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RE: Exporting to SHP Files

Posted By Ashley Crane 02-25-2020 19:01
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Hi Rachel, Quite often there are multiple ways to achieve the same goal. Can you share a summary of what you are trying to do - assume you have MapInfo Pro and need to move some spatial data to another application? With some further context there might be suggestions from the User Community on other ...

RE: Exporting to SHP Files

Posted By Ashley Crane 02-25-2020 16:05
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Hi @Rachel Taylor great question!​ I think this is a limitation of the SHP file format not a shortcoming of the Universal Translator, maybe others can confirm? Thanks, Ashley ------------------------------ Ashley Crane Regional Director, Software Support Pitney Bowes ------------------------- ...

RE: Spectrum Spatial Connect Example - Retail Site Optimization Demo

Posted By Ashley Crane 02-23-2020 18:58
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Hi @Adam Ginsburg, Thanks for sharing! Love how the mobile app can be created so quickly and adapt to fit the business process. Maybe Utilities would be another potential Use Case - lots of organisations have field workers inspecting (or capturing condition of) assets in the field? Regards, Ashley ...

RE: TAB file storage (best practice?!)

Posted By Ashley Crane 02-16-2020 17:21
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Hi James, Great suggestions from Nick.  A few extra comments I'll add: 1. As an alternative to SQL Server/Oracle, you could implement PostgresSQL with PostGIS. MapInfo Pro will happily use this as a datasource. 2. Agree with the benefits that Nick mentioned, as an alternative to Linked tables you ...

RE: Formatting

Posted By Ashley Crane 02-06-2020 23:59
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Hi Jemma, No problems, we've created a Case & are in the process of assigning to a team member who will contact you direct to progress. Regards, Ashley ------------------------------ Ashley Crane Regional Director, Software Support Pitney Bowes ------------------------------

RE: Formatting

Posted By Ashley Crane 02-05-2020 19:01
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Hi @Jemma Batten , Sorry to hear about the issue with the style picker. Haven't seen this before & seems specific to your installation, think it would be best to have our Support team look into this with you. Do you have the contact details for the local team or would you like us to create a Case ...

RE: OSM Roads Table Error

Posted By Ashley Crane 01-28-2020 19:59
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Hi Jonas & Nuno, Yes - we've seen this issue pop up for a number of our Users, please contact the PB Software Support team to discuss options on how to resolve this (please let me know if you'd like contact details). Thanks, Ashley ------------------------------ Ashley Crane Regional Director, ...

RE: "Move To" button greyed out V17

Posted By Ashley Crane 01-09-2020 21:15
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Hi @Tim Warfe Yes - this is due to the Bing license expiring, you need to apply the patch we're released to extend the license. If you don't already have it handy our Technical Support team can assist with this (please let me know if you'd like contact details). Thanks, Ashley ------------- ...

RE: Disaggregate not working in Mapinfo Pro V17.0.3 Discover

Posted By Ashley Crane 12-04-2019 02:54
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Thanks @Mark Duffett ​- I agree it would be good to review +1 vote from me. Who else can get behind this idea? Cheers, Ashley ------------------------------ Ashley Crane Regional Director, Software Support Pitney Bowes ------------------------------

RE: Disaggregate not working in Mapinfo Pro V17.0.3 Discover

Posted By Ashley Crane 12-03-2019 21:10
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@Mark Duffett  ​sorry to hear that this behaviour is frustrating you. It can be hard to get the right balance between making the User Interface productive to enable easy access to all capabilities & visually clear as to the state/availability of the various functions. If you'd like to see this changed ...

RE: Infotip shows the SQL statement for Queries in Table List in MapInfo Pro v2019

Posted By Ashley Crane 12-03-2019 21:04
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Hi Peter, Yes this tooltip very helpful. To double the power of this one it can easily be combined with naming the query via the "Into" clause so that the query tables have ​common names (not just "QueryX") . e.g. instead of "Query3" in your example it could be "qry_Parcels_840". Small change but ...

RE: Comparing rasters

Posted By Ashley Crane 11-27-2019 22:48
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Hi @simon luckett thanks for your question. Yes, this calculation can definitely be performed in MapInfo Pro, use the Raster Calculator to subtract one layer from the other and the resulting output is a new raster layer. Here's an article that describes how to use the Calculator, also there is a section ...

RE: Disaggregate not working in Mapinfo Pro V17.0.3 Discover

Posted By Ashley Crane 10-30-2019 01:05
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Hi @Minette Lubbe thanks for your update. One further thing to check, the "Disaggregate" button may appear to be greyed out (disabled) however the Disaggregate function (which is invoked from the drop-down) is still available by clicking on the button, here's a quick screenshot: in the above example, ...

RE: Disaggregate not working in Mapinfo Pro V17.0.3 Discover

Posted By Ashley Crane 10-30-2019 00:15
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Hi @Minette Lubbe  a common issue that can cause the behaviour you describe is the object selected cannot be split (i.e. already exists as individual components) or layer is not set as editable. There's a full explanation of the Disaggregate function in this article + a YouTube video that steps through ...

RE: Spatial operations very slow in MapInfo

Posted By Ashley Crane 10-18-2019 01:02
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Hi Mati, I have a laptop very similar to the specs you've listed. Using your data & MapInfo Pro v17.0.3 I was able to complete the operation in around 4 hours (I didn't note exact start/finish times) and returned the split table. It's worth noting that each table has a total node count > 1,000,000 ...

RE: MapInfo and Qlik Sense

Posted By Ashley Crane 10-13-2019 18:36
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Hi @John Ievers​ we've worked with a company Integeo in APAC that have a connector from Spectrum Spatial <> Qlik Sense. Hope this helps. Cheers, Ashley ------------------------------ Ashley Crane Regional Director, Software Support Pitney Bowes ------------------------------

RE: How are you improving your Labels?

Posted By Ashley Crane 09-26-2019 19:52
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A couple of tricks I use: 1. Apply Proper sentence case if label text is all in capitals 2. Pay attention to style, use halo + shadow to make the labels "pop out" and hover above the surrounding features. Also choose a colour that doesn't jar with the surrounding palette Here's a quick before - ...

RE: Australian LI Meetups - Save the Date!

Posted By Ashley Crane 09-03-2019 03:16
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One day until the Beer 'n' Bites events kick off with the 1st event in Sydney, Australia - can't wait to meet up with a number of our Knowledge Communities members as we hear about updates to the LI portfolio + check out the interactive demo stations. If you can't make it in person, keep an eye out here ...

RE: latitude and longitude

Posted By Ashley Crane 08-29-2019 18:19
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Hi @Lucy Corboy​ - great spatial problem to get us thinking! A couple of ideas to get started: 1. Convex Hull function in MapInfo Pro will create a polygon from a group of points (like stretching a rubber band around the outside) 2. Connect the Dots. This is a MBX (add-on) that is available from ...

RE: Thematic map problem generating line styles

Posted By Ashley Crane 08-15-2019 22:11
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Quick update: Confirming that the predominant object type in the base table will dictate the thematic template used. So for example, if the base table has 20 polygons and 19 lines, the thematic template applied will be region (polygons). Creating a query table doesn't change the determination - thematic ...