Transcript GEOG 578 GIS Application - University of Wisconsin–Madison

GEOG 578 GIS Application
Lab 1 Intro. to MapInfo
Lab Objectives
• Help understand materials covered in lectures
• Implement case studies
• Develop successful teamwork skills
Lab Resource
• \\humboldt\classes\g578\
• Lab materials are in electronic format
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
Lab #1
• Objectives
– Get familiar with MapInfo
– Understand the basics manipulating spatial data in MapInfo
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.
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
Mapper
• Used to visualize the geographic patterns
– Can be specified when opening MapInfo file
– Or from Window  New Map Window
Mapper Control
• Map  Layer Control
• Used to control the layout of:
– Cosmetic Layer
– Data Layer
Browser
• Browser: presents information as tabular lists
– Can be specified when opening MapInfo file
– Or from Window  New Browser Window
Grapher
• Grapher: presents information arranged as graphs
or charts
– Window  New Graph Window
Thematic Map
• Map  Create Thematic Map
Thematic Map
• Be sure to select the correct table and field!!
SQL
• Query  SQL Select
• Select Province, Pop_1981, Pop_1991, Capital,
(Pop_1991 - Pop_1981) / Pop_1981 "Change" from
CANADA into P_change
Final Layout
• Window  New Layout Window