MI Vectors turn around!!

Dear MI Gurus, This problem makes me go mad... When I do an onscreen digitization in MapInfo 5,5.5 with the raster image the vectors turn around. This happens only when I view the vectors, I had a mail on this but some how this is missing with me now. Can anybody let me know how to overcome

MI - line tool thrown a wobbly

MI-L'ers, A colleague of mine was trying to draw a line (using the line tool) from one point to another. The problem was, MI drew the line from the centre outwards, much like the radius/marquee select tool. It was almost as if it wanted to draw a circle but only with a line. All very strange.

MI CableCad Export Formats

Hello, Is anyone familiar with a product called CableCad. What I am looking for is what formats can the data be exported to. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA Brian winmail.dat

MI Geocoding ODBC database

I am using an Access database through and ODBC connection. I just geocoded the records with the exception of a few. These I am trying to manually place. However, I am getting an error message which says that I cannot edit the current table because someone else is editing it. Currently, no one

MI 3DMap Problem with Version 6.0

Office: Division: I am getting the error message "SetPixelFormat failed" when I create a 3D map with version 6.0, specifically when I try the Viewpoint Control option. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? -- To

RE: MI - line tool thrown a wobbly

Hi - That's the behaviour of a Ctrl-drag with the line tool. Was any other application displaying symptoms of Ctrl-Click behaviour? When you say a reboot of MI, do mean a reboot of the machine or a restart of MI? What o/s? Lindsay Giles Senior GIS Analyst AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd

MI Append Corrupting Objects Using State Plane Coords

Title: Append Corrupting Objects Using State Plane Coords I imported E00 quarter mile square parcel files from a local city government into MI 5.5. The projection is NAD27 State Plane AZ Central. The tables look good but when I attempt to append the files together the polygons and lines are

MI Sockets, WinSockets and MapBasic

Hi List, Has anyone compiled a MapBasic MBX that directly uses socket technology to transfer data between applications? I have a feeling it may be possible through the Microsoft ws*.dll's, however after some investigation, I'm still not sure. Comments, suggestions and / or example

MI screen def and dialogs

I am very careful when designing my dialogs to have the cleanest display as possible. I have a 1024x768 15 in. monitor. When my application is used on a different monitor, the dialogs have a tendency of being almost all garbled up. It is more than a question of screen definition; the last test I

MI street names in a zone

My previous request to this list was quite helpful in locating a resource for free maps but now i have a new problem I am wanting to create a query that would show all the streets on a map contained within a zone i created in a separate layer. I know this sounds simple to most of you, but I

MI 6.0 Symbols Bug

There is a bug in 6.0 with regard to symbols libraries. The only way I have found to get access to all the older version mapinfo symbols, like Oil Gas, etc., is to go to control panel, fonts, and check box "Use Only True Type Fonts". You get all the old symbols back, but if you have non-true

Re: MI 6.0 Symbols Bug

There is a bug in 6.0 with regard to symbols libraries. The only way I have found to get access to all the older version mapinfo symbols, like Oil Gas, etc., is to go to control panel, fonts, and check box "Use Only True Type Fonts". You get all the old symbols back, but if you have non-true

MI Answer - Data Insert Into Blank Column

Thanks to all that responded. The key came from Litea Biukoto. Even mapinfo tech support did not pick up on this. Table/Update will not work on a blank column when inserting a character string without a source, unless the character string is enclosed in "". Thanks again to all. WOODROW L.

MI MapInfo Compatible Geological software

Dear All I am looking for 17 licences of a "geological software" that should have the following functionalities : 1 - Mining and geochemical data interpretation 2 - 2D and 3D handling 3 - Data acquisition directly on the field Discover should do it but I am not sure for the item 3 : Data

MI projection glitch?

Hi folks I have run into a strange problem where sometimes if the moon is just right and there is a pending deadline, layers don't display correctly. If I open a simple map where the land, rivers and coastline are the only layers being used, the coastline would normally be coincidental with the

MI New release of Street Routing and Geocoding Development Kit

Hi List,DiabSoft is pleased to announce the release of both DriveX V4.0, and GeoCodeX V1.0 Developer Kits.Routing has been on demand lately for applications in Internet and desktop mapping. It is utilized from point to point itinerary to road distance calculations or NearMe type request.

RE: MI MapInfo Compatible Geological software

Hassan, Check out www.geosoft.com and contact Darin Bryce at (+1)(416) 369-0111. Geosoft is Toronto based company in Canada and has offices in Europe, South America and Australia. They have excellent packages of exploration/interpretation tools for geophysical, geological, environmental, oil

RE: MI MapInfo Compatible Geological software

Hassan, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "Data acquisition directly on the field"? I've used it on a laptop computer in the field under fairly rugged conditions, but that's more a function of the laptop than the software. I've also downloaded data from magnetometers, and received

MI Vertical Mapper problem

I'm trying to generate a 3D image of a dam sighting. I have encountered the following problems and would appreciate some help: When I trim a grid I don't seem to be able to generate a 3D view from the MapInfo interface. I can however go through Windows Explorer by double clicking on

MI Summary Custom Symbol Printing Problem

Thank you to all who responded to my Problem. It didn't appear to be a plotter or printing problem. Especial to Jacques Paris who hit the nail on the head see below: steven, I have read so many horror stories on the subject that I made a small test that convinced me not to use custom bitmap

Re: MI MapInfo Compatible Geological software

Hassan, A well featured exploration and mining package that I have used for many years is Micromine. http://www.micromine.com.au/ They also have a cheaper complimentary package called Field Marshall for data acquisition. This runs on both PC and Windows CE handhelds Regards, Neil - Neil

MI EXOR and MapInfo

Hi all We have a client who is interested in running EXOR's Highway Management System with MapInfo. We are therefore interested in any other organisations, users etc who also have a "EXOR - MapInfo" environment We would really appreciate any responses Regards Rob Rowell www.landfile.com.au

RE: MI Problems installing the patch for MapInfo Ver 5.5

Ben Greenberg asked about this. Sorry, Ben, my ISP lost your return address. We had identical problems. Protracted dialog with MapInfo support suggested that the problem is with the interaction of MapInfo, WinNT and Novell. They supplied us with a new version of the patch, called