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on December 30, 2022

How to calculate length of feature in MapInfo

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Contents:

  • How to calculate length in MapInfo?
  • How do you measure area in MapInfo?
  • How do I query in MapInfo?
  • What is the formula for calculating length?
  • How do you calculate for length?
  • Where is Lat Long in MapInfo?
  • How do you calculate Plan area?
  • How do you measure property on a map?
  • How do you find the scale length on a map?
  • How do you find the length of a grid?
  • How do you find the length of a polyline?

How to calculate length in MapInfo?

Open the Statistics window and the sum of all fields in a single total will be displayed. One can use the “Sum” aggregation to get the sum of the object length in the query.
 

How do you measure area in MapInfo?

In MapInfo Pro, simply double left click on any Region/Polygon, Polyline or Point object to see its area, length, and coordinates.
 

How do I query in MapInfo?

Place the cursor in the “Where Condition” box, click on the Functions drop down and choose the “STR$()” function. Within the parentheses, enter “obj”. Outside of the parentheses, enter the equal (“=”) sign. In quotation marks, enter the object type to be queried.

What is the formula for calculating length?

Learn how to find the distance between two points by using the distance formula, which is an application of the Pythagorean theorem. We can rewrite the Pythagorean theorem as d=√((x_2-x_1)²+(y_2-y_1)²) to find the distance between any two points.

How do you calculate for length?

If you have the area A and width w , its length w is determined as h = A/w . If you have the perimeter P and width w , its length can be found with h = P/2−w . If you have the diagonal d and width w , it’s length is h = √(d²−w²) .

Where is Lat Long in MapInfo?

Map > Options > Map Options > Projection (for MapInfo Pro 64-bit and 32-bit versions) and select the desired projection to enable the display of coordinates when double-clicking an object of that projection. Note: the coordinates of the cursor location can also be displayed in the lower-left corner of MapInfo Pro.

How do you calculate Plan area?

Measure the width and length of every room in feet. Multiply the width by the length and note down the total square footage of every room in the corresponding space on the property sketch. For instance, If a room is 20 feet by 10 feet, the total square footage is 200 sq. ft.
 

How do you measure property on a map?

Tips:

  1. On your computer, open Google Earth.
  2. Search for a place, or select a location on the globe.
  3. On the left, click Measure. .
  4. Click the map to set measurement points.
  5. To remove a point, on the right, click Undo .
  6. To complete your line measurement, double-click on your last point, or click Done .


How do you find the scale length on a map?

If the scale is a verbal statement (i.e. “1 inch equals 1 mile”), determine the distance by simply measuring it with a ruler. For example, if the scale says 1 inch = 1 mile, then for every inch between the two points on the map, the real distance on the ground is that number in miles.
 

How do you find the length of a grid?



Quote from video: The total number of square feet that touch along the square from end to end is equal to the length of the side.

How do you find the length of a polyline?

Quote from video: At first we will create one polyline click here on polyline. And create one polyline press enter then to work out total length of this polyline type ally for list press enter select this polyline.



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