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1. What are the system requirements for the Datamine Discover 64-bit?
   The Datamine Discover 2023 Bundle (23.x) supports and installs MapInfo Pro Advanced 2021.1 and Discover3D. Datamine Discover supports the following operating systems: Windows® 11 (64-bit) Windows® 10 (64-bit) - ARM CPU Processors such as or Qualcomm Snapdragon or Apple Macbook M1/M2 c ...
2. Error: Could not connect to MapInfo Pro COM Interface
   Occurrence I previously had a old version of Discover installed on the computer, and have upgraded. Every time I start MapInfo Discover I receive an error message "Error: Could not connect to Mapinfo Pro COM Interface." or "This utility must be started inside MapInfo Discover" Solution This ...
3. I am planning a regional exploration work program. What tools are available in Discover?
   Occurrence How do I: A. Add coordinates to a series of discrete point locations such as proposed regional RAB/aircore drill targets, and then add an incrementing identifier (e.g. HoleID) to each location? B. Convert a series of proposed regional traverse lines/polylines into grid pegs/sample loc ...
4. MapInfo & Discover Windows 11 support
   Occurrence Are MapInfo Pro, Datamine Discover and Discover 3D supported on Windows 11 operating systems? Solution We will provide technical support and raise issues found if you are using Windows 11. We have done testing on Windows 11 and have not found any issues, and based on the information ...
5. Tips and Tricks in the 64-bit environment: MapInfo Discover
   Some tips to making the most of the new 64-bit environment and capabilities, particularly of MapInfo Pro. This new user interface ("64bit") version was first released by Pitney Bowes in 2014, MapInfo Pro 12.5. Pitney Bowes then released a compatible Discover add in version in 2015. The Discover ...
6. Using Discover & MapInfo Pro in non-english
   Occurrence I am trying to use Discover and MapInfo Pro and having issues with numbers not displaying in correct formatting or errors. Solution MapInfo and Discover use a mix of unicode and non-unicode. To ensure you do not encounter issues when you Windows language is set to something other t ...
7. Discover 2019 is not opening. No error messages.
   Occurrence I am running Windows a very old computer, and have installed Discover 2019. When I try to start nothing happens, no error messages Solution There is a known issue if running on old hardware that does not support AVX extensions. Windows 10 only supports CPUs with AVX extensions. ...
8. What data formats and file types can I import?
   Discover and MapInfo Professional can import an extensive range of industry standard and 3rd party data formats. The attached PDF (bottom of the page) list all supported formats under the following categories, and for each format details the location of the required import tool. Tabular and ...
9. How do I determine the projection of a map window or table?
   In MapInfo 64-bit, the projection is displayed in the Status Bar at the bottom of the Mapinfo window. Alternatively, Right click in the mapper window and select the Projection Info from the pop-up menu. The first tab while show the Map's projection, and other tables will display each layer's p ...
10. Functionality replaced or retired from the MapInfo Discover 64-bit Bundle
    The following capabilities will not be available in the 64-bit version of Discover. They have been either superseded by new & enhanced functionality (as indicated), or retired. If required, these capabilities are all still available in Discover 2015 (32-bit) (download here). Note: Discover 64-bi ...
11. The Discover menu does not start when opening MapInfo Pro
    Occurrence When I open Datamine Discover from the desktop shortcut, only MapInfo menus load. There are no Discover menu tabs. How do I start MapInfo and enable Discover to open automatically? Solution In Discover 2015 or later, navigate to either - C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Discover OR C:\Pro ...
12. My Mapinfo window's taskbar icon or TAB file icon are not displaying correctly
    Occurrence When I start Mapinfo/Discover - the taskbar icon is not correct or TAB file icon's are not correct. Solution This is caused by a corrupted icon cache in Window. 1. Navigate to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local 2. Select Organize>Folder and Search Options, and on the View tab, enable ...
13. Error: Cannot draw a grid for map XY units in degrees if not a Lat/Lon coordinate system
    Occurrence When creating a Map grid, or during Scaled Output, I receive the error - "Cannot draw a grid for map XY units in degrees if not a Lat/Lon coordinate system" Solution Navigate to Map>Options and ensure the Distance units are NOT set to Degrees. These can be set to meters, feet, etc ...
14. Error: "You can only run a single application at a time in standard mode."
    Occurrence When attempting to open a tool, the following message is received: "You can only run a single application at a time in standard mode." Solution By default, Discover and later restrict the user to only opening a single tool at a time. This is the same behaviour as MapInfo Professiona ...
15. How do I select or clip points in a TAB file that lie above or below a grid surface?
    Occurrence For example, a topographic grid has been created of an open cut pit (e.g. by overlaying a DEM grid with a series of donutted polygons representing pit bench levels using the Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Overlay tool). You would like to examine those portions of the original explora ...