Donny:
Keep in mind that this "point in polygon" technique assumes that the
zip code area is not divided by a county boundary. If such a case
exists, the county where the center of the zip code is located will be
the county assigned to the zip code.
Glad I could help.
Kevin B
Donny wrote:
That did it! You are awesome!!! Thank you!
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> Donny:
> 1. Add field(s) in your zipcode table for the FIPS ("county") or
County
> Name ("CountyName"),
> 2. Add an open county poygon layer to your mapview
> 3. Make the Zipcode dataview active and highlight the field to be
filled
> in (either FIPS or County Name)
> 4. From the tool bar at the top, select Edit, Fill, Tag and
select the
> county layer as the reference layer and the data field in the
county
> table which corresponds to your blank field in the zipcode
table...then
> click OK and the program will determine what county each zipcode
is in
> and write the value in the blank filed on each zipcode record.
>
> Hope that is clear enough
>
> Kevin Byrnes
>
> Donny wrote:
>
> > I am extremely new to Maptitude, so I apologize in advance
for
this
> > rookie problem. I searched the group messages and could not
find an
> > answer.
> >
> > I am mapping our territories and need to merge the the zip
code
and
> > county data. I have read all of the help files and can't get
this to
> > work. Basically, I want to be able to view the corresponding
county
> > for each record in the Zip Code dataview. I have tried Merge
> > Geographic Files 800 times.
> >
> > Any pointers for this noobie?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Donny
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