Re: [Maptitude] Cutting a small area, applying map librarian results, exporting to ESRI

[Tracy Horgan]

Todd, Thank you for contacting us. Responses to your comments and questions follow. Maptitude includes nationwide data. Some users need data for only one of the states, while others use the nationwide data. We have created the multi-clipper to address the needs of users who want to use only a subset of data (i.e. state, county, or town). You should open the map which contains the layers you want included for MA only. To Use the Multi Clipper 1. If necessary, create a new folder to store the new geographic files. 2. Choose an area layer (the state layer) from the drop-down list on the toolbar and select the features that define your area of interest. Click on the Select by Pointing tool. Then click on the state you want to isolate (MA); it will become shaded in a different color. 3. Choose Tools-Geographic Utilities-Multi Clipper to display the Multi Clipper dialog box. 4. Choose the layer used to define your area of interest (the clipping layer, probably state) from the Layer dropdown list. 5. Choose to use a selection set from the Selection drop-down list. 7. Click OK. Maptitude displays the Browse for Folder dialog box. 8. Choose a folder for the new geographic files and click OK. Maptitude clips the layers, saves them to new geographic files, and displays them in the current map or a new map. Maptitude creates new, clipped, geographic files for all layers in your map that were checked under "Layers to be clipped" are also clipped to match the state boundaries. **These instructions are for Maptitude version 4.8. If you are using version 4.7, the multi-clipper is located under Marketing-Utilities-Multi Clipper. If you are using a version older than 4.7, you can install an add-in for the multi-clipper from http://www.directionsmag.com/files/index.php/view/503. The Map Librarian always opens its maps in a new window. It is a tool designed to facilitate organization of maps (by default, those that are included with the software) for any marker or at the location of a map that is currently open. The librarian uses the nationwide data for these maps. If you like a particular theme the map librarian uses with the nationwide data, you can easily transfer this to your clipped data for a particular area. To do this you should: To Copy Theme Settings 1. Open a map from the librarian with a theme you want to copy. 2. Make the map to which you want to apply the theme -- your clipped data -- the active map. 3. Choose the layer to which you want to apply the theme (probably the tract layer) from the drop-down list on the toolbar. 4. Choose Map-Color Theme. Pick the field the theme is based on (ie HH_Median income) from the Field drop-down list. Click the Manual button at the bottom of the dialog box. 5. Click Load. Maptitude displays the Load Theme dialog box. 6. Click the From Workspace radio button. 7. Highlight a theme in the scroll list. 8. Click OK to close the Load Theme dialog box. If the layer you to which you are adding the theme does not contain the field on which the theme you are copying is based, Maptitude displays the Match Theme Fields dialog box. The scroll list shows any fields that are used in the theme that are not in the current layer. For each field in the list, choose a corresponding field from the Use Layer Field drop-down list. Once every field has been assigned a matching field click OK to close the Match Theme Fields dialog box. 9. Click OK. Maptitude adds a theme with the same general settings and styles to the chosen layer. You can export a layer from Caliper standard (.dbd) or compact (.cdf) geographic file format to another file format using Tools-Export. To Convert Between Geographic File Formats 1. Choose the layer to convert from the drop-down list on the toolbar. This is probably going to be the Tract layer. 2. Choose Tools-Export to display the Export Geography dialog box. 3. Choose to export all features or only those in a selection set from the Export drop-down list. 4. Choose the destination file type from the To drop-down list. This will be the ESRI file type. 5. Choose the field containing the feature ID from the ID Field or Data Field drop-down list. 6. Check the Include Built-In Data box if you want to include tabular data in the new geographic file. 7. Click OK. Maptitude displays the Save As dialog box. 8. Type the file name and click Save. Maptitude creates a new geographic file, in the format you selected in Step 4, containing features in the chosen layer. Please let us know if you further questions, Tracy Horgan Caliper Corporation Technical Support 1172 Beacon St., Newton MA 02461 617-527-8617 !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. caldvdsf wrote: Hi, I've been marginally successful creating a map of just the state of MA. This should be so easy (i.e., MapWizard should just leave out the other states if you select "state", MA). However, I've learned from the UG that I need to select and clip the layer and open the new map (Lots of trouble if you as me). OK, so I did it. Great. First issue is that I clipped the State High layer so I just got the whole state outline. Ok, so I go back to the map of the US, select all the counties one by one and clip them out as one layer. Again, way more work than it needs to be. There must be a shortcut. All the reading in the manual is not helping me much. Now I want to see some demographic info on my map. For example, Med_HH_Income. I found that the Map Librarian gives me the best data representation down the tract level. However, no matter what I do, it opens the information in a new window, when I want to open it in my fance new map of MA. It is set to "Current Map Window" under "Choose A Marker" however, it always opens up a new map window called "The United States". This is extremely frustrating. Finally, I want to export just the demographic layer as ESRI Shape file (which I've done, but not successful using the splendid MapLibrarian TRACT data, which is much more detailed than the Census 2000 layer). I also tried to clip from the Tract map that is created without success, as I still don't really understand all the nuances of selecting. (I live with the manual on my desk at all times, BTW). I've been using this for about a year now, and I still don't understand why some operations in this program are counter-intuitive. Thanks for any help and insights. Todd __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Geographic information systems Geography book Geography textbook Geography YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Maptitude" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___