Use Create Points command located on the SPATIAL tab to create point objects for a database that has X and Y coordinates or longitude/latitude coordinate information. These points can be displayed on a map.
When you do not have coordinates in your table, you can use Geocode to match some other geographic information (such as street address or ZIP Code) against a table that already has graphic objects.
Create Points for Table
Choose the table for which you want to create points. The table must have x and y coordinate information and cannot be read only.
Projection
Click the Projection button to access the Choose Projection dialog box that defaults to the Longitude\Latitude (WGS84) projection. The Projection button is used to choose the coordinate system of the coordinates in the table. When the table already has graphic objects - some rows already have point objects - the coordinate values are treated as native coordinates in whatever projection with which the map was saved. The projection used is the current default table projection preference.
Add to Map
Select how you want to view the point objects:
Icon | Command | Description |
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Current Mapper | Open the table in the current Map window. This is selected by default. | |
New Mapper | Open the table in a new Map window. | |
No View | Open the table without viewing it (adds the table to the Table list in the Explorer window). |
Overwrite points
Select this check box to replace the existing objects in the current map with points based on the data contained in this table. The default is not to overwrite existing points.
using Symbol
Click this box to display the Symbol Style dialog box, which allows you to choose a symbol to represent the points.
Get X coordinates from column
Displays a drop-down list where you specify the column for obtaining X coordinate information.
Multiply (the X coordinates) by
Specify a multiplier for the X coordinate. Multipliers vary depending on the GIS system. You can specify a different multiplier for each coordinate. Coordinates in MapInfo Pro increase up and to the right.
Get Y coordinates from column
Displays a drop-down list where you specify the column for obtaining Y coordinate information.
Multiply (the Y coordinates) by
Specify a multiplier for the Y coordinate.
Display non-numeric fields
Select this check box if the data for creating points is in text fields in the original table. MapInfo Pro attempts to convert the text values to numbers. If the values are not numbers, MapInfo Pro will not create an object for that record. This check box is automatically selected and disabled when the table you have selected does not contain two numeric fields.
OK
Begins the create points process and opens a status dialog showing progress.
Cancel
Discards settings.