MI North Sea Oil Gas

2000-01-31 Thread Jon Rees EG CEFAS
Hi, Has anybody got any data on the Oil and Gas activities in the North Sea - preferably in Mapinfo format (or Arcview) We've two projects looking at suspended sediment in the North Sea and I want to overlay all the installations etc. Suggestions for other data sources welcome. Many Thanks

MI Cosmetic Problem

2000-01-31 Thread David Eagle
A Monday question! Does anybody know if it is possible to select more than one layer at a time in order to globally override the style of a particular area...? or do I have to go through each layer individually and rather tediously? I have OS Landline data (numerous individual layers)

MI Resource Files/DLLs

2000-01-31 Thread Chris Martin
I want to be able to use custom buttons in my MapBasic applications, and preferably share them with my VB apps. I can create resource files in VB (.RES), but the MI user guide says that MapBasic can only use DLLs How does one create a resource file of one type or another, that can be

MI ZipCodes

2000-01-31 Thread Branagan . Michael
I was speaking with the U.S.Postal Service (USPS) Historian, an apparently likely resource for "ancient" information such as 1980 zipcodes. She has had a tough time selling the idea of keeping old records, such as 1980 zipcodes, to her management. I said that the USPS could possibly sell this

MI Union-ing two layers!

2000-01-31 Thread CE Jon Bloor
Dear list I apologise if this is a really simple question but it has me stumped! I should add that i am a relative newcomer to MapInfo. My question is: Short version :How do I carry out a UNION (Arc/Info) in MapInfo. Long Version: My problem is that i have to layers: a) a Postcode Boundary

RE: MI Cosmetic Problem

2000-01-31 Thread Thake, Peter
David, I think you may be stuck with the long tedious method unless you can write some MapBasic, but here are some other ideas: 1. Translate the OS data again using the universal translator utility that comes with MapInfo. This brings each Landline layer in as a separate table and the colour

MI PRINTING PROBLEMS

2000-01-31 Thread Lilley, Marie
Hello List, Has anyone any experience of printing from MapInfo ver 5.0 to a Novajet 630e 42" wide plotter. Bury has just purchased one and is having problems printing to it. It is very slow and they have not managed to print anything yet. Even the test page is slow. It is set for HPGL. We did

MI Microstation cell library

2000-01-31 Thread Nilmini Wijayakoon
I am a MapInfo-l subsrciber but this time am hoping someone can point me in the right direction regarding Microstation. I emailed this to the gistrans-l last week and am not sure if it was received properly since I am not a subsriber there. I am not a regular Microstation user and am having

No Subject

2000-01-31 Thread Eberl,Christine [NCR]
Hi Listers! I am hopelessly unfamiliar with mapbasic and have been trying to use the Query/select function to pick out specific objects within an ACD world map table of boundaries North American. Each type of boundary (ie state/provincial, federal, ocean,etc) is assigned a different value in

Re: MI ? regarding font editors to edit mapinfo's map symbols atruetype font

2000-01-31 Thread Marjorie Roswell
http://www.macromedia.com/software/fontographer/ On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am posting a question pertaining to a font editor out there that will enable me to edit/add symbols to mapinfo's map symbols true type fonts. I have been emailing a tech support rep. who has

MI JOB: GIS Operator, Senior GIS Operator - Waitakere City Council, New Zealand

2000-01-31 Thread Martin Roundill
Hi All, Waitakere City Council, (Auckland, New Zealand) has two GIS operator vacancies. These positions have arisen because one operator is about to retire and a second is about to undertake extended overseas travel. We currently operate Intergraph MGE as our core GIS but are in the process of

MI Australian GDA94

2000-01-31 Thread Adrian Davey
Hi listers Does anyone have an updated mapinfo.prj file (compatible with v4.5) which includes provision for the new Australian geocentric datum GDA94? Or, for practical [i.e. MI] purposes, can it be assumed that GDA94 is so close to WGS84 that if it were any closer it would be exact?

RE: MI Famous Quotes

2000-01-31 Thread Robert Crossley
How about: "The guy who was responsible for the embassies database was made redunant with the budget cuts in '93" - US Pentagon GIS Unit Does anyone have a collection of famous or worthy quotes about GIS? I'm thinking along the lines of these below: -GIS is an essential tool for strategic

MI Workspace

2000-01-31 Thread Dyan Catamaran
Hi Users Is there any reason why MI (unlike ArcView) does not complete the open workspace command if there is one single map missing? I am running a program that creates multiples workspaces based on a workspace template and a lot of interactions are needed. However not all the maps have all

RE: MI Famous Quotes

2000-01-31 Thread Charles Huyck
"The guy who was responsible for the embassies database was made redunant with the budget cuts in '93" - US Pentagon GIS Unit or "Negligence is knowing the cable is there and flying as if it is not. Negligence is not the occurrence of normal deviations in flight. It would have been

Re: MI Viewing a Map without MapInfo on a machine

2000-01-31 Thread Trey Pattillo
Hello, Just a note about: 2. Looked at a few viewers to download from the web, including ones from the Spatial News list of viewers. I looked at the Proviewer and it has to many options and allows users to change data in tables. Have you installed ProViewer on "clean" machine? I found

RE: MI Australian GDA94

2000-01-31 Thread Clifford J. Mugnier
Adrian, Other than asking for a ".prj" file, I would think that the MapInfo List is not the place to go for advice on your topic of interest. Since the Australian Land Information Group (http://www.AUSLIG.gov.au) is the sole authority on the topic, I'd recommend that you go there for the