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Apportioning Points at a street intersection (arcgis or mapinfo)

I can't seem to find any evidence of this question, but I'm surprised by that, so pardon if this has been asked. If one is mapping crime location reports, by XY coordinates to streets, to create ...
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MapInfo Thematic Mapping - All other values?

Relatively quick question here, how do I go about adding a style for all other values using individual value thematic mapping? Thanks, Alan
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Trying to map numerous attributes on a map in MapInfo

Any help would be much appreciated for the following problem: Based on grouping postcode sectors together I have created 30 sales areas in the country. These sales areas have been made visible on the ...
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Question about subs in MapBasic

For some reason my sub isn't 'linking' in MapBasic, I'm pretty new to this, but why is the sub assuming it begins on line 110 rather than where it actually says sub? Thanks, Alan
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Geo and Population Coverage Calculation

We have Mapinfo and vertical mapper(discover). We are testing a dataset actually a mif file that has coverage area in vector format. Here the green one is the coverage and the other layer showing ...
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How to split kml file or extract Placemarks?

I have a file of state 2001 assembly districts outlines, from http://goo.gl/dJPyx in Mapinfo MIF format. I've created a kml file from that using ogr2ogr. These are the outlines of each assembly ...
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OGR, writing TAB files, and BOUNDS

According to this: http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_mitab.html the TAB file writer sets default bounds, with the caveat that 'we should fix this'. Bounds causes issues with respect to coordinate ...
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Convert geojson labels MBR to MapInfo text object

Im using Dymo (https://github.com/migurski/Dymo/) to generate automatic point labels placement. The output of Dymo is a geojson containing MBRs of the positioned labels with the names of the labels in ...
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1944 Cyprus Grid coordinate data projection problem in MapInfo

I have coordinate data from the 1944 British Army General Staff, Geographical Section (GSGS) Cyprus map which was cast on the Cassini projection, but was referenced to the Clarke 1880 ellipsoid where ...
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GeoServer WFS Speed

I have set-up a machine running Windows Server 2008, and GeoServer 2.1.3. PostgreSQL 9.1/PostGIS 1.5.3 are running locally on that same machine, which is hosted at a location with a 250 ...
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How best to share maps created in MapInfo Online

Does anyone know of a good free or low cost option for sharing Maps produced in mapinfo online? I would want up to 5 users to access the maps with a password and be able to turn layers / points on ...
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How to convert shapefile to mapinfo file preserving special characters?

I have to convert a bunch of shapefiles to mapinfo files on a machine without a MapInfo license, so I am using ogr2ogr to perform this task. The problem is that when opening the mapinfo files in ...
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How can I show MapInfo tabs in OpenLayers without using MapXtreme Tile Handler?

I want to connect OpenLayers to mapinfo tabs I have , but I don't have MapXtreme license . Is there a way to show the tabs using different Tile Cache ? I can export the workspace to WOR or MWS files. ...
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Different colours for touching lines on MapInfo?

I am creating maps for surveyors showing different sections of roads. The start and end points need to be clearly visible so I am using a Region IndValue thematic map. However, sometimes when an area ...
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How to highlight routes using a plugin like ATLAS/EASY PRINT

First I'm new to GIS and this forum. Secondly sorry my bad English. I use Atlas to auto generate my maps. Eevery "route" has a coverage. At times the "routes" are too close, so the lines cross and ...
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Making donut without updating id in MapInfo

I wont to make a donut out of an polygon in MapInfo. I store my data in Sql Server 2008 R2 and access it as a linked table. In SQL Server the Id-column is an Identity column that is used to as a ...
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Reload image in MapInfo

I have a mbx that creates a layout. The layout consist of a number of .wmf pictures and ofcource a map. During the execution I create .Tab files that reference to the pictures looking like: ...
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Mapinfo Drive Distance Calculator

I have plotted my coverage in mapinfo professional 11 as shown in the image. Now I want to calculate the whole distance coverage in this plot. In the table I have Lat Long column Latitude ...
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Mapinfo lat Long calculate

I have mapinfo table containing Columns: Lat Long 21.2563 40.1256 21.2565 40.1278 21.2567 40.1288 21.2569 40.1291 21.2571 40.1352 21.2578 40.1380 Now i want to calculate the whole distance ...
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Help exporting CSVs using MapBasic

I'm a beginner to MapBasic and I'm currently working on a tool, I want to export a table as a .csv either using Run Command or Export. I want to export it to a specific directory, for example ...
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Splitting a TAB file by attribute?

I have TAB file with LOADS of points. Each point as a unique ID and group assigned to it (ranging from 1-154). I'm wondering if there is an easy way to split this up into a TAB file for each group, ...
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Can I write a query in MapInfo to select points within a certain distance of each other?

Example: I have 400 points. I want to make 4 different groups (roughly 100 points each) and I want the groups to contain the points that are closest, spatially, to one another.
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MapInfo: change of fill pattern of thematic legend in layout window not possible

I have created a thematic map in MapInfo and set both map and legend in a layout window. When changing the Region Style of the map, I can set the border style and the fill pattern to "none" without ...
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MapInfo .tab file to .shp file intersecting polygons

I've received data from a contractor, they have provided it in both MapInfo tab file and shp file format. When I check the regions in MapInfo using the Check Regions tool one overlap between two ...
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Change highligting color in MapXtreme

I'm maintaining a MapXtreme 6.8, visual basic desktop application, and wonder if anyone know a way to change the selection color of a line. I have a red line and when I select it, it becomes white. ...
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MapInfo - thematic legend disappears when made translucent

I have created a thematic map in MapInfo v11. When I make the legend translucent (so that information underneath the coloured polygons is partly visible) the labels in the legend disappear! This ...
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MapInfo - WFS service with multiple SRS codes?

I've posted to the mapinfo forum (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mapinfo-l/HfA2zna9Rao) but hoping for better response here. Will someone share an example configuration or ...
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Is there any way to fix the position of fixed buttonpads in the top toolbar in MapBasic?

Here is my code to create some buttons : Include "icons.def" Declare Sub Main Declare Sub button_prompt Sub Main Create ButtonPad "Providers" As PushButton Icon MI_ICON_ZOOM_QUESTION Calling ...