unless they have changed the program (since 1993) when i used it last, you
had to place the numbers on the map and select them, and then the program
would draw shields around the numbers you had already created.
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Serge Dumoulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: John Wall and Associates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 10:51 AM
Subject: RE: MI highway shields
> i've tried using it.... but it seems that you have to manually select the
> line segments to be shielded.... which is a pain... I don't think I'm
using
> it correctly...... isn't there an automated process using the latest GDT
> Streets that come with MapMarker (they're dumb streets...all the contain
in
> the visual plus a name.....)?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Wall and
> Associates
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 09:03
> To: Jason Dettman; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: MI highway shields
>
>
> > Does anyone have experience making shields for Interstates and US
> Highways?
> >
> > ThanksJason Dettman
>
> assuming you are talking about placing them on maps, yes. i have used the
> mapinfo shield.mbx program. it is a little cumbersome, but if you know
where
> you want the shields it will draw them.
>
> maptitude ( www.caliper.com ) can automatically lable highways with
numbers
> in shields, and it works very well. the new version even has highway
shields
> that are reproductions of the acutal state highway signs.
>
> bob rogers
>
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