MI SQL Server Spatial Capability

2000-05-10 Thread Tim Rood
I've gathered from recent reading that SQL Server doesn't have a spatial capability a la those of Oracle or Informix. Does anyone know why or whether MS is working on that feature? Thanks Tim Rood -- To unsubscribe

Re: MI miles and kilometres

2000-05-23 Thread Tim Rood
Cubits. Furlongs. All good. Mine, as the name suggests, is the rood. Tim Rood -- 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 miles and kilometres

2000-05-23 Thread Tim Rood
I haven't seen it, but my father, an MIT alum, said on the Beantown side of the bridge there's a sign (or was in the 40s) that says "___ to Hell." The _ is some sort of linear units. Could it be "smoots?" I kind of remember something prosaic like "One mile to Hell," but any town where

Re: MI Planning Office Software

2000-05-26 Thread Tim Rood
Have you checked out Tidemark Systems here in Seattle Tidemarsys.com Tim Rood -- > From: Richard Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI Planning Office Software > Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:31 AM > > We are looking for recomme

Re: MI HELP!

2000-06-15 Thread Tim Rood
ience is that it's a good preventative. So, move some water with your wrist and arms and they'll grow stronger---just don't wreck your shoulder doing it! Tim Rood Ravenna Planning Associates Seattle, WA -- > From: Lindsay Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROT

MI Layout Text and Frame Changes

2000-06-29 Thread Tim Rood
tmaptitle (string variable) (3.5,0.2764) (6.3972,0.5813) Font ("Arial",0,24,0) Anyone know how to make these changes to the titles and what not can be handled through a script that doesn't have to create a new layout window to create new text and frames? PS: I've go

MI MB: Error Message Frustrations

2000-07-01 Thread Tim Rood
one else ever makes errors, but I do and knowing what to do about them would be a valuable thing. But, I editorializeThanks for your help. Tim Rood -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and p

MI MB: Error Message Frustrations

2000-07-01 Thread Tim Rood
one else ever makes errors, but I do and knowing what to do about them would be a valuable thing. But, I editorializeThanks for your help. Tim Rood -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and p

MI MB: Latest Agony

2000-07-05 Thread Tim Rood
t. And I'd like it to be the same color every time the program fetches a new single polygon and puts that one on top of the layer control pile. Does one of the MB experts in the crowd have a minute to brief me on this? T

Re: MI Friday humor - Success

2000-08-11 Thread Tim Rood
The title to this could be "The Ladder of Success." It reminds me of that old nostrum "Be kind to the people you meet on the way up. You'll see them again on the way down." Tim Rood >From: "Field, Stephen M. (FIQ) " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: &qu

Re: MI Friday humor - Success

2000-08-11 Thread Tim Rood
The title to this should be "The Ladder of Success." It reminds me of that old nostrum "Be kind to the people you meet on the way up. You'll see them again on the way down." Tim Rood >From: "Field, Stephen M. (FIQ) " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: &qu

Re: MI MapInfo Certification / Exam

2000-08-15 Thread Tim Rood
ons" a la AV? I promise to contribute a devil of a question in the "Intermediate Mapper" category, if we can get others to join in. Tim Rood Bill Thoen wrote: > Steve Wallace wrote: > > > > Your description reminds me of the "test" you can take on MapInfo'

Re: MI Printing - frustration!!

1999-08-17 Thread Tim Rood
From: Neil Havermale Then I found HTML and VRML and I left that moment behind.. That's great. How about some detail. Tim Rood -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "u

Re: MI printing to HPGL2 format

1999-08-17 Thread Tim Rood
I've had are a little more binary: work/don't work, so I won't elaborate. Good luck. Tim Rood > > > Listers, > > > > Lacking a large-format printer in our office, I'm forced to go to an > > outside print shop to have one of my layouts printed. The

Re: MI Programming

1999-08-20 Thread Tim Rood
d execute it line by line. Soon MapInfo and Windows and Western Civilization will at least hang and likely crash, but that's all part of the fun. If you get stumped, of course, you can read the instructions in the help files or manual, but don't rush into anything. Tim Rood ---

MI Crystal Reports Ugly Death

1999-08-23 Thread Tim Rood
the actual phrase is). Doesn't just crash MI, it crashes Windows. Maybe CR is saving me a lot of frustration by not allowing me to learn it, but I think something's wrong. Any advise? Tim Rood Ravenna Planning Associates 5417 21st Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98015-2408 phone: (206) 527-3181 f

MI Legend Utility

1999-08-27 Thread Tim Rood
, I think) out of all the line types, polygons and point in a map window. Then you edit the results to label the green polygons parks, etc. Is that part of the KGM (??) utilities or where's it from. Thanks for the help. Tim Rood __ G

MI Re: virtual city software

1999-11-11 Thread Tim Rood
Robert, Re: Virtual City SW A couple of years ago I tested a MI plug in called PAVAN. It plugs in to MI like other external apps (say, Named Views) but it's much cooler. I used it with local building footprint data and DEMs to recreate a 3D image of a neighborhood I was working with. I never got

MI Layout Redraws

1999-12-17 Thread Tim Rood
re "blued out." Is this MI, my mouse sending wrong signals? My karma? Any assistance greatly appreciated by my very tight jaw muscle. Tim Rood Ravenna Planning Associates 5417 21st Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98015-2408 phone

MI Fire Station Location

2000-01-18 Thread Tim Rood
the only aspect of site a fire station, but I think I'm more well-prepared to deal with the land use, zoning and development issues involved than with the time/distance part. If you know a little bit about this subject, I would appreciate your advise on applications and data sources for doing th

Re: MI Size of 7.5" Quad map

2000-03-13 Thread Tim Rood
You are correct, the size is 22" x 27". The USGS Index to Topographic and Other Map Coverage" that I used to find that number reads "Paper size (approx.)" 22" x 27", so I guess there's some variation, FYI. Tim Rood Ravenna Planning Associates -

Re: MI (Fwd) RE: MapInfo v.s. ARCVIEW

1999-07-06 Thread Tim Rood
think the power and straightforwardness of MI's query building is the major reason they use it rather than AV? Tim Rood -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L

MI Re: Open Letter to The Angry MapInfo Gods

1999-07-14 Thread Tim Rood
From: Bill Hicks: > If I hear another public complaint or apology about Chad I think I'll puke. So puke. I think Sarah has it right: there are some people on this list who think they're godlier than thou for all their ODBC/OLE/DAO/C++ BS and their evident ability to never, ever make an email