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Table of Contents
(Chapter number, name, page number)

1 - LAUNCHING MAPINFO
1 - 1 Initial start and work environment 1-1
1 - 2 Directory assignment 1-3
1 - 3 Additional specifications to the work environment 1-4
1 - 4 Priorities and exclusions 1-6

2 - WORK SPACES
2 - 1 Definition 2-1
2 - 2 Types of .WOR 2-1
2 - 3 Contents 2-3

3 - INTERNAL PRECISION
3 - 1 Types of maps and Bounds 3-1
3 - 2 Internal storage of co-ordinates 3-1
3 - 3 Finding the bounds of a map 3-2
3 - 4 Internal precision and the virtual grid 3-5
3 - 5 How to measure internal precision 3-5
3 - 6 Setting bounds 3-6
3 - 7 Practical uses of precision level setting 3-9
3 - 8 Precision in the posting and the exportation of co-ordinates 3-10
3 - 9 Truncation of results as a limit to precision 3-11
3 - 10 An example : the UTM projection 3-11
3 - 11 Working at the limits of the precision level 3-13
3 - 12 Of nodes and Lines and Shapes 3-15
3 - 13 Mapper definition and mixing table precisions 3-16
3 - 14 Cosmetic layer and precision setting 3-18
3 - 15 Conclusions 3-19

4 - MANAGING THE PROJECTION FILE
4 - 1 The projections requester and the .PRJ file structure 4-1
4 - 2 Editing the .PRJ file 4-4
4 - 3 From the .PRJ file to the CoordSys clause 4-4
4 - 4 Bounded projections in version 4.1.2 4-5
4 - 5 Affine projections in version 4.1.2 4-5
4 - 6 Setting initial projection in requester in version 4.5 4-7

5 - ROTATING A MAP IN ITS MAPPER
5 - 1 General principles for the Raster approach 5-1
5 - 2 Way to proceed 5-2
5 - 3 Limitations 5-2
5 - 4 Pointers to make work easier 5-3
5 - 5 Registering vs. writing a .tab file 5-4
5 - 6 The .tab technique : pros and cons 5-4
5 - 7 Image display and workspace 5-6
5 - 8 Permanent rotation : ROTATOR 5-6
5 - 9 Rotating text objects 5-7
5 - 10 Rotation with the affine clause 5-8
appendix : A basic worksheet to calculate rotation parameters of raster map

6 - SETTING UP A BROWSER
6 - 1 Menu commands 6-1
6 - 2 The Reproject statement 6-3
6 - 3 Direct actions with the selector tool 6-3
6 - 4 Script for a .WOR file 6-4
6 - 5 An application 6-6

7 - EXPANDING FUNCTION USE IN MI REQUESTERS
7 - 1 Situations of use 7-1
7 - 2 Main requester with expression builder 7-2
7 - 3 "Not-built-in" functions of interest 7-5
7 - 3 - 1 Dealing with undefined type functions 7-6
7 - 4 Selecting objects by type 7-6
7 - 5 Extracting style attributes 7-7
7 - 6 Creating and modifying objects 7-8
7 - 7 Altering objects : rotating symbol axis 7-10
7 - 8 Creating series of values 7-11
Appendices
7 - 9 - 1 Object information function : ObjectInfo() 7-15
7 - 9 - 2 Geometric information functions : ObjectGeography() 7-16
ObjectNodeY() ObjectNodeX()
7 - 9 - 5 Creating objects : CreateCIRCLE() CreateLINE() 7-17
CreatePOINT() CreateTEXT()
7 - 9 - 10 Modifying objects : Buffer() Erase() Combine() 7-18
ConvertToPline() ConvertToRegion()
7 - 9 - 15 Defining styles : MakeBRUSH() MakeFONT() MakePEN() 7-20
MakeSYMBOL() MakeCUSTOMSYMBOL() MakeFONTSYMBOL()
7 - 9 - 21 General use functions : RND() Randomize() Time() CurDate() 7-21

8 - REGISTERING A DXF MAP

8 - 1 The situation 8-1
8 - 2 The affine transformation 8-1
8 - 3 Example of parameters computation 8-2
8 - 4 Using the affine clause 8-3
8 - 5 Effects of the affine clause 8-3
8 - 6 Global procedure of registration 8-4
8 - 7 Estimation of the affine parameters - Manual procedure 8-5
8 - 8 Example 1 8-6
8 - 9 Example 2 8-9
8 - 10 Saving affine map in a "target" projection 8-12
8 - 11 Importing multiple maps with the same affine projection 8-12

9 - CELL MAPS
9 - 1 Definition 9-1
9 - 2 Domains of possible uses for cell maps 9-1
9 - 3 Definition of a cell 9-2
9 - 4 Building a cell map 9-3
9 - 5 Point data 9-4
9 - 6 Interpolated data 9-8
9 - 7 Images and pixels 9-10
9 - 8 Surface data 9-12
9 - 9 Varia 9-13
appendices
9A : The DEM files of USGS 9-18
9B : The AFRICA project 9-18
9C : Global Land One-km Base Elevation 9-19
9D : Gridded Population of the World 9-19

10 - MANAGING THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

10 - 1 Controlling elements of the work environment 10-1
10 - 2 Unit systems 10-2
10 - 3 Display of information 10-3
10 - 4 Graphic parameters of objects 10-6
10 - 5 System Windows 10-6
10 - 6 Button pads / tool bars 10-9
10 - 7 Application windows 10-10
10 - 8 Getting the information 10-11
10 - 9 Setting some examples 10-12

11 - MANAGING UTILITIES
11 - 1 Loading a .MBX utility 11-1
11 - 2 Seeing that a utility is loading 11-5
11 - 3 Finding where a utility is loaded 11-7
11 - 4 The workings of UTILITY.MBX 11-9
11 - 5 The workings of Control Centre 11-11
11 - 6 Tool Manager in MiPro4.5 11-15
11 - 7 Unloading utilities 11-17

12 - MANAGING COLORS

12 - 1 Principles and definition 12-1
12 - 2 Conversion between systems 12-2
12 - 3 Predefined colours : the colour palette 12-3
12 - 4 Object colours and palette 12-4
12 - 5 Assigning colours 12-4
12 - 6 Creating colours 12-5
12 - 7 Recycling colours 12-5
12 - 8 Getting information on a colour 12-6
12 - 9 Making a new palette 12-7
12 - 10 Colour selection considerations 12-7
12 - 11 Changing palette colours to new ones 12-8
12 - 12 Utilities for palette colour printing 12-9
12 - 13 Testing new colour schemes 12-10
12 - 14 Colour autospread in thematic maps 12-13
12 - 15 Limitations in colour generation by program instructions 12-15
12 - 16 Empirical settings for a colour printer 13-15

Appendices

A - Sources

B - Calls to MapBasic functions and commands

INDEX

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