmonds, Ashley (PTB)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mapinfo List (E-mail)'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:59 AM Subject: MI-L simulating road widths... > heya, > > something like this has come up a couple times every year, and i was just > wondering if anyone might have tried the following method that i've been > thinking about... > > basically, i have all this road data, but they're just lines (as usual) and > i have them repeated on half a dozen layers so that they look nice at any > zoom level. > > has anyone tried converting all their road lines to region objects? my > roads have a "road type" or something, so i could loosely base width on > that, and voila, roads that look good at any zoom level. > > dunno, just thinking, and pitfalls i might encounter with something like > this... especially considering the road data is already like 40 megabytes? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ashley simmonds > disclaimer: the views expressed in this email may be a health hazard > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 9493 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 9496
