Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA - Manual (Page 180)

Table Attribution with MapMarker
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Your original geocoding table (US_ADDR.TAB in this example) now contains a blank Attrib_Cnty
column that can store the attributes from your attribution table. You can view the added column
using the table browser.
You are now ready to bind the attribute columns in your geocoding table to attribution table columns.
If you want to add attributes based on common geography, see
Binding Attributes – Output Point
Attribution on page 180 . If you want to add attributes using joined columns, see Binding
Attributes – Column Value Attribution on page 181 .
You can do both types of attribution at the same time, provided you have selected the appropriate
types of tables to use. Each attribution table you select can only be used for one type of attribution –
either output point or column value.
Binding Attributes – Output Point Attribution
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 file (MAP).
1. To set up output point attribution:
2. After completing the procedure for Creating a Column to Receive Attribution Data ), you will
see the Bind Attribute Table Columns to Output Columns dialog.
If this dialog is not already open, select Table > Add Attributes > Select Attribute Files and
click Next at the Select Attribute tables dialog. This will return you to the Bind Attribute Table
Columns to Output Columns dialog box.
From this dialog, use the Attribute Table Name drop-down list and select the table from which
you want to copy attributes.
3. If necessary, click Output Point in the Join Information group.
4. From the list at the left, select the column in your table from which you want to pull attributes. For
example, select the Ctyname column.
5. From the list at the right, select the output column into which you want to add attributes. For
example, select the Attrib_Cnty column.
6. Click Bind to Column. The input column list box indicates the output column number to which
the input column is bound.