As a follow up it could be interesting to hear what kind of request you have to data access from within MapInfo/MapInfo .NET
I can start the list with this wishes: 1. Access to spatial data in PostGreSQL/PostGIS 2. Access to spatial data in mySQL 3. Support of NULL, this is especially interesting when access remote databases. But it will also let us distinguise between zero and NULL in a numerical field 4. Read access to other common GIS formats 5. Read access to other common CAD formats, like DWG, DXF, DGN. This should be supported in kind of the same way as the Shape file 6. Refresh option for tables opened using Live Access 7. ......... Other good ideas ? I'll sum, and of course foreward the list to MapInfo Peter Horsb�ll M�ller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis -----Original Message----- From: Peter Horsb�ll M�ller Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:56 AM To: 'Neil Havermale'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L : ADO.NET and Mapinfo and PostGIS ? Neil, Good and interesting question !! With MapXtreme 2004 - that shares components with the upcoming MapInfo Pro .NET - you are now able to access fore instance a SQL Server without generating a tab file. I guess this will also be possible with MapInfo Pro .NET, but I think will have to wait and see to be sure. As for the TAB and DAT files and don't expect any big changes for a start, but I had the plessure of attending a MapXtreme Training course in Windsor, England given by Eric Blasenheim, and he has some interesting ideas about the file format that I guess over time will find there way into MapInfo Pro .NET and MapXtreme 2004. Peter Horsb�ll M�ller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis -----Original Message----- From: Neil Havermale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L : ADO.NET and Mapinfo and PostGIS ? Ok, I got the " " thing and there are several hundreds of goole hits... And I sort of understand that XML seems to be a good thing too. Also saw that the ADO idea has cycled several times since 1998 but is generally seen as a good thing. That leads me to ask, is Microsoft's Access data base fully compliant to the ADO.NET standard/method? Is the common ground of the future for those of use who are lesser than software engineers? When MapInfo Pro.NET arrives will its tradition of TAB and near.DBF legacy alter in significant ways? Will this get easier or more convoluted? Please excuse my lack of insight on this stuff... I am trying to catch up. MidNight Aka neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L : ADO.NET and Mapinfo and PostGIS ? If one is already a database geek then I recommend the O'Reilly "ADO .NET in a nutshell" book. Helped me a lot. Its virtue is it's vice: short and sweet (compared to so many of the 1,000+ page behemoths). The object model is rich, useful, and completely different that anything that came before. (ADO or RDO or DAO to name the Microsoft data access models). -----Original Message----- From: Uffe Kousgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:37 PM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L : ADO.NET and Mapinfo and PostGIS ? Search on ADO .NET and you will find plenty. To put it short: It is the data access layer on the .NET platform. Regards Uffe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Havermale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ian Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Thoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "digeteca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:30 PM Subject: RE: MI - L : ADO.NET and Mapinfo and PostGIS ? I was wondering if you might extend my reach a bit. I just tried to google on "ADO.NET" and came up no info of any sort. I must be missing something? Just what is ADO.NET? MidNight Mapper neil -----Original Message----- From: Ian Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:39 AM To: Bill Thoen Cc: digeteca; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI - L : Mapinfo and PostGIS ? Presumably, this is where the extendability of the .NET framework and the forthcoming version of MapInfo Pro "may" excel. Because the underlying engine behind the MapInfo Table data source is now ADO.NET, and if the folks at MapInfo have exposed the classes that are necessary, you could "in theory" write your own data provider that utililized the Postgis data source. I say "may" because I do not know if this truly possible, and the folks at MapInfo would be better at answering whether or not I've simply bought into marketing "spin" or rather a new capability does exist in writing custom data provider classes. So MapInfo folks, can this be done? Are there a sifficient amount of classes exposed as part of the MapInfo .NET namespace to accomodate such a thing? Ian Erickson AnalyGIS, LLC Gold Canyon, AZ 85218 http://www.analygis.com/ tel: 480.677.6260 fax: 480.677.6261 cell: 480.221.7173 Bill Thoen wrote: >On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, digeteca wrote: > > > >>Does Mapinfo can manipulate PostGIS spatial data ? >> >> > >Not directly as far as I know, but I suppose if you can connect to a >PostgreSQL/PostGIS data source via ODBC, you might be able to do something >with the data using a MapBasic application. > >- Bill Thoen > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message number: 13599 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13602 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13604 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13605 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13608 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13617
