Hi Andrew Open your Excel table in MapInfo and save a copy with a different filename (or in a different folder). Close the original table and open the copy. This will be editable.
Make your data table mappable (Table>Maintenance>Table structure) and set the projection to match the map. Now add the data table to the map as a layer (Layer Control> Layer - Add) and make it editable. You will now have your data table as an empty layer in the map. Arrange the two windows side-by-side. Choose a symbol style, then click a row in the data table. Click the map window Title Bar (to make it the active window), click the symbol tool in the Tools toolbox and then click on the map to place the symbol. This row will now have a symbol associated with it. Repeat the process until complete! The important thing is to select a data row FIRST, then add the symbol to the map. If you want to check for any missed records, you can query the data table, using a simple select, with not obj as the condition. This will display a browser with any records which do not have a symbol. regards Nigel On Thu, 19 May 2005 12:04:16 +0100 Andrew Tracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All > > I currently have a excel sheet containing some crime data without any X Y > coordinates. What I want to be able to do is create a MapInfo table with the > data in and the just highlight the data row and create a point on the map for > the data. Is this possible to do (as when you just input raw data the table > is > not mapable). > > I currently have the same table in access and have created the MapInfo map > catalogue but when I download the data it says the table cannot be edited. > Has > anybody any ideas? > > The theory is to associate a point with a crime and then I will extract > coordinates for each crime. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Andrew Tracey > Information Support Officer > Corporate Information > Corporate Development > South Tyneside Council > Westoe Road > South Shields > NE33 2RL > > Tel: 0191 4247561 > E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************************************************************************************************ > > ************************************************************************************************ > Please do not print this e-mail if you can help it - and help protect the > environment. > ************************************************************************************************ > This Message may contain confidential information and is protected by > copyright. > If you receive it in error please notify us and delete it without making use > of > or copying it. The addressee and other employees within the Council may read > and copy any e-mail reply to this message and other e-mails you send to us. > Whilst we use virus checking procedures we accept no liability for viruses > and > recipients must rely on their own virus checking procedures. > ************************************************************************************************ > The Council's web site address is www.southtyneside.info > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To > unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message > number: 16530 > > __________________________________ Nigel N James Map Room Bodleian Library Broad St Oxford OX1 3BG UK tel : +44 1865 277013 fax : +44 1865 277139 Visit the award-winning Map Room Home Page at: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 16531
