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mapworkspace MapInfo Professional User Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 5 1 TABLES .............................................................................................................................................. 7

1.1 Formats and Data Sources ................................................................................................................. 7 1.1.1 Vectorial Data ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.2 Raster images ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.3 Grids ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1.4 DBMS Connections (ODBC and Oracle Spatial).................................................................................... 7 1.1.5 Map Tile Servers .................................................................................................................... 8

1.2 Content ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.1 Table Names ........................................................................................................................ 9 1.2.2 Fields ................................................................................................................................ 9 1.2.3 Seamless Tables ..................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.4 Selections and Dynamic Joins .................................................................................................... 10

1.3 Projections ................................................................................................................................ 11 2 WINDOWS ........................................................................................................................................ 13

2.1 Map Windows ............................................................................................................................ 13 2.2 Legend Windows.......................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Layout Windows .......................................................................................................................... 14 2.4 Graph Windows ........................................................................................................................... 14 2.5 Browser Windows ........................................................................................................................ 14 2.6 Redistrict Windows ....................................................................................................................... 14

3 MAPS .............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Layers Content ............................................................................................................................ 15

3.1.1 Symbols............................................................................................................................ 16 3.1.2 Lines ............................................................................................................................... 16 3.1.3 Regions/Polygons ................................................................................................................. 18 3.1.4 Text ................................................................................................................................ 18 3.1.5 Raster Images ..................................................................................................................... 18

3.2 Layer Control Options .................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.1 Cosmetic Layer .................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.2 Group Layers ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.3 Visibility ........................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.4 Edition Mode ...................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.5 Selection Mode ................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.6 Automatic Labels ................................................................................................................. 20 3.2.7 Display Options ................................................................................................................... 21

3.3 Thematics ................................................................................................................................. 22 3.3.1 Thematic Type .................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.2 Data Source ....................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.3 Thematic Parameters ............................................................................................................. 23

3.4 Labels ...................................................................................................................................... 29 3.4.1 Source ............................................................................................................................. 29 3.4.2 Display ............................................................................................................................. 29 3.4.3 Text Style .......................................................................................................................... 30

3.5 Projections ................................................................................................................................ 31


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INTRODUCTION Here are a few recommendations addressing the MapInfo user who wishes to share his maps on mapworkspace. As

mapworkspace does not support every MapInfo option and function, this document will guide the MapInfo user to

work more efficiently and avoid a certain number of problems.

These recommendations concern three aspects of a MapInfo work session: the tables (formats and content), the

windows (map windows, graph windows, browser windows, layout windows and legends) and the map itself

(layers, thematics and labels). We invite you to follow these recommendations in order to optimize your map's

performances and ensure the integrity of your MapInfo® workspace.

We invite you to pay special attention to the following items:

1. Avoid the use of spaces, accented or special characters in file and column names;

2. Use native MapInfo tables or Vertical Mapper grids;

3. Use no selections or dynamic links;

4. Use properly registered raster images;

5. Reduce as much as possible the number of different projections used in your maps;

6. Display a map window which dimensions correspond as closely as possible to the one you are about to

deploy in mapworkspace, to preserve your map's interactivity;

7. Avoid storing information in the cosmetic layer. If needed, save it to a MapInfo native table;

8. Make effective use of zoom layering on layers and labels;

9. Use automatic labelling, based on simple expressions.


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1 TABLES

Tables opened and used by the workspace must absolutely follow these few rules.

1.1 Formats and Data Sources

1.1.1 Vectorial Data

MapInfo tables should be composed of .tab, .map, .id and .dat files, with or without an .ind (index) file.

Only .dat descriptive data file formats should be used. Other formats such as .dbf, .txt, .wk1, .xls or .mdb

should never be associated with the workspace.

ESRI Shape files (.SHP) included in a MapInfo workspace may be published with your map.

1.1.2 Raster images

Raster image supported formats are:

gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .tif, .tiff, .bmp, .grc, .grd, .mig et .jp2.

Raster images must be properly registered.

1.1.3 Grids

The MapInfo thematic grids (.mig) are fully supported. Values associated to these thematics may be displayed

when using the Information and Legend tools.

The Vertical Mapper numerical and classified grids are supported (.GRD or .GRC), but with a restriction:

The Information and Legend tool do not allow displaying the information related to a classified or

numerical grid.

1.1.4 DBMS Connections (ODBC and Oracle Spatial)

Workspaces using database connections (ODBC or Oracle Spatial,) cannot be published on mapworkspace.


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1.1.5 Map Tile Servers

Recent MapInfo Professional versions allow the integration of Bing Maps and Open StreetMap (OSM) map tile

server data into your maps.

If you are using one or many OSM tile server layers in your MapInfo workspace, you can publish it on

mapworkspace. However, the layer(s) will be systematically moved to the bottom of you map. Moreover, zoom

layering, transparency and translucency settings will be deactivated.

On the other hand, mapworkspace does not allow access to Bing Maps tile server layers. Your map should not

contain any such layer or it would be blocked at publication.

Also, be aware that as mapworkspace does not support multiple occurrences of the same map tile server layer, if

your map contains two OSM layers, then the resulting mapworkspace map will contain only one OSM layer.

Projection

All maps published on mapworkspace and containing an OSM map tile server layer will be automatically

reprojected into Popular Visualization CRS for Google (EPSG : 3857). However, reprojection of raster grids and

images and of non-earth coordinates is not supported. If you are using such data, you must transpose your data in

this projection before publishing your workspace on mapworkspace. Otherwise, you will not be able to benefit

from this functionality.


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1.2 Content

1.2.1 Table Names

As usual, file names must only contain alphanumerical characters (no accent, space or special character).

1.2.2 Fields

Field names must only contain alphanumerical characters. Do not use any accent, space or special

character.

LOGICAL fields are not fully supported. In fact, although a workspace containing one or many fields of

logical type can be published without problem, such type of data should not serve as a data source for a

MapInfo thematic map. Such thematic may display with errors on mapworkspace.

“DATE” field types can be used, but may not work correctly in the following circumstances:

Tooltips and Information tool will not work on this layer.

Thematics may not display correctly.

“TIME” and “DATE/TIME” fields are not supported and will be blocked at publication.

1.2.3 Seamless Tables

Seamless tables are supported following the restrictions hereafter:

When creating seamless tables:

All base tables composing the seamless table should be saved in the same directory as the seamless table;

The "No Path" option must absolutely be checked in the Seamless Manager Preferences.

When using seamless tables in MapInfo:

mapworkspace will be unable to use a seamless table if its base tables are not present in the MapInfo

workspace. In consequence, you must open then in a “No View” mode. Proceeding this way will ensure


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that even though they will remain invisible in the layer control, they can be called individually at any time

with the Info tool.

1.2.4 Selections and Dynamic Joins

SQL queries are not supported. If you wish to keep your query results and use them in your mapworkspace maps,

they should be saved in a MapInfo native format (*.TAB). Use MapInfo’s File/Save Copy As option.

A table must not contain any column resulting from a dynamic join between two tables or fields. Such a column is

only temporary and cannot be used by mapworkspace. When using the Table/Update Column/Join function, make

sure to update a pre-existing column and to save this new column in making a copy of the table (File/Save Table or

Save Copy As).

Not supported


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1.3 Projections

It is important to reduce the number of different projections used for the various tables layered in a map. The

more different projections are used, the more time will be necessary to display the map. Moreover, the use of too

many projections can, at greater scale, reduce the display precision. This can be observed both in MapInfo and

mapworkspace.


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2 WINDOWS

It is important that only one map window be opened at a time in the workspace while mapworkspace will use only

one. Please note that mapworkspace considers as opened even a reduced window ( ) and will

select by default the first map window it encounters in the .WOR file.

2.1 Map Windows

To preserve the appearance of your MapInfo map, you must make sure that your map window’s width and height

correspond to mapworkspace’s map window’s size. You should always keep in mind that the view you see in your

map window when saving the workspace will be the initial view at start-up in mapworkspace. Although

mapworkspace remembers the MapInfo view settings (zoom level and x,y center coordinates), these parameters

are related to the window’s size. In consequence of which, the effect will not be the same if the window’s size is

different, and your map’s initial view might be entirely different. Make sure that your MapInfo map window’s size

is adjusted to the mapworkspace settings in order to avoid this.

To adjust with precision your map window’s width and height, you can type a line of command of this form in your

MapBasic window:

Set Window FrontWindow() Width x Units "pt";

Set Window FrontWindow() Height x Units "pt".

(Point units quite resemble pixel units as used in mapworkspace)

The Map/Change view option and the button in the toolbar can both allow you to precisely set the(x,y) center

of your map window and the zoom level.

2.2 Legend Windows

Both the cartographic and thematic legends are supported by mapworkspace, although if two legends are used in

one map, a thematic and a cartographic, mapworkspace will use the cartographic legend as the default.


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2.3 Layout Windows

Layout windows are not supported in mapworkspace.

2.4 Graph Windows

Graph windows are not supported in mapworkspace.

2.5 Browser Windows

Browser windows are not supported in mapworkspace.

2.6 Redistrict Windows

Redistrict windows are not supported in mapworkspace.


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3 MAPS

3.1 Layers Content

Layers may contain :

points ;

lines ;

polygons.

text.

Object collections :

Supported Not supported

Multi polygons X

Multi lines / polylines X

Multi points X

Multiple object types X

- Raster images (see section 1.1.2 for a list of supported formats).


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3.1.1 Symbols

Symbol Types

All MapInfo symbols are supported.

Custom symbols can be used only if they are applied in the workspace as Style Override (Menu Map > Layer

Control > Display > Style Override) or by way of a thematic (Menu Map > Create Thematic Map).

Symbol Style

Background borders are supported only if applied as an override (Map menu > Layer Control > Display > Style

Override) or by way of a thematic (Map menu > Create Thematic Map).

3.1.2 Lines

Line Style

Linear objects can be of any color, style and width. It is recommended to fix line width with pixels for better

results.

Some line styles are not supported. See table below for details.

Background Border Supported only if applied as an override or by way

of a thematic.

Fonts All MapInfo fonts

supported.


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The following option is not supported:

Intervealed effect

The following highlighted line styles are not supported. Also note that the more complex a line gets, the more

chances there are that it will lose display quality as the width of the line increases.

Legend :

: Unsupported line style

Some line styles not supported, see details in

table below.

Intervealed effect Option not supported.


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3.1.3 Regions/Polygons

Regions Geometry

The more complex a region (polygon) gets, the more it can cause undetermined effects to the display quality and

lengthen the display delay. The use of MapInfo 6.5 (or later version) Generalize function can be a solution to

simplifying polygonal objects.

Region Style

All fill patterns and colors are supported.

Border styles follow the same restrictions as line styles (See previous page).

Transparency effect is fully supported all the time.

Use of fill patterns with or without transparency is supported all the time.

Border styles follow the same restrictions as lines (see corresponding section of this guide).

3.1.4 Text

Text Style

All text display styles are supported if they are applied directly to the text objects and not simply as an override.

3.1.5 Raster Images

Raster images are supported, although any style modification made through the layer control is not

supported. This includes transparency, translucency, and greyscale conversion. The use of these

display parameters will not prevent publication or map display; they simply will not be applied.

For better performance, we recommend that the same projection is used for the map window and for

each individual table as the one that is used for the raster image.

Please note that if you want to use the Google base map in mapworkspace, all raster images must be

re-projected in « Popular Visualisation CRS (EPSG : 3857) » prior to being used in mapworkspace.


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3.2 Layer Control Options

3.2.1 Cosmetic Layer

The cosmetic layer will not be rendered in mapworkspace. It must be kept cleared and not be in Edition mode.

3.2.2 Group Layers

New MapInfo 10.0 group layer option is not supported in mapworkspace. Although you can publish a workspace

that uses the group layers, it will not be applied in mapworkspace and each layer will be displayed independently

in the layer control.

Display and Label Options : Supported under the

conditions mentioned in corresponding sections.

Hotlink Options : Supported under the conditions mentioned in the corresponding section (4.1).

Cosmetic Layer : Not supported

Group Layers : Not supported, the

layers will display individually.


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3.2.3 Visibility

Layers visibility parameters will remain as defined in the MapInfo workspace, including the zoom layering settings.

Note that proper use of zoom layering will increase the performances of a mapworkspace map (Display time).

3.2.4 Edition Mode

The Edition mode is not available within mapworkspace. It is recommended not to keep any layer in the Edition

mode.

3.2.5 Selection Mode

This option is supported and the parameters will remain as defined in the MapInfo workspace. The mapworkspace

Information tool will work only on selectable layers.

3.2.6 Automatic Labels

Automatic labels are supported and will respect the labels parameters as set in the MapInfo workspace. See the

corresponding section of this guide for details.


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3.2.7 Display Options

The following display options are not supported:

Style Override for raster images and grids;

Show line direction, nodes and centroïds.

Show line direction,

nodes and centroïds Options not supported.

Stacked Style :

Supported.

Style Override Options

… for vector objects : Supported under the further

mentioned restrictions according to each object

type. See the corresponding

section of this guide.

… for raster images

and grids: Options not supported


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3.3 Thematics

3.3.1 Thematic Type

mapworkspace supports the following types of thematic representations:

Ranges;

Bar Charts;

Pie Charts;

Graduated Symbols;

Individual Values;

Grid.

3.3.2 Data Source

Logical fields must not be used in the creation of any kind of MapInfo thematic map. It would not be

displayed correctly in mapworkspace.

A thematic should not refer to anything else but a unique field. Operations between tables or fields

(Expression… or Join…) are not recognized by mapworkspace.

References to an ODBC (Open Data Base Connexion) should not be used.

Bi-varied thematics are not supported.


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3.3.3 Thematic Parameters

Number of columns: Legend display in only one column is supported. Legend display in two or more

columns is not supported.

Display order of legend elements: only the ascending and descending modes are supported. Definition of

a custom order is not supported.

Swatch Size: Only the default value – Font Size – is supported.

Number of columns Display in more than

one column is not supported.

Display Order Custom display order

not supported.

Swatch Size The Font Size option only is supported.

See the corresponding sections of this guide.


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3.3.3.1 Objects Style

Symbols :

The same restrictions apply as described in the previous section.

Lines :


Regions :


3.3.3.2 Style and Setting Options

Ranges

The following restrictions apply :

Style Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.

Apply Color Option not supported.

Replace Layer Style This option is not

supported.


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Bar Charts


Style: Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.

Independent scales :

Option not supported.

Stacked data : Option not supported.

Pen and brush style: Default values supported only.

Logarithmic Transformation: Option not supported.


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Pie Charts


Graduated Symbols


Style: Supported under conditions mentioned in

the previous sections. For better performance,

the use of MapInfo symbols is

recommended.

Half Pies Option not supported.

Style: Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.

Border style Only the default value is supported (black border, 1 pix.).

Logarithmic Transformation Option not supported.

Logarithmic Transformation Option not supported.


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Individual Values


Style Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.

Apply Color Option not supported.


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Grid


Interpolation mode: Both IDW and TIN modes are supported. On the other hand, legend values of an IDW

interpolation will not be displayed properly.

It is important to make sure not to modify the original thematic since any subsequent modification with the

Modify Thematic Map option of the Map menu will be ignored. In order to modify a grid and be sure that all

the data will be kept during the transfer to mapworkspace, the .GRID file must be created anew by starting the

interpolation process over entirely (Map Menu > Thematics).

3.3.3.3 Legend

Title Font: Option not supported.

Subtitle Font:

Option not supported.

Label Font: Option not supported.

Show this Range / Show Record Count: Options not supported.

Border Style: Option not supported.

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3.4 Labels

3.4.1 Source

The label source may be :

A field ;

A simple expression using the operators and following functions :

concatenation (+) between two CHARACTER fields;

insertion of a carriage return : Chr$(13) ;

insertion of a chain of characters.

As an example, the following expression is supported:

Where NOM, STATUT and POPULATION are field names. Display

3.4.2 Display

These label display options are not supported:

Label Line;

Maximum number of labels;

When overlap occurs, try other positions;

Curved labels may extend beyond line by … ;

Label partial objects.


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3.4.3 Text Style

All text styles are supported

Label Line or Arrow Not supported.

Text Style Restrictions apply as

mentioned in the previous section.

Label Partial Objects Not supported.

Max. number of labels Not supported.

When overlap occurs try other positions

Option non supportée

Curved Labels may extend beyond line by … Not supported.


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3.5 Projections

The projection used to display your map (Map > Options > Projections) should as much as possible correspond to

the projection of the tables. As mentioned in a previous section, the more different projections are used, the more

time will be necessary to display and redraw the map. Moreover, the use of too many projections can, at greater

scale, reduce the display precision. This can be observed both in MapInfo and mapworkspace.


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