MAPINFO IN-HOUSE TRAINING

22nd-Aug-07

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AREAS TO BE COVERED

A) GETTING STARTED

- About Mapinfo

- Mapinfo Basics

B) IMPORTING & EXPORTING DATA

- Opening & Importing Tables

- Exporting Data

C) DRAWING & CREATING THEMATIC MAPS

- Drawing points, lines, polygon & Saving the results

- Creating Thematic Maps

- Creating Graphs

D) ADVANCED FEATURES

- Queries

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A) GETTING STARTED

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A) GETTING STARTED – ABOUT MAPINFO (1)

1) What Is Mapinfo?

- A Geoprahical Information System (GIS) Software Package

- Its concept is based on Windows Icon Menu Pointer (WIMP) & graphical User Interface (GUI)

- Allows user to import geographically reference data & creating thematic maps for different variables

2) Basic GIS

- GIS is a powerful set of tools for collecting, storing, retrieving, transforming & displaying spatial data from the real world- GIS maybe raster i.e a continuous surface stored as cells or vector stored as discrete point, line or polygon objects with attribute

- Mapinfo is vector based GIS

3) Vector Based Mapinfo

- Points : Single Data Locations with X & Y Coordinates

- Lines : Connections between two points

- Polygons/Regions : a closed area composed of points which are joined by lines

- Attributes : the text attached to any point, line or polygon entity

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POINTS

LINES

POLYGON/REGIONS

ATTRIBUTES

VECTOR BASED MAPINFO

A) GETTING STARTED – ABOUT MAPINFO (2)

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4) Mapinfo File Formats

- filename.tab : a Mapinfo table

- filename.map : The coordinates of the data

- filename.dat : the attribute data

- filename.id : an index file, containing the links between objects in the .map file and attributes in the .dat file.

- filename.ind : an index file for the .dat file, in order to allow searches.

Example :

A) GETTING STARTED – ABOUT MAPINFO (2)

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A) GETTING STARTED – MAPINFO BASICS (1)The Mapinfo Window

FILE

EDIT

TOOLS

OBJECTS

QUERY

TABLE

OPTIONS

WINDOW* Open Mapinfo

TOOLS

DRAWING

MAIN

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B) IMPORTING & EXPORTING DATA

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Mapinfo Tables

- Mapinfo table that we can work with have file extension such as “Digisites.tab”

- Other file formats that can be converted to “.tab” format are:

1) Mapinfo Interchange Format (.mif & .mid) – eg: Asset coverage export

2) Microsoft Excel Files (.xls)

B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (1)

* Open Mapinfo

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B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (2)1) IMPORTING .MIF/.MID Files

STEP 1: Table Import

STEP 2: Choose File

STEP 3: Choose File location to be saved & Save!

* Open Mapinfo

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2) IMPORTING Excel Files (.xls)

B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (3)

* Open Mapinfo

STEP 1: File Open excel file

STEP 2: Select criterias

STEP 3: Table Browser

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B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (4)

STEP 4: Maintenance Table Structure

STEP 5: Change Long/Lat to “Float”

STEP 6: Table Create Points

* Open Mapinfo

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B) EXPORTING DATA

Mapinfo Tables

- Mapinfo tables can be exported in MapInfo Interchange Format (.mif), as delimited text files (.txt), database files (.dbf) or .dxf files.

STEP 1: File Table Export STEP 2: File Choose Table

STEP 3: File Choose Export File Type

* Open Mapinfo

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C) DRAWING & CREATING THEMATIC MAPS

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C) DRAWING (1)

SYMBOL

POLYLINE

POLYGON

RECTANGLE

TEXT

RESHAPE

SYMBOL STYLE

REGION STYLE

* Open Mapinfo

LINE

ARC

ELIPSE

ROUNDED RECTANGLE

FRAME

ADD NODE

LINE STYLE

TEXT STYLE

Open Drawing Toolbar

STEP 1: Select – Editing Cosmetic Layer

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Saving Draw Results In Cosmetic Map

C) DRAWING (2)

STEP 1: MAP Save Cosmetic Objects

STEP 2: Choose “New”

STEP 3: Choose Location

* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (1)Thematic Maps

- Thematic maps are maps which are of one particular variable.

- This may be, for example, a map showing the population Density of Malaysia.

- Producing professional thematic maps is one of MapInfo's great strengths.

Example 1: Displaying Population Density of P.Malaysia

Example 2: Displaying Signal Strength Plot Results from a drive test

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Example 1: Displaying Population Density of Malaysia

C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (2)

Malaysia’s population Data Table

STEP 1: Open Population Data Table

* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (3)

Step 2: Map Create Thematic Map

Step 4: Map Select Table & Field to display

Step 3: Map Choose Thematic Type

* Open Mapinfo

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Step 5: Fill Criterias

C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (4)

* Open Mapinfo

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RESULT : Population Density of Malaysia

C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (5)

Kota Bahru

K.Terengganu

Kuantan

Johor Bahru

Melaka

Seremban

W.P KL

Ipoh

Penang

* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (6)Example 2: Displaying Signal Strength Plot Results from a drive test

Labuan’s Drive Test Plot

* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (7)RESULT : Drive-Test Plot of Labuan – Signal Strength Display

* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING GRAPHS (1)Graphs

- MapInfo can also be used to create graphs of the variables in the tables.

Example 1: graph to show the number of people in each ethnic group in each ward of Bradford in 1991

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C) CREATING GRAPHS (2)

Step 1: Window New Graph Window Select Graph Type

Step 2: Select Criteria

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C) CREATING GRAPHS (3)RESULT : Graph of Bradford Population By Ethnic

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (1)Queries

- Queries enable a user to extract or combine the required or desired data from any mapinfo table, based on criteria selection

eg:

1) Points within an enclosed region or polygon

2) Joining two tables together, eg, MCOM Site & Daily Statistics

3) Filters Function, similar to Excel

Query Function

* Open Mapinfo

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (2)

Example 1: Points Within An Enclosed Region or Polygon

To Extract All Sites Within BSA3 Border

* Open Mapinfo

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (3)

Using SQL Select to determine criteria selection

* Open Mapinfo

Select required tables

Select required Column in the table

Select operator criteria

Select aggregates, eg: Count, Sum, Avg

Select Functions, eg: Area, perimeter

Columns in a Table Operator

Tables

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (4)RESULT : Only Sites Within BSA3 Border is Extracted

Results can be extracted and further analyzed

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T H A N K Y O U