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Aspect Traininga ™s MapInfo Introduction/ Intermediate training course's covering the use and application of MapInfo Professional The training will introduce the basic principles of using the program, and will provide an opportunity to apply these principles to a context of your own choosing by incorporating your own maps and data as appropriate. With the training concentrating on Worked Examples throughout we find our customers gain major insights in how to use MapInfo for their benefit. We use a "Hands on Practical" approach providing many examples. We can and often do, incorporate your own data, making the training even more relevant.
To gain the most from this course, participants should be familiar with desktop computers and have a good knowledge of Windows. They should be at ease with such tasks as moving & re-sizing of windows, switching between applications and loading applications. Ideally participants will be able to create directories and locate files using Explorer
To gain the most from this course, participants should be familiar with desktop computers and have a good knowledge of Windows. They should be at ease with such tasks as moving & re-sizing of windows, switching between applications and loading applications. Ideally participants will be able to create directories and locate files using Explorer
Related Software Programs or Products: MapInfo
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- A asked: How much is the course and where is it held?
- J asked: Hi, Ia m interested in attending some MapInfo training for myself (sometime in the next month). I am new to using the software but would like to start creating London Borough graphical maps based on postcodes for various themes. Please send me price details and possible venues (ideally in London). Regards Jason Trofimczuk Information Analyst NHS London
MapInfo Introduction Intermediate
INTRODUCING THE BASICS
MapInfo file and directory structure
Saving, copying, and closing
Understanding the MapInfo Screen
How a map and data are connected
View Tools: Zooming, setting map
Scale, arranging the map in its window
Working with Layers
Object size concepts
Understanding Workspaces
Labelling the map
Setting the zoom range
Map types: Raster versus Vector
SELECTION
One or several objects by clicking
Within a rectangular area
Within a circular area of set radius
Within a (user-defined) drawn polygon
Within the boundary of an area
Invert a selection
Remove a selection
CREATING AND EDITING OBJECTS
Points of various styles / formats
Lines of various patterns and thickness
Areas of various fill and boundary style
Reposition and reshape
Reformat
INFORMATION TOOLS
Distance between points by measuring
Object properties
Statistics on stored numeric values
charts production
SELECTION THROUGH QUERIES
Whole textual entry in the data
Partial textual entry (wildcards)
Numeric values in the data
Length or area of a map object
More than one aspect concurrently
THEMATIC MAPPING
Shade areas
Size of points
Thickness of lines
Two layers at once
Mini-charts to compare values
Redistricting for presentation
OUTPUT AND PRINTING
Copy-paste techniques
Create Layout windows
DATA
Creating new tables from scratch
Creating new fields
Use of various field types
Table "packing"
Simple calculation from existing fields
MAPBASIC ROUTINES
Draw scale bar
Draw grids
Create an HTML web page
Concentric ring buffers
Draw north arrow
SQL SELECTIONS
More than one table (layer) at once
The position of objects in several layers
Counts / totals for numeric fields
Counts for text fields
counts depending on location
DATA 2:
Import data from external sources
Redistricting as a means of data entry
Link fields
Link tables using locational elements
Aggregate functions
MapInfo file and directory structure
Saving, copying, and closing
Understanding the MapInfo Screen
How a map and data are connected
View Tools: Zooming, setting map
Scale, arranging the map in its window
Working with Layers
Object size concepts
Understanding Workspaces
Labelling the map
Setting the zoom range
Map types: Raster versus Vector
SELECTION
One or several objects by clicking
Within a rectangular area
Within a circular area of set radius
Within a (user-defined) drawn polygon
Within the boundary of an area
Invert a selection
Remove a selection
CREATING AND EDITING OBJECTS
Points of various styles / formats
Lines of various patterns and thickness
Areas of various fill and boundary style
Reposition and reshape
Reformat
INFORMATION TOOLS
Distance between points by measuring
Object properties
Statistics on stored numeric values
charts production
SELECTION THROUGH QUERIES
Whole textual entry in the data
Partial textual entry (wildcards)
Numeric values in the data
Length or area of a map object
More than one aspect concurrently
THEMATIC MAPPING
Shade areas
Size of points
Thickness of lines
Two layers at once
Mini-charts to compare values
Redistricting for presentation
OUTPUT AND PRINTING
Copy-paste techniques
Create Layout windows
DATA
Creating new tables from scratch
Creating new fields
Use of various field types
Table "packing"
Simple calculation from existing fields
MAPBASIC ROUTINES
Draw scale bar
Draw grids
Create an HTML web page
Concentric ring buffers
Draw north arrow
SQL SELECTIONS
More than one table (layer) at once
The position of objects in several layers
Counts / totals for numeric fields
Counts for text fields
counts depending on location
DATA 2:
Import data from external sources
Redistricting as a means of data entry
Link fields
Link tables using locational elements
Aggregate functions
About The Training Provider: Aspect Training
Aspect Training - Whether you have experienced IT professionals looking to advance their skills, or beginners who have never turned on a computer, we can help you. The company was formed by professional trainers all having a number of years experience of presenting and using the software or skills they train.
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