RE: MI What happened to Groupe Korem?
Bill, I think you will find they are still around. They have an advertisement on the back cover of the latest MapWorld magazine for their MapXtreme web application Push-n-See. Check it out. Jamie -Original Message- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI What happened to Groupe Korem? Does anyone know what's happened to Le Groupe Korem (makers of MapLogix)? Their web site at http://www.korem.com seems to be out cold. - Bill Thoen GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ctmap.com/gisnet -- 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 Vertical Mapper V2.6 crashes
All Vertical Mapper 2.6 users, Northwood is currently working towards solving the problem with crashes related to exiting Vertical Mapper 2.6 and/or MapInfo. As far as we can tell the program operates fine until either program is terminated. We believe it may be limited to users running Windows 95. If there are any comments on this topic please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barry Weston Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Vertical Mapper V2.6 crashes Hi, I've just downloaded and installed version 2.6 of Vertical Mapper. Everything seems OK except when I either exit MapInfo or close Vertical Mapper in which case I get a message along the lines of: MAPINFOW caused an invalid page fault in module VMGRIDMAN.DLL at 016f:028ad01d. Registers: EAX=02818cb0 CS=016f EIP=028ad01d EFLGS=00010207 EBX=00a203b0 SS=0177 ESP=00a1fd0c EBP=00a20114 ECX=028ad014 DS=0177 ESI=81637e48 FS=114f EDX=00a202ac ES=0177 EDI=00a203b0 GS= Bytes at CS:EIP: 53 56 33 c9 89 8d fc fb ff ff 89 8d f8 fb ff ff Stack dump: It's not a major problem but it's a little disconcerting. Has anybody else experienced this or got any suggestions as to the cause/solution? (I'm using MapInfo verion 5.5.) thanks, Barry ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ** -- 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 Vertical Mapper Version 2.6 is now available.
Any Vertical Mapper users who are currently running version 2.5 are invited to download free the latest product update from the new Vertical Mapper Forum http://www.northwoodtec.com/VerticalMapperForumSecurity.htm. Please see the ReadMe.txt file included with the update for details. The Vertical Mapper Forum is the latest addition to the Northwood Technologies web site, which we hope will be the first place you look for information on Vertical Mapper. Currently the Forum contains answers to the most commonly asked questions as well as the download for the current product update. Some of the things we would like to provide in the future are Vertical Mapper utilities, customer surveys, educational information on product features and functionality, and a bug list including possible work arounds. If you wish to make any other suggestions, please email them to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. James HarvieVertical Mapper Product ManagerNorthwood Technologies Inc.43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8Nepean, Ontario, Canada613-224-2020
Re: MI Gradient/slope shading
Michelle, I think Vertical Mapper would be able to help you with this problem. By performing a slope calculation on the DEM file you can easily define areas that are to steep for a vineyard. In fact you can use the Grid Query on the results of slope and aspect calculation to determine ideal locations that are not only at a preferred slope but also the preferred orientation to true north. These are just two of many tools that can be used for this application. Check out http://www.northwoodtec.com/verticalmapper.htm James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 - Original Message - From: General To: MapInfo Discussion Group Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 7:56 AM Subject: MI: Gradient/slope shading Hi, I have a client who wants his elevation data contoured (easy) and then shaded by gradient. He needs to highlight the areas too steep for the planting of grapevines. I could use the relief shading to give a general idea, but was hoping for something a little more qualitative. I'm running MI 6.0. Any suggestions? TIA Michelle Smith Frontier Mapping Pty Ltd Australia -- 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 3-D GIS
Tony, Northwood Technologies has two products that perform 3D in a GIS. Vertical Mapper has a 3D component called GridView which will allows you generate 3D scenes including the portrayal of buildings and other features. If you want to take your 3D analysis to the next step try Virtual Frontier which allows you to place objects into the scene (trees, cars), generate buildings from heighted .dxf files, and fly around the scene manually or along a flight path. In addition to this you are able to render an image to the side of each building making them look more realistic. Both product work closely with MapInfo Professional. For more information try http://www.northwoodtec.com/virtualfrontier.htm James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Kelava Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI 3-D GIS Greetings all, Has anyone used MapInfo or other mapping software to create a 3-D GIS? In particular buildings, structures etc. For example modelling a building facade and being able to view the data in 3-D and also attaching attributes to this data. Regards Tony -- 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 Nearest Neighbor Analysis
Chiu, Vertical Mapper has a natural neighbour analysis tool which generates a voronoi diagram (theissen polygons) from which density can be measured. The measure of density is based upon the area of each point's polygon where a small area indicates high density and a large area indicates lower density. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chiu Luk Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Nearest Neighbor Analysis Hi everybody: Does anyone has ever written (or know who has written) a MapInfo routine on Nearest Neighbor Analysis to measure the extent of point clustering? Any hint to help me locate such resources is much appreciated. Thanks. Chiu LUK Policy Research Section Urban Development Services City of Toronto Correspondence: Chiu Luk Urban Development Services East District Office, City of Toronto 150 Borough Drive Scarborough Civic Centre Toronto, ON M1P 4N7 Phone: (416) 396-7031 Fax: (416) 396-4265 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]
RE: MI6 and VM2.1 - Are they compatible?
Jacques, All versions of Vertical Mapper starting with version 2.0 have been compiled using MapBasic 4.0.2. Therefore there should be no problem runningit with any version of MapInfo Professional including version 6.0. As a side note the only portion of Vertical Mapper that is coded inMapBasic is the menu and the toolbar the rest of the program is written in C and Delphi. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacques GelinasSent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 7:47 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: MI6 and VM2.1 - Are they compatible? I would like to know if MapInfo 6.0 and Vertical Mapper 2.1 are 100% compatible. I Will SUM. Thank you Jacques Gelinas GeosphereGeomatique__http://www3.sympatico.ca/geosphere265 Chemin FreemanHull (Quebec)J8Z 2B1819-773-4239
RE: MI Vertical Mapper problem
Trevor, It is curious that GridView can only be launched from Explorer and not from the Grid Manager. Can you provide me with some more details such as any error messages? I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say you are overlaying the dam level. Is this a drape file or is this another grid? If it is another grid which simulates the surface of the water and you are trying to display it in 3D along with an elevation grid then I can see how your are having problems. The minimum value of the second grid you enter into the scene will always appear at the minimum value of the master grid (first grid in the scene). When using elevation information make sure you are viewing them in true scale and the base of the second grid is set to zero and is turned off. To calculate the volume all you need to do is use the Grid Calculator and subtract the ground elevation grid from the water surface elevation grid. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Vertical Mapper problem I'm trying to generate a 3D image of a dam sighting. I have encountered the following problems and would appreciate some help: When I trim a grid I don't seem to be able to generate a 3D view from the MapInfo interface. I can however go through Windows Explorer by double clicking on the GridView file name. When I overlay a dam level of at say 40m on my 3D image it sets its elevation at 352m so it renders my 3D image useless. I have checked long-sections and they apprear to be OK. I need to calculate the volume of my proposed dam. Is there a query I can perform that will calculate the volume between my ground level grid and the proposed dam grid? Suggestions? Trevor Glass -- 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 VM2
Litea, 1. When using Grid Splicer to add building footprints to a DEM you have to be sure to use the correct splicing method. This will depend on which elevation value each building footprint is attributed with i.e. the height of the building above the ground or above sea level. Generally it is the building height above the ground and it sounds like from your problem that this is the case. In this situation you should use a Merge using the Maximum as the calculation method. 2. I am not sure I understand this question however you are able to insert the building into the 3D scene as a separate layer from the DEM. In this way you can see your buildings and give the DEM some degree of transparency. 3. If I understand your question correctly you can get the effect of having the grid invisible. For example if you wanted to show a street network file in 3D but you don't want to see the DEM you would do the following. First place the grid and the street network file in the same Map window. Next, open the Layer Control and make the grid invisible. Next, make a drape of the window. Finally, in GridView open the DEM and the corresponding drape file. Make the DEM totally transparent which makes it invisible. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Litea Biukoto Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 5:56 PM To: MapInfo-L (E-mail) Subject: MI VM2 Hello I'm trying to layer several grids in VM2/ Grid view to represent the data layers that exist. The layers include hazards, DTM, bathymetry, orthophotograph, etc. 1. I would like to update the existing grid (DTM) by adding building heights to it, so that they appear as extrusions on the DTM. Each building is represented by a region object. The information attached to each object includes the height of the building in storeys. The regions were converted to a grid with the Region to Grid utility, using the building height for elevation. Using the Grid Splicer utility, the building grid is stamped on the DTM. The projection and the grid units of the two grids are the same. The resulting grid has pockets where the buildings stand. 2. Can a building grid be represented as columns with a transparent base in Grid View? 3. Can a drape file be created with a transparent background? (Grid is not visible in the layer). Please do email if you would like me to clarify the above questions or if you know of a simpler software to use. TIA Litea -- 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 Vertical Mapper question
Simon, Absolutely. We have a developer kit which show you how to access our dll's to perform your favourite Vertical Mapper function using the programming language of your choice. Sample code is provided in MapBasic, Visual Basic Delphi and C. For more information check out http://www.northwoodtec.com/vmsdk.htm. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: Simon W Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 3:43 AM To: 'James Harvie' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: MI Vertical Mapper question James Thanks for the response. One more question, is it possible to access Vertical mapper's functions through Mapbasic? Regardless of the above question, I imagine that I'll be able to manipulate/edit the regions drawn using Voronoi utility in mapinfo/mapbasic to achieve what I'm after - just a thought. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: James Harvie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 May 2000 19:57 To: MapInfo L Subject: RE: MI Vertical Mapper question Simon, Unfortunately the Voronoi utility in Vertical Mapper does not allow you to influence the size of the natural neighbourhood region based on a points value. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon W Fox Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:34 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI Vertical Mapper question Hello Does anybody know whether or not it is possible to change the way that the Create Regions from Points(Voronoi) option works within Vertical Mapper? I want to be able to create weighted polygons dependent on points elevations stored within the point table. For example, if two adjacent point are of two different elevations, I would like to draw the polygon between the two at a different distance to the default of the midpoint, so as to create smaller polygons around the points of greatest elevations. I hope you can make some sense of this, if you have further questions please get in touch. Cheers Simon -- 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]
RE: MI Vertical Mapper question
Simon, Unfortunately the Voronoi utility in Vertical Mapper does not allow you to influence the size of the natural neighbourhood region based on a points value. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon W Fox Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:34 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI Vertical Mapper question Hello Does anybody know whether or not it is possible to change the way that the Create Regions from Points(Voronoi) option works within Vertical Mapper? I want to be able to create weighted polygons dependent on points elevations stored within the point table. For example, if two adjacent point are of two different elevations, I would like to draw the polygon between the two at a different distance to the default of the midpoint, so as to create smaller polygons around the points of greatest elevations. I hope you can make some sense of this, if you have further questions please get in touch. Cheers Simon -- 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 Vertical Mapper problem
Ian, The black screen you have encountered with GridView normally occurs when your video card has been set to use 256 colours. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ian Macey Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 5:33 AM To: MI List (E-mail) Subject: MI Vertical mapper problem I am attempting to create a 3D view using gridview in vertical mapper. Everything appears ok in the grid view options dialogue box. Click on ok, the scene is rendered but then I just get a black screen in the viewing window. If I try to open any of the tutorial files I get the same result. What am I missing? TIA Ian -- 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 Simple 3D Map
Michael, From what you wrote I assume you are trying to create a 3D chloropleth map where each state is vertically displaced depending upon a value. If this is what you are looking for read on. 1. Because you are dealing with such a large area I would make sure you map is in a projection that will be easy to work in (not longitude/Latitude). I would recommend Universal Transverse Mercator (NAD 83) Zone 14 or 15. 2. If you wish to have Alaska and Hawaii in your 3D scene, physically move them closer. I know this will not be geographically correct but it will limit the size of the resulting grid. If they are not within the bounds of your analysis, delete them. 3. Next, choose Vertical Mapper Create Grid Region to Grid to convert the region file to a grid. Choose the column from which cells will obtain their value, in your case it will be the ordinal field. Choose a relatively small cell size like 5000 metres and choose OK. For better results use a smaller cells size. 4. Use GridView to render it in 3D. For better results create a drape file. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Hart Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Simple 3D Map I am attempting to produce a 3D Map in Vertical Mapper. I have created a map of the US with a table of ordinal data i.e. 0 signifies no structures in the state and 1 signifying structures residing in the state. I have created a thematic map in MapInfo and would like to create a '3D' map in Vertical Mapper to create a more significant visual. I realize this is a rather simplistic question, but I am new to Vertical Mapper and am learning as I go. Thanks in advance, and I also would like to agree with everyone's sentiments about Bill and his continuous support. Regards, Michael Hart Trinity Wireless Towers -- 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 Vertical Mapper
The 3D module in Vertical Mapper currently does not allow you to place 3D objects in the scene however Virtual Frontier will. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Technologies Inc. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Laurent SCHNELL Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 6:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Vertical Mapper Hello members, I've got two questions for your knowledge : - Is Vertical Mapper able to create some 3-D objects (with x;y;z1;z2 coordonates) or does it only make some 3-D surfaces - If someone knows the BD TOPO edited by IGN (France). Does this Data Base generate a three-dimensionnal representation with Mapinfo? Thank for your replies Laurent SCHNELL ___ Vendez tout... aux enchères - http://www.caraplazza.com -- 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 Contour Line Query
Myles, Vertical Mapper can solve your problem. This is a fast three step process where the first step is to use the Poly-to-Point utility to generate a point file from the contour lines. Next, with one of the five interpolation techniques you can create a grid surface representing the elevation information. Finally, the Point Inspection utility is implemented which creates a new column in your man hole cover point file and updates it with the elevation value from the grid. I have done this many times before and it generally takes about twenty minutes. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Contour Line Query Any assistance on this would be greatly apprciated. I have a table of manholes (with co-ordinates) but don't have any ground levels. (Manholes are drawn as dots) I have a table of contour lines (topographical lines of elevation) (The contour lines are drawn as polylines imported from CAD) Does anyone know of a method in which I can query out the contour line closest to a manhole and then update the ground level data in the manhole table with the elevation in the contour line table? Thanks in Advance. Myles -- 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 annoying feature of Windows 2K Pro?
Let's try this again. Ole, In version 5.5 of MI Pro, MapInfo added functionality that permitted third party software such as Vertical Mapperto run in more than the first instance. James HarvieVertical Mapper Product ManagerNorthwood Geosience Ltd.43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8Nepean, Ontario, Canada613-224-2020 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ole GregorSent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 12:09 PMTo: 'Eric Frost / HR and Associates, Inc.'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: MI annoying feature of Windows 2K Pro? I hope this is a feature ! (Vertical Mappe will only function on the first instance of Mapinfo, so it would bee a great improvment, but I can also se the potential problems) Ole Gregor Viborg Amt, Miljø og Teknik/Viborg County, dept. of enviroment, natureconservation, planning and highways (45) 87 27 13 07 -Original Message-From: Eric Frost / HR and Associates, Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 5:46 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: MI annoying feature of Windows 2K Pro? Dear Mappers: With Windows2K Pro and MapInfo 6.0 beta, when I have a MapInfo running and double-click on a table or a workspace in Explorer, it loads it into the currently running MapInfo rather than starting a new instance. Is this a "feature" of Windows 2K or MapInfo 6.0 beta? How can I turn off this "feature"? Thanks for any help or insights in advance! Eric Frost
RE: MI VM Slope Analysis
Peter, In Vertical Mapper the slope for a grid node is calculated by averaging the slopes of the eight triangle faces that are formed from the surrounding nodes. The average is taken so that the resulting slope value is not overly influenced by "flyers" in the dataset. I hope this helps. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 9:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI VM Slope Analysis A question to all you Vertical Mapper experts. When performing a slope analysis it would appear that VM calculates slope (degrees or percent, it doesn't matter) by dividing vertical displacement by slope distance. Whereas, in Australia we calculate slope by dividing vertical displacement by horizontal distance. Is this normal or is VM incorrectly calculating slope? Regards Peter Graham WS Group - Mackay Ph: +61 (07) 4951 2911 Fx: +61 (07) 4953 1319 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.wsgroup.com.au -- 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 DEM Distortion of California
Aaron, The distortion that your are describing is the result of the grid being in a projection that uses longitude and latitude as its coordinate units. The source of the distortion is that in these projection systems the distance in the X direction is different than it is in the Y direction (lines of longitude converge at the poles). Therefore if you were to represent a one degree by one degree area with a single grid cell the cell must be rectangular, however Vertical Mapper grids can only square cells. The distortion that you see is the result of MapInfo modifying the vector information to match the raster. You can achieve similar kinds of distortion by registering an aerial photograph that is not orthorectified. Fix: Use the Reproject utility and convert the grid to a projection that uses linear measurements. For California try Universal Transverse Mercator (NAD27 for US) Zone10. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ontario, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aaron Queheillalt Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI DEM Distortion of California I have the 30 meter USGS DEM's of California which have been converted to grid with the DEM2Grid in VM 2.0. There are approx. 70 individual files(.TAB) that cover California. I would like to have a dipiction of the state with it being Hill shaded with a color pallette applied based on elevation. The problem occurrs when I open all the files that cover the state. With all the files open, California get squished, it becomes shorter and wider. The state looses approx. 1/8th of its original height and gains a bit in its width. Does anyone know why this may be happening? Is there any type of fix that can be used. I am fairly new to the world of raster images and Vertical Mapper, but am very anxious to get this done. Aaron Queheillalt 916-654-0768 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] -- 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: Check out Northwoods new web site
Visit www.northwoodgeo.com to see the redesigned Northwood web site. Look for new free downloads, expanded information on software and data offerings, a new reseller section, and a new search engine! Feedback is welcome. Please direct your comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. James HarvieVertical Mapper Product ManagerNorthwood Geosience Ltd.43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8Nepean, Ont, Canada613-224-2020
Re: MI VMapper vs. dBplanner
Natalie, Here is a brief response to your query. Both Vertical Mapper and deciBel Planner are products of Northwood Geoscience Ltd. and both run inside the MapInfo environment. Vertical Mapper adds the raster GIS component to MapInfo allowing users to generate continuous surfaces (grids) from point information. Once created they can then be analyze, edited, and visualized in many ways. deciBel Planner takes the same grid technology and applies it to the telecommunication industry. In fact the Vertical Mapper product is included with dBPlanner but the name is changed to "Surface Analysis". It uses grid technology to help RF engineers plan, optimize, and maintain a wireless communication network. For more information http://www.northwoodgeo.com or phone (613) 224-2020 -Original Message- From: Swayze, Natalie: WPG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 9:30 AM Subject: MI VMapper vs. dBplanner Anyone have some insight as to the differences, comparitive abilities etc. of these two? Natalie Swayze ROS/IC/GC WPG., MB. CANADA -- 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 Format VM
It sounds like you want to develop custom applications that read or write grids in Vertical Mapper format. The Vertical Mapper Software Developer Kit will do exactly that. Check out www.northwoodgeo.com/vertframecover.htm. James HarvieVertical Mapper Product ManagerNorthwood Geosience Ltd.43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8Nepean, Ont, Canada613-224-2020 -Original Message-From: fredy [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 9:01 PMSubject: MI Format VM Does anyone know where I could get binary Vertical Mapper file format? Thanks everyone. Pista
MI Vertical Mapper Suggestions
Northwood Geoscience is currently developing a feature list for future releases of Vertical Mapper. If you would like to contribute to this list with any new features, enhancements or improvements please email them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by September 15,1999. In response to the last thread discussed on the L regarding a watershed analysis tool, this feature is already on the list. James HarvieVertical Mapper Product ManagerNorthwood Geosience Ltd.43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8Nepean, Ont, Canada613-224-2020
Re: MI Sdts to DEM format conversion
Mike, It is version 2.5 of Vertical Mapper which has the batch processing capability for importing grids. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ont, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: Lepage, Mike L (Mike)** CTR ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: James Harvie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:23 PM Subject: RE: MI Sdts to DEM format conversion I have vertical mapper 2.1.1, but it imports them and makes grid files. I need to get dem files. Unless the 2.5 has expanded features? I can export to ascii grid files with the vertical mapper, but it is a one at a time process, not batch. Mike Lepage, B.Sc. Senior RF Engineer Wireless Professional Services Lucent Technologies 314-891-2130 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: James Harvie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 8:43 AM To: Mapinfo L Subject: Re: MI Sdts to DEM format conversion Vertical Mapper's import utility has a SDTS translator that can perform batch processing, although it is not free. The convenient feature about this translator is that it extracts only the DEM from the compressed .gz file so you do not have to un-compress the file and find the DEM information yourself. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ont, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: Michael Branagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lepage, Mike L (Mike)** CTR ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 5:48 PM Subject: Re: MI Sdts to DEM format conversion I am looking for a utility for convert the USGS sdts files for the 7.5 min topo maps. I need to convert them into DEM files, but cannot find any program which allows me to do batch processing. All comments/suggestions would be appreciated. I'd be interested as well. Especially dos, free utils. Michael Branagan HOME: 10207 Green Holly Terrace Silver Spring, MD 20902-5812 OFFICE: USEPA, OPPE (Room 3208) 401 M Street, SW Washington, DC 20460-2123 PHONE: (301)-754-0160 (home/casa, voice/fax) (202)-260-7569 (office/officina, voice) (202)-260-6732 (office/officina, fax) EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (office/officina) -- 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]
Re: MI Sdts to DEM format conversion
Vertical Mapper's import utility has a SDTS translator that can perform batch processing, although it is not free. The convenient feature about this translator is that it extracts only the DEM from the compressed .gz file so you do not have to un-compress the file and find the DEM information yourself. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ont, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: Michael Branagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lepage, Mike L (Mike)** CTR ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 5:48 PM Subject: Re: MI Sdts to DEM format conversion I am looking for a utility for convert the USGS sdts files for the 7.5 min topo maps. I need to convert them into DEM files, but cannot find any program which allows me to do batch processing. All comments/suggestions would be appreciated. I'd be interested as well. Especially dos, free utils. Michael Branagan HOME: 10207 Green Holly Terrace Silver Spring, MD 20902-5812 OFFICE: USEPA, OPPE (Room 3208) 401 M Street, SW Washington, DC 20460-2123 PHONE: (301)-754-0160 (home/casa, voice/fax) (202)-260-7569 (office/officina, voice) (202)-260-6732 (office/officina, fax) EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (office/officina) -- 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 Monte Carlo error simulations on DEMs in Vertical Mapper?
Andrew, You can do this with the Vertical Mapper Software Developer Kit. For more information try the following web page www.northwoodgeo.com James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ont, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: Andrew Skellern [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MapInfo-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 9:34 AM Subject: MI Monte Carlo error simulations on DEMs in Vertical Mapper? Dear Mappers Has anybody done any Monte Carlo simulations on DEMs in Vertical mapper to assess the affect of errors on model behaviour? Specifically creating an error field with a mean = 0 and a given variance depending on the error in the original DEM. Then adding this error field to the original DEM and performing analysis. Repeat the process 30 times and calculate the mean of all the different simulations. I have performed this task with programmes written in C but was wondering if anybody knows of a way to do it within MapInfo and Vetical Mapper. TIA Andy -- Andrew Skellern Lecturer, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Bath Spa University College, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BN Tel: 01225 875807 Fax: 01225 875776 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] -- 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-VM profile
Sharon, In the latest release of Vertical Mapper (version 2.5) the X axis units for the Cross Section Tool can be set to a variety of distance units including kilometres. This is done in the Preferences dialogue (Vertical Mapper Preferences). In earlier versions the X axis was determined by the distance units of the grid's projection. If your version is older than than version 2.5 then try creating a custom projection with the unit identifier in the projection string set to kilometres (m=7, km=1). For example change this: "UTM Zone 18 (NAD 83)\p26918", 8, 74, 7, -75, 0, 0.9996, 50, 0 To this: "Custom Projection", 8, 74, 1, -75, 0, 0.9996, 50, 0 For more information on this check out Creating Your Own Coordinate System in the MapInfo Professional Reference Guide. James Harvie Vertical Mapper Product Manager Northwood Geosience Ltd. 43 Auriga Drive, K2E 7Y8 Nepean, Ont, Canada 613-224-2020 -Original Message- From: Map Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MapInfo Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 2:58 PM Subject: MI-VM profile Hi Folks!! I'm just full of questions these days that can't be answered by manuals. Today's question is about VERTICAL MAPPER's profile function. Can anyone explain how it defines the horizontal axis? It seems to me that the values are 'sort of' correct. If I draw a profile that runs say 30 kilometres in the map window, the profile draws a horizontal axis labelled "Distance (Meters)[e-3]" with a max distance of 0.30 which is correct but why can't I get it changed to reflect a normal distance (km)? All my map options are set to kilometres and the defaults are all set to metric units. The preference options for VM don't seem to offer any help either. What am I missing? Thanks in advance. Sharon -- 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]
