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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 5 1 TABLES .............................................................................................................................................. 7
1.1 Formats and Data Sources ................................................................................................................. 7 1.1.1 Vectorial Data ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.2 Raster images ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.3 Grids ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1.4 DBMS Connections (ODBC and Oracle Spatial).................................................................................... 7 1.1.5 Map Tile Servers .................................................................................................................... 8
1.2 Content ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.1 Table Names ........................................................................................................................ 9 1.2.2 Fields ................................................................................................................................ 9 1.2.3 Seamless Tables ..................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.4 Selections and Dynamic Joins .................................................................................................... 10
1.3 Projections ................................................................................................................................ 11 2 WINDOWS ........................................................................................................................................ 13
2.1 Map Windows ............................................................................................................................ 13 2.2 Legend Windows.......................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Layout Windows .......................................................................................................................... 14 2.4 Graph Windows ........................................................................................................................... 14 2.5 Browser Windows ........................................................................................................................ 14 2.6 Redistrict Windows ....................................................................................................................... 14
3 MAPS .............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Layers Content ............................................................................................................................ 15
3.1.1 Symbols............................................................................................................................ 16 3.1.2 Lines ............................................................................................................................... 16 3.1.3 Regions/Polygons ................................................................................................................. 18 3.1.4 Text ................................................................................................................................ 18 3.1.5 Raster Images ..................................................................................................................... 18
3.2 Layer Control Options .................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.1 Cosmetic Layer .................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.2 Group Layers ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.3 Visibility ........................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.4 Edition Mode ...................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.5 Selection Mode ................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.6 Automatic Labels ................................................................................................................. 20 3.2.7 Display Options ................................................................................................................... 21
3.3 Thematics ................................................................................................................................. 22 3.3.1 Thematic Type .................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.2 Data Source ....................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.3 Thematic Parameters ............................................................................................................. 23
3.4 Labels ...................................................................................................................................... 29 3.4.1 Source ............................................................................................................................. 29 3.4.2 Display ............................................................................................................................. 29 3.4.3 Text Style .......................................................................................................................... 30
3.5 Projections ................................................................................................................................ 31
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INTRODUCTION Here are a few recommendations addressing the MapInfo user who wishes to share his maps on mapworkspace. As
mapworkspace does not support every MapInfo option and function, this document will guide the MapInfo user to
work more efficiently and avoid a certain number of problems.
These recommendations concern three aspects of a MapInfo work session: the tables (formats and content), the
windows (map windows, graph windows, browser windows, layout windows and legends) and the map itself
(layers, thematics and labels). We invite you to follow these recommendations in order to optimize your map's
performances and ensure the integrity of your MapInfo® workspace.
We invite you to pay special attention to the following items:
1. Avoid the use of spaces, accented or special characters in file and column names;
2. Use native MapInfo tables or Vertical Mapper grids;
3. Use no selections or dynamic links;
4. Use properly registered raster images;
5. Reduce as much as possible the number of different projections used in your maps;
6. Display a map window which dimensions correspond as closely as possible to the one you are about to
deploy in mapworkspace, to preserve your map's interactivity;
7. Avoid storing information in the cosmetic layer. If needed, save it to a MapInfo native table;
8. Make effective use of zoom layering on layers and labels;
9. Use automatic labelling, based on simple expressions.
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1 TABLES
Tables opened and used by the workspace must absolutely follow these few rules.
1.1 Formats and Data Sources
1.1.1 Vectorial Data
MapInfo tables should be composed of .tab, .map, .id and .dat files, with or without an .ind (index) file.
Only .dat descriptive data file formats should be used. Other formats such as .dbf, .txt, .wk1, .xls or .mdb
should never be associated with the workspace.
ESRI Shape files (.SHP) included in a MapInfo workspace may be published with your map.
1.1.2 Raster images
Raster image supported formats are:
gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .tif, .tiff, .bmp, .grc, .grd, .mig et .jp2.
Raster images must be properly registered.
1.1.3 Grids
The MapInfo thematic grids (.mig) are fully supported. Values associated to these thematics may be displayed
when using the Information and Legend tools.
The Vertical Mapper numerical and classified grids are supported (.GRD or .GRC), but with a restriction:
The Information and Legend tool do not allow displaying the information related to a classified or
numerical grid.
1.1.4 DBMS Connections (ODBC and Oracle Spatial)
Workspaces using database connections (ODBC or Oracle Spatial,) cannot be published on mapworkspace.
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1.1.5 Map Tile Servers
Recent MapInfo Professional versions allow the integration of Bing Maps and Open StreetMap (OSM) map tile
server data into your maps.
If you are using one or many OSM tile server layers in your MapInfo workspace, you can publish it on
mapworkspace. However, the layer(s) will be systematically moved to the bottom of you map. Moreover, zoom
layering, transparency and translucency settings will be deactivated.
On the other hand, mapworkspace does not allow access to Bing Maps tile server layers. Your map should not
contain any such layer or it would be blocked at publication.
Also, be aware that as mapworkspace does not support multiple occurrences of the same map tile server layer, if
your map contains two OSM layers, then the resulting mapworkspace map will contain only one OSM layer.
Projection
All maps published on mapworkspace and containing an OSM map tile server layer will be automatically
reprojected into Popular Visualization CRS for Google (EPSG : 3857). However, reprojection of raster grids and
images and of non-earth coordinates is not supported. If you are using such data, you must transpose your data in
this projection before publishing your workspace on mapworkspace. Otherwise, you will not be able to benefit
from this functionality.
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1.2 Content
1.2.1 Table Names
As usual, file names must only contain alphanumerical characters (no accent, space or special character).
1.2.2 Fields
Field names must only contain alphanumerical characters. Do not use any accent, space or special
character.
LOGICAL fields are not fully supported. In fact, although a workspace containing one or many fields of
logical type can be published without problem, such type of data should not serve as a data source for a
MapInfo thematic map. Such thematic may display with errors on mapworkspace.
“DATE” field types can be used, but may not work correctly in the following circumstances:
Tooltips and Information tool will not work on this layer.
Thematics may not display correctly.
“TIME” and “DATE/TIME” fields are not supported and will be blocked at publication.
1.2.3 Seamless Tables
Seamless tables are supported following the restrictions hereafter:
When creating seamless tables:
All base tables composing the seamless table should be saved in the same directory as the seamless table;
The "No Path" option must absolutely be checked in the Seamless Manager Preferences.
When using seamless tables in MapInfo:
mapworkspace will be unable to use a seamless table if its base tables are not present in the MapInfo
workspace. In consequence, you must open then in a “No View” mode. Proceeding this way will ensure
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that even though they will remain invisible in the layer control, they can be called individually at any time
with the Info tool.
1.2.4 Selections and Dynamic Joins
SQL queries are not supported. If you wish to keep your query results and use them in your mapworkspace maps,
they should be saved in a MapInfo native format (*.TAB). Use MapInfo’s File/Save Copy As option.
A table must not contain any column resulting from a dynamic join between two tables or fields. Such a column is
only temporary and cannot be used by mapworkspace. When using the Table/Update Column/Join function, make
sure to update a pre-existing column and to save this new column in making a copy of the table (File/Save Table or
Save Copy As).
Not supported
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1.3 Projections
It is important to reduce the number of different projections used for the various tables layered in a map. The
more different projections are used, the more time will be necessary to display the map. Moreover, the use of too
many projections can, at greater scale, reduce the display precision. This can be observed both in MapInfo and
mapworkspace.
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2 WINDOWS
It is important that only one map window be opened at a time in the workspace while mapworkspace will use only
one. Please note that mapworkspace considers as opened even a reduced window ( ) and will
select by default the first map window it encounters in the .WOR file.
2.1 Map Windows
To preserve the appearance of your MapInfo map, you must make sure that your map window’s width and height
correspond to mapworkspace’s map window’s size. You should always keep in mind that the view you see in your
map window when saving the workspace will be the initial view at start-up in mapworkspace. Although
mapworkspace remembers the MapInfo view settings (zoom level and x,y center coordinates), these parameters
are related to the window’s size. In consequence of which, the effect will not be the same if the window’s size is
different, and your map’s initial view might be entirely different. Make sure that your MapInfo map window’s size
is adjusted to the mapworkspace settings in order to avoid this.
To adjust with precision your map window’s width and height, you can type a line of command of this form in your
MapBasic window:
Set Window FrontWindow() Width x Units "pt";
Set Window FrontWindow() Height x Units "pt".
(Point units quite resemble pixel units as used in mapworkspace)
The Map/Change view option and the button in the toolbar can both allow you to precisely set the(x,y) center
of your map window and the zoom level.
2.2 Legend Windows
Both the cartographic and thematic legends are supported by mapworkspace, although if two legends are used in
one map, a thematic and a cartographic, mapworkspace will use the cartographic legend as the default.
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2.3 Layout Windows
Layout windows are not supported in mapworkspace.
2.4 Graph Windows
Graph windows are not supported in mapworkspace.
2.5 Browser Windows
Browser windows are not supported in mapworkspace.
2.6 Redistrict Windows
Redistrict windows are not supported in mapworkspace.
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3 MAPS
3.1 Layers Content
Layers may contain :
points ;
lines ;
polygons.
text.
Object collections :
Supported Not supported
Multi polygons X
Multi lines / polylines X
Multi points X
Multiple object types X
- Raster images (see section 1.1.2 for a list of supported formats).
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3.1.1 Symbols
Symbol Types
All MapInfo symbols are supported.
Custom symbols can be used only if they are applied in the workspace as Style Override (Menu Map > Layer
Control > Display > Style Override) or by way of a thematic (Menu Map > Create Thematic Map).
Symbol Style
Background borders are supported only if applied as an override (Map menu > Layer Control > Display > Style
Override) or by way of a thematic (Map menu > Create Thematic Map).
3.1.2 Lines
Line Style
Linear objects can be of any color, style and width. It is recommended to fix line width with pixels for better
results.
Some line styles are not supported. See table below for details.
Background Border Supported only if applied as an override or by way
of a thematic.
Fonts All MapInfo fonts
supported.
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The following option is not supported:
Intervealed effect
The following highlighted line styles are not supported. Also note that the more complex a line gets, the more
chances there are that it will lose display quality as the width of the line increases.
Legend :
: Unsupported line style
Some line styles not supported, see details in
table below.
Intervealed effect Option not supported.
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3.1.3 Regions/Polygons
Regions Geometry
The more complex a region (polygon) gets, the more it can cause undetermined effects to the display quality and
lengthen the display delay. The use of MapInfo 6.5 (or later version) Generalize function can be a solution to
simplifying polygonal objects.
Region Style
All fill patterns and colors are supported.
Border styles follow the same restrictions as line styles (See previous page).
Transparency effect is fully supported all the time.
Use of fill patterns with or without transparency is supported all the time.
Border styles follow the same restrictions as lines (see corresponding section of this guide).
3.1.4 Text
Text Style
All text display styles are supported if they are applied directly to the text objects and not simply as an override.
3.1.5 Raster Images
Raster images are supported, although any style modification made through the layer control is not
supported. This includes transparency, translucency, and greyscale conversion. The use of these
display parameters will not prevent publication or map display; they simply will not be applied.
For better performance, we recommend that the same projection is used for the map window and for
each individual table as the one that is used for the raster image.
Please note that if you want to use the Google base map in mapworkspace, all raster images must be
re-projected in « Popular Visualisation CRS (EPSG : 3857) » prior to being used in mapworkspace.
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3.2 Layer Control Options
3.2.1 Cosmetic Layer
The cosmetic layer will not be rendered in mapworkspace. It must be kept cleared and not be in Edition mode.
3.2.2 Group Layers
New MapInfo 10.0 group layer option is not supported in mapworkspace. Although you can publish a workspace
that uses the group layers, it will not be applied in mapworkspace and each layer will be displayed independently
in the layer control.
Display and Label Options : Supported under the
conditions mentioned in corresponding sections.
Hotlink Options : Supported under the conditions mentioned in the corresponding section (4.1).
Cosmetic Layer : Not supported
Group Layers : Not supported, the
layers will display individually.
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3.2.3 Visibility
Layers visibility parameters will remain as defined in the MapInfo workspace, including the zoom layering settings.
Note that proper use of zoom layering will increase the performances of a mapworkspace map (Display time).
3.2.4 Edition Mode
The Edition mode is not available within mapworkspace. It is recommended not to keep any layer in the Edition
mode.
3.2.5 Selection Mode
This option is supported and the parameters will remain as defined in the MapInfo workspace. The mapworkspace
Information tool will work only on selectable layers.
3.2.6 Automatic Labels
Automatic labels are supported and will respect the labels parameters as set in the MapInfo workspace. See the
corresponding section of this guide for details.
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3.2.7 Display Options
The following display options are not supported:
Style Override for raster images and grids;
Show line direction, nodes and centroïds.
Show line direction,
nodes and centroïds Options not supported.
Stacked Style :
Supported.
Style Override Options
… for vector objects : Supported under the further
mentioned restrictions according to each object
type. See the corresponding
section of this guide.
… for raster images
and grids: Options not supported
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3.3 Thematics
3.3.1 Thematic Type
mapworkspace supports the following types of thematic representations:
Ranges;
Bar Charts;
Pie Charts;
Graduated Symbols;
Individual Values;
Grid.
3.3.2 Data Source
Logical fields must not be used in the creation of any kind of MapInfo thematic map. It would not be
displayed correctly in mapworkspace.
A thematic should not refer to anything else but a unique field. Operations between tables or fields
(Expression… or Join…) are not recognized by mapworkspace.
References to an ODBC (Open Data Base Connexion) should not be used.
Bi-varied thematics are not supported.
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3.3.3 Thematic Parameters
Number of columns: Legend display in only one column is supported. Legend display in two or more
columns is not supported.
Display order of legend elements: only the ascending and descending modes are supported. Definition of
a custom order is not supported.
Swatch Size: Only the default value – Font Size – is supported.
Number of columns Display in more than
one column is not supported.
Display Order Custom display order
not supported.
Swatch Size The Font Size option only is supported.
See the corresponding sections of this guide.
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3.3.3.1 Objects Style
Symbols :
The same restrictions apply as described in the previous section.
Lines :
The same restrictions apply as described in the previous section.
Regions :
The same restrictions apply as described in the previous section.
3.3.3.2 Style and Setting Options
Ranges
The following restrictions apply :
Style Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.
Apply Color Option not supported.
Replace Layer Style This option is not
supported.
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Bar Charts
The following restrictions apply :
Style: Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.
Independent scales :
Option not supported.
Stacked data : Option not supported.
Pen and brush style: Default values supported only.
Logarithmic Transformation: Option not supported.
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Pie Charts
The following restrictions apply :
Graduated Symbols
The following restrictions apply :
Style: Supported under conditions mentioned in
the previous sections. For better performance,
the use of MapInfo symbols is
recommended.
Half Pies Option not supported.
Style: Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.
Border style Only the default value is supported (black border, 1 pix.).
Logarithmic Transformation Option not supported.
Logarithmic Transformation Option not supported.
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Individual Values
The following restrictions apply :
Style Supported under conditions mentioned in previous sections.
Apply Color Option not supported.
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Grid
The following restrictions apply :
Interpolation mode: Both IDW and TIN modes are supported. On the other hand, legend values of an IDW
interpolation will not be displayed properly.
It is important to make sure not to modify the original thematic since any subsequent modification with the
Modify Thematic Map option of the Map menu will be ignored. In order to modify a grid and be sure that all
the data will be kept during the transfer to mapworkspace, the .GRID file must be created anew by starting the
interpolation process over entirely (Map Menu > Thematics).
3.3.3.3 Legend
Title Font: Option not supported.
Subtitle Font:
Option not supported.
Label Font: Option not supported.
Show this Range / Show Record Count: Options not supported.
Border Style: Option not supported.
.
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3.4 Labels
3.4.1 Source
The label source may be :
A field ;
A simple expression using the operators and following functions :
concatenation (+) between two CHARACTER fields;
insertion of a carriage return : Chr$(13) ;
insertion of a chain of characters.
As an example, the following expression is supported:
Where NOM, STATUT and POPULATION are field names. Display
3.4.2 Display
These label display options are not supported:
Label Line;
Maximum number of labels;
When overlap occurs, try other positions;
Curved labels may extend beyond line by … ;
Label partial objects.
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3.4.3 Text Style
All text styles are supported
Label Line or Arrow Not supported.
Text Style Restrictions apply as
mentioned in the previous section.
Label Partial Objects Not supported.
Max. number of labels Not supported.
When overlap occurs try other positions
Option non supportée
Curved Labels may extend beyond line by … Not supported.
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3.5 Projections
The projection used to display your map (Map > Options > Projections) should as much as possible correspond to
the projection of the tables. As mentioned in a previous section, the more different projections are used, the more
time will be necessary to display and redraw the map. Moreover, the use of too many projections can, at greater
scale, reduce the display precision. This can be observed both in MapInfo and mapworkspace.
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