The following example describes how to geocode a file called CheeseShops.tab,
which contains the addresses of cheese shops in the UK. The process described can be
adapted script to geocode the data for your customers, potential customers or competitors.
- Select Options > Preferences > Address Matching from the MapInfo Pro Main menu.
- The Address Matching Preferences dialog box is displayed. Select
Numbers before street name to reflect UK address
formatting.
- Click OK.
- Open CheeseShops.TAB.Note: MapInfo Pro can directly read files formatted in tab, dBASE/FoxBASE, Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and Delimited ASCII. If your file is in a different format, save the file Delimited ASCII format and open it using that format. For more information on the Open File dialog, see the MapInfo Pro documentation.
- Open the Linked Address file, gbrix.tab.
- Select Table > Geocode from the MapInfo Pro Main menu.
- The Geocode dialog box is displayed. Select CheeseShops from the Geocode Table drop-down list.
- The first column in the CheeseShops table is used as the default column in the using Column drop-down list. The first column in this example is named Address, so no change is necessary. Select gbrix from the Search Table drop-down list.
- The first column in the gbrix table is used as the default column in the
for Objects in Column drop-down. The first column in this example is
named St_Num and so, once more, no change is necessary. Select
Automatic in the Mode frame and click
OK.Note: The options in the bottom frame of the Geocode dialog box, with the exception of Symbol, are used in conjunction with refining tables. Refer to MapInfo Pro documentation for further information about the use of refining tables.
- MapInfo Pro attempts to match the addresses in your database with an address in the Linked Address file. When a match is found, the corresponding X and Y coordinates are assigned to the address.
- Once the operation is complete, MapInfo Pro displays the associated statistics.
If you have any unmatched records, select Interactive in the
Mode frame and try again.
- Click OK.
- Open the Layer Control dialog box.
- Click Add.
- Select CheeseShops.
- Click OK to add CheeseShops to the Map window.