Encom Discover User Guide

EncomTM DiscoverTM 2011

USER GUIDE

USER GUIDE

Encom Discover is developed and supported by Pitney Bowes Software Pty Ltd.

Level 7, 1 Elizabeth Plaza North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia

pbbi.support@pb.com www.pbinsight.com.au

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Pitney Bowes Software Pty Ltd, 2011

EncomTM DiscoverTM 2011

Table of Contents i

1 Introducing Encom Discover ................................................................. 1

About this Guide........................................................................................ 1Conventions Used in this Guide................................................................ 2

2 Installing and Configuring Encom Discover......................................... 3

System Requirements ............................................................................... 3Installing Encom Discover ......................................................................... 3

Installing from DVD .............................................................................. 4Installing from the Web ........................................................................ 5Advanced Installation Options.............................................................. 5Uninstalling Encom Discover ............................................................... 6Installation Folders ............................................................................... 7

Licensing Encom Discover ........................................................................ 7Licensing Procedures for a Hard-Disk Licence .................................... 8

Installing a New Licence ................................................................. 9Upgrading an Existing Licence...................................................... 11Transferring a Licence .................................................................. 12Displaying Licence Information ..................................................... 14Troubleshooting ............................................................................ 14Dialog Help ................................................................................... 14

Discover Licence Manager Dialog Box .................................... 14Request an Activation/Upgrade Code Dialog Box ................... 15Activate Software Dialog Box................................................... 15Transfer Dialog Box ................................................................. 16

Configuring Encom Discover................................................................... 16Viewing and Changing Discover Folder Locations............................. 17Overriding the Default Map Status Bar Display.................................. 18Autosaving and Restoring the Workspace ......................................... 18Dialog Help......................................................................................... 19

Configuration Dialog Box .............................................................. 19Select Path Dialog Box ................................................................. 21

Starting Encom Discover......................................................................... 22Auto-starting Encom Discover............................................................ 22Starting Encom Discover Manually .................................................... 24Running Encom Discover on a Network ............................................ 25

3 Getting Help........................................................................................... 27

Help ......................................................................................................... 27Technical Support ................................................................................... 29Viewing and Printing the Electronic Manuals .......................................... 30

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4 Whats New in Encom Discover .......................................................... 31

5 Managing the User Interface and Workspaces .................................. 37

Controlling the Interface.......................................................................... 37Showing and Hiding Menus, Toolbars, and Other Tools ................... 37Managing Toolbars ............................................................................ 38

Using the Discover Command Search Tool............................................ 40Dialog Help ........................................................................................ 41

Command Search Options Dialog Box ......................................... 41Organising Your MapBasic Tools ........................................................... 42Managing Your Workspaces................................................................... 44

Favourite Workspaces ....................................................................... 44Checking and Modifying Table Locations in a Workspace ................ 45Preparing a Workspace for Sharing and Archiving............................ 47Fixing Problems in a Workspace ....................................................... 48

Encom Discover Application Menus ....................................................... 50Discover Menu................................................................................... 50

Map Window Menu....................................................................... 53Cursor Position Menu .............................................................. 56

Scaled Output Menu..................................................................... 57Import and Export Menu ............................................................... 57

DataSight Menu....................................................................... 60ioGAS Menu ............................................................................ 61

Map Making Menu ........................................................................ 61Data Utilities Menu ....................................................................... 63

DigData Menu.......................................................................... 66Temporal Trends Menu ........................................................... 67

Object Editing Menu ..................................................................... 68Table Utilities Menu ...................................................................... 69Discover Help Menu ..................................................................... 72

Surfaces Menu................................................................................... 73Create Grid Menu ......................................................................... 76Hydrology Menu ........................................................................... 76Grid Query Menu .......................................................................... 76Grid Utilities Menu ........................................................................ 76Import Grid File Menu................................................................... 78Export Grid File or Contours Menu............................................... 79

Images Menu ..................................................................................... 79Drillholes Menu .................................................................................. 80

External Data Formats Menu........................................................ 82Boundary Digitizing Menu............................................................. 83

GraphMap Menu................................................................................ 83Geochem Menu ................................................................................. 83ColourMap Menu ............................................................................... 85Tenements Menu............................................................................... 86

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Discover 3D Menu.............................................................................. 86MapInfo Professional Menu Customisations ........................................... 88Encom Discover Toolbars ....................................................................... 90

Discover Toolbar ................................................................................ 90Map Window Toolbar ......................................................................... 91Map Making Toolbar .......................................................................... 92Object Editing Toolbar........................................................................ 93Surfaces Toolbar................................................................................ 93Drillholes Toolbar ............................................................................... 94Cursor Position Toolbar ..................................................................... 95Enhanced Layer Control .................................................................... 95

6 Map Window Controls........................................................................... 97

Map View Settings .................................................................................. 97Setting the Default Map View............................................................. 97

Dialog Help ................................................................................... 97Set Default View Dialog Box .................................................... 98

Saving and Restoring the Mapper State ............................................ 98Saving and Applying View Settings.................................................... 98

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 101Standard Views Dialog Box ................................................... 101Add View Dialog Box ............................................................. 102

Map Projections .................................................................................... 102Saving and Applying Map Projections.............................................. 102

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 104Favourite Projections Dialog Box........................................... 104Choose Projection Dialog Box ............................................... 105

Displaying Mapper Projection Details .............................................. 105Displaying Map Coordinates, Distances and Bearings ......................... 106

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 107Location Display Dialog Box .................................................. 107

Display a Dynamic Scale Bar Window .................................................. 109Dialog Help ................................................................................. 110

Scale Bar Shortcut Menu ....................................................... 110Save Scale Bar Dialog Box.................................................... 110Scale Bar Options Dialog Box................................................ 111

Add a Dynamic Map Grid to a Map Window ......................................... 112Dialog Help....................................................................................... 113

Setup Map Autogrid Dialog Box.................................................. 113Window Size and Zoom Controls .......................................................... 115

Fit the Map Window to the Selected Object ..................................... 116Zoom to the Extents of the Selected Object..................................... 116

Linking Map Windows ........................................................................... 116Show Cursor Position in Linked Windows........................................ 118Matching the Sizes of Linked Windows............................................ 119

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Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 120Map Linking Dialog Box.............................................................. 120Cursor Position Dialog Box......................................................... 121

7 Importing and Exporting .................................................................... 123

Importing Data with MapInfo and Discover ........................................... 123Import Formats Supported by Discover ................................................ 124Tabular and Vector Data....................................................................... 127

acQuire ............................................................................................ 127Dialog Help ................................................................................. 129

Import from acQuire Dialog Box ............................................ 129Select Data from acQuire Dialog Box.................................... 130Choose Output Files Dialog Box ........................................... 130

ASCII Data....................................................................................... 130Supported ASCII File Formats.................................................... 133ASCII Import Options.................................................................. 134Line Number Record .................................................................. 135Ignored Records ......................................................................... 136Ignored Characters ..................................................................... 136Save and Reload ASCII Template.............................................. 136Dialog Help ................................................................................. 136

ASCII Data Import Dialog Box ............................................... 137Fields Shortcut Menu............................................................. 141Properties Dialog Box............................................................ 142Options Dialog Box................................................................ 143

Datamine ......................................................................................... 144Importing Datamine Points ......................................................... 144Importing Datamine Perimeters and Strings............................... 145Exporting to Datamine ................................................................ 146Dialog Help ................................................................................. 147

Datamine Export Dialog Box ................................................. 147DataShed......................................................................................... 148DataSight ......................................................................................... 148

Server Authentication ................................................................. 149Access Methods ......................................................................... 149Prerequisites for Using the DataSight Import Tool ..................... 150Using the DataSight Import Tool................................................. 150Dialog Help ................................................................................. 152

Setup Database Connection Dialog Box ............................... 152Import from DataSight - Step 1 of 2 Dialog Box .................... 154Advanced Table Filter Dialog Box ......................................... 154Import from DataSight - Step 2 of 2 Dialog Box .................... 155

DXF.................................................................................................. 155Export Contours to 3D DXF ....................................................... 157Export Digitized Boundaries to 3D DXF...................................... 157

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Geosoft............................................................................................. 158Dialog Help ................................................................................. 159

Import Geosoft Database Dialog Box .................................... 159Line Selection Dialog Box ...................................................... 160

ioGAS............................................................................................... 160Dialog Help ................................................................................. 162

ioGAS Importer Dialog Box.................................................... 162LIDAR LAS....................................................................................... 164

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 164LAS Import Dialog Box........................................................... 165

MicroMine......................................................................................... 165Dialog Help ................................................................................. 166

MicroMine Import Dialog Box................................................. 166Micromine Data Import Dialog Box ........................................ 167Micromine String Import Dialog Box ...................................... 167

MineSight ......................................................................................... 167Importing MineSight Points and Polylines................................... 168Exporting to MineSight ................................................................ 168Dialog Help ................................................................................. 169

MineSight Export Dialog Box ................................................. 169Surpac.............................................................................................. 170

Importing Surpac Strings............................................................. 170Exporting to Surpac .................................................................... 172Dialog Help ................................................................................. 172

Surpac String Import Dialog Box............................................ 173Surpac String Export Dialog Box ........................................... 174

Vulcan .............................................................................................. 174Importing Points and Polylines.................................................... 175Exporting to Vulcan..................................................................... 175Dialog Help ................................................................................. 176

Vulcan Import Dialog Box ...................................................... 176Vulcan Export Dialog Box ...................................................... 177

Vector Import.................................................................................... 178Vector Export ................................................................................... 179Transform Vector Files..................................................................... 180

Raster Imagery...................................................................................... 183Rectifying Raster Images ................................................................. 183ALG/ECW/JPEG2000 ...................................................................... 183

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 186Open ECW/P, ALG or JP2 Image Dialog Box ....................... 186

ER Mapper Algorithm Referencing ECW Images ............................ 187Encom EGB ..................................................................................... 188

Importing an EGB Image ............................................................ 188Exporting as an EGB Image ....................................................... 189Saving a Map Window as a Registered Raster Image................ 190Dialog Help ................................................................................. 190

EGB Import Dialog Box.......................................................... 190

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Export Map to Encom PA Dialog Box.................................... 191Surface Grids........................................................................................ 191

ER Mapper Algorithm Referencing ER Mapper Grids ..................... 193ASCII Grid........................................................................................ 193

X Y Z values file format .............................................................. 194Z values only file format.............................................................. 195

HGT Grid ......................................................................................... 197Alternative Grid Import Tools ........................................................... 197

BIL Grid ...................................................................................... 199ER Mapper Grid.......................................................................... 200ESRI ASCII Grid ......................................................................... 202Geosoft Grid ............................................................................... 204Minex Grid .................................................................................. 205Surfer Grid .................................................................................. 207Vertical Mapper Grid................................................................... 208USGS SDTS TAR Grid ............................................................... 209

Toggle Support for Vertical Mapper Grid ......................................... 212Export Grid to ASCII File ................................................................. 213Export Grid ...................................................................................... 213

Drillholes ............................................................................................... 214Discover Drillhole Projects............................................................... 214Export Drillholes as 3D DXF Traces ................................................ 214gINT ................................................................................................. 214WinLoG............................................................................................ 217

8 Working with Tables........................................................................... 221

Opening and Closing Tables ................................................................ 221Favourite Tables .............................................................................. 221Opening Multiple Tables .................................................................. 224Closing All Tables ............................................................................ 225

Refreshing Tables with Database Connections.................................... 227Searching and Replacing Text in Tables .............................................. 229

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 230Text Search Dialog Box.............................................................. 230

Selecting Table Records....................................................................... 231Select by Group ............................................................................... 231Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 233

Select by Group Dialog Box ....................................................... 233Sorting Tables....................................................................................... 234Changing the Map Bounds of a Mappable Table.................................. 236Splitting Tables ..................................................................................... 237

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 239Table Split Dialog Box ................................................................ 239Group Properties Dialog Box...................................................... 240

Digitizing and Data Entry ...................................................................... 241

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Setting Increments and Constant Values......................................... 243Manual Data Entry ........................................................................... 244Automated Data Entry...................................................................... 244Dialog Help....................................................................................... 245

Data Entry to Columns Dialog Box.............................................. 245Increments and Constant Values Dialog Box.............................. 245

Adding Unique Identifiers to Table Records.......................................... 247Updating Multiple Columns ................................................................... 248Working with Multiple Tables................................................................. 251

Packing Multiple Tables ................................................................... 251Appending Multiple Tables............................................................... 252Importing Multiple MID/MIF Files ..................................................... 252Exporting Multiple MID/MIF Files ..................................................... 253Reprojecting Multiple Tables............................................................ 253Multi-table, Multi-field Editing ........................................................... 253

Field Display ............................................................................... 254Field Editing ................................................................................ 255

9 Data Processing and Statistics.......................................................... 259

Pre-processing and Cleaning Data ....................................................... 259Dialog Help....................................................................................... 260

Data Handling Options Dialog Box.............................................. 260Classifying Data .................................................................................... 262

Classifying Data by Colour, Size, and Symbol................................. 262Multi-field Classification.................................................................... 265Dialog Help....................................................................................... 265

Point Classification Dialog Box ................................................... 266Classify by Colour Tab .......................................................... 267Classify by Size Tab ............................................................. 269Classify by Symbol Tab ........................................................ 270

Specify Output Table Dialog Box ................................................ 272Trivariate Point Classification........................................................... 272

Setting Point Styles ..................................................................... 275Displaying a Point Style Legend ................................................. 275Null Values.................................................................................. 276

Dialog Help....................................................................................... 276Trivariate Point Classification Dialog Box ................................... 276Specify Output Table Dialog Box ................................................ 279Set Point Styles Dialog Box ........................................................ 279Pick Symbol Dialog Box.............................................................. 280

Normalizing or Levelling Data ............................................................... 280Dialog Help....................................................................................... 282

Levelling Utility Dialog Box.......................................................... 282Computing Summary Statistics ............................................................. 284

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Statistics Dialog Box................................................................... 287Computing a Correlation Matrix ............................................................ 290

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 290Correlation Statistics Dialog Box ................................................ 290

10 Coordinates and Projections............................................................. 293

Calculating Distances Between Points in Separate Tables .................. 293Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 295

Distance Calculator Dialog Box .................................................. 295Displaying Cursor Coordinates in a Map Window................................. 296Updating Coordinates ........................................................................... 296

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 298Update Coordinates Dialog Box ................................................. 298New Column Name Dialog Box .................................................. 299

Coordinate Transformations ................................................................. 299Performing a Once-Off Transformation ........................................... 301Plane Transformation ...................................................................... 303Affine Transformation ...................................................................... 305

Creating a Custom Affine Projection........................................... 306Using a Custom Affine Projection in MapInfo ............................. 308

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 309Coordinate Transformation Dialog Box....................................... 309Transform Coordinates Dialog Box............................................. 312

Reprojecting Coordinates ..................................................................... 314Reprojecting a Table........................................................................ 314

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 316Reproject TAB File Dialog Box .............................................. 316

Reprojecting Multiple Tables ........................................................... 317Generating Traverse Lines and Peg Coordinates................................. 318

Local Grid Definition Options ........................................................... 321Grid Line Parameters....................................................................... 322Grid Parameters .............................................................................. 322Output Options................................................................................. 323Advanced Options ........................................................................... 324Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 325

Local Grid Layout Dialog Box ..................................................... 325Grid Type Tab........................................................................ 326Grid Parameters Tab ............................................................. 326

Advanced Options Dialog Box .................................................... 329

11 Working with Map Objects ................................................................. 331

Objects and Layers............................................................................... 331Creating Objects from a Table.............................................................. 332

Row Delimited Polylines .................................................................. 333

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Column Delimited Polylines ............................................................. 334Line on One Row Polylines .............................................................. 335XYZ Grid .......................................................................................... 336

Creating and Editing Objects from the Keyboard .................................. 336Selecting the Object Type ................................................................ 336Draw a Point..................................................................................... 337Draw a Line ...................................................................................... 338Draw a Polyline/Polygon .................................................................. 339

Enter Nodes by Coordinates....................................................... 339Enter Nodes by Distance, Bearing .............................................. 339

Draw an Arc, Ellipse or Rectangle ................................................... 340Edit Node Coordinates ..................................................................... 341

Selecting Objects .................................................................................. 341Select by Proximity........................................................................... 341

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 343Proximity Search Dialog Box ................................................. 344

Select by Graphical Style ................................................................. 345Dialog Help ................................................................................. 347

Select by Style Dialog Box..................................................... 348Copying, Moving and Transforming Objects ......................................... 349

Offsetting Copies of an Object ......................................................... 349Moving, Scaling and Rotating Objects ............................................. 350Aligning Objects ............................................................................... 352

Manipulating Lines, Polylines and Polygons ......................................... 354Smoothing ........................................................................................ 355Thinning ........................................................................................... 356

Thin Polyline by Node Number ................................................... 356Thin Polyline by Node Position ................................................... 357

Cutting.............................................................................................. 358Joining.............................................................................................. 358Inserting Nodes ................................................................................ 360Changing Line Direction................................................................... 363Creating Donut Polygons ................................................................. 363Clipping ............................................................................................ 365Splitting Multiple Polylines and Polygons......................................... 366

Using Polyline and Polygon Attributes .................................................. 367Assigning Values to and from Polygons........................................... 367

Contents to Container ................................................................. 368Container to Contents ................................................................. 369Dialog Help ................................................................................. 369

Assign Values Dialog Box...................................................... 369Assigning Values to Polygons from a Grid....................................... 370Calculating Line Orientation ............................................................. 371

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 371Line Orientation Dialog Box ................................................... 372

Extracting Nodes.............................................................................. 372Dialog Help ................................................................................. 373

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Node Extraction Dialog Box................................................... 373Calculating Area Change................................................................. 374Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 376

Compute Area Change Dialog Box............................................. 377Conditioning and Converting Linework into Polygons........................... 379

PolyBuilder Dialog ........................................................................... 381Linework Layer ........................................................................... 381Text Layer................................................................................... 382Menus......................................................................................... 382PolyBuilder Toolbar .................................................................... 382

Preferences ..................................................................................... 383Linework ..................................................................................... 384Polygons..................................................................................... 385Field Information......................................................................... 385

Digitize Linework.............................................................................. 385Check Linework ............................................................................... 389

Error Flags.................................................................................. 391Correct Linework.............................................................................. 392

Extend and Break Linework........................................................ 392Fix Linework ............................................................................... 394

Create Polygons .............................................................................. 399Polygon Errors ............................................................................ 401Donut Polygons .......................................................................... 402Attribute Polygons with Text ....................................................... 402

Additional Linework Utilities ............................................................. 404Break Linework........................................................................... 405Join Linework.............................................................................. 406Filter Linework ............................................................................ 407

Colouring Map Objects ......................................................................... 407Colour Map Objects from Look-up Tables ....................................... 408

Creating Colour Look-up Tables................................................. 408Create a Colour Table from an Existing Map.............................. 410Create a Colour Table from a Thematic Map ............................. 412Edit a Colour Table ..................................................................... 413Apply a Colour Map to Map Objects ........................................... 414Create a Legend from a Colour Table ........................................ 416Export a Colour Map to Discover Mobile .................................... 417

Saving and Applying Thematic Map Settings .................................. 417Save Thematic Map Setting in MapInfo...................................... 418Save Thematic Map Setting with Auto-Shade ............................ 418Apply Auto-Shade Setting to Table ............................................ 419Use Other Auto-Shade Files....................................................... 420Use Auto-Shade with Other Discover Functions ........................ 420Dialog Help ................................................................................. 420

AutoShades Dialog Box......................................................... 420Add Thematic Map Dialog Box .............................................. 421

Colour Map Objects by RGB Values ............................................... 422

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Formatting Vector Objects..................................................................... 424Dialog Help....................................................................................... 426

Plot Vectors Dialog Box .............................................................. 426Cloning Object Styles ............................................................................ 428Linking Objects to External Documents ................................................ 430

Setting Up Hotlinks........................................................................... 431Creating a Hotlink............................................................................. 432Opening Linked Documents............................................................. 434

12 Map Making.......................................................................................... 435

Creating Scaled Maps........................................................................... 435Create Scaled Output Map............................................................... 436

Map Scale and Map Size ............................................................ 437Frame Setup ............................................................................... 437Configure Frame Settings ........................................................... 438Position Scaled Output Map ....................................................... 440Accept Map Position ................................................................... 442Configure Map Grid Settings....................................................... 442Enter Scaled Output Title Block Details ...................................... 442

Modifying Scaled Output Layout ...................................................... 443Preserving the Linked Map Window's Scale/Extents ....................... 443Printing a Scaled Output Layout ...................................................... 444Creating Additional Scaled Output Maps ......................................... 444Scaled Output and Standard Map Sheets........................................ 445Scaled Output Hints ......................................................................... 446Exit Scaled Output ........................................................................... 447Dialog Help....................................................................................... 448

Scaled Output Dialog Box........................................................... 448Scaled Output Configuration Dialog Box..................................... 449Scaled Output Map Position Dialog Box ..................................... 450

Add a Map Grid ..................................................................................... 451Map Grid Projection ......................................................................... 452Grid Spacing .................................................................................... 452Map Grid Styles................................................................................ 452Save and Overlay Map Grids ........................................................... 454Dialog Help....................................................................................... 455

Overlay Map Grid Dialog Box...................................................... 455Grid Label Options Dialog Box.................................................... 457

Add a Scaled Frame to the Layout........................................................ 458Dialog Help....................................................................................... 459

Add Scaled Frame to Layout Dialog Box .................................... 459Add a Title Block and Scale Bar............................................................ 460

Scale Bars........................................................................................ 461Title Block and Scale Bar Options.................................................... 462

Title Block Options ...................................................................... 463

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Scale Bar Options....................................................................... 463Other Options ............................................................................. 463

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 464Titleblock Dialog Box .................................................................. 464Title Block and Scale Bar Options Dialog Box............................ 465

Using Object Styles .............................................................................. 466Apply Styles from List ...................................................................... 467Maintain Styles Library .................................................................... 468

Edit an Existing Map Object Style............................................... 468Add or Delete a Map Object Style .............................................. 468

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 469Map Styles Dialog Box ............................................................... 469

Add a Map Legend ............................................................................... 470Legend Tables and Columns........................................................... 470Legend Style.................................................................................... 472Legend Order................................................................................... 473Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 475

Create Legend 1 Dialog Box ...................................................... 475Create Legend 2 Dialog Box ...................................................... 475Legend Order Dialog Box ........................................................... 477Legend Order from Column Values Dialog Box.......................... 477

Add and Format Text and Labels ......................................................... 478Adding Titles to Frames................................................................... 478Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 478

Add Frame Titles Dialog Box...................................................... 479Adding Text Labels .......................................................................... 479

Advanced Labelling Options....................................................... 481Formatting Text................................................................................ 484

Dialog Help ................................................................................. 485Format Text Dialog Box......................................................... 485

Modifying MapInfo Label Angles...................................................... 485Dialog Help ................................................................................. 486

Label Angles Dialog Box ....................................................... 486Updating Labels an Tables .............................................................. 486

Updating Text Labels from Table................................................ 487Updating Table from Text Labels................................................ 487Colouring Text Labels with a Pattern.......................................... 488Dialog Help ................................................................................. 488

Update Label Text from Table Dialog Box............................. 488Update Table from Text Dialog Box ...................................... 489Colour Objects Dialog Box .................................................... 489

Adding Line and Point Labels .......................................................... 489Dialog Help ................................................................................. 491

Line and Point Labels Dialog Box.......................................... 492Apply SeeThru Shading........................................................................ 493

SeeThru Shading Pattern Type ....................................................... 494SeeThru Shading Pattern Density and Orientation.......................... 495

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SeeThru Shade Pattern Library ....................................................... 495Dialog Help....................................................................................... 496

See Thru Pattern Library Dialog Box .......................................... 496Apply Geological Line Styles and Annotations...................................... 498

Structure Line Styles ........................................................................ 501Dialog Help....................................................................................... 502

Line Annotation Dialog Box......................................................... 502MapShop............................................................................................... 504

The MapShop Menu......................................................................... 505Batch Map Sheet Generation and Printing....................................... 506Styles ............................................................................................... 509Printing Standard Maps.................................................................... 511Map Series ....................................................................................... 514

Creating a New Map Series ........................................................ 514Open Map Series ........................................................................ 516

Templates ........................................................................................ 516Creating Templates..................................................................... 516Generate New Template ............................................................. 517Template Toolbar ........................................................................ 526Adding Text Labels ..................................................................... 527Finalizing the template ................................................................ 529Edit Existing Map Template ........................................................ 531Configure Map Templates........................................................... 531

Indexes............................................................................................. 532Compiling and printing a Map Index ........................................... 533

Key Maps ......................................................................................... 537Labelling Tools ................................................................................. 539Configuring MapShop ...................................................................... 540

MapShop Configuration Tool ...................................................... 540Configuring MapShop for Server-Located Templates and Map Series .......................................................................................... 542

13 Capturing Maps as Images and Movies ............................................ 543

Saving a Map Window as a Registered Raster Image.......................... 543Dialog Help....................................................................................... 545

Create Registered Raster Dialog Box ......................................... 545Making Movies and Animations from Map Windows............................. 547

Create Animation File....................................................................... 548Iterating Through Multiple Tables................................................ 550Iterating Through Field Values.................................................... 550

Play Animation File .......................................................................... 552Edit Animation File ........................................................................... 554Create Movie File ............................................................................. 555

AVI Movie File Format................................................................. 555Dialog Help....................................................................................... 556

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Window Animator Tool................................................................ 556Create/Edit Tab .......................................................................... 557Play Tab ..................................................................................... 558Video Compression Dialog Box.................................................. 559

14 Viewing Data in Three Dimensions ................................................... 561

15 Graphs and Profiles............................................................................ 565

General Purpose Graphs...................................................................... 565Getting Started with GraphMap ....................................................... 567

Time-Series Graphs.............................................................................. 571Temporal Data Format..................................................................... 572Setting Up Temporal Trends Graphs............................................... 573Creating Temporal Trends Graphs .................................................. 574Querying Temporal Trends Graphs ................................................. 576Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 577

Temporal Trends Setup Dialog Box............................................ 577Temporal Trends Linegraph Display Parameters Dialog Box..... 578Temporal Trend Graph Query Dialog Box .................................. 580

Surface Grid Profiles............................................................................. 580Stacked Profiles.................................................................................... 581

Dialog Help ...................................................................................... 584Stacked Profile Dialog Box ......................................................... 584

16 Using the GraphMap Tool .................................................................. 587

Starting GraphMap ............................................................................... 587GraphMap Menus and Toolbars ........................................................... 588

File Menu ......................................................................................... 588Quick Access Toolbar...................................................................... 589Menu Tabs....................................................................................... 591Sidebar Windows............................................................................. 594

Creating Graphs ................................................................................... 597Graph Builder................................................................................... 598Axis/Field Assignments.................................................................... 598Graph Types .................................................................................... 602Selecting and Tranforming Data Columns....................................... 605

Preconditioning Data ............................................................................ 607Creating Derived Columns.................................................................... 609Viewing Data Values............................................................................. 612Arranging and Modifying Graph Displays ............................................. 614

Closing Graphs ................................................................................ 614Hide and Show Windows................................................................. 615Arranging Graphs ............................................................................ 617

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Adding a Graph to a Map Window ................................................... 618Zoom, Pan and Rotation .................................................................. 619Axis, Scale, Background, and Other Display Options ...................... 621Current Graph Controls.................................................................... 621

Selecting Data in Graphs ...................................................................... 622Saving Selections............................................................................. 623Viewing Selections in MapInfo and GraphMap ................................ 624Displaying Object Information .......................................................... 624Clearing Selections .......................................................................... 624Creating Permanent Selection Regions ........................................... 625

Multi-Table Relationships ...................................................................... 627GeoLocated Graphs.............................................................................. 629

Define Graph Type........................................................................... 630Create GeoLocated Graphs Wizard................................................. 632View GeoLocated Graphs ................................................................ 633Global Options ................................................................................. 635

Displaying Statistics .............................................................................. 636Changing the Style of Graph Objects.................................................... 637

Colour............................................................................................... 638Advanced Colour Options ........................................................... 638

Size .................................................................................................. 641Advanced Sizing Options............................................................ 641

Symbol ............................................................................................. 642Visibility ............................................................................................ 643

Advanced Visibility Options......................................................... 643Load and Save Styles from Legend ................................................. 644Displaying Legends.......................................................................... 645Apply RGB Colours from Table........................................................ 645

GraphMap Settings ............................................................................... 646Mouse Buttons Settings ................................................................... 646Global Settings................................................................................. 646General Options ............................................................................... 647Reset Layout .................................................................................... 647Graph Window Settings ................................................................... 647

17 Working with Images .......................................................................... 649

Processing Images................................................................................ 649Images and RAM Size ..................................................................... 650Multi-image Processing.................................................................... 650

Registering and Rectifying Raster Images............................................ 651Image Selection ............................................................................... 651Using the Rectify Image tool ............................................................ 653

Choose Image Projection............................................................ 654Add (or edit) Map Control Points................................................. 655Save Control Points .................................................................... 656

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View Ground Control Points ....................................................... 656Synchronise Modified Ground Control Points to Map/Image Control Point Locations ........................................................................... 656Synchronise Modified Map/Image Control Point Locations to Ground Control Points ............................................................................. 656Rectify......................................................................................... 657

Rectify Image Options ..................................................................... 657Accuracy .......................................................................................... 658Transformation Methods.................................................................. 658

Reprojecting an Image.......................................................................... 659Image Tool ............................................................................................ 661Displaying Image Properties ................................................................. 662Enhancing an Image............................................................................. 663Applying Image Filters .......................................................................... 664

Sharpness Filters............................................................................. 665Edge Detect Filters .......................................................................... 665Other Filters ..................................................................................... 666

Clipping an Image................................................................................. 666Rotating an Image ................................................................................ 668Converting an Image to Another Format............................................... 668Modifying Image Transparency............................................................. 670

18 Working with Drillholes...................................................................... 673

Drillhole Data Workflow......................................................................... 674Data Formats ........................................................................................ 674

Drillhole Data Formats ..................................................................... 675Collar Table ................................................................................ 675Downhole Survey Table ............................................................. 676Downhole Data Tables ............................................................... 677Grid and Contour Surfaces......................................................... 678Surface Geology......................................................................... 679Section Lines .............................................................................. 679

Costean Data Formats..................................................................... 682Costean Collar Tables ................................................................ 683Costean Survey Tables .............................................................. 684Costean Downhole DataTables.................................................. 688Costean Grid and Contour Surfaces........................................... 690

Importing Drillhole Data from Other Drillhole Applications.................... 690Creating and Managing Drillhole Projects............................................. 690

Creating a New Drillhole Project...................................................... 691Validating a Drillhole Database........................................................ 698

Validate Collars .......................................................................... 700Validate Surveys......................................................................... 701Validate Downholes.................................................................... 703Validation Report ........................................................................ 705

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Project Database Caching ............................................................... 712Sharing Discover Drillhole Projects.................................................. 713Modifying and Deleting Drillhole Projects......................................... 715Assigning Costean/Trench Tables to the Project ............................. 716Opening Drillhole Projects................................................................ 719Session Manager ............................................................................. 720Creating a Subset of a Project ......................................................... 721Packaging Drillhole Projects ............................................................ 722

Desurveying Method ............................................................................. 723Creating Sections and Plans................................................................. 724

Horizontal Plan................................................................................. 724Vertical Section ................................................................................ 727Dialog Help....................................................................................... 733

Section and Plan Creator Dialog Box.......................................... 733Define Tab .................................................................................. 734Offset Multiple Tab...................................................................... 739Annotate Tab .............................................................................. 741

Label Editor Dialog Box ......................................................... 743Downhole Data Tab .................................................................... 744Surfaces Tab............................................................................... 745

Managing Sections and Plans............................................................... 747Display Section Parameters............................................................. 749Open Sections.................................................................................. 750Regenerate Sections........................................................................ 751Rename a Section............................................................................ 752Copy a Section................................................................................. 752Add a Section................................................................................... 752Close Sections ................................................................................. 752Delete Sections ................................................................................ 753Sync Section Lines........................................................................... 753

Displaying Downhole Data .................................................................... 754Missing Downhole Data Tables................................................... 759

Text Labels....................................................................................... 760Source Data ................................................................................ 761Data Handling Options ................................................................ 761Style ............................................................................................ 762Position and Orientation.............................................................. 763Format......................................................................................... 764

Downhole Graphs ............................................................................ 765Source Data ................................................................................ 766Data Handling Options ................................................................ 766Scale ........................................................................................... 767Style ............................................................................................ 768Position ....................................................................................... 769

Trace Shade..................................................................................... 770Structure Ticks ................................................................................. 771

Display ........................................................................................ 773

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Depth Labels.................................................................................... 773Using Setting Templates.................................................................. 774

Saving Setting Templates........................................................... 774Using Existing Setting Templates ............................................... 775Sharing Settings Templates Between Users .............................. 776Importing/Exporting Drillhole Projects and Templates................ 776

Displaying Downhole Logs.................................................................... 776Define Log Display........................................................................... 778Log Display Parameters .................................................................. 779Global Settings ................................................................................ 781

Legend Editor ....................................................................................... 782Create New Legend......................................................................... 784Modifying Legend Entries ................................................................ 785Additional Legend Modification Tools .............................................. 788Importing Legends ........................................................................... 789Export Legends................................................................................ 790Legend Configuration ...................................................................... 790

Create Section Legend ......................................................................... 791Adding Sections to a Layout ................................................................. 792Adding a Map Grid to Sections ............................................................. 795Creating a Section Collar Plan.............................................................. 797Interrogating Drillholes .......................................................................... 797Digitizing Boundaries ............................................................................ 798Calculating Sectional Resources .......................................................... 798

Setup Resource Parameters ........................................................... 800Downhole Compositing......................................................................... 804

Select Drillholes to Composite......................................................... 805General Settings .............................................................................. 805Composite Data Handling Options .................................................. 806Composite by Cut-off Grade ............................................................ 807Composite by RL or Downhole Depth ............................................. 810

Composite by Downhole Depth .................................................. 811Composite by RL ........................................................................ 812

Composite by Attribute .................................................................... 813Generating 3D Coordinates .................................................................. 815Calculating Maximum and EOH Values ............................................... 816

Analyse Maximum Downhole Grades.............................................. 816Analyse EOH Downhole Grades and Data Values.......................... 818

Saving Display Settings ........................................................................ 820

19 Working with Surfaces ....................................................................... 823

Introduction to Surface Gridding ........................................................... 825MapInfo Professional and Grid Files................................................ 827Supported Grid Formats .................................................................. 827Preferred Output Grid Format.......................................................... 829

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Creating Grids ....................................................................................... 829Interactive Gridding ............................................................................... 829

Using the Interactive Gridding Tool.................................................. 830Gridding Tool Preview Display ......................................................... 831Gridding Tool Input Tab ................................................................... 833

Data Conditioning ....................................................................... 834Grouping ..................................................................................... 837Breaklines ................................................................................... 839Coincident Points ........................................................................ 840Statistics Explorer ....................................................................... 840

Gridding Tool Method Tab ............................................................... 840Minimum Curvature..................................................................... 842Kriging......................................................................................... 843Inverse Distance Weighting ........................................................ 846Spatial Neighbour ...................................................................... 849Triangulation ............................................................................... 850Density Grid ................................................................................ 851Distance Grid .............................................................................. 853

Gridding Tool Search Tab ................................................................ 854Searching.................................................................................... 855Anisotropy ................................................................................... 856Sample Selection ........................................................................ 856Gridding Rule .............................................................................. 857

Gridding Tool Geometry Tab............................................................ 857Gridding Tool Output Tab................................................................. 859Statistics Explorer ............................................................................ 862

Spreadsheet................................................................................ 863Zoom, Selection and Display Controls ........................................ 865Display Modulation...................................................................... 866Subsetting ................................................................................... 866Univariate.................................................................................... 866Bivariate ...................................................................................... 871Spatial ......................................................................................... 873Variogram ................................................................................... 875Model Variograms....................................................................... 877

Large and Multi-file Gridding ................................................................. 880When to Use Large and Multi-file Gridding ...................................... 882Using the Large and Multi-file Gridding Tool.................................... 882

Running the Gridding Tool .......................................................... 882Re-running the Gridding................................................................... 884Input Data Files ................................................................................ 885Gridding Workflows .......................................................................... 887

Triangulation .............................................................................. 887Inverse Distance Weighting ........................................................ 888Minimum Curvature (Full)............................................................ 889Minimum Curvature (Stamped) ................................................... 890Data Density ............................................................................... 891

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Data Point Separation (Distance) ............................................... 891Stamp Only ................................................................................. 892

Interpolation Settings ....................................................................... 893Data Conditioning ....................................................................... 893Gridding Properties..................................................................... 893Options ....................................................................................... 895

Gridding Methods ............................................................................ 897Triangulation............................................................................... 897Inverse Distance Weighting........................................................ 899Minimum Curvature (Stamped)................................................... 901Minimum Curvature (Full) ........................................................... 903Full minimum curvature vs stamped minimum curvature methods...904Data Density ............................................................................... 905

Output Grid ...................................................................................... 907Converting Vector Files to Grids........................................................... 909Interrogating a Grid............................................................................... 911

Interactive Query ............................................................................. 912Summary Statistics .......................................................................... 912Statistics by Polygonal Region ........................................................ 913

Grid Colour and Shading ...................................................................... 913Methods ........................................................................................... 914Transparency................................................................................... 916LUT Editor........................................................................................ 916Create Look-Up Table ..................................................................... 918Sun-Shading .................................................................................... 919

Sun Shade.................................................................................. 920Sun Highlight .............................................................................. 920

Histogram ........................................................................................ 921Percentile and Data Break Stretch Types................................... 922

Display a Colour Legend ................................................................. 924Filtering Grids ....................................................................................... 924

Preview Windows ............................................................................ 926Grid Filter Information ...................................................................... 926Padding............................................................................................ 927Applying Grid Filters ........................................................................ 928Filling Holes ..................................................................................... 928Saving the Filtered Grid ................................................................... 928Grid Filter Settings ........................................................................... 929

Contouring a Grid ................................................................................. 930Creating Contours............................................................................ 930Contour Smoothing.......................................................................... 934Labelling Contours........................................................................... 935Positioning Contour Labels.............................................................. 936

Creating Polygonal Regions by Selection Criteria ................................ 939Select Cells by Surface Property ..................................................... 939Select Cells by Multiple Value Ranges ............................................ 940

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Creating Grid Profiles ............................................................................ 942Data Selection.................................................................................. 944Interrogating Profiles ........................................................................ 946Navigating the Preview window ....................................................... 947Colouring and Controlling Profiles.................................................... 948Line-of-Sight..................................................................................... 948Customizing the Preview Appearance ............................................. 949Output .............................................................................................. 949

Creating Voronoi Polygons ................................................................... 950Calculating Surface Properties and Volumes........................................ 952

Calculating the Volume Between Two Grids.................................... 952Calculating Volumes by Level .......................................................... 953Calculating Curvature....................................................................... 953Calculating Cut-and-Fill Volumes..................................................... 953Calculating Surface Areas................................................................ 953

Computing Cell Values by Expressions ................................................ 953Creating an Expression............................................................... 956

Manipulating Grids ................................................................................ 958Using the Interactive Grid Utility Tool............................................... 959

Changing the Settings for the Grid Utilities Tool ......................... 961Saving the Output Grid ............................................................... 962

Batch Processing Grids with Grid Utilities........................................ 963Grid Utility Tools............................................................................... 965

Classify ....................................................................................... 967Grid to Grid Clip .......................................................................... 967Clip .............................................................................................. 968Convert ....................................................................................... 970Create RGB ................................................................................ 971Curvature .................................................................................... 971Cut/Fill ......................................................................................... 972Edit .............................................................................................. 974Fill Holes ..................................................................................... 976Flip .............................................................................................. 976Merge.......................................................................................... 976Outline......................................................................................... 978Overlay........................................................................................ 978Replace....................................................................................... 979Reproject..................................................................................... 979Resample.................................................................................... 981Rotate ......................................................................................... 982Shift ............................................................................................. 982Slope........................................................................................... 982Split ............................................................................................. 983Statistics...................................................................................... 983Surface Area ............................................................................... 985Vectorize ..................................................................................... 986Viewshed .....................................................................