MapInfo Standard - 64 Bit Training Course

 

MapInfo Professional

 

Online virtual training - details coming soon.

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MapInfo Standard - 64 Bit Course Outline
       

1. Basics

  • Theory
  • Terminology
  • Data
  • Starting
     

2. Map and browser windows

  • Menus, toolbars and defaults
  • Opening layers
  • Browser views
  • Workspaces
  • Navigating maps and data
  • Co-ordinate systems
  • Basic map tools e.g. Info, Labels, Hotlinks
     

3. Map layers

  • Layer control
  • Types of layer
  • Layer properties, symbols and labels
  • Zoom layering
  • Grouping layers
     

4. Presentation of data

  • Saving text data
  • Maps as images
  • Layered PDFs
  • Layout window, frames and dynamic frames
  • Scales and legends
  • Templates

5. Mapping your data (1) – existing digital data

  • Handling existing data
  • Creating points from co-ordinate values
  • Creating points from address data e.g. postcodes
     

6. Mapping your data (2) – creating new data layers

  • New table structures, field types etc.
  • Plotting data
  • Editing objects
  • Adding attribute data
  • Batch updates
     

7. Spatial selection methods

  • Selection tools
  • Using queries
  • Buffers
     

8. Basic SQL

  • Browser filters and sorting
  • An overview of the SQL dialogue box
  • Querying for text, dates and numbers
  • Wildcard searches
  • Operators
  • Database joins
     

9. Thematic maps

  • What is a thematic map?
  • Numerical and text-based maps
  • Modifying thematic styles and legends
  • Saving thematics and thematic templates