Hi Alan - no, its not the screen distorting the squares. And I only used the grid as an example - many shapefiles open like this - its just its easy to see the problem with a grid.
If I want to open them 'correctly', I open a geo-referenced raster image that is correctly projected to lat/lon 1:1 first. However this seems a crazy way of doing things - I'm sure I'm making some stupid mistake, but can't figure out what it might be ! Tim in Ireland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim Makins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:53 AM Subject: Re: MI-L Shapefile Opening > Tim, > From Alan across the pond in North Wales. > Stupid suggestions in no particular order..... > Could it be your screen distorting the squares? Change the settings and see > if you get squares. > Save a copy - into the projection you want. i.e force the data rather than > accept what it is telling you. > Use Universal translator first and not the 'Open' command. I have found that > to work when I don't get the results I expect. > Chuck the Shapefile and make your own new grid in MI - takes a few minutes. > > Alan > The Lead Partnership > www.leadpartners.co.uk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Makins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:14 AM > Subject: MI-L Shapefile Opening > > > > Still no answer as to how to solve the problem in this question - does > > nobody know ? > > > > I have a shapefile containing a world-coverage grid of 5degree squares. If > I > > open this shapefile, the squares, instead of opening as squares, open as > > rectangles - approx on-screen size of x7 y9. I would rather have them > > opening as x7 y7. How can I do this, please ? It seems as if a projection > is > > being imposed on the shapefile, even though in 'Options > Preferences > > Map > > Window' both the 'Table Projection' and the 'Session Projection' are > already > > set to 'Longitude/Latitude'. > > > > So how do I set the projection automatically when the shapefile is opened > ? > > > > > > Tim in Ireland, using MapInfo Pro 7.5 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message number: 14106 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14110
