Introduction

Master the key tools in MapInfo with this 2-day introductory training class.

You will leave this course a confident, independent MapInfo user with a thorough understanding of the essential skills and techniques needed to carry out spatially-based analysis.

This is a hands-on course. It includes lots of time to experiment with what you are being taught, try things out for yourself and ask questions.

It includes everything that you need to get started with MapInfo.

✔ A complete beginners’ course that covers all of the basics.
✔ Plenty of one to one attention and time to ask questions.
✔ Friendly, expert trainers and small groups.
✔ All the materials and extras that you’ll ever need.

What Will I Learn?

You will leave this course with the confidence to analyse and manipulate data independently in MapInfo.

You’ll learn how to:

Use layers to visualise different datasets and check for relationships.
Select a sub-set of your data visually once it has been displayed on a map.
Geocode an existing dataset so that it can be analysed spatially.
Create thematic maps to highlight sub-sets of your data.

Am I Ready For This Course?

This is a beginners’ course and so you don’t need any prior experience with MapInfo to attend.

So long as you are comfortable working with a computer, using multiple screens and saving your work on a network folder you’ll be fine.

Course Details

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The introductory section of this course aims to get you comfortable with the basics and hands-on with data as quickly as possible. We show you the basics of how to navigate and use MapInfo. We also look at how to view data on a map and working with a subset of your data.

The key topics trained include:

Basic concepts of using MapInfo
Opening MapInfo tables
Viewing data in a Map, Browser Graph windows
Working with subset of a table

MapInfo presents data from different tables in different layers. Layers are one of the most frequently used functions in MapInfo as they allow you to combine different sets of data. This often allows new spatial relationships between data to be discovered.

The key concepts trained include:

Using MapInfo Layer Control features
Setting and changing the colours and styles of your map
Adding, removing

MapInfo allows you to select a subset of your data after it has been visualised on a map. This section shows you how to do this and how to then analyse the selection that you have made.

The key topics trained include:

Using the select tools to make selections
Selecting objects within a radius, rectangle, region or custom polygon
Viewing the selected data in a Browser window
Using the statistics window to analyse the selection
Reversing or inverting a selection

The data that you will want to work with in MapInfo is often held in other software programs. This section covers the various methods for importing data from other software programs. It also looks at units and discusses longitude and latitude as well as British Grid co-ordinates.

The key concepts covered include:

How to open common data file formats including:
- MS Access tables
- Spreadsheet files
- DBF files
- Delimited ASCII files
Using MapInfo Create Points command to get your data onto a map
Understanding and using British National Grid coordinates
Understanding Longitude / Latitude co-ordinates

MapInfo offers users the ability to query their data using a SELECT command. Being a confident user of this tool allows you to review subsets of your data very easily and so is a key skill.

The key concept trained is:

Using the Query > Select command to filter your tables for data that meets a certain condition

In order to visualise your data on a map, it will need to be geocoded. Geocoding is the process of attaching spatial data to your existing data so that it can be easily grouped and manipulated according to the area that it relates to. This section of the course looks at using postcodes to allow you to do this and also methods for geocoding your data.

The key topics trained include:

Using Postcodes to plot your data on a map
Automatic and Interactive Geocoding

Colouring maps according to associated data
Ranged maps
Individual value maps
Graduated symbol maps
Explore various options for each of the types of thematic map created
Joining tables
Customise legends of thematic maps
Save thematic templates to produce different maps using the same settings

Manually creating and editing labels using the label tool
Automatically labelling an entire layer
Controlling label options for an entire layer
Changing the data column used for labels
Adding annotations onto a map

Using the layout window to create hardcopy output
Placing multiple maps, browsers, legend windows or other windows on a page in preparation for printing
Working with Frame Objects
Adding your own logos and graphics to your Layout window

Place maps from MapInfo into other software
Save a window as a bitmap to be used in another software package

Redistricting tool
SQL Queries
Combining data
FIND command
Database and file management

MapInfo Introduction / Intermediate

Introduction

What Will I Learn?

Am I Ready For This Course?

Course Details

Displaying MapInfo Data

Mapping In Layers

Selecting From A Map

Opening Your Data Files In MapInfo

Using The Query > Select Command

Getting Your Data On A Map: Geocoding

Creating Thematic Maps

Labelling

Creating Hardcopy Output Using The Layout Window

Creating Output: Placing Maps In Other Applications

Additional Topics: Time Permitting

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