MI re. raster registration
To all who replied, thankyou for your assistance. I had fairly good success, and hopefully I will only get better at it. sincerely Grantley. Mr Grantley Butterfield Data and Mapping Co-Ordinator ntl Australia. POBox 31 Belconnen ACT, 2616, Australia. Phone (w); +61 2 62568506 (m); 0416105083 Fax; +61 2 62568090 E-mail; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Brother printer
I recently asked if anyone had had problems with a Brother printer and MapInfo. We have now solved the problem and thought others may find this of interest. What was required, was a combination of correct driver and correct emulation setting. Driver- Brother HL-3400CN BR-Script2 Emulation BR-Script Level2 When this was found to be successful, we set the emulation to Auto - which seems to pick up the correct setting by reference to the driver being used (?) Note: During our trials we encountered the awesome "Blue Screen Death" (dos memory dump display, pc locked out) while attempting to print a Legend with the wrong Driver / Emulation settings. Be warned. Many thanks to all who offered possible solutions. Matt Davey Wokingham District Council -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI multiple raster image registration
Hi Grantley, I am writing to ask what may be a very simple question which has me stuck being a relatively novice user of MapInfo. I am using MI 6 Pro, and I have scanned two 1:100 000 maps which are both in the same projection and have the same datum information. Since what you scanned seem to be printed maps, you do not have to be so nervous. You can open one TAB file and open the other as "Current map". If you feel the files are too heavy, try to compress your raster files with ECW compressor which was introduced on this list about a week ago. It is a great compressor. If you are not satisfied with this method, you have to overlay, resize, rotate and merge two raster maps with an image editor, such as Photoshop, Paintshop or GIMP before you register raster files on MapInfo. When I analyzed beach erosion rate, I used several aerial photos. Each aerial photo is distorted to some extent. So I have to rectify these photos, 2D base, before merging rasters. I used a tool called "Rastools". It is an add-on of MapInfo, 500 US$. If the area you are analyzing is mountainous, you have to do that 3D base, so called "Orthorectification". I do not know much about it but listers know some tools. Regards, Hiko Kazuhiko Yamashita Division of Environment Marine, Kokusai Kogyo co. ltd 3-6-3 Hakataeki-higashi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0013 Japan Phone: +81-92-431-7277 FAX: +81-92-431-7275 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI RE: grabber tool problem
Yes - snap - turn snap off and the problem is fixed. You can turn it back on again until it next happens. - another unnatural, involuntary finger movement for regular digitizers! - David Booth Senior GIS Officer Merseyside Information Service -Original Message- From: Ian Macey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 September 2000 16:23 To: 'Robert Brough' Cc: MI List (E-mail) Subject: MI RE: grabber tool problem Hi I have found that this tends to occur when the snap feature is turned on. By turning the snap feature off you are then able to pan around the window as normal. -Original Message- From: Robert Brough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI: grabber tool problem Dear listers, We are using MapInfo 6.0 and since version 5.5. we have noticed that occasionally the grabber tool stops working when trying to move maps in the map window (this never seems to occur in the layout window). It occurs when using both vector and raster maps. I have looked in the message archive but can't find any postings from anybody with a similar problem. Does anybody have any idea why this may be, or has anybody noticed the same thing? Thanks Robert Brough The National Trust (In Cornwall) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sum: MI Grabber Tool Problem
Many thanks to everyone for the advice. The consensus seems to be that it is a clash between the snap function and the grabber tool. Turning snap off before attempting to use the grabber should cure the problem. Bill Wemple from MapInfo also suggested reducing the acceleration of the video card driver to around 3/4 to solve this annoyance. Cheers Rob Rob Brough The National Trust Cornwall Regional Office Lanhydrock Bodmin PL30 4DE [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone using HAZUS '99 with MI 6.0
I was curious if anyone is using these two products together. I don't want to install HAZUS '99 until I know there are no incompatibilities. TIA ,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) ---oOOO--(_)--OOOo-- Michael Naughton Town of Huntington Highway Office 30 Rofay Drive Huntington, NY 11743-5728 V 631-351-3076 F 631-499-3512 www.tohhighway.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Longitude: -73.20 Latitude: 40.50 .oooO ( ) Oooo. -\ (( )--- \_)) / (_/ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI projection conversions
I have created a bunch of maps in NAD 27 and need to convert them to NAD 83. Is there an easy way to accomplish this? Thanks for all your help! Lorraine Alfonso Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Tampa, Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI RE: who mapinfo-l
Thank you, Bill, for slamming the door in our favour. Gerald Kornelsen -Original Message- "Van Uitregt, John" wrote: who mapinfo-l end .it too has been instructed to clam up about this information. - Bill Thoen -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI select by color attribute
To select a polyline by colour: first determine the numeric code for the colour I can't recall how I did this. Maybe someone else has a good idea here. But you could create a thematic map with a colour set to the colour you want and then read the colour number from the mapbasic window at the brush statement. then type and execute the following in the mapbasic window for polylines select * from yourtablename where str$(styleattr(objectinfo(yourtablename.object,2)4)) = str$(65535) substitute yourtablename with your table name and substitute 65535 with your colour code. BTW 65535 is for light blue Hope this helps Brad At 12:55 PM 9/14/00 +0800, you wrote: hi, hope someone can help me with selecting only certain polygons within a layer based on their colour attribute? cheers, jane -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI How to import a .txt in mapinfo ?
Hello, I have some .txt files that are Tab delimited (it has a Tab delimiting its fields) and I have imported this table as an ASCII Delimited file. My problem is that MapInfo isn't recognising the length of the titles and cut them : For example if you open the file attached : BD TXT.TXT by this way : [Register Table "example.txt" TYPE ASCII Delimiter 9 Titles Charset "WindowsLatin1" Into "example.TAB" Open Table "example.TAB" Interactive Browse * From example] You can see that the string in the title of the 4th or 5th column (for example) is the first part of the original string. Why ? How to pass this limit ? Thanks In Advance -- Eric BONTE AUCHAN Service Marketing - Département Etudes Prospectives 200, Rue de la Recherche 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq (FRANCE) Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : +33 3 28 37 66 24 Fax : +33 3 28 37 63 22 ZoneSdv N Men N LECLERC (Hm) LA VILLE AUX DAMES N LECLERC (Hm) LA VILLE AUX DAMES N-1 LECLERC (Hm) AMBOISE N LECLERC (Hm) AMBOISE N-1ITM (Sm) JOUE LES TOURS N ITM (Sm) JOUE LES TOURS N-1 CONTINENT SAINT PIERRE DES CORPS N CONTINENT SAINT PIERRE DES CORPS N-1LECLERC (Hm) JOUE LES TOURS N LECLERC (Hm) JOUE LES TOURS N-1 406716651 10609 2 2 0 0 30 27 39 38 19 17 406817132 43030 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 21 0 0 406911760 75531 3 0 0 2 1 62 73 24 4 407014986 28499 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 20 0 0 407115118 16081 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 0 0 407213423 14161 64 67 4 2 0 0 65 74 0 2 407315597 727210 7 8 13 5 0 24 30 3 1 407412150 12816 46 46 0 1 0 0 24 34 1 1 407514385 18884 9 6 69 70 0 0 22 22 0 0 4076792640330 1 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 407712135 12104 4 3 1 1 0 0 57 62 6 3 4078975647151 0 0 1 0 0 10 7 0 0 407911465 65421 0 0 0 4 2 18 12 1 2 4080963898891 2 9 4 0 0 6 16 0 1 4081822891830 0 1 0 1 0 8 14 1 1 4082922666230 0 0 1 0 0 8 12 0 1
Re: MI MB reading binary data
In MB, when you read/write a input file, you can specify the byteorder by saying high or low. THis way you can control the oder of bytes while reading. -- Rajeev Saraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mappers, Using mb code, under NT, I'm trying to read binary data that was created on a UNIX machine which writes the data most significant byte first. My mb code wants to read binary data as least significant byte first. Anyone know how to work around this short of writing a byte exchanger? Does MapBasic have a patch or something available? Thanks, SI -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI projection conversions
Can you just do a "save as copy" and select NAD83 in the projection list? "Lorraine Alfonso" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/14/2000 09:03:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Dan Page/HullOttawa/PCH/CA) Subject: MI projection conversions I have created a bunch of maps in NAD 27 and need to convert them to NAD 83. Is there an easy way to accomplish this? Thanks for all your help! Lorraine Alfonso Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Tampa, Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Lambert Projection?
Is the following a projection supported by MapInfo? Lambert II etendu I have been asked if I can convert from lat/long to this I have MI 4.1.2 Best wishes Alan Pritchard The GLOBAL GAZETTEER: the world on file http://www.allm-geodata.com Tel: +44 (0) 1202 417 477 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Vertical Scale Bar
Hello, Has anyone come across a vertical scale bar utility? ___ Peter McPherson GIS Technician Cameco Corporation 2121 11th Street West Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7M 1J3 Canada Telephone (306) 956 6433 Fax (306) 956 6390 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI units of measure in workspaces
I have a simple question about workspaces and units used by MI. Does Mi always write workspaces in inches? I am trying to create workspaces that use metric paper units. So far I have been unable to create a workspace that contains frame positions, text placement, etc. in metric units. I have set system preferences, distance units, etc to metric values. I have even tried setting my computer to use metric units, all to no avail. When I save a workspace and then examine it in a text editor the layout units are in inches, not "mm". I am based in the US and so don't normally deal with metric units, any comments would be welcome. Thanks Philip -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI MB reading binary data
You might be able to use the unix command dd with the argument conv=swab to byte-swap the file before copying to NT - it used to work with Landsat data off reel to reel tapes read by HP-UX about ten years ago! - David Booth Senior GIS Officer Merseyside Information Service -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 September 2000 19:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI MB reading binary data Mappers, Using mb code, under NT, I'm trying to read binary data that was created on a UNIX machine which writes the data most significant byte first. My mb code wants to read binary data as least significant byte first. Anyone know how to work around this short of writing a byte exchanger? Does MapBasic have a patch or something available? Thanks, SI -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Creating points
Could someone help me with the Create points command from the Table menu? I have a polygon table which is editable, I created 2 new columns in the associated browser that I filled with the X and Y coordinates of the polygon's centroid. Then I'm using the Create points command to get that central point feature for each polygon. I get no error message, but no points either. Why this? _ Yves Gilbert Agent de recherche/Research Officer -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI - Sum (revisited): Integrated mapping with ProViewer
I WAS WRONG IN MY FIRST SUMMARY AND PATRICK PHILLIPS HAS BEEN RIGHT ALL ALONG! Mr. Phillips sent me the code mentioned below and it works perfectly with the SetParent API. Thank you very much Patrick for your persistence at opening my eyes. _ Claude Lavoie, a.g. Service du soutien à la clientèle Direction des technologies de l'information Ministère des Transports du Québec 35, rue de Port-Royal Est, salle 5.00 a Montréal (Québec) H3L 3T1 Téléphone: (514) 873-6280 Télécopieur:(514) 873-8203 Courriel: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : 12 septembre, 2000 15:11 À : 'MapInfo List' (E-mail) Objet : RE: MI - Sum: Integrated mapping with ProViewer I must reiterate that you can do integrated mapping with ProViewer; even though it was not meant to be used as such. The MapInfo Runtime object does not have as many methods and properties as the application object. This is where Mr. Lavoie ran into a snag. Instead of using 'ProViewer.do "Set Next Document Parent "...' use the SetParent API call and all is well. You can even add your own tool bar, if you approach the problem from the right direction. I have put together a small Visual Basic Application that works. I'm not saying it is pretty. I'm saying it works. I am willing to provide the code to those who are interested. Yes, even Mr. Lavoie. Patrick J. Phillips GIS Programmer II City of Orlando, FL -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI units of measure in workspaces
No way but inches. I have banged my hand into that one several "versions" back. I guess that this is a non-paying issue for MI and they have avoided dealing with it. I had to design a metric layout and fine tuning would have been easy directly on the wor, but when you have to convert +.35mm in a measure given in inches, all the fun is gone. Let's have another volley of 4 in. gun at them (that's all I can afford!) Jacques PARIS e-mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Woods, Phil Sent: September 14, 2000 1:14 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI units of measure in workspaces I have a simple question about workspaces and units used by MI. Does Mi always write workspaces in inches? I am trying to create workspaces that use metric paper units. So far I have been unable to create a workspace that contains frame positions, text placement, etc. in metric units. I have set system preferences, distance units, etc to metric values. I have even tried setting my computer to use metric units, all to no avail. When I save a workspace and then examine it in a text editor the layout units are in inches, not "mm". I am based in the US and so don't normally deal with metric units, any comments would be welcome. Thanks Philip -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI MB s(t)imulation of info
Does anyone know how to s(t)imulate the info tool from within MapBasic? That should be done with only the x and y of a point rather than using the tool and clicking on that point. Thanks, Jacques PARIS e-mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI iexplore
hallo all, i want to start the help of my app in the internet explorer. as i am not always online, i normally have to connect to the net, when i want to surf. the problem is now that for starting the file "home.htm" iexplorer always want to connect. but i just want to load the file "home.htm" does anybody know a good solution for my problem? i start the file with the following command: Run Program sDirectorySpecification+"Iexplore.exe +sDirectorySpecification+"help\home.htm" thanks daniel -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI MB s(t)imulation of info
- Original Message - From: "Jacques Paris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 3:20 PM Subject: MI MB s(t)imulation of info Does anyone know how to s(t)imulate the info tool from within MapBasic? That should be done with only the x and y of a point rather than using the tool and clicking on that point. In your code, you can use Searchpoint() and SearchInfo() to select a table and a record to display; you can then use Set Window WIN_INFO table -table-name- Record -record-no- to display that record. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI Hand held MapInfo ?
Something like the 'ArcPad' solution - a slim version of ArcView running on a Windows CE device? I also looked at that with some interest - a field tool that was handy in size, ran for a whole day on one set of batteries ... sounds ideal. But then reality set in: a competent WinCE machine is about $1,000 US when you max the memory to 32mb, and that amount of memory probably won't allow you to store and display high-resolution raster images such as 1m orthophotography - not that the LCD screen resolution would be very supportive of that. ESRI pricing is always a mystery but we figured we'd probably pay about $650 even with government discounts for the ArcPad software. And that assumes it all works as predicted. For the same price you could purchase a Toshiba Libretto (Pentium 233, 4.3gb hd, 32mb RAM running Win98) for about $1,700 US and use your existing MapInfo license. The Libretto is handily small but you still have a touch-typable (barely) keyboard and all the functionality of Win98 (love it or hate it) - and enough capacity to run 200mb orthophotos, nautical charts and whatever else we need for data building or display out in the field. When we get back to the office just pop out the X-jack on the 10/100 net card, hook up the cable, boot up and you're on the network to pass along the data that you were able to build completely, annotate easily, quality-control and check all while in the field. We use the Blue Marble GeoTracker application with a Magellan Pro MarkX and CSI/Magellan DBR for in-field differentially-corrected GIS input. Some things we don't like: the Li-Ion battery only lasts about 2-1/2 hours, and a spare is $175 US. On battery power alone the screen chooses to be less-backlit making it less-readable in bright light - we fitted a little hood over it which helps but not enough to make it easy to see. Luckily it's cloudy rather often here in the Pacific Northwest USA. But like any laptop not built to be water resistant (and thus double the cost) the Libretto is vulnerable to rain, mud - even pine needles getting into the keyboard have been a problem. It has a reputation for being more rugged than most, but in our opinion most laptops are distressingly frail. The weird little thumb-mouse is also an irritant. So that's what we've done, and it's worked well overall. You could cut your costs somewhat by purchasing a larger but more easily damaged last-generation closeout laptop for about $1,000 US from a computer discounter. Tom At 01:33 PM 09/11/2000 -0400, you wrote: To the list Has anyone heard of MapInfo products for hand held ( Palm, Pocket PC, etc) computers. Thank You Stephen Wallace -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] * - * - * - * - * Tom Curley Suquamish Tribe GIS Program Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Rules have their place, but reason makes a better argument." -- Bill Thoen -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Street File for Cairo Alexandria, Egypt, And Nairobi, Kenya
I am looking for street files for Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt and Nairobi, Kenya. If you have or know of any company that sells street files in any format, please contact me. Thanx in advance Yas Software Engineer voice: (918) 877.6704 or (800) 727.6774 fax: (918) 877.6960 web: http://www.mpsisys.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Tiger to MapInfo Professional
I am a new user to Mapinfo Pro and would like to import Tiger/Line 1998 Data. Has anyone done this before and have suggestions or a converter? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Stephen Deetz MI-Assistant Software, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Mapbasic Flowcharter tool???
Greetings , Does anybody know if such a tools exists, that will read in Mapbasic code, and output a flowchart or logical representation of it?? Regards Peter Doyle TELSTRA NTG Global Connect OnAir Networks Queensland Geographical Information Systems Mapping ' +61 7 34064304 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Tiger to MapInfo Professional
Title: RE: MI Tiger to MapInfo Professional Have you thought about purchasing data already in MapInfo format? I have Tiger/Line files from GDT for the whole US that are already in MapInfo format and there are a ton of other vendors out there selling the same information (including MapInfo). -Evan -Original Message- From: Stephen Deetz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Tiger to MapInfo Professional I am a new user to Mapinfo Pro and would like to import Tiger/Line 1998 Data. Has anyone done this before and have suggestions or a converter? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Stephen Deetz MI-Assistant Software, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put unsubscribe MAPINFO-L in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Handheld MI
Gidday All, I'm late to this thread so someone might have already said it, but as well as ArcPad there area bunch of little Windows CE specific mapping programs hanging around that are quite useful. Itils MapInPocket is really cool and HandMap pro isn't too bad either. Both take GPS as a plugin thru the old RS232 and are good in the field. They really only use ESRI shape files and .gif images, and the layering can be a hassle until you fiddle around a bit, but they are a useful tool in the field. Both are free to download for trial, and cheap shareware to buy - way better than 5 hundy for ArcPad. Isn't MapInfo bringing out a program similar program to ArcPad though? Also, I use a Sharp PV-5000 H/PC which comes with 32MB as standard and a decent colour screen. This machine kicks arse for running the handheld mapping programs, but costs about $1700 Australian. Cheers, Stu Bell -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI Hand held MapInfo ?
Stephen, Mapopolis (http://www.mapopolis.com/) has free software for displaying map data on a Palm device. I have written a MapBasic utility that will convert lines and polylines from a MapInfo table into the text format required by Mapopolis MapConverter software (http://www.mapopolis.com/mapconverter.html). If you are interested, send me an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and I will send you a copy. Dan Phillips - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 1:33 PM Subject: MI Hand held MapInfo ? To the list Has anyone heard of MapInfo products for hand held ( Palm, Pocket PC, etc) computers. Thank You Stephen Wallace -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI PSA - Personal Spatial Assistant - MapXtend and MapinHand
As far as I can tell the MapInfo PDA (read PalmOS) offering is in support of Oracle's WANization via the internet. Oracle has a very strong Java offering in PDA related technologies known as 8i Lite (9iLite is about to be released) that allows the Oracle PDA developer to distribute its Enterprise server data to PDAs. http://www.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/00-Jan/10mob.html Oracle8i Lite includes three main components: 1) Oracle Lite DBMS A small-footprint Java-enabled database-management system built specifically for laptops, hand-held computers, PDAs, and information appliances (neat!); 2) iConnect Integrated components that allow for the synchronization of application data and the creation of store-and-forward messaging applications with advanced-queuing functionality (how big of a back-end does this really mean - 8i Enterprise? - sounds scary); 3) Web-to-go A collection of components and services that facilitates development, deployment, and management of mobile Web applications (thanks for the pointers how much does the support phone cost!). What is not provided in the Oracle 8iLite solution is the geographical stuff we are so hungry for. MapInfo may again be Oracle's player in this regard. Importantly MapInfo's PDA interest is in the wireless revolution that seems to be taking off (Didn't they buy into some Swedish WAN outfit a year or so ago? And Nokia is about to go public with a "next generation cell phone).. "Convergence of Internet and wireless communication technologies is creating huge demand for access to Internet services from wireless handheld devices. This convergence creates a significant opportunity for telecommunications and Web portal providers to offer new and enhanced services for their customers who use handheld devices. It also gives telecommunications providers the opportunity to build a competitive advantage by deploying their own enterprise applications via handheld devices to mobile field workers. In both cases, the net result can be a more satisfied, loyal customer base." As far as I can tell at this moment, MapInfo has only one product that extends spatial data to the PDA (read PalmOS). They do it via Java and geo-Java extensions known as MapXtend. It looks to me to be an "enterprise" scaled offering (so I guess we little-guys can forget it?). Given the MapInfo PDA solution is wireless and implies 3G technologies, I don't think the MapBasic developer will be able to overcome the need for a 1) Oracle Enterprise Server, 2) an internet portal, 3) connection to the local-national-world wide wireless net, and 4) the thousands of users paying just pennies a minute to "rent" the solution. There is hope! MapInfo is about to offer a complete "service and consultation" for MapXtend to the its larger or enterprise clients with a service name of "MapinHand". MapinHand buyers will receive installation, testing, customer support and product maintenance. A Certified MapInfo Developer will arrive at your site to help quickly implement MapinHand (bummer - who are these certified developers?) What is MapXtend? http://www.mapinfo.com/software/mapxtend/index.html MapInfo® MapXtend(tm), Java(tm) Technology Edition is a developer tool for creating location-based applications running on wireless Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The MapXtend API offers rapid development, scalability, and flexibility to build and deploy wireless PDA applications quickly, efficiently, and securely. Its architecture follows a 3-tier model, with specific MapXtend packages designed for each tier (there may be hope?). Mapxtend will not stand alone as far as I can tell in that it requires on the PDA: 1) Palm Computing 3.1 (or higher) operating system (Super) and a 2) TCP/IP connection (double bummer!) 3) and a server - Oracle or SQLServer. ESRI's AkePAD costs over $500 per PDA but it can stand alone, has good KISS syconization features, and has built-in integration to GPS receivers. MapXtend seems to be in the domain of MapInfo's "Server Based Deployment" which means that the licensing will likely not be real affordable for small shop developers. This may not be absolute but as of this posting there are no pricing schedule(s) for MapXtend. Lastly there is also another rather good CE based PadGIS named as StarPal (Http://www.starpal.com). It can read MapInfo MIF as well as SHP. I believe it uses SHP as its native format. It has good "heads-up and feet-down" digitization features. It does tend to run slowly if the files are very big. It also needs plenty of memory on the PDA but will also run in a WIN98 environment as well. This midnight mapper is still very interested in a MapInfo PDA but I don't think I can carry the Oracle Enterprise Server in my pocket - I don't think it will fit in with my wallet! FWIW, MidNight Mapper aka Neil 9/15/00 -Original Message- From: Stuart Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 11:53 AM To: [EMAIL
Re: MI Creating points
Dear Gilbert, It is because MapInfo can have only one object attached to one record, and the object is already there, it is your polyon. In fact mixing polygons and points is not either a good idea, and is even forbidden in Arcview. So I suggest that you save a copy of your polygon table with another name, open this table, update your columns with centroidX and centroidY, remove the polygons and create points. Have Fun Michel Larue At 11:51 14/09/00 -0400, you wrote: Could someone help me with the Create points command from the Table menu? I have a polygon table which is editable, I created 2 new columns in the associated browser that I filled with the X and Y coordinates of the polygon's centroid. Then I'm using the Create points command to get that central point feature for each polygon. I get no error message, but no points either. Why this? _ Yves Gilbert Agent de recherche/Research Officer -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Re: PSA - Personal Spatial Assistant - MapXtend and MapinHand
Thanks Neil, that was some good info. Surely nobody is terribly keen on spending a million dollars getting up to speed with Oracle if they can help it. Has anybody had a go at developing using any Windows CE specific languages? or is that just dreaming? - Original Message - From: "Neil Havermale" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'Stuart Bell'" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 September 2000 15:36 Subject: PSA - Personal Spatial Assistant - MapXtend and MapinHand As far as I can tell the MapInfo PDA (read PalmOS) offering is in support of Oracle's WANization via the internet. Oracle has a very strong Java offering in PDA related technologies known as 8i Lite (9iLite is about to be released) that allows the Oracle PDA developer to distribute its Enterprise server data to PDAs. http://www.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/00-Jan/10mob.html Oracle8i Lite includes three main components: 1) Oracle Lite DBMS A small-footprint Java-enabled database-management system built specifically for laptops, hand-held computers, PDAs, and information appliances (neat!); 2) iConnect Integrated components that allow for the synchronization of application data and the creation of store-and-forward messaging applications with advanced-queuing functionality (how big of a back-end does this really mean - 8i Enterprise? - sounds scary); 3) Web-to-go A collection of components and services that facilitates development, deployment, and management of mobile Web applications (thanks for the pointers how much does the support phone cost!). What is not provided in the Oracle 8iLite solution is the geographical stuff we are so hungry for. MapInfo may again be Oracle's player in this regard. Importantly MapInfo's PDA interest is in the wireless revolution that seems to be taking off (Didn't they buy into some Swedish WAN outfit a year or so ago? And Nokia is about to go public with a "next generation cell phone).. "Convergence of Internet and wireless communication technologies is creating huge demand for access to Internet services from wireless handheld devices. This convergence creates a significant opportunity for telecommunications and Web portal providers to offer new and enhanced services for their customers who use handheld devices. It also gives telecommunications providers the opportunity to build a competitive advantage by deploying their own enterprise applications via handheld devices to mobile field workers. In both cases, the net result can be a more satisfied, loyal customer base." As far as I can tell at this moment, MapInfo has only one product that extends spatial data to the PDA (read PalmOS). They do it via Java and geo-Java extensions known as MapXtend. It looks to me to be an "enterprise" scaled offering (so I guess we little-guys can forget it?). Given the MapInfo PDA solution is wireless and implies 3G technologies, I don't think the MapBasic developer will be able to overcome the need for a 1) Oracle Enterprise Server, 2) an internet portal, 3) connection to the local-national-world wide wireless net, and 4) the thousands of users paying just pennies a minute to "rent" the solution. There is hope! MapInfo is about to offer a complete "service and consultation" for MapXtend to the its larger or enterprise clients with a service name of "MapinHand". MapinHand buyers will receive installation, testing, customer support and product maintenance. A Certified MapInfo Developer will arrive at your site to help quickly implement MapinHand (bummer - who are these certified developers?) What is MapXtend? http://www.mapinfo.com/software/mapxtend/index.html MapInfo® MapXtend(tm), Java(tm) Technology Edition is a developer tool for creating location-based applications running on wireless Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The MapXtend API offers rapid development, scalability, and flexibility to build and deploy wireless PDA applications quickly, efficiently, and securely. Its architecture follows a 3-tier model, with specific MapXtend packages designed for each tier (there may be hope?). Mapxtend will not stand alone as far as I can tell in that it requires on the PDA: 1) Palm Computing 3.1 (or higher) operating system (Super) and a 2) TCP/IP connection (double bummer!) 3) and a server - Oracle or SQLServer. ESRI's AkePAD costs over $500 per PDA but it can stand alone, has good KISS syconization features, and has built-in integration to GPS receivers. MapXtend seems to be in the domain of MapInfo's "Server Based Deployment" which means that the licensing will likely not be real affordable for small shop developers. This may not be absolute but as of this posting there are no pricing schedule(s) for MapXtend. Lastly there is also another rather good CE based PadGIS named as StarPal (Http://www.starpal.com). It can read MapInfo MIF as well as SHP. I believe it uses SHP as its native format. It has good "heads-up and feet-down" digitization features. It does tend to run
