Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA - Manual (Page 175)

Chapter 7:
Table Attribution with MapMarker
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User Guide
Running the Batch File
MapMarker should not be running when you run the batch file. The batch file will start MapMarker,
execute the instructions, then exit.
Table Settings and Preferences
If you list a table in the batch file without parameters, MapMarker geocodes to the default settings for
the table (whatever the settings were the last time the table was opened in MapMarker).
The batch geocoder uses the system preferences that are set at the time of geocoding. To ensure
that a particular system setting is used, such as the location of the address dictionary, choose the
setting in the System Preferences dialog, apply it, make the batch file, and run the batch file during
the same MapMarker session.
CASS Geocoding in a Batch Process
When you do CASS™ geocoding on a table in a batch geocoding process, some of the command
line parameters are overridden to the CASS settings. The CASS settings for these parameters are
as follows:
Input and Output Columns
MapMarker uses the input and output columns it finds in the table’s metadata. Columns cannot be
changed for batch geocoding.
Table Attribution with MapMarker
With MapMarker, you can add information from one table to another, either before, during, or after
the geocoding process. This ability is called attribution.
Any table in MapInfo format (TAB file) can be a candidate for attribution. This includes boundary and
point files, demographic tables, or non-geographic tables. The table to which the attributes are being
applied must be local, since it is the table you are geocoding. The table containing the source
attributes can be local or remote.
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You cannot use table attribution with a text file. Attribution works with TAB files only.
There are two ways to do attribution in MapMarker. They are defined by the type of link required to
connect the two tables:
• Output Point attribution – links the geocoded table to the attribution table by geography,
specifically by matching latitude and longitude point coordinates within the geocoded table to a
geographic boundary defined within the attribution table. For output point attribution, the
attribution table must include a map object table (MAP).
• Column Value attribution – matches (joins) a column in the geocoded table to an equivalent
column in the attribution table. The column in the attribute table must be indexed.