Bernard: First you have to setup the text file in the following order: from Maptitude(TM) Help... (please visit Maptitude help for more information)
" Importing Text Files Maptitude imports geographic data from comma-separated text files. These files, which contain the location and shape of map features, can be created using a text editor, word processor, or the Tools-Export command. Text files normally contain coordinates in degrees of longitude and latitude, but they can also have data stored in other coordinate systems. Maptitude can store up to six decimal places of longitude and latitude. Text files for points have one row for each feature. The row contains the feature ID, the longitude, and the latitude. 52,-72.3673,41.8834 53,-101.378255,32.12337 54,-118.0902,39.3242 Text files for lines have one row for each feature. The row contains the feature ID, the number of points that make up the line, and the longitude and latitude of each point. 48,3,-82.8004,32.9364,-82.6068,32.9346,-82.5544,32.9363 49,4,-82.5544,32.9363,-82.5254,32.9356,-18.5210,32.9357,-82.1167,32.9266 50,3,-82.1167,32.9266,-82.9691,32.7703,-81.9544,32.7277 Optionally, text files for lines can contain a direction flag and the IDs of the from and to nodes. When importing lines, you can click Options to indicate whether the text file has these fields, what positions they are in, and where the coordinates start. For example, these lines have a direction flag in position 4, from and to nodes starting in position 2, and coordinates (starting with the number of points that make up the line) in starting in position 5: 48,121,254,0,3,-82.8004,32.9364,-82.6068,32.9346,-82.5544,32.9363 49,121,174,1,4,-82.5544,32.9363,-82.5254,32.9356,-18.5210,32.9357,-82.1167,32.9266 50,157,254,-1,3,-82.1167,32.9266,-82.9691,32.7703,-81.9544,32.7277 Text files for areas have one row for every boundary edge. The row contains the ID of the feature to the left of the boundary edge, the ID of the feature to the right of the boundary edge, the number of points that make up the edge, and the longitude and latitude of each point. Use "0" (zero) as the ID on sides where there is no feature. 48107,48303,4,-91.5630,33.8304,-91.5573,33.4636,-91.5572,33.4563,-91.5562,33.3950 48303,0,2,-92.0751,33.3888,-91.5562,33.3950 0,48303,3,-92.0751,33.3888,-92.0810,33.6348,-92.0855,33.8243 48189,48303,3,-92.0855,33.8243,-91.7319,33.8285,-91.5630,33.8304 I hope this helps ... Regards, Rudy B Maptitude 5.0 On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Bernard Rate <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks J.Carlos. I forgot to say there are 200 coordinate pairs in a text > file. Can I open it as .dbf? Will it create a new map with the polygon on > it? > When I click on Tools/Locate it is all grayed out except Index Locations... > regards > > > --- In [email protected], J.Ferrari <jcferrarilucas@...> wrote: > > > > Dear Bernard: > > > > > > > > I use 4.6 MAPT may not be very different. I usually import coordinates > > converting txt, xls and others in DBF and then use Tools - Locate - by > > coordinate - works well. > > > > I hope I have helped you > > > > Sorry by english, I'm from Brasil. > > > > A hug, > > > > J.Carlos Ferrari > > > > > > > > De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Em nome > de > > Bernard Rate > > Enviada em: segunda-feira, 30 de maio de 2011 17:44 > > Para: [email protected] > > Assunto: [Maptitude] importing points, lines and polygons > > > > > > > > > > > > About a week ago I started learning Maptitude 4.7. I got stuck when > trying > > to import coordinate pairs that represent points or lines or polygons (I > > need to show service districts)I tried to do it with the Import Text > files > > method. This did not work, but I just learned that .BNA files can be > opened. > > Any hints appreciated.Thanks. > > (ps I don't have shapefiles otherwise I would use them) > > > > > -- Aniruddha Banerjee, Ph.D.
