RE: MI midirections.com
Well, I just tried home-to-work and found a couple of issues: 1) My house has moved about 2 blocks down the street, which is fine because the houses are nicer down there, but might just confuse my guests. 2) The route to my office was the longest of 3 ways to go - by about 2 miles and maybe 10 minutes. Furthermore, a freeway route that is shown on the map (and the shortest one in my experience) was completely ignored. 3) My office is placed right (within 200 feet), but the directions show me going a block past the light where I would turn, hanging a U-turn (an illegal one at that) and driving back a block in order to make a simple left turn. 4) Zoom in / out is pretty easy to confuse - I zoomed in on my house and then backed up using the "Back" button on the browser. I then tried to zoom in on my office and was put back at my house. 5) The quality of the maps is nothing to write home about - this looks like it might be TIGER97 or something like that. I'd say that the issue is probably in the underlying data - it doesn't look like it's the best available. The maps also need a bit of work - street labeling looks like something right out of MI (not good), and the actual image is not great - lots of jaggy lines. However, the highway shields look pretty cool. Happy Mapping. James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Addison, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://cmcus.com -Original Message- From: Marc Plato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 4:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI midirections.com Just tried this site. What a wonderful tool Of course, my wife will be happy to know that our home is now 5 miles from where it was this morning when I left, but it is now on the lake!!! Marc Plato Time Warner Cable Columbia, SC - Original Message - From: "jwa inc." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "to_mi-l" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 9:26 AM Subject: MI midirections.com has anyone experimented with the www.midirections.com address to address routing software? i just plugged in the office and my house and it picked the 56 minute route instead of the 45 minute route. as i zoomed in i found that the destination point (my house) was not in the correct location. it was in the general vicinity, but if you were coming over for dinner you would probably have to call for directions anyway. is this typical, or do i just live in the right part of the country? bob rogers anderson, south carolina -- 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 Frame shape
Hi Dave You are stuck with the rectangular frame shape. However, the creative use of some layering of objects in the layout may get you what you want. Remember, you _can_ control the "Z Order" of objects in the layout, so it is possible to lay an object over the map in the frame. A little judicious work with some of the graphical objects (circle, rectangle, line, etc.) will probably get you the results you want. Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Addison, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://cmcus.com -Original Message- From: David Eagle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Frame shape GIS'ers, Does anyone know how to change the shape of a 'frame' in a layout...i.e. any other shape than a square or rectangle, preferably a circle?! Thanks, Dave _ David A. Eagle WS Atkins Consultants - East Anglia Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA. Direct Dial Tel: (01223) 814090, Fax: (01223) 277529 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: MI zip
Hi Dyan I hope you have money riding on this one! There is no function built into Mapinfo that will look for a specific zip code. If you have a zip code table open you can query it and then, in a mapper window, select Query | Find Selection to center the map on the zip code that was found (provide one _was_ found). You could certainly write such a functon using Mapbasic, but there is nothing "built in" that works like this specificially for zip codes. Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Addison, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://cmcus.com -Original Message- From: Dyan Catamaran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI zip This must be a simple question. Is there any automatic function in MI that shows where a ZIP code is located? Meaning that given a particular ZIP (US) code - enter- "abracadabra" - here it is located. I understand about the geocoding procedure but I have someone here saying that this feature is for sure automatic for MI. ( I don't buy it) Any help? Thanks Dyan C. Catamaran Phero Tech Inc. -- 604-940-9944 604-940-9433 -- 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 SUM - World Cities Database
Hi All Seems that worldwide city databases are in short supply - at least free ones are. Here is what I found: 1) The following site has a fairly large city database that can be queried - and feeds back a lat/long and some other minor data. This is what I actually used for most of my research (I only had about 80 cities to look up). http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp 2) Alan pritchard suggested the Global Gazetteer as a source. This certainly has a large collection of city data, but the price was more than my budget (any price was more than my budget for that matter - don't you just love cheap clients?). The URL is http://www.allm-geodata.com. In all fairness, the data prices here were quite reasonable and I certainly bookmarked this site for future consideration. 3) Glenn Letham of GeoComm.com suggested checking his site out for a couple of point files. There was one with about 13,000 entries that also helped - but it doesn't cover a lot of the smaller cities. The URL for GeoComm is http://software.geocomm.com/data/ That's about it - I managed to find most of what I needed, but we sure could use a good, cheap data file of world cities. Then again, we could also use a really good 5 cent cigar, too :) Thanks for the help everyone! Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Addison, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://cmcus.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]
MI - World City Database?
Hi All Does anyone know of a good (and preferrably free) database of world cities along with coordinates? I have tried the one from DirectionsMag.com, but it only has about 1/2 of the cities that I need. Thanks, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Addison, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://cmcus.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 creating points from centroids
Hi Sidney It's pretty simple actually - just a few steps. 1) Make a copy of your original table - use File | Save Copy As 2) Close the original and open the copy 3) Use the Table | Maintenance | Table Structure command to add two columns to your new table - call them X and Y and set the type to Decimal 16, 8 4) Use the Table | Update Column command to get the centroid information into the new columns - you'l do this twice, once for X and once for Y. Pick your table, select the X or Y column and then, for the Value field, type either CentroidX(obj) or CentroidY(obj). 5) Save your table 6) Select Table | Maintenance | Table Structure and select your table. Uncheck the "Table Is Mappable" option and click "Ok". You have just removed the map objects from your table. 7) Select Table | Create Points, select your table, make sure the X and Y columns are set correctly, and click Ok. You now have a map of points representing the centroids of the polygons you started with. Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Addison, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://cmcus.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI creating points from centroids Hello users, I have a polygon coverage of Census Enumeration Areas for a particular urban region, from which I would like to create a point theme consisting solely of points located at the centroids of each Enumeration Area. Has anyone done something like this before, and if so, how do you go about doing it? Any help would really be appreciated. Regards, -Sidney - - Sidney McLean Income Security and Social Development Studies Applied Research Branch Human Resource Development Canada 165 Hotel de Ville Phase II, 7th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 0J2 -- 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 Opening HTML pages within MapInfo
Hi Graham Well, you are going down the right track (does that translate to the Queen's English?) with the HTML output - it's a great way to make report. VB, however, will not do the job for dll's - it produces ActiveX dll's which are not the same as a standard dll - and MB requires a standard dll. You have a couple of options: 1) Use Delphi (or Visual C++ if you have a someone who codes in it) to write the dll. Delphi is rather similar to VB (the language is Pascal instead of BASIC) but it has the capability to write true dll's. It also includes an HTML viewer control so you could actually just pop up a window or dialog containing the report output - a potentially neater solution than spawning another copy of a web browser. Delphi is relatively inexpensive, fairly easy to learn, and there are examples out there of making it work with Mapinfo - check out theWhite Papers section of http://www.directionsmag.com for some samples and instructions. 2) If you must program in BASIC then check out PowerBasic at http://www.powerbasic.com - it's not a true visual development environment (although it does have a GUI builder that does a lot) but it _does_ produce true dll's. It's also a pretty good development environment and it's output is blindingly fast at a lot of things. Programs written in PowerBasic frequently run rings around similar code written in Visual Basic. I personally prefer Delphi, but that's because I learned Pascal a long time ago and then I was developing MB dll's in Delphi long before I ever heard of PowerBasic. 3) I _think_ you can issue a command through MB to start an external program - and you _might_ be able to do this with either Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. However, this is not exactly the best solution out there and it is klunky at best). Good luck! James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 7:06 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: MI Opening HTML pages within MapInfo I've seen these programs where you can click on a map object and it links to a url. What we really want to do is write html to a file from within an MBX to create a formatted report (that's the easy bit!), then to open that html page in a web browser without having to exit the MapBasic application - in other words, once the file is written, not have to manually go into Explorer to view the report. We wrote a short DLL in Visual Basic and have tried calling this, but with no success (VB skills not too hot!). Graham -Original Message-From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: 24 March 2000 12:04Subject: Re: MI Opening HTML pages within MapInfo have you looked at linkplus - i think it's available at spatialnews.com, and you might be lucky enough to get the code too to look at. - Original Message - From: Graham Smith To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 1:27 PM Subject: MI Opening HTML pages within MapInfo Dear List, I want to write something in Mapbasic which would allow you to open HTML pages within MapInfo. Can you help at all. Regards, Jackie
RE: Text from Word to MI 5.5
Hi Jeff There are a couple of options (hacks for you programmers): 1) Use Word as your layout program - import the map into Word and do your layout around it. I usually dump it to an image using File | Save Window As but it is also possible to copy the map window and paste it as an OLE object. To get a higher resolution of the image you export, specify an image width of about 3 times the final size when using the File | Save Window As command. 2) Do the same thing - but in PowerPoint. PowerPoint actually makes a pretty good layout program and it handles images better than Word. It also has a number of easier-to-use graphics tools that make the layout process work better. I have had great luck using PowerPoint as the poor man's desktop publisher - it's easy to use, the output can be scaled and it is actually pretty powerful. You not only get a document that prints well, but also the basis for a powerful slide presentation. 3) The third option (and this can work very well) is to get your text out to an image file. This is not always easy to do, but it is possible. The image file can then be placed in a Mapinfo layout window. Whatever choice you make, you will probably find that you need to edit the image a bit. I would suggest a wonderful shareware image editor - PaintShop Pro. Go to http://www.jasc.com to download a 30 day trial - which is usually enough for a quick project. I would strongly suggest registering the product if you like it - it is a very powerful image editor with a reasonable price (under $250 US I think). Good luck! James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com -Original Message- From: Jeff Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Reid, Jeff; Medina Subject: Text from Word to MI 5.5 Interested parties: We have lengthy text for a map explanation which will recur on a number of maps. The text was prepared in MS Word (Office 2000). Our maps are prepared using MI5.5. We are aware of the Photoshop and scanning approaches mentioned in the MI-L indexed comments. However, we do not have Photoshop and our scanner is not working right. We are up against a tight deadline and any help would be gratefully appreciated. Jeff Reid and Mike Medina NC Geological Survey 1612 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 1+919-733-2423 (voice) 1+919-733-0900 (facsimile) www.geology.enr.state.nc.us -- 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: Problems with Deskjet 1120C on network
Hi Peter Here are a few things to consider (and yes, I _do_ have one of these printers) 1) Under Win95 (and probably 98) the deskjet drivers have a memory leak. This really does not show up anywhere, but it will cause very strange behavior - especially as system resources run low. Try checking your system resources when the problem occurs. 2) Print files for maps sent to this printer can be _extremely_ large - make sure you have several hundred megabytes of space free on the spool drive (probably C) at all times. 3) The 1120C does not have an internal processor as such - it relies mostly on the computer itself. Therefore, printing to it through your printer will slow things down - either for you or for the print drivers. This might be causing a problem. 4) Check your printer cable - it should not really be more than 10 feet long and it should support bi-directional printing. Try a new cable - you would be surprised at what an intermittent fault will do printing. 5) Contrary to what HP says, this printer does not really like to be networked. If you _really_ want to screw things up, attach it to one of HP's JetDirect ports :) 6) Consider setting up a small computer to act as a print server. If you have an old P-166 or something similar it should make a wonderful spooling machine. You also get the added advantage of having two computers in your office - makes you look like a real computer geek (maybe good, maybe not so good). 7) Consider moving to Windows NT4 - it works a heck of a lot better than Win98 ever will - at least if you want to get real work done. Also, the drivers for printers tend to be more stable and less buggy - and Mapinfo is extremely happy on an NT box. Good Luck! James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com -Original Message- From: Peter Graves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problems with Deskjet 1120C on network Hi all, I have an HP Deskjet 1120C as the local printer on my PC. I share this printer through my PC over the office netowrk. I've been having a lot of problems with people not being able to print to it from their computers. Often, they will send the job and it will appear to spool, but will never show up in the spooler status on my PC, and never come through to print. If I reboot, then the problem is solved for a while. It will sometimes work if they reboot. I'm working all day on my machine. Is it a bad idea to use such an active PC as a print server? Also, the first print I send to the printer after it has been turned on is always preceded by a blank page with only 2 small hearts printed at the top. Is my printer developing emotions, or is there some other more reasonable explanation for this? Thanks in advance. Peter Graves P.S. - Dell Dimension 450, 256 MB RAM, Win 98 (version 1) -- 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 Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines Street Data
Hi All I am looking for something _really_ strange - I need street data with address ranges for Taiwan, Hong Kong and The Philippines. Have any of you ever seen a source for this one? I've struck out with Mapinfo. Thanks, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.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 Layout Window Title
Hi Blair I have a small Mapbasic program (a hack of something that came with Mapinfo) that does just what you want. I have posted it to the DirectonsMag site - look in the Free Tools Section under Mapinfo Extensions - the program is called WinTitles Regards, James -Original Message- From: Blair Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 2:04 PM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI Layout Window Title Hi: A few weeks ago, Marjorie Roswell talked about annoyances in MI and specifcally mentioned the lack of different titles for layout windows. It was suggested to post something to the FTP site but I couldn't see anything there and never saw any further discussion on the list about it. Does anybody have a way (MapBasic routine or other utility or ...) to rename a layout so that I can pull one up when I have a half dozen or so to chose from in my workspace? (Marjorie, did anyone send you anything specific on this?) I'd asked to have this put in the wishlist in its pre-Directions Mag days but I've never seen it show up anywhere. This would be a definite organizational timesaver for me. Thanks, Blair Allen Transportation Planner Kitchener Transit phone: 519-741-2566 fax: 519-741-2640 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]
MI Puerto Rico Demographic Data
Hi All Does anyone have a source for 1999 vintage demographic data for Puerto Rico? I have no problem finding boundaries and 1990 census data but I need something later. Thanks in advance. James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com This electronic message and / or file attachments is Copyright (c) 1999 by Channel Marketing Corporation. All Rights Reserved. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission and/or the attachments accompanying it may contain confidential and / or privileged information belonging to the sender. The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Any unauthorized interception of this transmission is illegal under the law. If you have received this transmission in error, please promptly notify the sender by reply e-mail and then destroy all copies of the transmission. -- 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 Exporting tables
Hi John Probably the best way is to export the table to a .dbf file (Table | Export, select dBase as file type), open the .dbf in Excel, fix whatever was lost in the process (all fonts, etc), copy your newly formatted Excel spreadsheet and then paste / past special it into Word. Unless you have a really large table (and it sounds like you don't) then this should work just fine. You can also place a _map_ in Word - use the File | Save Window As command and export the map (I usually use .bmp format). Bring it into Word using the Import | Picture | From File command and you have a map to go with your table. Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com -Original Message- From: John Blute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 2:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Exporting tables Hi, I'm a new(ish) user to MAPINFO so excuse the maybe simple question but can anyone advise as to the best way to export a table into, say microsoft word, and retain any graphic's, i.e columns and rows ?..I've exported to an ascii (.txt) file but its all jumbled up and you loose column headings etc etc Anyone with an idea ? Cheers John -- John Blute Maunsell Ltd United Kingdom -- 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 Housekeeping
Hi Laith I personally have implemented a directory structure and file saving scheme that keeps this problem down. Here's how it works on my system (with about 750,000 tables and 5,000-7,500 workspaces) 1) Store all your main mapping tables like streets, city boundaries, block groups, etc in one main folder. I personally break this down a bit for speed - Major Roads, Highways and Interstates are stored at the US level (in a folder called USA) and larger files (like streets, streams rivers, block group boundaries) are broken down and stored by state. The directory structure looks something like the following: \Mapping Data \Mapping Data\USA \Mapping Data\USA\Boundaries \Mapping Data\USA\Highways \Mapping Data\USA\Water - Oceans and major lakes only \Mapping Data\USA\Data - demographic data files (dbf) \Mapping Data\States\Texas\Roads - the streets go here \Mapping Data\States\Texas\Water - streams, rivers For individual projects I create a folder for my client and then subfolders under them for individual projects. When I make a map the workspace and any files specific to that workspace (road labels, trade areas, etc) are stored in the same folder as the workspace. The directory structure looks like this: \Clients\Client 1 \Clients\Client 1\Project 1 \Clients\Client 1\Project 1\Workspace 1.wor \Clients\Client 1\Project 1\Highway Labels.tab \Clients\Client 1\Project 1\Trade Area Boundary.tab This system has served me very well over the years - you just have to make sure people understand that the main mapping files are _not_ to be moved. Overall, this keeps file sizes down, data duplication to almost nothing and ensures that workspaces always open. I generally assume that anything I created several years ago should open just fine today - and it usually does. You need to plan out your directory structures carefully but, if you do, you should have very few problems with file locations. Drop me a note if you want more info. Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com -Original Message- From: Laith Wark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 12:26 AM To: MapInfo List Serve (E-mail) Subject: MI Housekeeping A housekeeping question. Can anybody suggest an orderely and efficient way of storing tables and workspaces over a network with the aim to: 1. Maintain workspace robustness 2. Reduce the amount of space taken 3. Enable the fastest working speed With the amount of dud workspaces failing to open due to corrupted paths, I resorted to making copies of each table, and saved it in the same folder as the .wor. Needless to say, this uses a LOT of space (ok, I went for the "fix it with a hammer" approach). Any advices would be appreciated. Laith Laith Wark EDAW (Aust) P/L Design, Planning and Environments Worldwide Level 4 Rowes Building 235 Edward Street Brisbane 4000 Australia Ph: INT +61 (0)7 3229 6422 Fx: INT +61 (0)7 3229 6422 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 MapInfo to pdf
Hi Declan I have had excellent luck printing to a pdf, with the exception of some bitmaps. We actually produce about 20% of our final output in pdf files and it makes my life _much_ easier. My clients like it, too, because they can reprint (to various printers) as often as they want. The PDF writer also allows you to build documents from multiple sources - pretty cool if you need a map in a report. A couple of comments: 1) You need to get the latest edition of Adobe Acrobat (4.0x) - 3.0 does not work nearly as well. 2) Bitmapped images in a layout window sometimes come out a bit ragged. However, raster underlays in maps seem to work just fine. 3) You will need to tinker a bit to get the right output settings. Overall, I strongly recommend using pdf files - they do a good job and make your maps very transportable. Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com This electronic message and / or file attachments is Copyright (c) 1999 by Channel Marketing Corporation. All Rights Reserved. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission and/or the attachments accompanying it may contain confidential and / or privileged information belonging to the sender. The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Any unauthorized interception of this transmission is illegal under the law. If you have received this transmission in error, please promptly notify the sender by reply e-mail and then destroy all copies of the transmission. -Original Message- From: Declan Troy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 1:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI MapInfo to pdf Mappers, Anyone with positive comments about printing layouts (map windows) to pdf files using Acrobat. Do the pdf files look pretty true to the originals? Does printed output of the pdf file compare well with printing direct from MapInfo? I've yet to try it but it seems that combining pdf files might be a good way to get map illustrations into reports with reasonable quality (better than saving windows as files) if the map pdfs retain printer quality. Declan -- 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 JOB - Part time in Dallas
Hi Mappers Channel Marketing Corporation is looking for some part time mappers to help with our growing map production business. We are interested in people with moderate Mapinfo (5.0 or higher) experience who would be willing to work flexible hours - either days or evenings. Mapbasic experience would be a plus but is not necessary. Our offices are located in the Addison area of the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex. For more information on Channel Marketing and our location please see our web site (http://www.cmcus.com) If you are interested please contact me at the numbers below: James Marlow Phone: 972-858-9600 ext. 322 Fax: 972-858-9601 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks James -- 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 5.5 Printing again.
Hi All Actually, I have experienced this with a HP Designjet 350C and MI5/NT4 (not 5.5, just 5.0). I have never been able to trace down the problem but usually turning the printer off and on and closing reopening MI seems to solve it. Maybe it has something to do with phases of the moon? James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 11:12 PM To: 'Tony Shepherd'; 'MapInfo Email Group (E-mail)' Subject: RE: MI 5.5 Printing again. I too have experienced this problem and I think it has something to do with the printer settings saved in workspaces. The workaround (I think) is to open the workspace, change the number of copies to the required amount, save the workspace, close all and then open the workspace again. Regards Peter Graham WS Group - Mackay Ph: +61 7 4951 2911 Fx:: +61 7 4953 1319 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Shepherd Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 11:13 AM To: MapInfo Email Group (E-mail) Subject: MI 5.5 Printing again. If I choose to print more than 1 copy of a layout and change the number of copies in the print dialog box to say 5, I still only get one printed copy! This has only happened since upgrading to MI 5.5, and I have even reinstalled the plotter drivers. Sometime (but not always) I also get the plotter counting down to zero (when plot nesting is turned on) then it just sits there on zero and wont start, with the receiving data light on. Has anybody else had this? I am using NT 4.0 and HP DesignJet 750C. I am considering removing 5.5 and reinstalling V5.0 as printing seemed to work. Cheers Tony - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tony Shepherd, GIS / IT Support Gore District Council, Gore, New Zealand Gore,The Brown Trout Capital .. .. .. .. check out or sites! .. .. .. .. .. . www.mataura.com . .. .. . www.goredc.govt.nz . .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 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 Out of office
Hi Peter Yep, Outlook will try to auto-respond, and that will generate enough flames to scorch your eyebrows when you return - at least until Bill gets around to removing you from the mail list. I'd suggest just unsubscribing while you are gone, although Outlook also allows you to set rules about who gets a response (you could leave MI-l out). The only problem with Outlook rules is that they have to be very carefully designed and set up or they won't work correctly. James -Original Message- From: Thake, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 4:41 AM To: 'Mapinfo-L' Subject: MI Out of office Hi Mappers, Slightly off-topic, but here goes: If I use the Out of Office Assistant in MS Outlook to automatically respond to emails while I am on holiday, will this mean every mapinfo-L posting will get an autoreply from me? Cheers, Pete, Ordnance Survey, UK -- 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 Printing using Mapinfo
Hi John One of the things you might try is using the "File | Save Window" command to save the layout window to an image file (jpg or bmp seem to work well). This file (especially the jpg) can be transferred to the mac and printed from any image manipulation software (Photoshop for instance). You will have to play with the image size output (you have a choice - in either inches or centimeters depending on locale) in order to get the right resolution. I think the default option is either 72 or 98 dpi. Usually anything 250dpi or higher prints just fine, but the files will be huge. I generally double or triple the suggested measurements to get a decent printable resolution. You might also have to edit the image a bit to make it look right - it will come out with a large white margin with a black line around it - pretty ugly. You can get rid of the border by changing/adding a key in the registry. The Mapinfo solution is below (I _still_ wonder why this isn't an option in a dialog somewhere). Feel free to drop me a note if you need more info / help. Regards, James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com === How to export to a bitmap without a border through FileSave Window As? Answer: Except for ProServer, MapInfo products export the black border by default. To change the border display in MapInfo Professional, modify the registry entry. The key is: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MapInfo\MapInfo\Common\ExportBorder This is a DWORD; 0 indicates no border; non-zero indicates that a border should export. In the 16-bit version MapInfo, the key is in MAPINFO.INI; [MapInfo Common] section; ExportBorder=0; non-zero indicates that a border should export. -Original Message- From: JOHN CHEU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 7:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Printing using Mapinfo I recently working on a study in my country. Just few days ago, I have to produce all my maps into a booklet. So, I copied all my maps into a CD and took it to my printer to print. unfortunatly, my printer is using mac and he is using a printer called xeikon ?? I printed my maps to *.prn using his PC computer and then try to print using mac but encounter problems especially fonts like mapinfo arrows and symbols. The printer cannot print symbols, legend and only print map in potrait. Anybody has similar experience that can help me out ? TIA john cheu __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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] -- 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 sizing map windows for easy viewing
Hi Jory There is actually a pretty simple trick to doing this: There are a number of steps but this works well: 1) Open both a Mapper and Layout window 2) In the layout window create a frame to contain the map. Size the frame to whatever you want. 3) Double-click the frame and uncheck the "Fill frame with contents" option. You now have a pretty ugly frame containing a map with the same size ratio as your Mapper. 5) Make sure the frame is still selected and that the layout window is positioned so that you can see one corner of the frame when you switch back to the map window. 6) Switch to the Mapper window and resize. You will see the area containing the map in the frame in the layout window resize as well. Continue until you have the size ratio matched up closely. 7) Go back to the layout window, double click the frame and check the "Fill frame with contents" option. You now have a mapper window and frame with roughly the same size ratio This not the most accurate system in the world, but it is quick and works quite well. The inaccuracy you will get is usually not enough to worry about. Regards, James -Original Message- From: Mapinfo User [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 10:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI sizing map windows for easy viewing Hello all. Confusing but: I would like the mapper window to reflect what is seen in its respective layout frame. Right now, the layout frame shows much more than the window in the mapper view. When I scroll around the mapper view it changes the layout frame view, so it becomes very tedious to add something to the mapper window and then go back to the layout and keep jumping back and forth. How do I adjust the mapper window so what i see in it is what is shown in the layout? Thanks. Jory -- 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]
