Re: MIFSHAPE Conversion

2000-08-16 Thread Kurt Ackermann
Hari, I don't know which version of MIFSHAPE you are using, but the problem may possibly be with MIFSHAPE. It has misbehaved for us in the past also. However, it is also possible that there is something in the MIF which is causing the problem, as this has also occurred for us. It doesn't seem

Fw: MI Is MapInfo going to die?

2000-08-16 Thread Eric Frost / HR and Associates, Inc.
Zoran, Alex: I'm sure the Manifold marketing guy would love to key in here haha.. I think if they could update the interface to look like Office 2000 (---especially the crazy buttonpads!) that would go a long way to allay such comments like this, even though it's really just window dressing (ex

RE: MI Is MapInfo going to dead ?

2000-08-16 Thread Neil Havermale
If wishes were fishes... (Where have I heard that before?)   If speculation creates little more than frustration I might gaze into a MapInfo future of:   MapInfo Professional in the next rev "might" come to us as a COM or even better CORBA design.    That MapBasic is replaced by MapJav

RE: MI Is MapInfo going to die?

2000-08-16 Thread Markovic, Zoran
I agree with you Alex. But, MapInfo is only following the product strategy of all other software companies - the common practice in the industry. This strategy is to keep the workhorse product, such as MapInfo Pro, as a bait - the first product that you buy. Then, they sell you all additional f

MI Job Opening for GIS-MapInfo

2000-08-16 Thread Wilson, Doug A
Want to add a touch of adventure to your GIS career? How would you like to spend your day cruising on a boat mapping in real time. When the last time you commuted to a job via a bush plane? In your spare time you could climb Mt. McKinley or just sit back and let your sled dogs carry you off to Nom

RE: MI How to save thematic *Thank you*

2000-08-16 Thread Brorsen, Gert
Than You all for your suggestions, I have now got it working like a dream. Gert ** 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 addre

MI Wage/Salary Survey

2000-08-16 Thread jessica
We invite your company/agency to participate in the 2000 Wage and Salary survey. Visit http://www.geosearch.com and follow the instructions. Your company/agency will receive a 75% discount on the final document that will be completed by the end of September. If you prefer to receive a paper v

RE: MI Dual Processor

2000-08-16 Thread James . Moss
No, They are not threaded so do not utilize more than one processor. However on a dual processor box the operating system can split tasks on to the two processors. This means that while that huge MI query runs you can still use email or another program without much slowdown as MI is only fully us

MI Project Requirements

2000-08-16 Thread Swayze . Natalie
Hello all, I'm hoping someone might be able to help me out with this: I'm working on a web-based mapping project using .html maps created with MI 6.0, and corresponding .mdb files for the MI .tabs used. For the end product, we would like to have a form created on the website where clients could

MI Is MapInfo going to dead ?

2000-08-16 Thread ITSSA-Gerencia
Is Mapinfo and Mapbasic going to dead ?? Anyone knows if will be a Mapinfo 7.0, 8.0 etc .. And MapBasic ? Will exist MapInfo and Mapbasic in 5 years ? I saw the improvements made in the last 3 releases are very poor at least for my expectant. Are the list agree with me ?   regards, Alex

MI More on Diabolics

2000-08-16 Thread Bill Thoen
When you submit a question for the MapInfo quiz, please include your devious alternative choices too. For example: How do you launch the "easter egg" hidden in MapInfo Professional 6.0? 1. Click on the approximate location of Casablanca, Morocco in the little map on the Help/About dialog.

MI Mapinfo Graph util

2000-08-16 Thread Gerle Gold Ltd.
Does anybody know of a utility that will allow you to select a data point in a MapInfo Table and then show a graph (such as an x,y plot) of the data associated with that point?   Any help would be appreciated.   Chris CAH Consulting Ltd. Yellowknife, N.W.T.

MI Translucent Layers

2000-08-16 Thread LEPAGE, MIKE (MIKE)
List, Is there any way to do translucent layers? I was told that Mapinfo 6.0 has the feature but I can't find it anywhere in the program. Only thing I can do is modify a rastor image to make a color transparant. But say I have a color I want translucent... or I have a poloygon region, red for ex

MI Custom Symbol - Save Window As - Problem Solved

2000-08-16 Thread Landis, Bill @ Phoenix
Title: Custom Symbol - Save Window As - Problem Solved We found that using the Save Window As function in MI 6.0 was shrinking or removing our custom symbols from the resulting file when we changed the Image Size from the default. Selecting Options > Preferences > Output Settings and in the W

RE: MI Map Data

2000-08-16 Thread Tim Warman
What about having a series of smaller maps arrayed on a single A0 size layout? I've used this in the past for displaying several years worth of water level data and it looks great. _ Tim Warman Geologist & GIS Specialist Richard C. Slade & Associates North Hollywood, C

Re: MI Dual Processor

2000-08-16 Thread Erick Posner
Hi Sergeant, I believe that Informix/SpatialWare for MapInfo are not supported on Windows 2000. Only Windows NT 4.0 with service pack 5.0. Try contacting MapInfo corporation for more information. -- Erick Posner Join AllAdvantage! Earn $ while you surf anywhere on the Web http://www.alladvanta

MI 6.0 bug - incorrect Cartesian measure

2000-08-16 Thread Tom Curley
Now that we can choose Cartesian or Spherical for measuring distances, we've noticed an anomaly - the Sperical distances measured using either the distance tool or by double-clicking a line seem correct when compared to other standards of measure (paper maps, other software) BUT when Cartesian is

MI Oracle 8i Compound polygons and linestring in MapInfo

2000-08-16 Thread Bouchard, Dany
Title: Oracle 8i Compound polygons and linestring in MapInfo I have been testing accessing (in MapInfo Pro 6.0) compound polygons and LineString (lines and arcs) stored in an oracle 8i database (8.1.6). When these objects are opened and displayed in a MapInfo Pro Map Window, they are converted

MI The Diabolical MapInfo Exam

2000-08-16 Thread Bill Thoen
Tim Rood wrote: > > We may well be able to create the diabolical MI test. For years we've stumped > MI developers with "tests" of improved functionality. I'm a little out of date > on the wish list but where's the "not in" query, just for example? or the > "switch selections" a la AV? I promise

RE: MI How to save thematic layer

2000-08-16 Thread Lindsay Giles
Hi Gert - What about putting a column in that carries a city ID - populate that column with an identifier on which you can select points related to individual cities. If you can't currently save your query in the workspace, it was probably a selection based on the Marquee or radius select tool

MI Map Basic source code for "GEOREG" Utility

2000-08-16 Thread kiva consullting
Does anyone have source code for the GEOREG utiliy.   I really would like to tailor this to our needs, such as allowing user defined TAB file names, path elimnation, etc.  I know this utility comes out of the box with MI, but not with its source code.    Anyway, thanks for the help.     Sha

MI Dual Processor

2000-08-16 Thread Agen Greg SMSgt AFRC/RSOO
Does anyone know if MapInfo Products... specifically MapInfo Pro, MapMarker and Target Pro have the capability to utilize a dual processor on Windows 2000. We are looking at getting a new computer, and I want to insure they will work on Windows 2000 and/or a Dual Processor. GREGORY S. AGEN, SMSg

MI Map Data

2000-08-16 Thread Nick Smith
Hi, Does anyone have any idea how i can display 104 weeks of cholera case counts from 39 different provinces  one ( heres the crunch ) ONE map so that it is readable   Cheers Nick Smith

MI Thematic Mapping

2000-08-16 Thread ATSmith
Dear all, I was inquiring into whether there are any solutions to thematically mapping more than the allotted 230 classes as set out in MapInfo 5.0. I am trying to map some 248 different codes yet MapInfo is not allowing this to happen. Any solutions? Andrew ---

MI Vertical Mapper V2.6 crashes

2000-08-16 Thread Barry Weston
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. Registe

MI Query a textfield

2000-08-16 Thread Kjartan Greiff Selnes
Dear List. I have a table witch contains a text-coloumn(citynames). Some cities occours several times in the coloumn at approximately the same location I'm trying to query this table to get unique citynames in the column (avoid duplicate names)with: select columns: * >From tables: tablename Group

MI Answer for Nicole Guy

2000-08-16 Thread dheaney
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MI How to save thematic layer

2000-08-16 Thread Brorsen, Gert
OK.. here is what I'm trying to do I have a table of points covering the whole country, and I need to do "individual point" thematic maps of these points on a City by City basis. I don't want to cut my national point table into 52 individual table and then have to update them all whenever a

MIFSHAPE Conversion

2000-08-16 Thread hari agung
Dear List,... I have problem when using MIFSHAPE to convert*.MIF into *.SHP, Error message something like "Conversion cannot completed - Can't create DBF file". What i get only *.shp and *.shx - each of them only 1 Kb. I already use Data Automation Kit, but still same. Thanks for your help... h

MI HELP: Thematic Legend -> Table?

2000-08-16 Thread Brorsen, Gert
AutoLegend is one of the utilities I find most useful, but unfortunately it can not create a new table from a thematic map layer, which is what I need to do, as the standard thematic legend is just t restrictive in terms of changing its structure or even something as simple as adjusting its si