Unleash the power of MapInfo with MapInfo-certified training.

• These courses are hands-on learning experiences, with a separate computer for each student. 

• The most recent version of MapInfo software is used.

• Classes run from 8:30 AM to 4 PM.  There are two short breaks and one hour for lunch (meal not provided)

Cancellations

MapInfo has firm policies concerning fees and refunds.

Each course registration commits you to a $100 nonrefundable data processing fee which is included in the listed course fee.

The course fee, less the data processing fee, will be refunded if we receive your notice of cancellation at least 12 business days before the first day of class.

Like most airline tickets, the full course fee is still due if you register but fail to appear, or if you cancel or reschedule less than 12 business days in advance.

Students who miss a class or are interested in a refresher, can re-register for the same class at 50% off list price.  This is subject to availability and must be at the original location and within six months of the original class. 

Substitutions

Student substitutions are allowed, without a $100 data processing fee, provided PB MapInfo is notified in advance.

Class Changes & Cancellations by PB MapInfo

Sometimes PB MapInfo must change the date a class is offered or cancel a class.  If this happens, registrants will be contacted at the earliest opportunity.

Travel

Transportation to a training site is the registrant’s responsibility. PB MapInfo assumes no responsibility for losses due to reliance on   nonrefundable airline tickets or other nonrefundable costs.

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Prerequisite:   Thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Windows graphical interface.

After completion of this course you'll be able to:

• Use MapInfo's interface to open data files and visualize data

• Understand and use MapInfo's map layering system

• Use MapInfo's labeling features to annotate your map

• Create thematic maps using various tables

• Geocode and plot database information

• Perform analytic querying and geographic searching of maps and data

• Use the layout window and MapInfo's OLE capability to create output

• Create Graphics and HTML Image maps as electronic output

• Manipulate maps and data using MapInfo tools and utilities

Typical Course Outline

Displaying Your Data

• Open MapInfo tables.

• View data in a Map, Browse and Graph windows.

• Create and save a subset of data.

• Working with workspaces.

Developing Map Window Navigation Skills

• Change a Map window's Zoom level using the Grabber, Zoom In, and Zoom Out buttons and menu commands.

• Set Map window options.

• View a single table in multiple Map windows.

Mapping in Layers

• Use Map > Layer Control.

• Add and remove layers from a Map window, reorder layers, set display options, use the Info button, and clone a Map window.

Labeling

• Interactive labeling, label settings, edit and save labels, add your own annotation.

• Save the cosmetic layer.

• HotLinking tool to launch URLs or files.

Selecting Part I

• Use the Select, Marquee Select, Radius Select, Boundary Select, Invert and Unselect All buttons.

• Use Query > Select.

• Save selections and queries, including query tables and templates.

Lesson 6. Opening Data Files in MapInfo

• Understand MapInfo tables.

• Open a Dbase file, spreadsheet, delimited ASCII file, and an MS Access table.

• Create a read/write version of a read-only table.

Map Projections & Creating  Points from Coordinates

• Learn about projections and coordinate systems

• Assign point locations using the Create Points command and Longitude/Latitude coordinates.  

• Delete map features from a table.

• Create custom symbols

Using Queries to "Find" records

• Use the Query > Find command, respecify a search, find an intersection, find a customer.

• Index a column.

Thematic Mapping Part I

• Shade points and boundaries.

• Shade a table data from a separate table, edit a legend, understand thematic layers.

• Add a new tool to MapInfo Professional using the Tool Manager.

• Discuss the many different tools available.

• Embed a thematic legend into the map.

Using The Layout Window

• Use the Layout window to create output.

• Work with frames.

• Create a cartographic legend.

• Specify output and printer settings.

• Add a Scale bar.

Electronic Output

• Use the Clipboard to paste a map into other applications.

• Create a clip region.

• Create graphic images of maps.

• Drop as a linked object into other OLE compliant software.

• Create an HTML Image map from a MapInfo table.

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Prerequisite:   Thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Windows graphical interface and familiarity with MapInfo Professional.  The "Intro to MapInfo Professional" course recommended.

After completion of this course you'll be able to:

• Create thematic maps using expressions, explore shading techniques, joins, pie charts and graduated symbols

• Analyze your data using the powerful SQL Select

• Realign territories through the Redistricter command

• Perform buffering operations

• Register raster images and use raster translucency

• Manipulate your data and create map objects

Course Outline

Thematic Mapping Part II

• Create Pie Chart Maps.

• Proper use of Dot Density maps.

• Shading on an expression.

• Shading one table with values from another table (joining).

• Effective color choice.

• Dealing with zero values and other advice on creating cartographically sound thematic maps.

Selecting Part II

• Explanation of SQL.

• How to filter data, derive and format information.

• Aggregate, summarize, and sort information.

• Joining tables including performing a geographic join.

• Saving queries.

The Update Column Command

• Methods for "cleaning" a database.

• String parsing and functions, extracting characters from a column, updating a portion of a table (search and replace).

• Updating one table with information from another (performing a one column outer join).

• Extracting and populating a table with geographic coordinates.

Buffering

• Buffer around point and line objects.

• Search for objects within the buffer using the Boundary Select button and save results.

• Create a Convex Hull around a group of points.

Creating Map Objects

• Create a new map from scratch along with new associated tabular data.

• The Drawing Button pad.

• Use the Snap feature, reshaping map objects.

• Use Auto-Trace.

• Combine objects together, erase portion of an object, split an object into two or more pieces.

• Pack a table.

Registering Aerial & other Raster Images

• Register a raster image in MapInfo.

• Set control points, adjust display settings.

• The limitations of raster images, and display an unregistered image (i.e. company logo).

• Use Translucent raster image handling with thematic maps.

Redistricting

• Understand Redistricting and the Districts Browser.

• Assign map objects to a district.

• Modify a table's structure.

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Prerequisite:   Thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Windows graphical interface.  Experience with MapInfo Professional.  Intermediate MapInfo Professional course recommended.

After completion of this course you'll be able to:

• Create advanced thematic maps

• Create grid thematics and 3D mapping

• Understand and utilize complex SQL select queries and functions

• Edit workspaces using the MapBasic window and manipulating the MapInfo interface

• Edit map objects and find spatial data problems

• Understand and use the MapInfo Universal Translator

• Connect and use a map in a remote database through ODBC

• Import and export map files

Course Outline

Thematic Mapping Part III

• Create bivariate thematic maps (for example a map where the color of the symbol represents one variable and the shape of the symbol another variable).

• Create inflection point maps (using two sets of colors in a map at once to represent a dividing point in your data).

• Shade regions twice using "see through" patterns.

• Use thematic templates.

• Create grid thematics with relief shading.

• Create 3D Prism Maps, 3D Maps, Stereographic view and learn to change 3D options and viewpoint control.

Selecting Part III

• Geographic querying, (using geographic operators and functions).

• Calculate the length of streets, calculate distances, determine which object a point is closest to, create circles and use other MapBasic functions in SQL.

• Use Sub-selects.

MapBasic Tricks for MapInfo

• Use the MapBasic window to record and execute MapBasic commands.

• Alter MapInfo's standard interface (menu items, ButtonPads) using the MapInfow.mnu file.

• Edit workspaces.

Editing Map Objects

• Use the Snap feature, reshape map objects.

• Combine objects together, erase portions of an object, and split an object into two or more pieces.

• Pack a table.

• Find spatial data problems.

• Correct problems using Check Regions, Objects > Enclose and Objects > Convert to Polyline.

• Detect gaps, self-intersections, snap nodes, think/generalize, disaggregating.

• Pushpin records on to a map (manual geocoding).

ODBC Basics with MapInfo Professional

• Install ODBC support and drivers

• Download an ODBC table

• Create a MapInfo Map Catalog

• Make an ODBC table mappable

• Save changes to a remote table

Importing Map Files

• Use the MapInfo Universal Translator to import and export various different types of map files in the industry: AutoCAD, ESRI Shape, and Intergraph/Microstation Design files.

• Create a MapInfo Interchange file (MIF/MID).

• Use MapInfo's Table > Import command to import a Drawing Export Format (.DXF) file from a CAD package.

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Intro to MapInfo MapBasic--
Two day course

Prerequisite:   Thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Windows graphical interface and working knowledge of MapInfo Professional.  Previous programming experience is helpful, especially with some form of a BASIC language.

This comprehensive course will teach:

• An introduction to the syntax and structure of MapBasic.

• Automating repetitive tasks and extending MapInfo Professional's capabilities.

• Understanding variables and functions.

• Debugging, examining and coding MapBasic programs.

• Creating and manipulating the MapInfo User interface, including menus, button pads and dialogs.

• Analysis using Thematic Mapping and SQL select in MapBasic.

• Program control and system events and obtaining system information.

• What is MapBasic?

• Three ways to utilize MapBasic.

• Examining workspaces to take note of MapBasic Statements.

• Typing in MapBasic commands into the MapBasic window in MapInfo Professional

The MapBasic Development Environment

• The MapBasic program structure.

• Global-level statements, sub-procedures and the Main sub-procedure.

• Writing your own simple MapBasic program.

Understanding Variables and Functions

• Declaring and assigning values to variables.

• Defining arrays, user-defined data types and constants.

• Using comparison, logical and geographic operators and functions in MapBasic programs.

Creating the User Interface with MapBasic

• Creating and manipulating dialog boxes and their controls.

• Syntax and specifications needed to build a custom dialog.

• Types of dialogs, sizes and positions.

• Writing a custom dialog in MapBasic.

Debugging a MapBasic Program

• Handling compiler errors.

• The Note, Print and Stop statements.

• Run-time error trapping.

• Studying an example of Error Trapping.

Working with Menus

• Menu and event-driven programming.

• Menu fundamentals.

• Adding custom menu items to existing menus.

• Removing menus from the menu bar.

• Creating entirely new menus.

• Creating a custom menu in MapBasic.

Customizing ButtonPads

• Adding custom buttons to existing ButtonPads.

• Creating new Buttonpads.

• Using MapBasic to customize your own buttons.

Manipulating Tables and Objects

• MapBasic statements used to create maps, browsers, layouts, graphs and redistricting sessions.

• An example on how to use MapInfo's animation layer for quickly updating point location display.

• Editing tables and creating graphical objects.

Thematic Mapping Using MapBasic

• Creating thematic maps with MapBasic, the shade statement, using arrays to store range values and style values.

Program Control and System Events

• Flow control, branching and loops.

• Definition of a system event and an event handler.

• Event handler procedures, using the CommandInfo( ) function.

Obtaining System Information

• Using functions to find out information about the MapInfo system environment.

Using SQL Select

• Use the SQL Select statement in programs.

• Covers its clauses and operators.

The approach to this course is project oriented. As different topics are covered, small pieces of code will be written which contribute to a MapBasic program. The result at the end of the class is a working program.
 

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