MI Digitising Tablet Question

Apologies if this has been covered before. When digitising using a Calcomp Drawing Board 3 and MapInfo Pro 5.5 for Windows NT we have a problem with regaining control of the cursor. After entering our registration points the cursor changes to cross hairs within the map window but will not change

RE: MI miles and kilometres

Rob you may be right there. the only PC we have round here capable of running it appears to have pedals on it. (?) ;-) -Original Message- From: Rob Batenburg (Robert Batenburg) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 May 2000 21:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI miles and kilometres

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 -

MI about the display speed

I notice when I Zoom in the mapevery time the mapinfo will read the map file from the disk. IfI copyallthe files to a virtual disk which can be builtby dos command, will the display speed be highed? My mapinfo is running on WindowNT, so I can not have a try, can somebody try it?

Re: MI DXF import and local grid

Hi, If I remember well from My Autocad v10-v12 years, about 8 years ago, the trick (then) was to only visualise the layers you want exported on the screen Next export to dxf; there should be a prompt asking or a possibility to select the features you want or just the whole content of the

RE: MI miles and kilometres

Title: RE: MI miles and kilometres 3071.2555 cubits = 320 rods, poles or perches = 80 chains Sorry, just had to get my two pen'orth in . Andrew Young Durham City -Original Message- From: Rob Batenburg (Robert Batenburg) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 May 2000 21:28 To:

Re: MI Digitising Tablet Question

Hi There was a query along this line a few weeks ago. I replied that that the board should be toggled between cursor and digitiser state using the "D" key see also the following text extract from Mapinfo 5.5 Help Selecting a drawing tool and making the Map window active In order to begin

RE: MI miles and kilometres

I thought kids were measured in decibels. Stephen Baig, father of two At 02:49 PM 23-05-00 -0400, you wrote: An interesting addendum to the original question about whether miles or kilometers are used in Puerto Rico...the correct answer is...BOTH. Distances are always expressed in

RE: MI DXF import and local grid

Juanse, In terms of transferring the data from AutoCAD to MapInfo you do not need a separate DXF for each layer, unless you have a particular reason for separating them (e.g. minimizing file size). A DXF can contain the data for all your layers in one file. The import functionality within

MI Change meny names

Hi! Is it possible to change the names of the menus ("table" into "tabell" for example)? I'm trying to run an MBX written for MI English version, but my version is Swedish so I need to change the manu names in order to make the application run. Suggestions would be appreciated / Cris

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

RE: RE: MI The Empire versus the metric

Hold a ruler up to the side of the container and jot down the dimensions. Patrick J. Phillips GIS Programmer I City of Orlando -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L"

RE: MI Removing segments from a polyline

Would you share in the origin of this "ConnectTheDots.mbx" file??? Thank you! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 1:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Removing segments from a polyline I had a whole lot of

MI SUM Updating an integer and/or character column

Title: SUM Updating an integer and/or character column Dear List, Thanks to everyone who responded, Max Frenandez, Peter Corlett, Trey Pattillo, Michael Barndt, and George Smith. I really appreciate the help. Basically everyone had the same answer as to what I was doing wrong. The answer

MI Shading using RGB values stored in data

Hi, I'm attempting to do a shade window command but am a bit unsure about the syntax in this specific case. I want to shade by distinct values but the RGB values I want to use are actually part of the data - for example I have a Zips table with zipcode in one column and an RGB value in the

Re: MI Removing segments from a polyline

It's at Directions Magazine in their Tools directory. See http://www.directionsmag.com . Steve Wallace Operations Manager Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Co's - Original Message - From: "Trammell, Nathaniel A." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mapinfo-L (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

MI Graphics cards revisited

It seems we are almost on our own in the use of 32MB cards The responses I have are as follows: From Bob Garett I have been using a Matrox Millennium G400 w/32mb and dual monitors for about 4 months with MI 5.5 and 6.0 beta and have had none of the problems you mention. The only "bug" that

MI MapInfo-FoxPro Connectivity

Hi All! I am currently in the process of compiling multiple databases together and would like to know if any one has done a project similar to this. We currently have a very large database that holds things concerning our store locations, such as leases, rent, options, site plans, aerials, and

RE: MI The Empire versus the metric

I must say that this is a whole lot more irrelevant that the GPS conversions that were being conducted a few weeks ago! Please take this conversation somewhere else. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL

RE: MI The Empire versus the metric

Good Heavens People!!! Lighten up!!! If those of you who take issue with the threads of recent would just use the digest or web or whatever instead of subscribing to the list, the rest of us would be much happier. I have been on this list for almost five years and most everyone who posts here

RE: MI MapInfo-FoxPro Connectivity

FYI http://www.redhensystems.com/vms Red Hen -Original Message- From: G. Benc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI MapInfo-FoxPro Connectivity Hi All! I am currently in the process of compiling multiple databases together

RE: MI MapInfo-FoxPro Connectivity

As much as I dislike directing you towards the Manifold group, they may just have a solution to your need. http://www.manifold.net/products/commander/commander_home.html Wouldn't it be great if MapInfo were to integrate Oracle 8i Lite into their/our products? FWIW MidNight Mapper 5/25/00

RE: MI The Empire verses the metric

The distance measurements of [[ 1 nm = 1.852 km ]] the origin of the nautical mile is as follows (I believe): 1 nautical mile = 1 second of 1 minute of 1 degree at the equator Therefore: the circumference of the globe = 1 nm/sec x 60s/m x 60m/d x 360 d = 1,296,000 nautical miles I

MI GIS Websites

Hi, I'm doing an survey of GIS websites. Websites that specialize in explaining the concept of GIS to common people. The one with no geographic experience. Please let me know if you know of any such websites, thanks in advance! -

Re: MI The Empire versus the metric

I must admit I've been impressed with the discussion, it's brought a smile to my face a few times, well how about the Solomon Islands distance is measured by the litre there.. i.e the number of litres of fuel you need in an outboard on a canoe to get from A to B, weather, currents

RE: MI The Empire versus the metric

Mick, here in Australia we often measure distance by stubbies. A stubbie is a small bottle of beer (375 mL - about a third of a US quart). eg. The number of stubbies it takes to get from Melbourne to Ballarat (probably a 3 stubbie trip). Longer trips are measured in "slabs" or "cartons". A

Re: MI The Empire verses the metric

Andre DeHaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote A chainman (surveyor's assistant) would carry a set of 25 links of chain in his pocket 1 LINK had a length of about 8 inches (actually 7.92", but let's not get lost in the details) Strong legs and reinforced pockets?

MI vehicle tracking systems?

Hi Guys: Is anybody aware of a mapinfo based ( or any other GIS based) system that say, for example, allow you to display locations of vehicles in real time using the GPS data that is being tranmitted to the control centre. there are multiple vehicles and all of them have to ve displayed

MI universal translator ( MI To SHP)?

Is there a limitation of UT to translate MI files. I found that few of my large polygons could be translated by UT. these polygons were quite complex. Is there a way to make sure everything gets translated as per the original file. -- rajeev saraf

Help with Geotracker and MI

Hi, I have a Garmin GPS3 unit that I want to use with the Blue GeoTracker software supplied with Mapinfo 5. I have the setup working and I can see my position and track it on screen. However the problem is that I want to record my position every second to a table. I have tried setting the

AD: MID/MIF export translator for VectorWorks (MiniCAD)

panta rhei information technology, Melbourne, Australia, announces a MapInfo MID/MIF export translator for VectorWorks. The translator is intended for landscape architects, urban planners, facilities managers etc. who use CAD for their actual work, but also want to utilise GIS for more