Dear Mick Our program TopHat will automatically build Polygon features from Lines and Polylines. The OS data as you are aware contains only Points and Linear features. Also there are overshoots and undershoots in the digitising. Powys, Bath and Torfaen have all in the last year used TopHat to build Polygons for every single building in their administration areas. The process is 99% successful. We can do this process automatically using the roof seed from LandLine. Following the reception of MapInfos own translator our interest has been reawakened and I have lots of plans for development with the Translator. These include translation on fly (particularly useful for looking at older NTF tiles) and integration of translation tools into our Map Production Systems that now start with ProPrinter ( works alongside new FREE ProViewer software ). The MapNTF Classic you have is way out of date. There is an evaluation copy of new 32 bit code on our Web Site. Translation time is down to about a second per tiles. Our Web site is www.bydesignwales.demon.co If North Yorks or any other user interested in a sample build from TopHat please email us and we can arrange this. I would be very interested in a more detailed description of your requirements ( and any other users out there !) Regards Bob In message <001201bebedc$8a1c5df0$0a00a8c0@it_room_nt>, Mick Donn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Has anyone come across a fairly cheap (sub �1000 ish) NTF to MapInfo >translator that does the following? > >a) generates seed data correctly, allowing the user to scale the seed >symbol / polyline at translation time. > >b) allows the user to set text to a variable size .i.e. not so that it looks >OK at just 1:1250 > >c) produces fully structured polygon data automatically, so that buildings, >fields, vegetation / land form limits, water features and road edges are >converted into closed polygons with the correct associated seed data >attached. > >d) allows the user to set the associated text record for the map object to a >meaningful description instead of say 321 (i.e. a feature code). > >We presently use an old version of BYDESIGN NTF Classic, I've seen some of >both Dotted Eyes Polywiz and what was the Data Consultancy's translated >data. All do some of what I want, but not everything. The closest >solution seems to be >the Polywiz app combined with NTF Classic, together with some MapBasic >table updating written in house. The only problem is that is time consuming >and also out of my budget. Has any one got any >views / comments on MapInfo NTF translators? > >Mick Donn > >NYMNPA > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put >"unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Young ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
