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USER GUIDE
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mapping at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Reviewing the MapInfo Professional Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Getting Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Using the Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Using the Help System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Getting Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Contacting Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Tell Us What You Think! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Working with Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Data Where MapInfo Professional Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 What is a Database and Other Basic Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 What Data Can I Use in MapInfo Professional? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Support for Raster Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Understanding the Files Associated with MapInfo Professional Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Opening Your Data in MapInfo Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 File Format Types Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Opening MapInfo Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Opening Data in Remote Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Understanding Your Data in MapInfo Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 What is a Layer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Map Objects as Part of Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Managing a Maps Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Using Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Reviewing the Windows in MapInfo Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Displaying Data in a Map Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Displaying Data in a Browser Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Changing a Record's Data, Font, and Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Displaying Data in a Graph Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Displaying Data in a Layout Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Other Windows for Displaying Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Working with Tables in the Table List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Accessing the Table List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 About the Table List Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Selecting Multiple Tables in the Table List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Dragging and Dropping in the Table List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Sorting in the Table List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Searching the Table List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Working with Layers in the Layer Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Accessing Layer Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 About the Layer Control Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Adding Layers to the Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Reordering Map Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Setting the Zoom Layering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Positioning and Sizing Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Displaying the Lines, Nodes, and Centroids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Understanding the Cosmetic Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Making the Layers Editable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Making a Read-Only Table Editable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Getting Layer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Selecting Objects in a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Working with Thematic Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Ordering Thematic Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Displaying Thematic Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Converting Objects into Region Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Working with Raster and Grid Layers in Layer Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Converting Grid Files to MapInfo Professional Grids (*.mig) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Working with Seamless Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Features Available with Seamless Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Working with MapInfo Manager Library Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Add to Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Saving, Closing, and Exporting Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Saving a MapInfo Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Exporting to GeoTIFF (*.tif) Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Saving a Table or a Copy of a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Closing a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Opening vs. Importing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Exporting Your Data to a New Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Importing and Exporting Data in AutoCAD Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Cropping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Exporting to ASCII Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Exporting to dBase (*.DBF) Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Smoothing Map Images during Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Using the Tools in the Tool Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Changing the Browser Window Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Setting the Startup Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Creating a Startup Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Setting your Address Matching Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Setting your Directory Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Setting your Output Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Understanding the Anti-Aliasing Export Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Setting the Printer Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Setting your Style Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Setting the Web Services Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Setting the Proxy Server Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Setting the WFS Server Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Setting the WMS Server Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Setting the Geocoding Server Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Setting the Routing Server Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Setting Tile Server Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Setting the Library Services Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Setting the Custom Proxy Server Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Setting up the Image Processing Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Setting up a Geocoding Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Setting up the Routing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
3D Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Area Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 Bar Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 Bubble Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 Column Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Histogram Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Line Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Pie Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Scatter Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Surface Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Graphing Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Creating a Graph using the Graph Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Editing a Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Working with Multi-Table and Multi-Variable Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 Exploding a Pie Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 3D Graphs - Using the 3D Viewing Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 Selections in Graphs and Their Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 Saving a Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176 Using Graph Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176 Location Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 Saving a Graph Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Making a Table Mappable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 About Updating Data Bounds in the MapInfo_MapCatalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Deciding to work with Linked or Live Access Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Comparing and Contrasting Live and Linked Access to a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Opening a DBMS Table in MapInfo Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Opening a DBMS Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Creating a New DBMS Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Refreshing Live and Linked Remote Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Unlinking a Table from a Remote Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Saving a DBMS Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Conflict Resolution when Multiple Users Access a Remote Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Disconnecting from a Remote Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Working with Styles in DBMS Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Working with Remote Tables from Specific Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Working with SQL Server Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Working with SQL Server with SpatialWare Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Working with PostGIS Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Working with Oracle Spatial Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Autotracing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244 Smoothing and Unsmoothing Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246 Converting Regions to Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246 Merging One Map into Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Grid Surface Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Creating a Thematic Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Step 1 Choosing a Type of Thematic Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Step 2 Choosing Thematic Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Step 3 Customizing Your Thematic Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Working with a Thematic Map Legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Thematic Maps as Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Changing the Display Parameters of a Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Modifying a Thematic Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Using the Theme Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Saving Your Thematic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Updating Columns using Thematic Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Adding Temporary Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Working with Grid Surface Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Working with Grid Handlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Chapter 12: Stylizing Your Map for Presentations and Publishing . . . . . . . . . . 347
Changing a Regions Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Changing a Lines Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Changing a Symbols Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Changing the Text Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Labeling Your Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 About Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Choosing the Label Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
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Using AutoLabeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356 About Customizing Layer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356 Creating Callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360 Label Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361 Labeling Interactively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362 Using Text Objects as Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363 Saving Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364 Adding an Adornment to the Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365 Adding a Scale Bar to Represent Map Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365 Working with Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366 What is a Layout Window?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366 Working in the Layout Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367 Before You Create a Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368 Creating a Layout Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370 Using Map Legends in a Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374 Moving Frames in a Layout Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375 Aligning Objects in a Layout Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375 Setting the Map Scale for a Layout Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376 Cloning a Map View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377 Creating a Legend for your Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377 What is a Legend? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377 Creating a Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378 About the Legend Designer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379 Printing and Exporting Your Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382 Printing Your Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382 Exporting a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384 Save Window As Supports Raster Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384
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Geocoding Data using a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429 Displaying Your Data on the Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430 Finding Data on your Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431 Viewing a List of Open Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431 Displaying Data Details using the Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Printing Your Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433 Setting up the Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433 Printing Your Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433 Viewing and Printing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 Troubleshooting Print Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
How Does MapInfo Professional Use WMS Servers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 Supported Image Formats for WMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Understanding WMS Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Enhancing Map Data using a Web Feature Service (WFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 WFS Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 Geocoding using a Geocoding Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 What Are MapMarker and Envinsa Geocoding Services?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Geocoding a Single Address using a Geocoding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Understanding the Geocoding Result Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Creating Routing Distance and Time Buffers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 How are Time and Distance Buffers Calculated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 Using Driving Region Buffers to Display Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 Creating Time or Distance Buffers for Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 Enhancing Map Data using a Mapping Tile Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 Tile Server Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Adding a Tile Server Layer to your Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Adding a Layer to your Map from a Map Tile Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Working with Tile Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 Changing the Map Zoom to the Nearest Tile Server Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Setting Tile Server Layer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Using String Operators in Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497 Using Comparison Operators in Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497 Using Geographic Operators in Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 Using Logical Operators in Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501 Understanding Operator Precedence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503 Using Functions in Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504 Working with the MapBasic Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504 Accessing the MapBasic Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505 Running a MapBasic Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
Range (Azimuthal Projections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Polyconic Projection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 Equidistant Cylindrical Projection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 For More Information on Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
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Welcome to the Pitney Bowes Software Inc. family of products. As the field of computer mapping continues to expand, Pitney Bowes Software Inc. leads the way with new products that are designed to fulfill users computer mapping needs from the most basic to the most specialized with MapMarker, our premier address matching product. MapInfo Professional is a comprehensive computer mapping tool that enables you to perform complex geographic analysis such as redistricting, accessing your remote data, dragging and dropping map objects into your applications, creating thematic maps that emphasize patterns in your data, and much more. This User Guide contains all of the information you need to learn about and be productive using MapInfo Professional.