Mark,
My clients (newspaper) use GIS software almost daily to better understand
the markets they are in. Being able to look at how many folks of certain
demographics live in specific geographies, or live within a 5 mile radius
of a location, and being able to report on them, or generate a mailing
list, are frequent business issues that they use GIS software to solve.
Other examples include looking at point level data in grids to get a better
feel for demographic, finanicial, or behavioral trends that do not show
much differentiation at ZIP code levels.
It's a lot more than just looking up directions (Mapquest) or doing basic
mapping (MapPoint), and a GPS is good for understanding where you are, and
marking where you have been, but if you want to understand the
relationships between different geographic/point level data, a GIS package
is a MUST.
G. Alain Chamot
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Hi all,
I am new to this GIS stuff. I am wondering if anyone can explain to me in
very basic terms (or with a good business example):
Why would I need a product like MapInfo if I already have access to things
like Mapquest or MapPoint or GPS devices? Is there something proprietary
in the MapInfo software that can do more sophisticated analytics or screen
rendering? Can anyone perhaps provide a real-world business example of
using MapInfo that would illustrate the product's specific value-added
capabilities?
Thank you very much in advance.
Mark
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Nicholas
You're not quite right about how you get rid of your previous attempt at
mapping an XLS - you need to use the TABLE menu and use the option
MAINTENANCE/STRUCTURE - then uncheck the 'Table is mappable' option. Then
recreate your points.
This is much safer than deleting files on your hard drive.
If its something you need to do often, then open the MapBasic window and
copy
the staements that appear as you go through these steps - then copy them
into
a workspace - crude but effective.
You don't 'refresh' a spreadsheet - its not a database - but I would agree
it
would be much nicer to do so.
Paul Crisp
BT Syntegra
Innovation Place Delta Bank Road Newcastle NE11 9DJ
Tel 0191 461 4522 Fax 0191 460 1987
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From: Landau Nicholas (5NC) PAC Information Manager
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Sent: 23 March 2004 14:22
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Subject: FW: MI-L Question
My comments that if you want to start in a new folder and create a MapInfo
map you are all right, but my recent experience of making slight changes to
a pre-existing map is a nightmare.
You start with the data file
Dentists.xls
and the Mapping boundary file (tab)
Creating a single map sets up the following MapInfo files:
Dentists.id
Dentists.map
Dentists.tab
and
Dentists.wor
If the map is to be rerun because there is a mistake, correction or
amendment, MapInfo doesn't delete .id, .map or .tab but incorporates the
previous information on these files into the new run. Therefore the user
has
to delete these files before continuing.
It would be more helpful if this was done automatically or it MapInfo asked
the user what they wanted to be done.
Similarly if any minor changes are to be done to a map a new folder has to
be done to a map this must also be done in a new folder.
I find MapInfo to use and I go back to GIMMS!
Nick
Nick Landau
Information Manager
Waltham Forest PCT
Kirkdale House
020 8928 2427
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> From: Lutz Hogen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 23 March 2004 13:49
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI-L Question
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> Hi,
>
> the problem: "workspaces"
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> MapInfo-Worspaces are a good solution to manage and set tables.
> The problem is that always all tables have to exist. If only one
> table is missing the workspace doesn`t open.
>
> My question:
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> Does any solution exist, managing a lot of tables,
> but without the problem that all tables have to be there.
>
> Has anyone an answer to this problem. I would be very happy!
> Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Lutz Hogen
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -Town of Aix la Chapelle-
> Germany
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