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Posted By John Ievers 03-25-2024 13:33
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Hi Ryan Ordnance Survey do pack a lot into the gpkg files. Which datasets are you using? The new NGD data has a lot of interesting data and certainly more attribute "heavy" than geometry "heavy". I don't use the MapInfo gpkg option to open these files any more - I use the OGR option, as this performs ...
Posted By John Ievers 03-12-2024 14:08
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I have logged a Support ticket and confirmed a bug. My issue was that Vertical tabs were not being saved in the workspaces in v2023. v2021 handles the same workspace correctly with the vertical tab but v2023 does not recognise it. All connected methinks. ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR ...
Posted By John Ievers 02-15-2024 10:06
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Build 142 is now available from the Downloads page https://support.precisely.com/product-downloads/item/mapinfo-pro-v2023-evaluation-version/ ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 02-15-2024 10:02
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When you installed MapInfo, did you select the setup.exe, right-click and select >Run as Administrator? If you don't Run as Admin, the process does not check for the pre-requisites and can miss certain elements. As for the DWG opening - have you tried to open it using the Universal Data option ...
Posted By John Ievers 02-15-2024 09:57
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Hi Piyush The Release Notes say that you should use the latest version of the LSU v5.4 for concurrent licensing. I assume it should read v5.5? ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 02-12-2024 03:09
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I've been supporting a number of clients using the What3Words tool in MapInfo lately and @Peter Møller asked me to submit this week's article. A previous MapInfo Monday has covered the installation and set-up of the What3words tool for MapInfo. The tool is available to install via the MapInfo MarketPlace ...
Posted By John Ievers 02-07-2024 12:11
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Build 141 is now available - check with Precisely Support ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 02-07-2024 04:48
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You can do this in MapInfo already - no tools required. Step 3 of creating a Thematic map And if you need to remove the theme later, you can do this from the Layer Control ribbon for Themes ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom --------- ...
Posted By John Ievers 02-02-2024 09:40
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The Marketplace seems to be having difficulty retrieving the products loaded and your download history.!! I had a notification that I had updates but then could not find my history to update. ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom --------------- ...
Posted By John Ievers 02-02-2024 09:33
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Hi James If you need to have explicit locations for your labels, then I would use the Labeler tool shipped with MapInfo. This will create text objects in a new table for you - which has it's downsides as well. Depends what you need your labels for, as to which option works best for you. -------- ...
Posted By John Ievers 01-18-2024 09:54
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Hi Martin I'm afraid so. The extra payment for Premium does go to Microsoft. I can't remember when this change happened - it was a good few fortnights ago! Have you tried the free Precisely Bronze though? (OSM in Precisely clothing) ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope ...
Posted By John Ievers 01-16-2024 06:40
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A new version of the Bing Patch is now available from the same link. It worked for me! ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 01-11-2024 08:28
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Hi Ryan When you have unzipped the gz file, have you ensured that the files have the extension *.gml ?? ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 01-10-2024 11:36
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Hi Ryan For this process you will need to unzip the gz files (using 7-zip). This usually results in files that do not include the extension .gml - so you will need to add that. Then you area ready to >Import. Not the Universal Translator!! This is an option on the >Open dialogue. The default ...
Posted By John Ievers 12-07-2023 09:00
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Hi Peter Is that the MapInfoPro.pref file or the MAPINFOW.prf file. And what about the Preferences.xml file? Just for clarity ;-) ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 11-09-2023 06:58
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I do wonder if U2 have visited this neck of Colorado, certainly. Cheers Mike ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 11-02-2023 11:31
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Just the 84,450 buildings in Chesterfield (UK) coloured by usage ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 11-01-2023 12:53
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Indeed, the answer is - "not". House naming in the UK is haphazard ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ------------------------------
Posted By John Ievers 09-29-2023 05:55
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Hi Jake You could try the many settings that you get with the Label Placement on the ribbon In particular, the >Try Other Positions That will certainly result in more labels appearing ------------------------------ John Ievers CDR Group Limited Hope Valley, United Kingdom ---------------------- ...
Posted By John Ievers 09-27-2023 07:36
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Hi All If you are installing v2023 and have Concurrent or Server licences you must install the updated version 5.5 of the Licence Server Utility first. It is now available in the download pages https://support.precisely.com/product-downloads/item/precisely-mapinfo-license-server-utility-v5-5/ ...