Re: MI GIS-Multimedia

1999-06-03 Thread Neil Havermale
As you search out this question you might also consider: http://www.redhensystem.com/vms/ for "spatial multimedia". FYI MidNight Mapper aka Neil GGS wrote: > Hello Mapper, > > I would like to know moreover about GIS-multimedia. Some people said that > GIS-multimedia is integration between GI

MI GIS-Multimedia

1999-06-03 Thread GGS
Hello Mapper, I would like to know moreover about GIS-multimedia. Some people said that GIS-multimedia is integration between GIS and other data such as photo/image, video, text, and sound. While the others said that it is an integration between GIS and DTM (digital terrain model) or any kind of

RE: MI Text case tool

1999-06-03 Thread trevor Penwarden
Not being fully conversant with sql and all the table editing features in MapInfo, I would be inclined to export the table to excel and use the 'upper', 'lower' or 'proper' text functions, paste special as values and reimport the result back to MapInfo. Trevor Penwarden GIS Officer Otorohanga

RE: MIF or TAB to TIGER Translator

1999-06-03 Thread Dave Ransier
Chuck, A TGR2MIF translator is available from MapData Online. www.mapdata.net Dave Ransier -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMA

RE: MI Additions to the wish list

1999-06-03 Thread Mark Knudsen
Mal, You can set the editor so that common nodes on the same layer will be moved together (Options, Preferences, Map Window, Move Duplicate Nodes in...). This keeps common nodes identically located and therefore cuts down the editing a fair bit. Now all we need is a simple key stroke (like hol

MI Map Window and Layout scales

1999-06-03 Thread Dawn Z Hendrick
Hello Listers, When I double click in my Layout Window I get a Scale on paper : 1cm = 0.40km (1:400,000) which is what I want However, in Map -> Change View in my Map Window the Scale is 1mm = 0.3551 km I am about to make some changes to text (set the standards so to speak!) and need to view my

RE: MI Translating Street Atlas into Mapinfo

1999-06-03 Thread Perry Chris
Rich, AG*Link comes with at least V.5.0 of MapInfo Pro. By default it is not installed - you need to perform a custom install. Chris Perry Systems Development CoOrdinator Parks Victoria Melbourne Australia Ph: 613 9816 6800 Fax: 613 9816 9876 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From:

RE: MI custom text import routine

1999-06-03 Thread Darren Murphy
Tim, one solution that immediately jumps to mind is to use a counter to skip over the header lines as follows: 'Assuming that the file is already open as #1. dim str_header, str_data as string dim counter, num_header_lines as smallint num_header_lines = 4 '(or whatever) for counter = 1 to

MI re Wish list additions

1999-06-03 Thread Jones, Mal (DEM, PH)
Good morning all Thanks to Dan Ryan for pointing me to "Options/Preferences/MapWindow/Move duplicate nodes in same layer" in MI Ver 4.5 to enable moving of common boundaries with polygons. On another matter, using the Pixshow.mbx automatically reduces the size of a map window and displays the imag

Re: MI Request to listserv members

1999-06-03 Thread Adrian Davey
And for the same reasons, I strongly endorse Marjorie's plea for html to be turned off as much as possible in emails to as active and interesting a list as this. _ ADRIAN DAVEY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 61 2 6201 2517 Ap

Re: MI Request to listserv members

1999-06-03 Thread Stephen_Christie
I fully support Margie's request that people turn off the send-html option, if possible in their e-mail. The IT gods in my orgnisation get very concerned about size of people's e-mail accounts, and this would help me appease them. Thanks. --

RE: MI Text case tool

1999-06-03 Thread Robert Crossley
If you use update column and update the column in question (e.g. field1) with the expression UCASE$(field1), it will change all the text in that field. Robert. -Original Message- From: Stan Lester [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 June 1999 07:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

MI custom text import routine

1999-06-03 Thread Tim Warman
Listers, As part of an application I'm writing in VB I need to import a type of text file that contains some header lines. The number of header lines is always constant, and I don't need the info they contain. I want to use the "line input #" statement to read in the data lines below the header,

Re: MI Text case tool

1999-06-03 Thread Marjorie Roswell
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Stan Lester wrote: > Hi. > Can anyone point me to an mbx which will facilitate the changing of the > case of text in Mapinfo table fields? I believe I've seen it mentioned > here in the past and it would help me a lot. What are you trying to do? Margie _

MI Rotation of Polygons

1999-06-03 Thread Lovett Alan
Hello fellow mappers, Can anyone help me with this question? Is there any way of being able to rotate a polygon by simply selecting it and then using the "handle" to rotate it to the required angle manually? I have used the rotate.mbx function and find it very labour intensive with the number of s

MI Request to listserv members

1999-06-03 Thread Marjorie Roswell
Hello Colleagues, This lists generates a large volume of mail, as I'm sure you've noticed. My request is that if you are so inclined, can you turn off the send-HTML option in your email package? (And if you have pictures to post, can you put them out on a web page?) Okay, last time I made this

MI Additions to the wish list

1999-06-03 Thread Jones, Mal (DEM, PH)
Good morning all I do a fair amount of on-screen digitising of Landsat images. Editing the polygons however can be very tedious as MI does not allow adjacent polygons to have common boundaries. Hence if I want to move a boundary, I have to do it twice - once for each polygon, and this has to be

MI Text case tool

1999-06-03 Thread Stan Lester
Hi. Can anyone point me to an mbx which will facilitate the changing of the case of text in Mapinfo table fields? I believe I've seen it mentioned here in the past and it would help me a lot. Thanks in advance. -- Stan Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

MI Thematics by Region Pattern/Color

1999-06-03 Thread Rhonda Bachman
I KNOW this has been asked before - I think I was one to have asked - I just can't find it anywhere but, how do I create a thematic layer based on a region's pattern fill, color, etc? I have tried updating a column with StyleAttr(Objectinfo(obj,attobj),attsty) - substitut

MI Translating Street Atlas into MapInfo

1999-06-03 Thread Rich McAnulty
Simple question...Can anyone translate Street Atlas files into MapInfo? -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI links to MI Mappers

1999-06-03 Thread Ann Moulding
More on this question of creating links. I am wondering if there is a way of clicking on an object that will bring up a Mapinfo mapper. Specifically, I would like a generalized map showing drainage basins (as regions)> click on one of the regions> and get a detailed mapper with that basin showin

MIF or TAB to TIGER Translator

1999-06-03 Thread ChuckLock
Is anyone aware of a MapInfo to TIGER (MIF or TAB to TIGER)? If yes, please contact me via e-mail. Chuck -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or

MI errors with MapMarker and C.

1999-06-03 Thread lsagi
I have a little problem, first, when I run the sample program from MapMarker "geocode.dsp" I get the error: LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "nafxcwd.lib". I tried to look for this lib but I can not find it. The second problem is: I'm trying to run the sample program from the b

MI: ProViewer and Localization

1999-06-03 Thread Andrew_Dressel
A couple of weeks ago I posted a message announcing the availability of ProViewer 5.0 for free download from our web site. I also mentioned something about localization which, unfortunately, sounded like an open invitation to localize ProViewer. What I meant was, that for those who need a local

Re: MI - calculating area in hectares

1999-06-03 Thread Bill Thoen
It's simply Area(obj, "hectare"). See "Set Area Units statement" on pg 388 in the latest Users Guide. Tom Manson wrote: > > List, > > I know that Area(obj, "sq mi") calculates the area of a polygon in > square miles, but how can I do the same for hectares? Replacing 'sq > mi' with 'ha', 'sq ha'

Re: MI Counting particles contained in regions

1999-06-03 Thread Jim Wilson
Elliot, Try this: Modify the table containing the regions by adding a column (if there are less than 32000 points max per region INTEGER data type will do) Then in TABLE, go to UPDATE COLUMN, pick the table with the regions, pick the column you want to update with the count, In the GET VALUE FRO

MI Mr Sid and ProViewer

1999-06-03 Thread Bruce Dawson
Just a quick note about my questions regarding not being able to open MrSID TAB files in ProViewer. Just after I posted my previous message, I found out that all you need to do is put the two files for the MI Pro plug in (mrsid.dll and mrsid.rhe) into your ProViewer folder and the whole thing

MI Translating Street Atlas into Mapinfo

1999-06-03 Thread Rich McAnulty
Simple question...Can anyone translate Street Atlas files into MapInfo? -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MI MB: How do I identify the current row in a Browser Window

1999-06-03 Thread Antoine Gilbert
i think that these call should help you Set Browse Statement, for specify the first record Set Window, for specify the height of the browser window ___ ||//Antoine Gilbert || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || //#ICQ 97

Re: MI Counting particles contained in regions

1999-06-03 Thread Antoine Gilbert
Hi suppose you have a table of region TableRegion a table of particules TablePoints a field in table TableRegion named particulesCount for stock the number of particules within each region read this MapBasic code... dim i as Integer i = 1 Fetch First From TableRegion Do until EOT(TableRegion)

Re: MI - calculating area in hectares

1999-06-03 Thread Steve Wallace
At 03:27 PM 06/03/1999 +, Tom Manson wrote: >List, > >I know that Area(obj, "sq mi") calculates the area of a polygon in >square miles, but how can I do the same for hectares? Replacing 'sq >mi' with 'ha', 'sq ha', or 'hectares' doesn't seem to work. Any of >you skilled MI'ers got any ideas?

RE: MI Redraw without clearing

1999-06-03 Thread pthake
Hi Piebe, You could try using an animation layer for this - you would need to use Mapbasic. This is a special layer type with a quick redraw for that layer only. I have yet to try this out! eg. open table "My_layer" interactive Add map layer My_layer animate Hope this helps! Pete, Ordnance S

MI MB - printing code

1999-06-03 Thread Tom Manson
List, Is it possible to set up the printer and page layout from within MapBasic, and if so, can anyone supply me with sample code? Thanks in advance, Tom -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and

MI MB: How do I identify the current row in a Browser Window

1999-06-03 Thread owendavid
Hello, I have developed a utility in Mapbasic 5.0 that allows a user to automatically position a browser Window in the bottom left hand corner of a layout. The routine calculates the frame size and position by detecting the number of rows and columns in the browser. This works fine when the use

MI Mr Sid and ProViewer

1999-06-03 Thread Bruce Dawson
Not sure about the $99 add on thing. The MI ProViewer freebe we have downloaded and are using will not open a TAB file that uses a MrSID image. MI Pro does (with free add on file from the Lizardtech website). Just would like to have access to the same TAB files with both programs, using the sa

RE: MI - calculating area in hectares

1999-06-03 Thread Jacques Paris
as simple as "hectare" Jacques Paris e-mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] alternate [EMAIL PROTECTED] gis activity (MapInfo mainly) http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm

RE: MI - calculating area in hectares

1999-06-03 Thread Tom Manson
Jacques and list, Thanks to Jacques, I've just found out that Area(obj, "hectare") does the job nicely. However, to help others out there who might be having similar problems, make sure the appropriate column is set up properly - in this case Decimal. Thanks everyone, Tom -

MI Counting particles contained in regions

1999-06-03 Thread Elliot Tinton EG CEFAS
Hello All, Can anyone tell me whether there is a way to count up the number of point objects from one table that are contained within certain regions in another layer and add the count to a table. I have a table of points which are particle positions from the output of a model. I also have

Re: MI Directory Picker

1999-06-03 Thread Dmitry Bogdanov
Hello, >Hey - is there an easy way to call a directory picker like in >MapInfo's Options | Preferences | Directories? >My app currently uses the FileOpenDlg() and instructs >the user to "point to a file in the directory you want..." and >then the code uses the PathToDirectory$() function. >Anyway

MI - calculating area in hectares

1999-06-03 Thread Tom Manson
List, I know that Area(obj, "sq mi") calculates the area of a polygon in square miles, but how can I do the same for hectares? Replacing 'sq mi' with 'ha', 'sq ha', or 'hectares' doesn't seem to work. Any of you skilled MI'ers got any ideas? Thanks in advance, Tom

Re: MI Redraw (Time Series Data)

1999-06-03 Thread Steve Wallace
At 02:23 PM 06/03/1999 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Does anybody know if it is possible to let mapinfo redraw a window without >first clearing it? >I try to show the evolution of a certain map over time. Thus each timestep >the data in the table is changed and mapinfo redraws the window. Eve

Re: MI Counting particles contained in regions

1999-06-03 Thread Antoine Gilbert
Hi try this, if you have a table of points and a table of regions, its a simple sql statement... After the selection builded, you can easily obtain the number of records selected(of tablepoint) sorry for my bad english.. regards Select * From TablePoints Where obj Entirely Within (Se

MI Initialaizing GeoEngin

1999-06-03 Thread lsagi
How do I initialize the GeoEngin with C? can any one give me a sample code? Thanks in advanced. Lee. lsagi@healthstreet@com -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in t

Re: MI How to identify object in Layout?

1999-06-03 Thread PEM
Hi Dmitry, I've done some workong with layout when I am programming Printing programs to MapInfo. Peter Laulund has already mentioned how to acces and change the object in the layout, so this I won't get into. When I have some textobjects in my special layout that I would like to find again

MI Counting particles contained in regions

1999-06-03 Thread Elliot Tinton EG CEFAS
Hello All, Can anyone tell me whether there is a way to count up the number of point objects from one table that are contained within certain regions in another layer. I have a table of points which are particle positions from the output of a model. I also have a grid which makes up many re

MI Redraw without clearing

1999-06-03 Thread P . deVries
Does anybody know if it is possible to let mapinfo redraw a window without first clearing it? I try to show the evolution of a certain map over time. Thus each timestep the data in the table is changed and mapinfo redraws the window. Everything works fine except that I am looking to a white wind

Re: MI Spell checker for MapInfo Professional

1999-06-03 Thread Gary
Mark, I suggested this idea at last year's partner conference (as well as in years past). Prior to last year, the answer had always been that it would require a general re-architecting of the whole system. Last year, however, the response was much more positive. It seems that MapInfo is no

Re: MI Pro on MacOS

1999-06-03 Thread branagan
I'd like to hear any responses as well, please? >Dear MI users & developers, > >I'm searching for a development solution which needs a GIS application >capable of talking (via ODBC) to remote data sources (ODBC compliant >database servers) and to local data sources...ideally hosted on the >Macint

Re: MI How to identify object in Layout?

1999-06-03 Thread pel
Hi Dimitry, All there was an error in my larst mail to find the name of the Layout table you have to use this line LayoutTab = WindowInfo(FrontWindow(), Win_info_table) Peter Peter Laulund 03-06-99 10:59 Til: "Dmitry Bogdanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Vedrørende:

RE: MI Integrated mapping data paths

1999-06-03 Thread Timothy Chinchen Cen-IT
By using the following, for example, instead of "Hard coding" file names mapinfo.do "open table """ & PREF1 & """ interactive" You may get around the problem. To set these variables I try one of two things 1 - Set settings in registry 2 - Write to an INI file which you can store in the "system roo

RE: MI UTM Grids

1999-06-03 Thread pthake
Chris, This would be REALLY nice! Pete, Ordnance Survey, UK -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI UTM Grids Date: 03 June 1999 10:15 Thomas, I whole hartedly agree - another item for the Wish List. In a similar fashion, a built-in dynamic

Vedr: MI How to identify object in Layout?

1999-06-03 Thread pel
Hi Dimitry Any Layout has a table, you can find the name of this table: First set your Layout Window as the front window and then run this code dim LayoutTab as string LayoytTab = WindowInfo() When you have the LayoutTab name you can use any MapBasic command too manipulate theis table - like Se

RE: MI UTM Grids

1999-06-03 Thread Jonathan Stokes
yep i would agree with both of those. what would also be nice is if MI gave you coordinates (the return from the Centoid (obj) function) in the correct form. at the moment i even if i have a table whose projection is United Kingdom National Grid i get coordinates in Lat and Long (unless i tell MI

MI Eastern Europe

1999-06-03 Thread Alan Pritchard
Sandy, I have point data information for these countries as part of the Global Gazetteer > Albania 13.5K records, some with population figures > Croatia 7.1K records, many with postcodes and populations > Georgia 6.4K records, many with postcodes & populations > Moldova 4.5K records, many with po

MI How to identify object in Layout?

1999-06-03 Thread Dmitry Bogdanov
Hello, I need the following thing - imagine that I create a layout with several objects, and allow the user to add/edit/delete the objects. Then, I would like to know what happened to my certain object. How can I mark it to identify in the future? If this matters, the object is text. Layout tab

RE: MI UTM Grids

1999-06-03 Thread Perry Chris
Thomas, I whole hartedly agree - another item for the Wish List. In a similar fashion, a built-in dynamic scale bar is also required. Draw a box for the area you want the scale bar to take up, and MapInfo should adjust it to the ideal as you zoom in and out. Chris Perry Systems Development CoOr

MI Pro on MacOS

1999-06-03 Thread Roderick Brown
Dear MI users & developers, I'm searching for a development solution which needs a GIS application capable of talking (via ODBC) to remote data sources (ODBC compliant database servers) and to local data sources...ideally hosted on the Macintosh operating system. I searched as best I could on th

RE: MI Variograms?

1999-06-03 Thread Spencer Chainey
Richard Hoskins wrote >I am looking for a way to produce variograms in MI both for points and area >centroids. Seems like this would be a useful feature to have in MI itself. >One would select the points or polygons, then choose the variables for >investigating spatial correlation, and a variogram

Re: MI Inspiring examples

1999-06-03 Thread Spencer Chainey
Dear all, Two examples that show how we have put Vertical Mapper to use (for the purpose of mapping and visualising crime patterns) are at: Crime Mapping Research Centre's web site in Washingtom DC http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cmrc/briefingbook/patrol.html and the London Boroughof Hackney Crime Audit