Tips and Tricks moving from Surfaces to MapInfo Pro Raster
The legacy Surfaces menu is deprecated in 64 bit Mapinfo Pro, and replaced by the superior Mapinfo Raster which has been optimized for 64bit computing platforms and has many other enhancements and feautres not available in Surfaces. It is strongly recommended to use the Raster menu instead of t ...
- Unable to open MRR files in Discover 2021 v21.2.3 and Mapinfo 2021.1
Occurrence When I try to open a MRR file in Discover3D or Surfaces I get an error message. Solution This was caused by MapInfo Pro using a new version of the ECW SDK. To resolve this issue simply copy the file - C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional\NCSEcw.dll To this folder and overwrite t ...
- TIF images not displaying correctly or crashing on opening
Occurrence I am trying to open a TIF file and it is crashing MapInfo Pro. Or I have opened TIF images but the colours are not displaying correctly in MapInfo Pro 64bit. They open fine in MapInfo Pro 32bit and other software i.e. Discover3D. Solution MapInfo Raster now handles opening TIF fil ...
- MapInfo Raster tools help button error
Occurrence In MapInfo 17.0.3 (Discover 2019 Update) when I click the help button on a RASTER menu tool I get an error message - Solution To workaround this issue navigate to - C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional\Raster\ Right click on the "en" folder and rename it, to match the folder p ...
- Unable to select a transparent color for a TIF image
Occurrence I Mapinfo 15.2 or 16.0 64-bit, you have opened a TIF file via File>Open>Raster Image. When you go to the layer properties to apply a transparency, the Select Color button is disabled. Solution This bug in MapInfo Raster hijacking the previous handling of Image files in Mapin ...
- I've added a raster or grid image to my map window, but it does not appear.
Try the following: 1/. Ensure that the map window view encompasses the raster image. Right-click in the map window, select the View Entire Layer menu option, and choose either the 'All Layers' or image name from the pull down list. Press OK. 2/. In MapInfo's Layer Control dialog, is the image ...
