RE: MI Copying Boundary Lines.

2000-04-07 Thread Martin Roundill
Hi Myles I find the easiest way to do this is in fact not to digitise it. Instead digitise a polygon that goes inside the original polygon, set the target to the new polygon, select the existing polygon(s) and use these to erase the overlap. The result is that the new polygon exactly agrees

Re: MI MapBasic PointInPolygon predicate function

2000-04-07 Thread PEM
Hi David, Concerning the problem with checking whether a point is within a region: You can use the geographical operators without SQL. That is you might ask if one object is within/intersects/contains another: ***

MI Legend Window in Layout

2000-04-07 Thread ml
Hello listers, i have a lot of problems in getting a thematic legend automatically appear in a layout window via mapbasic. Here is what i do : 1. do some thematic shading 2. change the name of main mapper window (eg: Set window Title "XYZ") 3. create a layout for this window 4. insert frame

MI Friday Funnies

2000-04-07 Thread Sarah W Myers
I have to admit: I laughed. This came from my father in law who is a chili judge. Please do not laugh at this as it is very serious: JUDGING CHILI -- TEXAS STYLE Notes from an inexperienced chili tester named Frank, who was visiting Texas: Recently, I was honored to be selected as an

Re: MI Copying Boundary Lines

2000-04-07 Thread brian . forrester
Myles Martin, There are two answers here; You can draw your new region extending over the original, then Objects Set Target, Objects Erase Or (and this is particularly useful if you are using polylines rather than regions); - set snap on (toggle the "s" key) - drawing your region( or

MI:Areas of overlapping regions

2000-04-07 Thread E.O.Kofod
Dear listers, As a Newbie, I need a helping hand: How do I in an easy step get the areas of all overlapping regions of two layers? I have in one layer a vegetation map of a nice varied tropical forest and in other layers things like soil types or administrative blocks. These layers create

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Custom Lines RE: MI Custom Symbols

2000-04-07 Thread James McCormick
List, Useful e-mail from Richard Glass. Just a follow on question from the mail. Is there a way of customising MI line styles? James McCormick -Original Message- From: Richard Glass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 11:05 To: 'MapInfo-L' Subject: MI Custom

MI MapInfo Oracle 816

2000-04-07 Thread Martin Rothman
Does anyone know if MI55 is compatible with Oracle 8.1.6? I appreciate your replies. Martin Rothman -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or

MI Friday Humor: Two-Fer-One . . .

2000-04-07 Thread John Hoffmann
Grandma's Here . . . The little boy greeted his grandmother with a hug and said, "I'm so happy to see you grandma. Now maybe daddy will do the trick he has been promising us." The grandmother was curious. "What trick is that my dear," she asked. The little boy replied, "I heard daddy

MI Overhead Transparencies

2000-04-07 Thread Brendan . O'Donovan
Dear List, We have a QMS Magicolor 2CX, colour laser printer, the output of which to transparency is not good, especially by comparison to the thermal wax transfer it replaced. I have two questions; 1. Does anyone have any transparencies optimisation on the QMS tips. 2. Assuming that keeping

MI Sangars

2000-04-07 Thread David Eagle
Me thinks our sandwiches are going to be a little warm! _ 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]

Re: MI Copying Boundary Lines.

2000-04-07 Thread Mats Elfström
Hi All! When digitizing adjacent features, use the tracing ability of MapInfo. Here's how to trace the nodes of an existing polyline or polygon: 1. Press the “S” key to activate Snap Mode. 2. Click on a node of the polyline/polygon you want to trace. 3. Move the mouse to another node of the

MI Vertical mapper

2000-04-07 Thread Laurent SCHNELL
Est-il possible de générer des objets 3D avec vertical mapper? ou bien celui-ci se contente-t-il de surfaces 3D? En fait, peut-on réaliser des vues en trois dimensions à partir de la BD TOPO de l'IGN sur vertical mapper? Merci d'avance Laurent SCHNELL

RE: MI Sangars

2000-04-07 Thread Jeff Lebowski
Just as long as the potato salad doesn't spoil. -Original Message- From: David Eagle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Sangars Me thinks our sandwiches are going to be a little warm!

RE: MI Sangars

2000-04-07 Thread Lavoie, Claude
Where's the beef? -Message d'origine- De: Jeff Lebowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: 7 avr. 2000 09:37 À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: RE: MI Sangars Just as long as the potato salad doesn't spoil. -Original Message- From: David Eagle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday,

RE: MI MapInfo Oracle 816

2000-04-07 Thread DORIER Herve
Yes it is !! But, you have to know that EasyLoader can't upload datas to a Oracle 8iR2 database. Hervé DORIER -Message d'origine- De: Martin Rothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: vendredi 7 avril 2000 14:38 À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: MI MapInfo Oracle 816 Does anyone know

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MI: MIPro command line options

2000-04-07 Thread Paul Fildes
Dear all, I forget if this has been asked in the past, but I'd like to be able to open a MapInfo Professional session with a specific workspace. Can this be achieved via a command line option, and if so what is it?. Thanks in advance, Paul Fildes Phone: +44

MI SUM: DesignJet 650C printing Problems

2000-04-07 Thread Charlie Bernhardt
Hello Everyone, I'm sorry that I've taken so long to post this summary (I posted my original question on 2/17 - I've included it below), but the problem wasn't solved until a couple of days ago. Thanks to all who offered solutions; one suggestion was to purchase a copy of the SuperPrint driver

RE: MI Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:00:51 -0500

2000-04-07 Thread John Hollingsworth
Travis, select * from table where field mod 2 replace xxx with the appropriate words John Hollingsworth The Buxton Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Lathrop, Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:01 AM To: mapinfo list Subject: MI Date:

MI BIG north arrows

2000-04-07 Thread Tim Warman
Listers, Does anyone have a nice-looking north arrow that can be made larger than the ones in the MI Arrows font (max of 48 pt)? The aforementioned looks too small on a 36" x 60" plot. TIA _ Tim Warman Geologist GIS Specialist Richard C. Slade Associates North

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MI MapInfo Professional Beta

2000-04-07 Thread Andrew_Dressel
We refreshed the beta last week with build #9. If you haven't already checked it out, please do so. It now includes: - Support for Oracle 8.1.6 - A new EasyLoader - More printing options - 3DMap fixes - Universal Translator fixes (including support for 'Survey Feet') - Many other

Re: Supported Fonts/Symbols in MI

2000-04-07 Thread Mats Elfström
Ryan Danby wrote: How can I expand the symbols/fonts available to me in MapInfo to include other TrueType fonts? I've found a couple of fonts with symbols that I would like to use, but they aren't an available choice when I go into object properties/symbol style. The manual doesn't address

MI Friday Humor Census

2000-04-07 Thread John Haynes
This appeared on another mapping list. Really, no need to send in those forms. http://www.theonion.com/onion3612/us_population.html John HaynesDirectorGeodata Consultants, Inc.1-800-838-6661www.geodataconsult.com

MI DXF features not importing into MapInfo

2000-04-07 Thread Geografía y Electrónica, SA de CV
I'm trying to compile a complete list of Acad / DXF features that MapInfo doesn't import completely. So far, I've known about UCS, Meshes, long names and Solids, that convert incorrectly or don't convert into mapinfo, either with the /table/import or with the Universal Translator. If any of

RE: MI Comparative Analysis

2000-04-07 Thread MacIntosh, Jennifer
Thanks to all who replied, here are the comments I have recieved: This link is really good, and I found it very helpful: look at http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/1999/FCW_032299_212.asp __ Dear Jennifer, We've been evaluating Manifold v4.5 and a couple of quick points would

MI HP deskjet 1229C

2000-04-07 Thread Josée Beloin
Hi. Another problem... I wonder why my hp deskjet 1220C printer can't print the pattern for some of the region on the map the same layer but not printed the same... and no superposition with other layers... I tried to change the drivers but it still dosen't work... anybody has this

RE: MI MapInfo CEO comments in magazine

2000-04-07 Thread Jeff Lebowski
It really wouldn't surprise me in the least if MapInfo completely abandoned the desktop GIS market. They have been making strides in that direction for the past few years, and it is evident more than ever with the recent press releases touting their big money deals over their software. All

MI Progress Bars on Select Statements

2000-04-07 Thread Graham Smith
Hi there, Has anyone devised a way of getting progress bars to work whilst running a select query?? These things work fine if you're looping your way through a table, but showing a progress bar for a select * from query has me flummoxed! Cheers, Graham Smith

MI SUM: Ordering items in the legend

2000-04-07 Thread Tim Warman
Listers, Anyone working with geology maps will understand the necessity of having the geologic units placed in the correct stratigraphic order in the legend. MI will not do this for you automatically, but there's a fairly simple workaround. Many thanks to all who responded with various ideas,

Re: MI Legend Window in Layout

2000-04-07 Thread jchgis
You need to add "From" clause to your create statement, create frame Into Window FrontWindow() (fx2 - 5.0,fy1+2.0) (fx2,fy1 + 17.0) Title legenden_title From Window MyLegendWinHandle FillFrame On -- Sonya Nikolsky Production Manager

MI RE: Metric units in srartup

2000-04-07 Thread Alex Teleshev
Hello, Dyan Catamaran wrote: Add the following two lines to "startup.wor" which resides in you MapInfo directory. Set Distance Units "km" Set Area Units "sq. km" First string will returm an error couse of point, next string is right : Set Area Units "sq km" Best regards, Alex Teleshev