Can I import and export my data to Google Earth's format?

kbadmin — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 05:44:33 GMT

MapInfo Professional provides a GELink tool (previously the Google Earth Connection Utility) in the Tool Manager.

To use this tool -

1. Navigate to HOME>Tool Extensions, and click the Registered tab. The click the Load Tool icon (and enable autoload so this step can be skipped next time) -

2. Then under the Running tab, Right-click on the GELink tool and select Export Map option -

How can I import Datamine Studio (.dm) files into MapInfo Discover

kbadmin — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:56:50 GMT

Datamine Studio stores all its various datatypes in a dm file. In Discover there are dedicated exporters to Datamine format. But to import Datamine files, there is no dedicated import too. To import to into MapInfo Discover there are a number of tools you can use, but requires you knowing beforehand what type of data is in the dm.

The data types are -

1. Datamine point, string (polylines), wireframes (TINS): Can all be imported and converted to 2D TAB views using DISCOVER>Import>Vector Import. Alternatively, to preserver 3D data and if you have a Discover3D license, simply drag and drop the .dm file into the 3D window.

They can also convert a TIN wireframe to a RASTER using SURFACES>Vector to Grid. And display on cross section intersects via converting to a DXF using DISCOVER>Vector Transform, and then the Drilllholes Section Manager.

If you receive an error "input format is not yet supported" or "failed to 3D vector file" it is either -

a. If the file name ends in "_pt.dm" or _tr.dm" it's a wireframe file and requires the companion file to be present in the same folder. Make sure you have both the "filename_pt.dm" and "filename_tr.dm" file in the folder, and then import or drag and drop the "tr.dm" file into Discover.

a. Not a vector datamine file, so try importing as a block model below.

c. Drillhole database or a non-spatial file we do not currently support.

2. Datamine Block Models: These can be loaded as Voxel models in 3D, using ...

How do I display a 3D vector file from another application into a Drillhole Section?

kbadmin — Thu, 21 May 2020 23:37:55 GMT

Solution

You can do this, by selecting all sections you wish to display it on in the section manager (select multiple by CTRL>Left Click).

Then go to the Section Manager>Analytical Tools>Display 3D Model on Section

This allows the easy display of multiple .DXF and Discover 3D .FDB vector models onto the selected cross-sections as attributed polygons and polylines, each in their own TAB file layer. These input models can be polyhedron volumes (e.g. mineralisation isosurface halos or proposed open cut wireframes) or surfaces (such as fault planes or unconformity wireframes/TINS) modelled in either Discover 3D or a 3rd party application.

The tool will display the intesection of the vectors with with 2D section plane.

NOTE It will not project or include all data in the envelope, it will only show data that intersects the section plane. If you wish to see all data within a section envelope, you can do this dynamically with the Discover3D Cursor Plane.

For instance, this functionality allows you to take your 3D models, such as :

And slice / intersect them across multiple 2D sections, with an assigned style per model, producing polygons and polylines stored and managed on a per section basis:

Issue

TAB files created in the latest 64-bit version of MapInfo Pro cannot be opened by 3rd party applications, such as Leapfrog Geo. They may also not be supported (in rare cases) in 32-bit Mapinfo Pro 15.0.

Solution

There are a number of enhancements to the TAB file format, which may not be backwards compatible with 3rd party programs.

For advanced users:

The following Mapbasic statement (typed into the MapBasic window) will save a table with a backwards compatible blocksize (512) and charset (WindowsLatin1), and as a standard NATIVE (non-unicode, whereas the new NATIVEX is unicode).

Datamine Discover KB - Import and Export

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