Official problem Natmap & Explorer 7

Submitted: Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 19:19

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Member - Arkay (SA)

I have Natmap Raster 2003 and have recently updated to Microsoft Windows Explorer 7. These two do not work together, can't see the maps. I have emailed both Microsoft (no answer yet) and Geoscience Australia who put out Natmap who acknowledged there is a problem, they are working on it, and will get back to me. I'll post the reply/solution when I get it.

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Reply By: Notso - Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:02

Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:02

I have Natmap 2005 and it works fine with IE7.

They might do the right thing by you and give you a free upgrade? LOL

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Reply By: Muddy doe (SA) - Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:02

Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:02

Thanks for the heads up on that!

I have not actually tried opening NatMaps on the travelling lappy since installing IE7. Will be waiting for a fix from Geoscience (can't see one coming from Micro$oft!).

Cheers
Muddy

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Reply By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:44

Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:44

I have 2005 Natmap too.

If they are ecw files, why not down load a free copy of ER Viewer and use that?

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Good for jpeg and quite a few other formats too.

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Follow Up By: Member - Arkay (SA) - Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 at 09:37

Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 at 09:37

Yes Oldplodder (or is it Oldplotter! - Hi). they are .ecw files, so I will try to download ER viewer and have a go. Thanks.

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Follow Up By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 at 20:58

Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 at 20:58

A little truth in the oldplotter tag. :o)
First ran a Calcomp plotter in 1983, been around maps and drawings for quite a few years.

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Reply By: Scubaroo - Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:53

Monday, Nov 20, 2006 at 20:53

The way IE7 renders HTML is different to IE6 and earlier - MS are finally trying to be more standards compliant, but there's going to be a *lot* of websites breaking in the coming months when people start using IE7 and all of the IE hacks web developers used to make their websites look good in IE6 and earlier start failing.

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Follow Up By: Member - Arkay (SA) - Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 at 09:41

Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 at 09:41

Would one solution be to use a different webbrowser (other than Explorer 7)? I don't think one could go back to running Explorer 6 for Natmap, and flip over the Explorer 7 for everything else, or can one? But one migh be able to swap between 2 web browsers. perhaps there is a computer guru (like yourself) who can advise on that one.

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