Hi Jeff: Hopefully this will help:
If you want the areas around each point then check the "separate bands" option in the buffer/band dialox box. Maptitude Mapping Software <http://www.caliper.com> Group Moderator --- In [email protected], Jeff Kelly Lowenstein <jkellylowenstein@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > I have tried to do what you suggested, and somehow I only the get the area of an > individual band in the dataview, rather than the total square footage around all > of the bands. > > Any ideas about what I might be doing wrong? > > Jeff > > > > ________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 10:02:26 AM > Subject: [Maptitude] Re: Bands question. > > > Hi Jeff: > > If I understand your question correctly a possible solution is as follows: > > Make your day care centers layer the working layer, and go to the bands dialog > box (as you described in your question) > > It seems that you want to know the total square footage around all day cares > combined, so you do not need to check the "separate bands" option. > > Once you have the new band layer, right click on the band layer in the Display > Manager and choose New Dataview. The Area field displays the area of the bands > in the system units which can be changed under Edit-Preferences (to feet for > example). > > > > Maptitude Mapping Software Group Moderator > > --- In [email protected], Jeff Kelly Lowenstein jkellylowenstein@ > wrote: > > > > Dear Fellow Maptitude Users, > > > > I am a journalist working on a story about child sex offenders and residency > > requirements in Chicago. My editor has asked me to quantify how much space is > > > > available in the city for offenders to live and follow the 500-foot > > requirements. > > > > I've mapped out the location of day care centers and placed bands around them, > > > and wanted to know how to add up the square footage contained within these > >often > > > > overlapping areas. > > > > > > Does anyone in the group know how to do this? I've looked in the Bands section > > > > of the Maptitude manual, but not found anything specific. > > > > I'm attaching a Word document with a screen shot of the map so that you have an > > > > idea of what I would like to do. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. > > > > Jeff Kelly Lowenstein > > >
