You can use data stored in Excel or CSV files to create
a new map or to add to an open a map or you can copy data into the spreadsheet.
There are two basic ways that you can map your own data:
Locate records in your file as
points on a map: Create-a-Map Wizard has several locate options
that will create a pin map showing the locations of your customers,
stores, or other facilities. If your data include address information,
and you want the maximum precision, you can locate your records to
their precise street address. Otherwise you can pin map your data
to a postal code or a city for slightly less precision.
Show area boundaries with your
data attached: Create-a-Map Wizard has several options for
attaching your data to area layers. Use these options to create a
color theme map showing the total sales in each postal code or a the
number of customers in each state.
For example, given the following Excel file of customer
data that contains address and sales data:
...you can use the address data to locate the records
as points on a map (left) or group the records by postal code to see the
total sales for each postal code (right)
When you create a new map, you have the option of showing
your data with themes. Maptitude Online supports many types of themes
for illustrating the geographic patterns in your data. The types of themes
that you can create depend on the type of layer that you are using and
the type of data. For more information on themes, see Types
of Themes.
When you create a map that locates records in your file
as points on a map, you have the option of performing several types of
analysis on the features. For more information on analyzing point features,
see Types of Analysis.
To Create a New Map Using Your Data
Click the Create Map tab.
Choose My data/table/spreadsheet
from the radio list.
Drag an Excel or CSV file to the Drop
file or click here to upload box, click the click here link and
choose an Excel or CSV file that contains the data to be mapped, or
manually enter address information and/or longitude and latitude information
in the spreadsheet and add any additional fields of data.
If you uploaded an Excel file that contains more than one worksheet,
choose the sheet that contains the data to be mapped.
Click Next and follow the
Create-a-Map Wizard prompts to specify the type of map, theme, analysis,
and to name the map.
On the Address Fields
tab verify the fields that Maptitude Online found in the file
that can be used for mapping.
On the Type of Map
tab choose how to map your data. The options listed will depend
upon the fields in your data. Choose one of the "Locate"
options to geocode (pin map) each record in your data as a point
feature on the map or choose to "show" your data aggregated
to an area layer in the map.
On the Add Theme tab
choose whether to show a theme using your data. The options will
depend upon the type of map that you chose in the previous tab.
Choose what fields to use for the theme and choose a field to
use to label the features. For more information on themes, see
Types of Themes.
On the Add Analysis
tab choose a type of analysis. This option is only available if
you chose to geocode your data. For more information, see Types
of Analysis. Make choices as follows:
To do
this...
Do this...
Locate the features with no additional
analysis
Choose None
Build buffers around all of the features
Choose Buffers
from the radio list, specify the buffer sizes and
units, choose whether to create merged or separate buffers,
and choose whether to calculate a population overlay for
the buffers. See Buffers
for more information.
Build areas of influence around all
of the features
Choose Areas
of Influence from the radio list and choose whether
to calculate a population overlay for the areas. See Areas of Influence for more
information.
Find the weighted center of all of
the features
Choose Weighted
Center from the radio list and choose a weighting
field from the list. See Weighted
Center for more information.
On the Map Name tab:
Enter a name for the map
Click Finish.
Maptitude Online creates the map, switches to the Maps tab, and adds the map as a
new card that you can now view.
TIP:
You can also create buffers, areas of influence, and weighted
centers for a filtered set of features instead of all of the features
in a layer. See Working
with Selected Features in a Map for more information on working
with filtered sets.
Creating a Map Showing Specific
Boundaries
You can create a map that examines the demographics
for any location in the United States. You choose the geographic level
(e.g., ZIP Code, County, State), the Census data fields of interest, and
how to display the data thematically for any location you choose.
For example, you could choose to map counties and create
a map that contains a color theme illustrating the median home value in
every county in Florida (below left) or you could choose to map 5-digit
ZIP Codes and create a map that shows a chart theme illustrating the share
of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing in every ZIP Code in San
Francisco (below right).
To Create a New Map Showing Specific Boundaries
Click the Create Map tab.
Choose Boundaries (ZIP Codes,
States, etc.) with or without Demographics from the radio
list.
Click Next and follow the
Create-a-Map Wizard prompts:
On the Choose Layer tab,
choose a the layer that you want to show in the map and
click Next.
On the Choose Fields tab,
choose up to 12 of the available demographic fields by checking
the box next to a field in the scroll list. All of the available
fields will be listed in the scroll list. You can choose to filter
the fields by category from the drop-down list or enter a few
characters in the Filter box to find fields that contain the characters
that you enter. Click Next
when you are done.
On the Choose Theme
tab, choose whether to show a theme using one or more of the demographic
fields that you chose in the previous step (see Types
of Themes for more information). To label the map features,
choose a field to use for the labels from the Display
Labels drop-down list. Click Next
when you are done.
On the Zoom To
tab, specify a location to display when the map is first created
and click Next.
On the Map Name tab,
enter a name for the map.
Click Finish.
Maptitude Online creates the map, switches to the Maps tab, and adds the map as a
new card that you can now view.
To Modify the Fields in a Layer
Open a map that contains one of the standard boundary layers.
Choose Layers on
the sidebar.
Click +
next to the layer of interest and click .
Check the boxes next to any additional fields you want to
include in the map or click X
next to fields you want to drop.
Layers on
the sidebar.
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