Re: MI: Image VS GRID?

1999-12-07 Thread Exa-Min
e "channel" or "band" of data forming an image. Andrew Waltho Brisbane, Australia e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles Huyck Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 1999 3:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sub

Re: MI: Image VS GRID?, compression etc.

1999-12-07 Thread Mapinfo User
I have been having a problem using one of the most basic functions of MapInfo: Clone view. When I use clone view, the newly cloned view does not keep the same layer values that were in the original. I might have this layer or that on and viewable at a certain level and the new view might have

MI: Image VS GRID?

1999-12-06 Thread Charles Huyck
What is the difference between an image and a Grid? One is derived and one is imported? Aren't they both just 2D (or more) arrays of numbers? Color values reference the object. You can analyze these numbers to extract and classify the object, like on the X-files last night when the FBI agent used

Re: MI: Image VS GRID?

1999-12-06 Thread EdwardsRG
A respondent on the MapInfo-L list wrote: What is the difference between an image and a Grid? One is derived and one is imported? Aren't they both just 2D (or more) arrays of numbers? Color values reference the object. Here is one big difference in my book: Suppose the image is an aerial

Re: MI: Image VS GRID?, compression etc.

1999-12-06 Thread Charles Huyck
It sounds like you are making the distinction that a Grid file can have character attributes while an image can not. Well, the character attributes in a "Grid" are kept in a separate table and linked anyway, so they should compress the same. If you compress numeric data, you stand to loose just