Thanks Stefan, What I need is a certified piece of software that can calculate the distance and bearing. It doesn't necessarily need to be MapInfo (or implemented in). I have found various on-line converters but I'm not sure which ones are reliable.
I am surprised MapInfo does not include GIS calculation tools for bearing and distance calculations - or have I just missed something? I downloaded Sean Reese's application, but I need to be able to manually enter the lon/lat for each point. Do you think this calculator would be a good choice? http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/Inv_Fwd/inverse.prl Cheers Tim -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Majtan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 April 2004 12:38 To: Tim Smith; MI-list Subject: Re: MI-L Distance & Bearing Calculation Dear Tim, You can try this: 1. Go to directionsmag (http://www.directionsmag.com/files/) and in search section write bearing. Sean Reese wrote application which you need. 2. or if you need ONLY distance, you can find SQL statement for it in older mails on this list. 3. or if you have a huge number of the points, you can download CalcDist PRO (from http://www.terris.sk) which will do the job instead you. Hope this help you. Regards Stefan Majtan ************************************************************************** TERRIS GIS Applications Development Grid Analyser - raster GIS for native MapInfo grid Pod z�hradkami 24 909 01 Skalica SLOVAKIA http://www.terris.sk ************************************************************************** On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:23:40 +0100, Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I use MapInfo to calculate the distance and bearing between two > points using the WGS-84 projection? > > I don't know much about MapInfo (having just purchased it). I'm due to > go on a training course, so hopefully I won't be asking such simple > questions in the future. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > All literature contained within this message and/or attached, is the > opinion of myself and does not reflect the opinion of the company. > > Tim Smith > Software Engineer > > Micromill Electronics Limited > Leydene House > Waterberry Drive > Waterlooville > Hants > PO7 7XX > > Tel: +44 (0) 23 92 366600 > Fax: +44 (0) 23 92 364 068 > Sales Fax: +44 (0) 23 92 366673 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Registered No. 1456922 (England). > Registered Office Brook Road > Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2BJ > ********************************************************************* > This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, > reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of > this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then > delete this e-mail. > > It is the policy of Micromill Electronics Limited that no legally > binding statements, representations or commitments (collectively > 'statements') may be made by e-mail. Any such statements must be > confirmed either by facsimile transmission or by post before they will > have legal effect. The sender of this e-mail is not authorised to > commit the company in any way and the addressee is hereby formally > notified of that fact. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 11305 > > __________ Informacia od NOD32 1.708 (20040406) __________ > > Tato sprava bola preverena antivirusovym systemom NOD32. > http://www.eset.sk > > -- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11384
