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How to convert data point into Polyline or Polygon in Mapinfo

1. First prepare your data. The data must contains easting (x), northing(y) and Join. The Join is a unique attribute that represents how the points connect to others. Point with the same join will a line. See my data below.

How to Create Gridded surface using Encom Discover 9.0

This tutorial shows how gridded surfaces and contour plans are created and used in Discover. A topographic dataset containing spot heights is used as the data source.
An Exercise in Surface Modelling and Analysis Elevation data, stored as a series of spot height points, are located in the table called SPOT HEIGHTS in the \Discover Tutorial \Surfaces folder. The objectives of this tutorial are to interpolate a surface grid and generate a contour plan, create a profile, determine grid slope and aspect, perform sun-shading and clip the grid to a region.

Plotting Structural Measurements in ArcGis

1. Open the new *.txt file in excel and save a location file (Drillhole_structures_north_east.csv) and an attribute file (Drillhole_structures_attributes.csv) in *.csv format. Each entry should have a unique and corresponding ID number (SID). The structural data needs to have the strike in the form of the right-hand rule.

How to import Excel Table using ArcGis

To connect to an Excel table so you can use it in ArcCatalog and ArcMap, follow these instructions:

Close ArcCatalog before starting any of this.

In your Excel table highlight the rows/columns you want in your table, including the field names. This is done so you can possibly have more than one table within an Excel document.