Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 9: Selecting and Querying Data.......................................................223
Selecting Your Data in MapInfo Professional.................................................224
Characteristics of Selections....................................................................225
Selecting from the Screen........................................................................226
Selecting Tools.........................................................................................227
Unselecting Objects or Records...............................................................230
Querying Your Data in MapInfo Professional.................................................231
Selecting and Using Queries....................................................................231
Making Queries using the Select Command ...........................................234
Making Queries using the SQL Select Command ...................................234
Displaying Query Results Quickly............................................................235
Creating Query Expressions.....................................................................236
Using Select to Create Queries................................................................238
Interactively Selecting Objects.................................................................239
Using SQL Select to Query Data..............................................................240
Saving Queries.........................................................................................243
Using Date- and Time-Based Data in Maps and Queries .......................244
Using Templates for Queries....................................................................250
Deriving Columns.....................................................................................250
Creating Column Aliases..........................................................................251
Aggregating Data......................................................................................251
Joining Tables Using SQL Select.............................................................253
Joining Tables Geographically (Using Geographic Operators) ...............254
Joining Two or More Tables .....................................................................255
Finding Duplicate Values in a Column......................................................256
Calculating the Distance to a Fixed Point.................................................257
Chapter 10: Creating Thematic and Other Themed Maps...........................259
MapInfo Professional in Action........................................................................260
Using Thematic Mapping to Analyze Information..........................................260
Planning Your Thematic Map....................................................................261
Methods of Thematic Mapping.................................................................262
Types of Thematic Maps .........................................................................263
Ranged Maps ..........................................................................................264
Bar Chart Maps .......................................................................................266
Pie Chart Maps ........................................................................................267
Graduated Symbol Maps .........................................................................268
Dot Density Maps ....................................................................................269
Individual Value Maps ..............................................................................271
Grid Surface Maps ...................................................................................272
Creating a Thematic Map..................................................................................273
Step 1 - Choosing a Type of Thematic Template......................................273
Step 2 - Choosing Thematic Values.........................................................274
Step 3 - Customizing Your Thematic Map................................................275
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