Thanks for the tip. I use y degrees for x miles to the map center
(second option). But it would help if Caliper had a miles apart
option. Regards,


On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:40:28 -0000, bjs_market_research
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Simplest way I have found is to measure the size of the window and 
> then "Cover the map with a set number of cells" using the distance.  
> F'Rinstance if the map is 100 miles wide and I want a 5 mile grid I 
> would enter 20 for the number of cell in the X direction.  Not exact, 
> but close enough for my purpose.
> 
> Not sure if this answers your second question, but you can clip the 
> grid by the polygons.  If the grid size is small relative to the area 
> of the polygon, the edges will be fairly clean.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], Aniruddha Banerjee 
> 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is there any way (GISDK or otherwise) to create a grid layer that 
> can
> > be defined by distance? (e.g. 5mile square grid). Even better, does
> > anyone know how to create regular grids based on polygons? Regards,
> > Rudy B. 
> > Berkeley, CA
> 
> 
> 
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