[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/08/2006 12:52:01 AM:

> All,

>
> I have a question regarding region objects and their lengths. Is it at
> all possible to work out the 'length' of a region object in MapInfo? I
> have long thin polygons that represent hedgerows and I would like to
> work out the length of these hedgerows rather than their area. Is this
> possible? If it cannot be done this way, is it there a tool or a
> technique that exists to create a polyline down the 'centre' of the
> region object, or do is the best way to do this to draw the polylines
> myself?

>
> Regards,

>
> James Stott

If you are happy with a rough guess, I would recommend you just take
the perimeter of the region object and divide it in half.

nick


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