Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:51px; left:586px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Applications:Using</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:104px; left:220px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>How</b> <b>To</b> <b>Use</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:154px; left:196px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>Data</b> <b>Mapping</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:247px; left:101px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Displaying</b></i> <i><b>geographical</b></i> <i><b>data</b></i> <i><b>pictorially</b></i> <i><b>in</b></i> <i><b>conjunction</b></i> <i><b>with</b></i> <i><b>database</b></i> <i><b>information</b></i> <i><b>used</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:267px; left:91px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>be</b></i> <i><b>confined</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>powerful</b></i> <i><b>mapping</b></i> <i><b>systems.</b></i> <i><b>However,</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>Data</b></i> <i><b>Map</b></i> <i><b>module</b></i> <i><b>in</b></i> <i><b>Microsoft</b></i> <i><b>Office</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:288px; left:107px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>used</b></i> <i><b>in</b></i> <i><b>conjunction</b></i> <i><b>with</b></i> <i><b>Excel</b></i> <i><b>can</b></i> <i><b>provide</b></i> <i><b>a</b></i> <i><b>solid</b></i> <i><b>introduction</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>potential</b></i> <i><b>of</b></i> <i><b>using</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:308px; left:264px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>geographical</b></i> <i><b>information</b></i> <i><b>systems.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:340px; left:579px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By Mike Lewis</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:396px; left:77px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>G</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:401px; left:117px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>eographical Information Sys </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:401px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>of customers and plotting them on a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:401px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Setup will proceed to install Data Map,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:413px; left:117px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tems (GIS) is one of the fastest </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:413px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>map. Or it might take the same list of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:413px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>along with some sample data.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:425px; left:117px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>growing categories of desktop</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:425px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>customers, combine it with a list of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:425px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>You can now go ahead and create</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:437px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>software. If your data has any kind of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:437px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>dealers, and print a report highlighting</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:437px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>your first map. To do so, you will need</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>geographical dimension, a GIS pack </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the cities where new dealers need to be</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a worksheet containing some sort of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:461px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>age can help you manipulate and vis </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:461px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>recruited.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:461px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>geographical data. A list of addresses</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:473px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ualise it in ways you might not have</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:473px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>GIS is especially good at analysing</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:473px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>will be fine, provided it includes a col </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:485px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>thought possible. Not surprisingly, the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:485px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>data according to its spatial relation </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:485px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>umn for country name, Australian</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:497px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>technology is becoming very popular,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:497px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ships with other data. For example,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:497px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>state name, US state abbreviation, UK</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>especially in fields such as marketing,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>you might use it to identify all house </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>postcode, or something similar. If you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:521px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>distribution, demographics, planning</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:521px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>holds within a certain distance of a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:521px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>have nothing else suitable, use the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:533px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and government.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:533px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>river at risk from flooding, or to count</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:533px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>sample mapstats.xls file, which by de </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:545px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Unfortunately, casual users are</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:545px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the number of people living within so </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:545px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>fault is installed in \Program Files\ </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:557px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>often discouraged from getting started</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:557px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>many kilometres of a new shopping</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:557px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:569px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in GIS, mainly because of the high costs</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:569px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>centre. If you have a digital base map</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:569px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>DataMap\Data.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:581px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and large amounts of learning time in </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:581px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>of the area in question, you can display</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:581px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Start by selecting a worksheet range</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:593px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>volved. Most GIS packages are compli </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:593px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the results in map form for easy visu </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:593px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>that contains the data you want to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:605px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cated, expensive and demand high </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:605px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>alisation.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:605px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>map. Be sure to include the column</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:617px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>spec hardware. The required digital</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:617px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The Data Map module is not really</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:617px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>containing the geographical element</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:629px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>maps add substantially to the cost.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:629px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>capable of performing the more so </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:629px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>(country name or whatever) and, if</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:641px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>In this article, I will show you an</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:641px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>phisticated GIS functions, but it is very</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:641px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>possible, at least one numeric value.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:653px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>easier way of getting started in GIS,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:653px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>good at plotting data and creating the </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:653px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Next, click on the Map button, and use</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:665px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>using easy to learn software that you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:665px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>matic maps. A selection of base maps</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:665px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the mouse to draw a rectangle any </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:677px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>probably already own. The software in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:677px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>is supplied with the product (see Fig </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:677px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>where on the worksheet.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>question is the Data Map module,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ure 1); others can be purchased sepa </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>As soon as you release the mouse,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:701px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>which is part of Microsoft Office 95. In</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:701px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rately. The module is accessed from</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:701px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Data Map will start analysing the data.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:713px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Office 97, the module is called Mi </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:713px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>inside Excel, and works directly with</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:713px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>After a few seconds, your map should</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:725px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>crosoft Map, but is identical to Data</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:725px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>data in the Excel worksheet.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:725px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>appear within the rectangle.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:737px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Map; for convenience, both modules</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:737px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Figure 2 shows a map generated</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:749px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>will be referred to as Data Map.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:751px; left:272px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Getting</b></i> <i><b>Started</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:761px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Data Map is a cut down version of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:773px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>MapInfo, which is one of the best </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:773px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The first step in using Data Map is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:768px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Australia</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:780px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Canada</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:785px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>known GIS products. Although it has</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:785px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to check that it has been installed. To</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:797px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>only a fraction of the features of the full</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:792px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Europe</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:797px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>do so, click on the Map button near the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:809px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>version, Data Map is still an excellent</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:809px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>right hand end of the main Excel tool </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:804px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Mexico</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:821px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tool for entry level applications.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:821px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>bar. If the mouse pointer changes to a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:816px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>North America</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:833px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cross hair, all is well (you can press</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:828px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>UK standard regions</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:840px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>United States with Alaska and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:847px; left:77px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Background</b></i> <i><b>To</b></i> <i><b>GIS</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:845px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ESC now to cancel the operation). If</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:857px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>not, you will need to run Office Setup.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:852px; left:490px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Hawaii inserts</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:869px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>A GIS is essentially a program that</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:869px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>From</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:869px; left:323px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>within</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:869px; left:366px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Setup,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:869px; left:407px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>click</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:869px; left:440px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>on</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:864px; left:477px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>World countries</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:881px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>analyses and displays data according</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:881px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Add/Remove. Select Microsoft Excel</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:893px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to the geographical elements within it.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:893px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and click Change Options. Select Data</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:890px; left:488px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Figure 1 Base maps supplied</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:905px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>That might be as simple as taking a list</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:905px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Map, click OK, then click Continue.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:523px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with Data Map.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:52px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Update 104 (June 1997) page 17</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:615px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>File: A0913.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:944px; left:264px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Support</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre>Next page <a href='page0002.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>