Maptitude Classroom Training (USA):

The next scheduled instructor-led training courses will be March 28-30 in Clearwater, FL (USA). The cost is $395 per day or $900 for all three days. Advance registration is required.

The new and updated curriculum reflects the features in the recently released Maptitude 6.0.

Space is limited, so register online as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please call Maptitude Training (USA) at 1-617-527-4700, or send an e-mail to sales@caliper.com.

Maptitude is the best professional mapping software that you can buy. We designed Maptitude to be easy to learn and use, ensuring that you maximize your mapping software investment. Maptitude has Wizards that guide you step-by-step through standard tasks, and ships with a detailed User's Guide that has more than 75 "60-Second Tutorials" to assist you with specific tasks.

The Maptitude Learning Resources pages contain further aids, including a series of videos that demonstrate the core features of Maptitude. If you are new to Maptitude we recommend that you watch all of the tutorials, because they will introduce you to many Maptitude techniques, tools, and procedures.

Caliper also offers several training options:  

 • Instructor-led classroom training
 • Private training
 • Web-based training

Maptitude lets you create territories in a variety of ways (see our new video). In this Tech Tip we will look at how to create merged areas based on selection sets. We will be using the new Maptitude 6.0 Create Districts tool that allows overlapping territories in cases such as where a ZIP Code is shared by two sales regions.

1. Choose the area layer, create a selection set for each district and, if necessary, rename each selection set to the name or number of the district.

2. Choose Tools-Geographic Analysis-Create Districts to display the Create Districts dialog box.

3. Click the radio button to create districts based on selection sets on an area layer.

4. Type the name of the new layer in the District Layer Name edit box.

5. Choose the layer with the selection sets from the Source Layer drop-down list.

6. Highlight one or more selection sets in the Selection Sets scroll list.

7. If you want to compute the attributes of the districts, check Compute Attributes. If you want to change the way the attributes are computed, click Attributes; for more information, see Combining Attributes.

8. If you want to add the new layer to the map, check Add district layer to map.

9. Click OK. Maptitude displays the Save As dialog box. Type a file name for the new geographic file, and click Save. Maptitude creates the district layer and, if you chose to do so, adds it to the current map, or creates a new map.