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Revision as of 17:37, 22 August 2011

Introduction

This page contains a brief introduction to the Vertical Mapper plugin to MapInfo. There are a number of TUFLOW related tasks that can be performed in Vertical Mapper (abbreviated in this wiki as VM). The Vertical Mapper tasks which are repeatedly used in creating a TUFLOW model are described below, each of these has a separate page. If you have any suggestions to be included in these pages, please add them to the discussion page. Please add Vertical Mapper Suggestions Here!.

MapInfo File Formats

A number of files with the same name but different extensions make up a MapInfo table. A brief description of the MapInfo file formats, in particular the MapInfo Interchange (.MIF and .MID) are provided here: MapInfo File Formats.

Basics

In this section are some basic MapInfo functions that are regularly used in creating TUFLOW models in MapInfo.

  1. Grid Manager
  2. Importing Grids
  3. Create a Grid from Points
  4. Inspect Values from Grid(s)

Tips and Tricks

  1. Create a Breakline from Vertical Mapper Grid
  2. Resize a Grid

Conclusion