Hi Sidney
It's pretty simple actually - just a few steps.
1) Make a copy of your original table - use File | Save Copy As
2) Close the original and open the copy
3) Use the Table | Maintenance | Table Structure command to add two columns
to your new table - call them X and Y and set the type to
Try this,
Add a column called LAT and one called LONG to your table under
tablemaintenancetable structure (set them to type of float). Update the
LAT column with Centroid(y), and the LONG column with centroid(x). Export a
copy of that table as delimited text. Open the text file, and create
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Subject: RE: MI creating points from centroids
Try this,
Add a column called LAT and one called LONG to your table under
tablemaintenancetable structure (set them to type of float). Update the
LAT column with Centroid(y), and the LONG column with centroid(x). Exp
Sidney,
This is a one step process using the MapBasic Window:
1. First make a copy of your table
2. Open the MapBasic window (Options Show Mapbasic Window)
3. Type in:
update YOUR_TABLE set obj=CreatePoint(CentroidX(obj),CentroidY(obj))
where YOUR_TABLE is the name of your mapinfo
