How do I calculate the bearing of a line?
Occurrence The MapInfo Ruler tool does not give a bearing angle! How do I calculate the bearing of a line, or between two points? Solution To calculate a bearing interactively with a ruler tool, use Discover's QUERY>Map Object>Location Info Or to calculate a selected lines bearing and ...
- 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 ...
- How do I clip my data to a polygon region?
Discover provides a number of tools to clip your map data to a area within a selected polygon - 1) Vector layers - QUERY>Map Object>Vector Clip 2) Images - IMAGES>Images Tools>Clip Image 3) Surface Grids - SURFACES>Utilities>Clip Some raster images and raster grids may also be ...
- How do I clip my data down to a selected polygon or region boundary?
Discover provides a number of tools that allow you to clip or cut your datasets down to selected regions/areas. An example would be to provide subsetted datasets to government organisations for lease relinquishment reports, or to a joint venture partner. The tools are data type specific, i.e. ve ...
- Polybuilder crashes on a particular file
Occurrence A particular file is crashing Polybuilder, both in the 32bit MapInfo 15.0 version, and the reintroduced back in Discover 2017 64bit, Solution This was due to a low level .MAP file format (where MapInfo stores vectors), and is resolved in Discover 2017 Update or later. To workaroun ...
