Kevin: Thank you so much for quick reply! It helps :)
Irina --- In [email protected], Kevin Byrnes <byrnes@...> wrote: > > Irina: > With your map window open, add to the active map an additional layer for > census tract polygons. The ccdata library of geo data that installs with the > program has a file "ccTract_H" which is the national file of 2000 census > tract polygons. Once that layer is included in your map project, change the > active layer back to the layer which contains the addresses that you have > geocoded and that you want to assign to a corresponding census tract. Go to > the dataview for that layer and highlight the column for the census tract > value and right-click on the selected column. Select "Fill" and then select > the Tag function. Choose the "ccTract_H" layer as the reference layer for > the "tagging" operation and further select the field which is the census > tract number. Select OK and Maptitude will assign the census tract value > that surrounds each geocoded address point and store that tract number in the > tract field. > > I hope that clarifies how to perform the tagging operation ..see "Tag Points > by Area" in the Maptitude user manual for step-by-step. > > Kevin Byrnes > GWRC > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Lericrew > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Maptitude] Re: how to map data > > > > Hi Kevin, > > Could you please be more specific? I geocoded the addresses and obtained > longtitude and latitude. I created a census tract field. > I do not know how to add a census tract polygon layer. > I went into Map libririan and opened a map for median income, but I still > can't get it to work for me. > > Please help. > > Thank you > Irina > > --- In [email protected]<mailto:Maptitude%40yahoogroups.com>, Kevin > Byrnes <byrnes@<mailto:byrnes@>> wrote: > > > > Create fields in your dataset for census tract number & track median > > income, geocode the addresses (unless you already have map coordinates) and > > add a census tract polygon layer to your project map and then use the > > Edit/Tag feature to fill the tract number with the tract number from the > > census tract polygon layer & do the same to fill the median income field > > with the median income value stored in your reference tract layer. > > > > See Tagging map features with data in user manual index. > > > > Kevin Byrnes > > GWRC > > > > From: [email protected]<mailto:Maptitude%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:Maptitude%40yahoogroups.com>] On > > Behalf Of Lericrew > > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:40 PM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:Maptitude%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [Maptitude] how to map data > > > > > > > > I have a data set with addresses and would like to get the census trackt > > number for them and furthermore obtain the median income per census track. > > So far I was only able to import the data into Maptitude, but unable to > > assign a census trackt number per each address. > > I do not need to show the data on the map, just want to extract the census > > track number and median income. > > > > Does anyone know how to accomplish this? > > > > Thank you > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
