I'll give it a go with the layout window and turning on the layers I want when zoomed out.
Thanks to all who have replied to me. I just got in to work to find several mails on the matter - I'll have a play with everyones ideas today. Thanks Tim -----Original Message----- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2006 16:03 To: Tim Smith Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MI-L] Exporting map as bitmap What you should do is worry only about what the map looks like when printed at the scale you want, not what it looks like in the map window. A useful tool that allows you to switch between "print view" and "full extents view" is the MI Named Views tool. Turn off zoom layering and zoom to the full extent and save that view, then zoom in to different windows over your map and make sure the styles, labels, etc. all look good at the print scale. When satisfied that it will look good, return to the full extent view and "save window as" with the increased resolution. You should get good results that way. Tim Smith wrote: >Sorry Bill, I forgot to answer your original question... > > > >>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? >> >> > >No, the street-level maps aren't there because they get removed when I >zoom out. > >Tim > > >-----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 >______________________________________________________________________ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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