MapInfo Pro: Tips &Tricks
Transcript of MapInfo Pro: Tips &Tricks
MapInfo Pro: Tips
&Tricks
James Hall
Senior Consultant, Location Intelligence
Pitney Bowes
Agenda
See it Faster, Solve it Sooner! Efficiency Tips for MapInfo Pro
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The Story so far…
Company Background:“Unreal Insurance” is a small/medium boutique insurance company operating in southern states of Australia. They are aggressively looking to win new market share.
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Business Problem:Identifying potential market regions for a proposed product
Approach:1. Import sales data from CRM2. Identify geographic areas that match
target market3. Review alignment with current User
base to find gaps (areas of potential)
Tip #1: Single Step Open & Edit
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+ Save Copy As
+ Close Table (original)
+ Open Table (editable version)
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Tip #2: Object Stacked Styles (Mix ‘n’ Match)
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Tip #3: Tab Groups
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Tip #4: Supersize the Map
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Tip #5: Quick Access Toolbar
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Tip #6: Filter 2 Ways
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Filter via Dialogue Filter via MapBasic Window
Tip #7: Map Creation - Let Your Mouse Do the Work
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Table List+ drag ‘n’ drop
Tip #8: Thematic: Build Once – Reuse in 1 Click
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Thematic templates to quickly apply Corporate standards
Tip #9: Thematic with Conditional Values
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Combine spatial + aspatialdata
Apply Filter during thematic creation
Questions?