I have a dbase file with lats & long . When I start maptitude and open the file it says it sees geographic information and if i want to create a file. Either...
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Peter H. Van Demark
peter@...
Aug 6, 2001 5:50 pm
... I could not replicate the problem. Maptitude _adds_ internal fields called Latitude and Longitude (integer, no decimal places), but should not change the...
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Michael K. LaRue
mlarue@...
Aug 6, 2001 5:56 pm
Chris: Could you send me a copy (or an abbreviated copy) of the dbase file to try to replicate the problem? ... From: chris wagner [mailto:cjwag@...]...
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Michael Powell
mikepowell8@...
Aug 6, 2001 7:36 pm
Group: I'm an old Maptitude user who is now working with Maptitude for Redistricting. Is there a resource which provides definitions for the Census data that ...
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Mike Baum
mikebaum@...
Aug 6, 2001 7:56 pm
Hi, I'm using Maptitude 4.0 and ready to upgrade to the next release. I am working on a project where I want to have a map with points being clickable links...
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Peter H. Van Demark
peter@...
Aug 6, 2001 8:35 pm
... The most ready source is to open the dataview of interest and hold the cursor over a column heading. The balloon help gives a description of the field. ...
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Werner Schink
werner@...
Aug 6, 2001 9:36 pm
Mike, Go to this website – it has the documentation on the redistricting file. Werner http://www2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/ ... From: Michael Powell...
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Werner Schink
werner@...
Aug 6, 2001 9:46 pm
Chris, Option A: Try opening the file in Maptitude without creating a geographic file – just keep it in dbase. Then check the fields with in ...
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Carl Chance
cchance@...
Aug 6, 2001 9:47 pm
Mike, Does 4.0 have the info link button next to the info button in the tool bar, or did that start with 4.1? If 4.0 has it just search for the info link in...
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chris wagner
cjwag@...
Aug 8, 2001 4:50 pm
OK...... I went through the steps and wrote them down and it worked this time. I think maybe that something in the background was running. I had tried 3 ...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 9, 2001 3:08 am
HI all, By the way, I'm pretty sure everyone on the old list made it successfully to the new list. If anyone knows otherwise, they should contact me. (Someone...
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Black, Jason
BlackJ@...
Aug 9, 2001 4:40 pm
How can I save Maptitude markers that I have created on my computer and transfer them to another? I'm sure I saw this question answered recently on this...
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Peter H. Van Demark
peter@...
Aug 9, 2001 4:50 pm
... Yes, I answered Bob on July 3rd: Markers are stored in the file CALIPER.MRK in the root of the operating system folder, e.g. C:\WINNT\CALIPER.MRK. To move...
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grumpy@...
Aug 9, 2001 5:14 pm
... In other words, let you know if we *don't* get this message?...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:19 pm
... Well, there is other human-to-human contact in this world besides email! Maybe your coworker was on the list, but now isn't any more, for instance. Also,...
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Mike Baum
mikebaum@...
Aug 9, 2001 7:00 pm
Margie, Thanks for all your efforts. Much appreciated. Take the rest of the day off. :) Mike...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 10, 2001 3:15 pm
Well, I still haven't exactly gotten past the feeling-foolish phase (faze...) in Maptitude. This isn't to say that I haven't done useful things with it! Just...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 10, 2001 3:27 pm
Is it true that changing the map doesn't change the layout? Are they actually unlinked as soon as the frame is put on the layout? Why does clicking on the map...
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Murray Rice
murray.rice@...
Aug 10, 2001 3:58 pm
Changing a map from a layout doesn't change the layout. To change a map in a saved layout, I: 1. double click on the map in the layout 2. make my changes in...
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grumpy@...
Aug 10, 2001 4:42 pm
I *believe* it converts labels on all *visible* layers. John DigiMap...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 10, 2001 5:52 pm
... This turned out to be rather annoying, for a variety of reasons. For one, the labels aren't there outside of the window range, so when I wanted to move...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 10, 2001 5:56 pm
Well, I figured out that rather than deleting the map, I could just right-click, and then choose a new map (the same map) to put in the frame. That keeps the...
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Murray Rice
murray.rice@...
Aug 10, 2001 6:08 pm
I've always thought that deleting the layout map was annoying, but I never stumbled across the feature you found. Thanks for the tip. Murray Rice Altavision...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 10, 2001 6:19 pm
oh, the tiny pickbox that can't be expanded, when you're trying to select a field for a formula. I've got a lot of fields to select! (And why doesn't...
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Marjorie Roswell
roswell@...
Aug 10, 2001 6:41 pm
I'm not usually doing this sort of layout work in Maptitude. - Can't center multi-line text - Changing the legend doesn't actually update the legend on the...
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Peter H. Van Demark
peter@...
Aug 10, 2001 7:14 pm
... If you mean have the label centered rather than left justified, no; justification of labels is on the request list for a future version. But there is a...
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Peter H. Van Demark
peter@...
Aug 10, 2001 8:23 pm
... You can put them in separate text items, then use the alignment capabilities to center them and space them. Center justification is on the request list for...
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grumpy@...
Aug 11, 2001 4:19 pm
... What I tried to say was turn off *all* the layers. Now, turn on and convert one layer at a time. After doing this, I hope you aren't planning to use this...
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grumpy@...
Aug 11, 2001 4:26 pm
... The 'layout' has never been one of Maptitude's strong points. It's fine for just putting windows in it, but to do any 'fine-tuning' in layout mode, the...
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Richard Hoskins
healthmaps@...
Aug 11, 2001 8:09 pm
I want to bundle up some layers and a MAP file complete with the thematic map(s) I made and send them, off. I am assuming I cannot do this because there is no...
