Hmmm... let me qualify what I mean by "robust". It would be misleading of me to
suggest that TM is robust in the sense of UI. It ain't. It runs from command
line or programmatic control. It has a huge set of command line options. It
will get a good UI sooner or later. If it has one now, and I missed it, my
apologies.
I see it as a tool best kept tucked up close to the database engine, fired up by
programmatic commands. TM's greatest strength, IMO, is in it's comprehensive
and efficient algorithm implementations. Very solid. Way more "GIS"-y than
MI-Pro is typically perceived, which may help explain why it hasn't been folded
into the product lineup more smoothly.
As for error reporting, the user has a bit of control over which types of things
should get EAFs (Edit Attention Flags) for manual attention, and/or how many
times to loop back through the sticky bits, or when to quit. Someone who does
more work with topology than I do (not difficult) will have more to say about
that.
A tricky part of TMs behavior is that it may deem an object's topology
illegitimate and just skip it. Fortunately, TM keeps a pretty open mind on the
subject.
As for having it in MI Pro: I think TM has informed the object editing commands
in MI 5.x to the extent of seeing less of "object too complex", etc. Otherwise,
I imagine it will remain separate, or MI would become a full blown GI$.
My .02.01a
Sam
"Aracibo L. Quintana" wrote:
> It is possible to get topology manager totally separate from Spatialware.
> I know it is a product that MapInfo has been atttempting to bundle with SW,
> it makes sense since topology becomes of even greater importance when
> dealing with spatial components inside a RDBMS. I may have to disagree with
> Sam here on the robustness if the product....
>
> One of the questions that I asked at the MapInfo Developer Workshops in New
> Orleans last year was relating to the error reporting of TM. From what I
> understand, TM does not do a good job of reporting back where your
> errors(dangles, undershoot, pseudonodes, etc.) are. To me that means that I
> may have to still do a fair amount of manual QC. The interface that I saw
> was DOS based and was a completely separate app from the other MapInfo
> products.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> Aracibo L. Quintana
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sam Kome
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 5:51 AM
> To: Serge Bedard
> Cc: MapInfo List
> Subject: Re: MI What is Topology Manager?
>
> Serge,
>
> Topology Manager is an app that's now part of SpatialWare. SpatialWare can
> reside in or alongside Oracle, Informix, DB2 to enable them to handle
> geographic data. Topology Manager is a very robust tool for building and/or
> repairing topology.
>
> Serge Bedard wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > I just received the MapWorld 99 program and I came accross something that
> > seems to be a topology management application called Topology Manager.
> > Is there a web site about it? Has anyone used it? If yes I would
> appreciate
> > some feedback on it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Serge Bedard
> > GIS analyst
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