The problem I have is that if I zoom right out so my window is 50km across (the area of street-level I need), my street-level roads are automatically removed (so they don't clutter the display). But this means that when I print so the output image is 10,000 pixels across, there are no streets. If I zoom in so that streets are displayed, my window is only 500m across and when I save the 10,000 pixel-wide image, I just get a super-high resolution image of a small area.
I guess I could stop the streets from being removed when zooming out, but then the map would become a complete mess and covered with overlapping streets, and I've got no idea how it's going to be rendered to the printer. Might not work at all. I don't think this is going to be possible. I also tried printing to PDF, but this resulted in a worse problem than MapInfo's 'Save window' command - I ended up with major-roads that were 100 pixels wide and no street-level. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2006 14:45 To: Tim Smith Cc: Gilbert Haché; [email protected] Subject: Re: [MI-L] Exporting map as bitmap When you "Save Window As" you get a chance to set the width and height of the output window. If you zoom out to show everything you want, and then save the window as 4 or 10 or whatever times larger than the default do the features render as you want? In newer versions of MI, you can also set the dpi, but saving the window as larger sizes does essentially the same thing. For example if your default window size is say, 3 inches wide, and the (usual) Windows dpi is 96, then your output bitmap will be 288 pixels wide. However, if you save that same window at 9.375 inches, you effectivly bump up the resolution to 300 dpi. On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 02:15:07PM +0100, Tim Smith wrote: > Thanks Gilbert, > > That would help a bit, but my problem is that I need the street level > printed out. When zoomed in to the correct level (where street-names > appear), I can only get about 500m on the screen. If I change the zoom level > to get more of the map, it changes the feature appearance. Also the size of > the layout window is determined by the printer, which in my case is A4! > > Perhaps there's a way to set dpi, without changing the zoom level. > > I've no idea what to do next. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilbert Haché [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 September 2006 13:57 > To: Tim Smith > Subject: RE: [MI-L] Exporting map as bitmap > > > > Don't use the Map windows to export. Use the layout, put your map on > it and export your image from there. The screen is limited in size but > the layout can be huge like 36X 28 as an example Vs a 15 inches > screen! You can even set a layout with multiple pages and resize it if > you really want a lot of details... > > > > Save as .png, the file size will be small, jpeg are good for images > with lots of colors or shade, png is more efficient with file with few > colors like a map. > > > > Hope this help > > > > Gilbert > > > > > _____ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Smith > Sent: September 15, 2006 8:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MI-L] Exporting map as bitmap > > > > Hi List, > > > > Does anyone know the best way to export a huge bitmap of an area of a > map with MapInfo pro? > > > > The 'Save Window As' option is no good as I need to export a large > area, and when I zoom in to street level (which is what I want to > export), I obviously only see a small part of the large area I want to > export. > > > > I'm using the UTM WGS84 projection and datum. > > > > What I'd like to do is specify an easting and northing and width and > height, a zoom level (so I can choose street-level) and an output > resolution. > > I might be asking for a lot, but how else can you export a > street-level bitmap? > > > > The 'Save Window As' option is also limited to around 9,500 pixels in > any dimension. > > > > Can anyone help me? > > > > Kind regards > > > > Tim > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > MapInfo-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
