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| Subject: | RE: GISList: Manifold - once again |
| Date: |
08/07/2003 03:15:00 PM |
| From: |
Dimitri Rotow |
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> Hi Dimitri and other listers,
>
> If Manifold System 5.5 could do the following thing (besides all those
> wonderful
> things that obviously Manifold can already do - for an incredible price...
> - We are now using ArcView and Arc/INFO...), then the department
> I work for
> is a potential buyer of some 11 to 15 licenses of the Enterprise
> Edition...
>
> A. Showing on a map some set of points (or lines) which is being defined
> not by their own coordinate pairs, but by the following fields in a
> table
> - the "ID" (that is matching a specific polyline's ID in some route
> drawing
> or in some oriented network drawing in Manifold?),
> - the "From" milepost (in kilometres, or in other metric units),
> - additionally the "To" milespost, if there are not points, but lines
> to be dynamically shown on a map)
> ... by applying this database file (stored as ASCII, dbf, or Oracle)
> to the route drawing (or to the oriented network drawing in Manifold
> System 5.5.?)
>
You could do this today with a script, although there is not a built-in
command that will do it automatically for you.
> B. Having an option (Save As or Convert) for this points/lines
> (which do not yet have their own 'static' coordinates, but are still
> 'dynamically' dependent on a route/network drawing) to make from them
> a new, independent (i.e. not based on a network or route drawing,
> anymore)
> point or line drawing.
>
Sounds easy to do. You do the first part with a script to create new point
and line objects in a drawing, and then you can save that drawing.
> Do we ask too much?
>
No. Neither of these things is particularly difficult to do, but they must
compete in priority with thousands of other easy-to-do items that other
users have requested. Plus, at some point if one builds too many things
into the base product it becomes too overwhelming for the average user so
there is some impetus to put speciality items into extensions.
I'd like to hear from other possible users of these capabilities... is they
something other users in the transportation business would like to see?
> If not, I may recommend buying Manifold System 5.5 to many other that I
> know
> in our country (like "landscape architecture" studios, municipalities,
> government agencies
> etc etc) who I know would be happy to use it instead of costly
> alternatives
> with costly upgrades...
>
Whether or not such things get added to the core package depends mainly on
how many requests for such features are received. One way to see if others
are interested in this is to post in Manifold-L (the dedicated discussion
list for Manifold users) and see what the reaction is from other Manifold
users. See http://www.manifold.net/resources/listguide.html for a guide to
using Manifold-L.
Also, to influence the design process at Manifold make sure to "vote" by
sending your suggestions to sales@manifold.net. That's the main pathway by
which user wishlists influence the planning process. For tips on how to
write suggestions that result in rapid product changes, see
http://www.manifold.net/resources/suggestions.html
Regards,
Dimitri
> Cheers
>
> Samo Koprivec
>
> Road Data Department
> Directorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Roads (DRSC)
> Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Slovenia
> Europe
>
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