I appreciate the information, but my goal is not data aggregation. Rather, it is to automate the process of creating and saving thousands of individual maps.
Since you asked, ccplace.cdf is the default layer in terms of defining scale, as it automatically scales to the city boundaries. The issue is that there are over 20,000 such records in that layer. I'd like to create a macro that will take a map template (with several other layers included) and create and save individual maps (JPEGs or GIFs) for each and every record as opposed to manually creating 20,000+ maps.
Hope that better explains the objective.
Thanks, Ned
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Ned,
It sounds like your first step is to define clearly the limits of each city
If you have got a polygon layer with city limits, then you will be able to batch print your maps using Maptitudes Distric Reporting.
If you onyl have a point layer with city names, then you need to specify a scale for each city, or create polygons around each layer before .
Another option is to obtain city limits information from other sources by aggreagating multiple polygons. The Census Places file or the 5-Digit Zip Code files in the ccdata directory (isntalled by Maptitude) sound like good candidates, but also Census Tracts, CBSA Diviosn.
Finally, if you have somethign like a clients layer with city information for eahc city, you shoudl be able to create polygons emcompassing all clients from a same city, or create a DK script to scope maps based on selection sets of clients from the same city.
Once you have the city poligons defined, your are on your way to creating a batch job.
Good luck.
Armando
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Does anyone have experience with creating batch maps for different
geographic locations based on a single template? I need to create maps
for thousands of cities & towns across the U.S. and would like to
expedite the process by getting Maptitude/GISDK to go sequentially
through the ccplace2000 layer to create and save the individual maps.
Any input or sample macro would be appreciated.
Thanks, NH
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