In this case, the placement is important because the rasters will be overlaid with section data generated by mapinfo. The workspace preferences can be used to take better advantage of this concept. Go to file open select the shape file from the files of type drop down list 2. Mapinfo pro now has the concept of a current workspace. How to create custom affine projection for use in mapinfo. Refer to the following sections for information about each tab of options. Mapinfo stores the projection information inside the map file. Mapinfo marketplace and display a list of products available for download. To set new dbms table options, follow the instructions under creating a new dbms table. If the coordinates are correct, but you have wrong projection stored, it can only be corrected one way.
Use the installer file link provided to download the setup program, which can be found on the introductory page. When i open the file in mapinfo it is in non earth projection and not the projection in which it was assigned in. Aug 07, 2007 both the earth coordinates system and non earth coordinates system are the coordinates systems mostly used in the gis software nowadays. Preliminary map of columbium niobium and tantalum provinces in the conterminous united states. Mapinfo datasets in native tab format and in interchange mifmid format. This is not a mapcad or mapinfo problem but the precondition that an illustration of the bent earth works in the twodimensional level at all. With the 64 bit releases of mapinfo pro, there have been some changes to the way mapinfo pro works with workspaces or projects as they might be called in other software products. You are correct the file is created ok, points are plotted, but mapinfo doesn t recognise the projection and defaults to geographic as tested by opening the tab file in mapinfo, looking at it in a map window where it is the only later showing, and using map,options, projection which should give the projection of the current layer. Nonearth projection in mapinfo professional tutorial 707. How to change the projection units of a nonearth shape. Using this product you can display and print maps and.
This dialog box has three tabs, general, spatial, and styles. Problem and improving method for mapinfo line area. If you are changing from a non earth coordinate system to a earth related projected coordinate system, the move will oftten be. Gm not maintaining correct projections global mapper forum.
Tried with non earth and the local projection provided. To install web maps for your user account, follow these steps. Hover over an item to see the short description and click to view details. Mapinfo professional user guide and help system index of.
When opening the image, you can either show it or register it. Dividing a polygon in any given number of equal areas medial. Mercator projection does not provide the proper alignment. System field, enter a coordinate projection to apply to this dataset or click the button with the 3 dots i. Nonearth cannot be reprojected to any other projection utm or affine. Tab file is in nonearth projection km rather than realworld coordinates. Go to file open select the shape file from the files of. In the former coordinates system, the earth is treated as a sphere and in the latter one. Lambert 93 french bounds coordsys earth projection 3, 33, m, 3, 46. If your windows start menu does not have a mapinfo program folder, the. Nov 18, 2008 non earth projection in arcgis posted in software applications.
Logon to windows as the same user, to whom mapinfo professional addon web maps will be installed to. For any existing maps in utm mga, convert these into the local grid by reprojecting and selecting the custom projection. Pitney bowes, the corporate logo, mapinfo, group 1 software, and mapinfo professional. If the map has a latitudelongitude projection, mapinfo pro enables the spherical type only. Also featured are gis jobs, conferences, and gis industry news. Pitney bowes mapinfo professional user manual using the new projection in a 30 jun 2017 learn how to overlay a nonearth table with bing or other projected data in mapinfo professional. Prj but it does not appear in the select projection dialog boxs list. You will find web maps toolbar in mapinfo professional. So you save your nonearth table to midmif which is an ascii format that can be edited with a text editor.
I tried to upload a text file of one workspace to no avail so here is a sample of one. Converting a map in nonearth projection to a realworld. Pagi mba kristi, saya mau nanya nih, saya punya mapinfo v. I have a few hundred mapinfo workspaces all in irish grid coordinate system. Occasionally i have a mapinfo tab file that doesnt match up with others. Maybe you can try upgrading the version to mapinfo 17. Chinese version of windows, or use a program like microsoft applocale a free download to trick the application into thinking that its running on a chinese system. Access handson tutorials and free instructorled online fme training courses. Merge raster coordinate system unavailable mapinfo pro. Mitab failing to create convert british os projection correctly.
Non earth projection in arcgis software applications. Mapinfo only allows the projection to be changed when saving. Mapbasic window easier to learn and use 33 syntax highlighting. Also downloaded 1 more file from the location shared added local projection as a custom projection in prj file and ran merge operation on those files.
Problem and improving method for mapinfo line area buffer. Announcements blogs communities discussions events glossary. If you go with the first option, the image will be shown in a map using a non earth coordinate system and therefor it will not be related to anything. If the projection is changed simply by saving a copy of the table then the result will be either be a. Mif and the text table in tables folder contain some results of space syntax axial analysis, whereas dxf and the text table in txt only contain x, ycoordinates of the lines. If the projection is not appearing in mapinfo pro, it will need to added to the default mapinfow. Because there is no limit to the number of possible map projections, there can be no comprehensive list. Converting a map in nonearth projection to a realworld projection using mapinfo professional products affected.
When one clicks spherical, mapinfo pro calculates the copymove distance by mapping the data into a latitudelongitude on earth projection. Through the analysis of typical mapinfo point and line area buffer construction examples, the problem of mapinfo line area buffer construction model based on map projection plane is proposed. Hello alex, you took the question too seriously, non earth is mapinfo parlance for i dunna but it or my user and i do not care. The projection files that display in the choose projection dialog box are from the mapinfo projection mapinfow. I have my coordinates on the map but the challenge is which projection to use for georefrencing on sep 30, 2014 6. Alaska is a major producer of base and precious metals and has a high potential for additional undiscovered mineral resources. Discuss matters pertaining mfm community and forum only. Contains mapinfo bars varying from 5 feet to 1 mile and 5 metres to 3 km. Improving method of line area buffer creating model used in. Projection and datum to match mapinfo nonearth global.
Pitney bowes mapinfo site before accessing this download page. Change projection in workspace and all its associated. For any enquiries regarding this data set, please contact. In this way you do not need to transform the coordinate system as mapinfo mapinfo pro how to convert a map in nonearth projection to a realworld projection. Gis lounge is where you can learn about geographic information systems gis, geospatial technologies, cartography, and maps. To use, open a separate mapper window with the scale bar dont change projection. Presumably this is because mapinfo is interpreting it as a different projection to the one it was saved as.
Listed below are the downloads for mapinfo pro grouped by category. Controlled by a preference on by default mapbasic window preferences pro options mapbasic 44 34. One of the midmif files i forget which will contain a line defining the coordinate system, which will be nonearth. If one is working with a non earth projection, mapinfo pro enables the cartesian type only. The transformation target table must be mappable and in a standard projection, e. Change projection in workspace and all its associated tables. This line need to be replace with the definition of the realworld system. Controlled by a preference on by default mapbasic window preferences pro options mapbasic 44 28. Mapbasic window easier to learn and use 27 syntax highlighting. This is called a cartesian system, and would be useful in case qgis is used to digitize scanned paper drawings for instance. Based on my experience of supporting japanese data in mapinfo software, you will need to run a local i. I was wondering how i could define the projection of a cross section displayed in arcmap.
To generate a custom projection system for the non earth coordinates 1. We provide the pedestrian and vehicular data tables used in. I use the distance and depth are my x and y so it displays ok, but for some operation, i need. Through the analysis of typical mapinfo point and line area buffer construction examples, the problem of mapinfo line area buffer construction model based. Depending on the database type that you select, the new dbms table options dialog box opens. However, when i run the tool by changing the file command in the. Mapinfo professional earth and environmental sciences.
Mapinfo pro v2019 this is a free download of mapinfo pro v2019 updated. Our data comes from mapinfo where we just had to select non earth meter as the projection but i cant find the right settings in arc. For any existing maps in local nonearth, the points will have to be created in the new custom projection. Export the table to mif format, edit the coordsys inside the mif and then import the file again. Non earth projection in mapinfo professional tutorial read online. Warning if you are using this method ultra edit will replace the search term in all. Warning no mi projection of mif header file \model\header. I have assigned the rasters orthographic projection with metres units by default global mapper assigns the wgs84 datum and the sections seem to land in the right place if i assign them non earth projection when importing to mapinfo, but i am worried there may be some distortion. The program integrates into mapinfo professional automatically. If you have saved the installer, doubleclick the installer file to start the installation process. There are lots to choose from, so it may take a while to find the one you need. The current projection will be selected, change this to the desired projection. Downloads for mapinfo pro pitney bowes software support.
Browse topics, ask questions, and share your insights. Here is how to change the projection units of a nonearth shape file in mapinfo pro. The only isogonal and isometric projection is non earth. Non earth projection in mapinfo professional tutorial. I think that priscilla does not mean another celestial body by non earth, but rather the old mapinfo concept of a non projected flat coordinate system. This is a summary of map projections that have articles of their own on wikipedia or that are otherwise notable. How to change the projection units of a nonearth shape file in. It depends on the projection whether a map is isogonal or isometric or neither. Browse our official documentation for fme desktop, fme server, and fme cloud. On shape file information dialogue, select choose projection. Sep 05, 2007 the 12da file is on gda coordinates as i have have double checked by opening it up in 12da.
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