- 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 reproject my data?
MapInfo and Discover provides a number of different Reprojection Utilities, depending on the type of data to be transformed. Each of these tools will create a copy of the data in the specified output projection, typically with a default _reproject suffix added to the input file name. These tool ...
- When I digitize in the map window, it snaps back to a vertical or horizontal line along an invisible edge
Occurrence When you try to digitize or draw an object in a layer, it is snapping back to a straight line along an invisible edge. Or certain tools may produce output like this with data following an invisible boundary box. Solution This is caused when a table has explicit bounds (typical ...
- What tools are there to open or fix broken workspaces?
Occurrence I am trying to open a MapInfo Workspace (.WOR) file, but it cannot find files and/or does not open successfully. How can I fix this? Solution If the issue is due to a missing file, Mapinfo Pro will ask a user to locate the file. Alternatively, under DISCOVER>Workspaces>Workspa ...
- How can I add a unique number to identify each record in a browser?
In Discover 10.0 you can use the Table Utilities->Add Unique Identifier tool. Not only does this automatically increment each record by a user-specified value (e.g. 1, 5 10 or -2), but it allows the user to add a prefix and/or suffix to each record. If you have an older version of Disc ...