Hi,

by chance i was looking at the source code for the Grid tools mbx last night, it is 
limited to to creating grids from equidistant rows and columns of points.  to grid 
spatially variable points  like contours/ spot heights  you need to interpolate a 
grid. to do this you need to create a thematic grid map. All the Mapinfo gridding 
tools are under teh Map>>create thematic map menu....click on the option for a grid  
and away you go... 

As a user of VM/MiG, gridanalyst   and Esri offerings   for many many years now (as 
well as some VERY expensive oil sector kit)  i can happily say that VM, GA (and Mig) 
are surprisingly good value and easy to use (despite teh odd bug), the arc suite less 
so, the only thing missing is a fault gridding routine  (hint hint)

If you want to do gridding 'for free' beyond what mapinfo can offer then the free GMT 
tools are worth a look..they take some setting up but can give �100k oil sector kit a 
run for its money...!

http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ 

hth

r


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