Scheduled Courses
Scheduled courses are held for three days, and cover a great range of information appertaining to MapInfo, from information needed by the novice, on the first day, to more advanced topics on the third day. Each course is attended by a maximum of ten people to ensure that each client gets individual attention.
This course has been designed to give trainees a thorough understanding of MapInfo that will enable them to create maps and analyse their data spatially. We cover all the principle functions of MapInfo in a fairly intensive course. If you have used MapInfo already and are an experienced computer user, then it is possible to do a one day crash-course, but this is not recommended for the majority of users.
As with all XYZ courses we can tailor the course to your needs and we can build your own data into the exercises.
All students receive the 115 page course manual, the XYZ Training Data CD which has a wide selection of data used during the course, and a course certificate.
The topics covered are split up into chapters, with a range of small exercises to complete at the end, or during each chapter. This allows the client to get hands-on practice in the use of MapInfo, and lets the trainer ensure that everyone is keeping up with the pace of the course. See the course description for the topics covered or the course schedule and pricing to find a suitable date.
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Partial Attendance
The course covers a lot more in three days than many of those provided elsewhere, which is why we give the client the option of attending only part of the course as may suit their needs.
For instance, if the customer already has a basic understanding of MapInfo, they may choose to only attend the second and third days. Conversely, if the clients decide that they do not currently require the advanced topics of MapInfo, they might decide to attend only the first and second days.
For more detailed information on the topics covered, please view the course description.
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Day 1: Using MapInfo and Your Data
The first day will cover the basics of using MapInfo. If you are new to MapInfo, even if you are versed in other GIS applications, it is highly recommended that you attend the first day to understand the basic structure and concepts unique to MapInfo. The topics taught on day 1 are described below:
1. MapInfo Structure and Concepts
- Understanding the structure of MapInfo including the use of Workspaces, MapInfo .tab files, and the concept of MapInfo Windows.
- Importing your data into - and exporting your data from – MapInfo.
- Understanding the relationship between a map view and tabular data.
2. Accessing External Data
- Importing your data into – and exporting your data from – MapInfo.
- Using MapInfo in conjunction with Microsoft Access, Excel, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), Web Map Server and the Universal Translator.
3. The Map Window
- Understanding the basic concepts of working with a map window, including zooming in and out, the grabber button, and other menu commands to manipulate your view of the data.
- Setting map options and preferences.
- Learning commands for manipulating data in the map and browser window.
4. Mapping in Layers
- Using MapInfo's layer control system: the key to organising your data.
- Setting colours and styles for data on your map.
- Adding and removing layers, and setting their order.
- Setting display options for layers, including zoom layering.
- Identifying features in a map window.
5. The Browser Window
- Opening and scrolling through a browser window.
- Using the browser window to manipulate your data by adding, deleting and rearranging data by column or row.
6. Labeling
- Adding labels to individual features and layers.
- Learning label settings and saving your labels.
- Using the cosmetic layer for labeling.
7. Selecting and Finding
- Using the different selection tools to select objects from a map.
- Understanding selection tables or queries, and filtering your tables to extract the data you need.
- Using the Query > Find command to find specific data.
- Refining your search.
Day 2: Introduction to Data Creation, Manipulation and Geo-coding
One the first day we learned about workspaces, tables, map windows, browser windows, manipulating layers, labeling, selecting, thematic layers and legends.
These are all tools for displaying and manipulating your data without actually editing or altering the base data itself.
On the second day, we will begin to discuss how to create and manipulate spatial data, and look at how to import raster images and geo-code them.
8. Using Raster Images – Creating Points and Geo-coding
- Getting your data with coordinate values on to a map.
- Understanding coordinate systems and projections.
- Geo-coding data when you do not have coordinate information for features.
9. Creating and Editing Map Objects
- Using the drawing tools to create and edit objects, including reshaping objects and adding nodes.
- Combining, splitting and erasing objects.
- Snapping objects and using the auto-trace tool.
10. Table Maintenance
- Creating new tables and modifying the structure of existing tables.
11. Creating Thematic Maps
- Understanding thematic layers and different thematic types.
- Using thematic layers do display points, lines and regions on your map.
- Editing and saving a legend.
12. Creating Layouts
- Creating frames in a layout to present information shown in map windows.
- Adding North Arrows, Scale bars and Legends to a layout.
- Adding graphics, text and titles to a layout.
Day 3: Advanced data manipulation, Cartographic style map creation and MapBasic
On day three, more will be discussed on how to understand and manipulate your data using MapInfo in order to get the most out of your data. In addition, we will discuss how MapInfo uses layouts for visual presentations and how scale bars, North arrows, titles and frames can be added to create maps. The third day is highly recommended for those clients who intend to use MapInfo extensively to extract and present visual information.
13. Manipulating Data
- Appending rows to a table.
- Combining and disaggregating data by column and updating columns.
- Creating Voronoi polygons.
14. Buffering
- Buffering around point and line objects and using the buffer to select or identify features.
15. SQL Select
- Understanding features of the SQL dialog box.
- Filtering data, creating new columns, summarising and sorting your data.
- Joining tables geographically or by related items.
16. Redistricting
- Understanding the concepts of redistricting.
- Creating new districts, adding objects to – and combining objects in – districts.
17. MapInfo tools
- Understanding how to use the MapInfo tool manager to add, update and edit tools.
- Learning about some useful predefined MapInfo Tools.
18. A glimpse of MapBasic
- Understanding how to use the MapBasic window to issue commands.
- Looking at the structure of the Workspace and table files in relation to MapBasic.
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