3Khái niệm cơ bản của MapInfoProfes

3
Khái niệm cơ bản của MapInfoProfessional
Now that you have install ed MapInfo Professional, you are probably anxious to
get mapping. But, if you are new to MapInfo Professional, take a few minutes to
read this chapter to familiarize yourself with the conce pts, components, and
tools for successful computer mapping.
Topics in this Section:
Starting and Leaving MapInfo Professional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
A Tour of the MapInfo Professional Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Data – Where MapInfo Professional Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Understanding Your Data in MapInfo Professional. . . . . . . . . . . .54
Using Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Reviewing the Windows in MapInfo Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Working with Tables in the Table List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Working with Layers in the Layer Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Working with Thematic Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Working with Seamless Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Working with MapInfo Manager Library Services . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Saving, Closing, and Exporting Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Using the Tools in the Tool Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94


Chapter 3: The Basics of MapInfo Professional
Starting and Leaving MapInfo Professional
Starting and Leaving MapInfo Professional
In this section we cover the very basics of starting MapInfo Professional, using the STARTUP.WOR,
and exiting the program. Since opening a table is basic to getting starte d in using MapInfo
Professional, we cover that topic here, as well.
Starting MapInfo Professional
To start MapInfo Professional, do one of the following:
• Double-click the MapInfo Professional icon on your desktop. In a few seconds, MapInfo
Professional’s Quick Start dialog box displays.
• From the
Start
menu, select
MapInfo Professional 11.5
from the Selected Program folder.
Using either method the Quick Start dialog box displays.
Here you ca n choose how you want to start your mapping session. The Quick Start dialog box
displays every time you start MapInfo Professional, but you can change this behavior in the Startup
prefere nces (On the
Options
menu, point to
Preferences
and click
Startup
) using instructions in
Setting the Startup Preferences
in the MapInfo Professional
Help System
. In the Startup
Preferences dialog box, clear the Display Quick Start dialog box to deactivate the display of the
Quick Start dialog box.
If you are returning to MapInfo Professional, you can return to the previous mapping session by
choosing Restore Previous Session or use last workspace. If this is your first look at MapInfo
Professional, choose the Open a Table option to begin. The Open dialog box displays.
Exiting MapInfo Professional
To leave MapInfo Professional, on the
File
menu, click
Exit
. There is no confirmation message.
CAUTION:
If you made changes to a table and did not save them a prompt appears asking
you if you want to save the changes. Unless you choose Save, the changes are
lost.
• For more information, see
Leaving MapInfo Professional using the MAPINFOW.WOR
Workspace
in the Help System.
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A Tour of the MapInfo Professional Desktop
A Tour of the MapInfo Professional Desktop
This section details the tools and commands that are available to you in the MapInfo Professional
product. You may refer to these frequently as you famil iarize yourself with MapInfo Professional.
If your copy of MapInfo Professional includes introductory data, you may want to install it now, as
described in the
Install Guide
. You can then view the sample data in MapInfo Professional as a map
while getting familiar with the features of this product.
• For more information, see
Opening MapInfo Professional Introductory Data
in the help System.
Working with Toolbars
MapInfo Professional provides toolbars of tool buttons and commands to give you tremendous
mapping creativi ty at the click of a button.
To reshap e the toolbars, click and drag on their borders. Drag the title bar to move them. To dock a
toolb ar, drag i t to one of the edges of th e application window. The toolbar changes shape and
positions as it docks itself. You can easily change it back to the floating view by clicking the
background area of the toolbar and dragging it away from its position. The toolbar retains the same
shape as it had before you do cke d it.
Displaying or Hiding Toolbars
To show or hide toolbars:
1.
Choose
Options > Toolbars
.
2.
Show a toolbar by checking its check box or clear its che ck box to hide a toolbar.
3.
Click
Close
. The toolbars display or disappear from your screen.
Reviewing the Standard Toolbar
The Standard toolbar conta ins tools for commonly performed menu functions from the File, Edit, and
Window menus. It also contains tools for quick access to a Redistricting window and on lin e Help.
Many of these tools are familiar to you from working with Microsoft Windows.
New Table New Mapper Window
Ope n Workspace New Layout Window
Bing Aerial Open
Bing Hybrid Save Table
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Bing Roads Close All
Move Map To Print Window
Save Workspace Cut
Save Window Paste
Print To PDF New Browser
Copy New Grapher Window
Undo New Redistricter Window
Reviewing the Main Toolbar
The Main toolbar contains buttons for selecting objects, changing the view of the Map window,
getting information about an object, and showing distances between objects. It also contains buttons
that allow you to change layer a ttributes and open the Legend Designer or Statistics windows.
Select Accesses the
Select
tool to select objects/records in a Map, Layo ut, or
Browser window. Also acts as the default pointer/cursor tool.
Marquee
Accesses the
Marquee Select
tool so you can select and search for
Select
map objects wi thin a given rectangle (marquee box).
Radius Select Accesses the
Radius Select
tool so you can select and search for map
objects wi thin a ci rcular region.
Polygon Select Accesses the
Polygon Select
tool so you can select objects within a
polygon.
Boundary
Accesses the
Boundary Select
tool so you can select and searches
Select
for map objects within a given region.
Unselect All Accesses the
Unselect All
tool so you can clear all o f your ob ject and
record selections. Performs the same operation as Unselect All.
Invert
Selects all objects or records not included in the current selection, and
Selection
cancels the current selection.
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Graph Select Accesses the
Graph Select
tool. As you click graph objects, such as a
riser bar, pie slice, column, etc., this tool selects the corresponding
records from the table.
Zoom-in * Accesses the
Zoom-in
tool to get a cl oser area view of a map or layout.
Zoom-out * Accesses the
Zoom-out
tool so you can get a wider area view of a map
or layout.
Change View * Accesses the Change View dialog box so you can specify settings for
Map window width, map scale, resizing, and centering.
Grabber * Accesses the
Grabber
tool so you can repositi on a map or layout within
its window.
Info tool * Accesses the
Info
tool so you can view the tabular data that is
associated with a map obje ct.
HotLink Accesses the
HotLink
tool, so you can launch active objects such as
files or URLs from your Map window.
Label Accesses the
Label
tool so you can la bel objects with information from
the related database.
Drag Map
Accesses the
Drag Map Window
button to drag a MapInfo
Window *
Professional map into an OLE container application.
Layer Control Accesses the Layer Control window so you can specify how the various
table s in a Map window are layered and displayed.
Ruler Accesses the
Ruler
tool to determine the distance between two points
and the length of some path.
Show/Hide
Accesses the Legend Designer window for maps or graphs.
Legend
Show/Hide
Accesses the Statistics window to tally the sum and average of all
Statistics
numeric fields for the currently chosen objects or records.
Set Target
Sets the target district from the map during a Redistricting session.
District from
Map
Assign
Assigns selected objects to the target district during a Redistricting
Selected
session.
Objects
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Clip Region
Redisplays the entire map.
On/Off
Set Clip
Isolates a map region for di splay.
Region
Create a Scale
Access the Create Scale Bar dialog box, so that you can add a scale
Bar
bar to the mapper window.
Table List Accesses the Table List so that you can view a list o f ope n tables,
perform operations on them, a nd organize or sort them into grou ps.
Add to Library Access the Add to Library to create a metadata record for the table in
MapInfo Manager Library.
* These tools are also available when you access your MapInfo .TAB map within a container
application such as MS Word, PowerPoint, etc.
Reviewing the Drawing Toolbar
The Drawing toolbar contain s tools and commands that are used to create and edit map objects. For
more about how to use these buttons, see
Using the Drawing and Editing Commands on
page 216
.
Symbol Accesses the
Symbol
tool, which allows you to place p oint symbols on
your map like “push pins.”
Line Accesses the
Line
tool, which allows you to draw strai ght lines.
Polyline Accesses the
Polyline
tool , which allows you to draw polylines (an open,
connected sequence of l