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1. MAPINFO IN-HOUSE TRAINING
22nd-Aug-07
Confidential

2. CONFIDENTIAL
AREAS TO BE COVERED
A) GETTING STARTED
- About Mapinfo
- Mapinfo Basics
B) IMPORTING & EXPORTING DATA
- Opening & Importing Tables
- Exporting Data
C) DRAWING & CREATING THEMATIC MAPS
- Drawing points, lines, polygon & Saving the results
- Creating Thematic Maps
- Creating Graphs
D) ADVANCED FEATURES
- Queries

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A) GETTING STARTED

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A) GETTING STARTED – ABOUT MAPINFO (1)
1) What Is Mapinfo?
- A Geoprahical Information System (GIS) Software Package
- Its concept is based on Windows Icon Menu Pointer (WIMP) & graphical User Interface
(GUI)
- Allows user to import geographically reference data & creating thematic maps for different
variables
2) Basic GIS
- GIS is a powerful set of tools for collecting, storing, retrieving, transforming & displaying
spatial data from the real world
- GIS maybe raster i.e a continuous surface stored as cells or vector stored as discrete
point, line or polygon objects with attribute
- Mapinfo is vector based GIS
3) Vector Based Mapinfo
- Points : Single Data Locations with X & Y Coordinates
- Lines : Connections between two points
- Polygons/Regions : a closed area composed of points which are joined by lines
- Attributes : the text attached to any point, line or polygon entity

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POINTS
LINES
POLYGON/REGIONS
ATTRIBUTES
VECTOR BASED MAPINFO
A) GETTING STARTED – ABOUT MAPINFO (2)

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4) Mapinfo File Formats
- filename.tab : a Mapinfo table
- filename.map : The coordinates of the data
- filename.dat : the attribute data
- filename.id : an index file, containing the links between objects in the .map file and attributes
in the .dat file.
- filename.ind : an index file for the .dat file, in order to allow searches.
Example :
A) GETTING STARTED – ABOUT MAPINFO (2)

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A) GETTING STARTED – MAPINFO BASICS (1)
The Mapinfo Window
FILE
EDIT
TOOLS
OBJECTS
QUERY
TABLE
OPTIONS
WINDOW
* Open Mapinfo
TOOLS
DRAWING
MAIN

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B) IMPORTING & EXPORTING DATA

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Mapinfo Tables
- Mapinfo table that we can work with have file extension such as “Digisites.tab”
- Other file formats that can be converted to “.tab” format are:
1) Mapinfo Interchange Format (.mif & .mid) – eg: Asset coverage export
2) Microsoft Excel Files (.xls)
B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (1)
* Open Mapinfo

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B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (2)
1) IMPORTING .MIF/.MID Files
STEP 1: Table  Import
STEP 2: Choose File
STEP 3: Choose File location to be saved &
Save!
* Open Mapinfo

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2) IMPORTING Excel Files (.xls)
B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (3)
* Open Mapinfo
STEP 1: File  Open excel file
STEP 2: Select criterias
STEP 3: Table Browser

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B) IMPORTING DATA – OPENING & IMPORTING TABLES (4)
STEP 4: Maintenance  Table Structure
STEP 5: Change Long/Lat to
“Float”
STEP 6: Table  Create Points
* Open Mapinfo

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B) EXPORTING DATA
Mapinfo Tables
- Mapinfo tables can be exported in MapInfo Interchange Format (.mif), as delimited text files
(.txt), database files (.dbf) or .dxf files.
STEP 1: File  Table  Export STEP 2: File  Choose Table
STEP 3: File  Choose Export File Type
* Open Mapinfo

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C) DRAWING & CREATING THEMATIC
MAPS

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C) DRAWING (1)
SYMBOL
POLYLINE
POLYGON
RECTANGLE
TEXT
RESHAPE
SYMBOL STYLE
REGION STYLE
* Open Mapinfo
LINE
ARC
ELIPSE
ROUNDED RECTANGLE
FRAME
ADD NODE
LINE STYLE
TEXT STYLE
Open Drawing Toolbar
STEP 1: Select – Editing Cosmetic Layer

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Saving Draw Results In Cosmetic Map
C) DRAWING (2)
STEP 1: MAP  Save Cosmetic
Objects
STEP 2: Choose “New”
STEP 3: Choose Location
* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (1)
Thematic Maps
- Thematic maps are maps which are of one particular variable.
- This may be, for example, a map showing the population Density of Malaysia.
- Producing professional thematic maps is one of MapInfo's great strengths.
Example 1: Displaying Population Density of P.Malaysia
Example 2: Displaying Signal Strength Plot Results from a drive test

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Example 1: Displaying Population Density of Malaysia
C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (2)
Malaysia’s population Data Table
STEP 1: Open Population Data Table
* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (3)
Step 2: Map  Create Thematic Map
Step 4: Map  Select Table & Field to
display
Step 3: Map  Choose Thematic Type
* Open Mapinfo

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Step 5: Fill Criterias
C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (4)
* Open Mapinfo

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RESULT : Population Density of Malaysia
C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (5)
Kota Bahru
K.Terengganu
Kuantan
Johor Bahru
Melaka
Seremban
W.P KL
Ipoh
Penang
* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (6)
Example 2: Displaying Signal Strength Plot Results from a drive test
Labuan’s Drive Test Plot
* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING THEMATIC MAPS (7)
RESULT : Drive-Test Plot of Labuan – Signal Strength Display
* Open Mapinfo

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C) CREATING GRAPHS (1)
Graphs
- MapInfo can also be used to create graphs of the variables in the tables.
Example 1: graph to show the number of people in each ethnic group in each
ward of Bradford in 1991

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C) CREATING GRAPHS (2)
Step 1: Window  New Graph
Window  Select Graph Type
Step 2: Select Criteria

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C) CREATING GRAPHS (3)
RESULT : Graph of Bradford Population By Ethnic

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (1)
Queries
- Queries enable a user to extract or combine the required or desired data from any mapinfo
table, based on criteria selection
eg:
1) Points within an enclosed region or polygon
2) Joining two tables together, eg, MCOM Site & Daily Statistics
3) Filters Function, similar to Excel
Query Function
* Open Mapinfo

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (2)
Example 1: Points Within An Enclosed Region or Polygon
To Extract All Sites Within
BSA3 Border
* Open Mapinfo

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (3)
Using SQL Select to determine criteria
selection
* Open Mapinfo
Select required tables
Select required Column in the table
Select operator criteria
Select aggregates, eg: Count, Sum, Avg
Select Functions, eg: Area, perimeter
Columns in a Table Operator
Tables

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D) ADVANCED FEATURES - QUERIES (4)
RESULT : Only Sites Within BSA3 Border is Extracted
Results can be extracted and further analyzed

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T H A N K Y O U