GEOG%20578%20GIS%20Application

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GEOG 578 GIS Application

• Lab 1 Intro. to MapInfo

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Lab Objectives

• Help understand materials covered in lectures
• Implement case studies
• Develop successful teamwork skills

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Lab Resource

• \\humboldt\classes\g578\
• Lab materials are in electronic format

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Lab Exercises

• Lab 1 Introduction to MapInfo
• Lab 2 Neighborhood Complaint
• Lab 3 Flooding Scenarios for an Insurance
  Company
• Lab 4 Medical Clinics Site Selection

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Lab 1

• Objectives
• Get familiar with MapInfo
• Understand the basics manipulating spatial data
  in MapInfo

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Lab 1

• Specifically
• produce a map showing the 1991 population of
  Canada by province
• a bar graph comparing the population changes
  between the provinces
• a list of provinces whose population changes are
  greater than 10 of the population in 1981.

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MapInfo

• Desktop spatial data analysis and visualization
  package
• Locations and attributes stored in a database
• Three methods to visualize the data in the
  database
• Mapper
• Browser
• Grapher

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Mapper

• Used to visualize the geographic patterns
• Can be specified when opening MapInfo file
• Or from Window ? New Map Window

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Mapper Control

• Map ? Layer Control
• Used to control the layout of
• Cosmetic Layer
• Data Layer

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Browser

• Browser presents information as tabular lists
• Can be specified when opening MapInfo file
• Or from Window ? New Browser Window

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Grapher

• Grapher presents information arranged as graphs
  or charts
• Window ? New Graph Window

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Thematic Map

• Map ? Create Thematic Map

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Thematic Map

• Be sure to select the correct table and field!!

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SQL

• Query ? SQL Select
• Select Province, Pop_1981, Pop_1991, Capital,
  (Pop_1991 - Pop_1981) / Pop_1981 "Change" from
  CANADA into P_change

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Final Layout

• Window ? New Layout Window

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