MapInfo Pro: Tips

&Tricks

James Hall

Senior Consultant, Location Intelligence

Pitney Bowes

Agenda

See it Faster, Solve it Sooner! Efficiency Tips for MapInfo Pro

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The Story so far…

Company Background:“Unreal Insurance” is a small/medium boutique insurance company operating in southern states of Australia. They are aggressively looking to win new market share.

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Business Problem:Identifying potential market regions for a proposed product

Approach:1. Import sales data from CRM2. Identify geographic areas that match

target market3. Review alignment with current User

base to find gaps (areas of potential)

Tip #1: Single Step Open & Edit

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+ Save Copy As

+ Close Table (original)

+ Open Table (editable version)

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Tip #2: Object Stacked Styles (Mix ‘n’ Match)

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Tip #3: Tab Groups

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Tip #4: Supersize the Map

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Tip #5: Quick Access Toolbar

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Tip #6: Filter 2 Ways

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Filter via Dialogue Filter via MapBasic Window

Tip #7: Map Creation - Let Your Mouse Do the Work

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Table List+ drag ‘n’ drop

Tip #8: Thematic: Build Once – Reuse in 1 Click

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Thematic templates to quickly apply Corporate standards

Tip #9: Thematic with Conditional Values

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Combine spatial + aspatialdata

Apply Filter during thematic creation

Questions?