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TransCAD
Creating Maps
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Creating Maps
TransCAD draws maps using data from
geographic files stored on your computer, CD
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ROM, or file server. When you open one or more
geographic files, TransCAD creates a new map
window in which to display the layers.
You can then use commands and tools to change
the geographic area that is shown on the map. You
can also use Create
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a
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Map Wizard
TM
to
automatically select the appropriate geographic
files to display an area of your choosing.
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Creating a Map
TransCAD comes with
dozens of different
geographic files, and
lets you create and use
your own files too.
Each geographic file
contains a number of
map features, or
simply features.
There are three ways that you create a
new map with TransCAD:
Use Create
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a
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Map Wizard
TM
.
TransCAD automatically chooses
the appropriate geographic data
files to display any location of your
choice.
Open an existing map in the Map
Librarian. TransCAD automatically
opens the map for a location of
your choice.
Manually choose one or more
geographic files. TransCAD opens
a new map that displays only the
files that you have chosen.
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Using Create-a-Map WizardTM
Create
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a
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Map Wizard lets you create maps in four
different ways:
General Purpose Map
TransCAD chooses one or more
geographic files based on the area you want to see, and makes a
general purpose map like the ones you might find in a street map,
road atlas, map book, or telephone book.
Open a Geographic File
You choose a geographic file and the
area you want to see, and TransCAD opens the file and zooms to
the desired location.
Map of My Own Data
You choose a dBASE file or other
tabular data file that contains your own data, and TransCAD
looks through the file and figures out how to use the data to
make a map.
Combine Existing Maps
You create a new map by mixing and
matching the layers that appear in your other maps.
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Start Create-a-Map
Wizard
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Using the Map Librarian
When you use the Map Librarian, you
choose:
The map library
A category of maps within the map
library
One or more maps from that category
The marker that sets the map location
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Open Maps with the Map Librarian
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Creating a Map by Opening
Geographic Files
When you open one or more geographic
files, TransCAD creates a new map and
displays features from the files as layers inthe map.
You can open geographic files directly from
one of the TransCAD CDs, from a hard diskor file server, or any combination of these.
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Create a Map by Opening
Geographic Files
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Moving Around a Map
A paper map shows a limited geographicarea. You cannot change the area that is
shown or the size of individual features onthe map.
A TransCAD map, however, is dynamic.You can focus in on any specific area you
want, and change the map so that thefeatures you want to see are shown at thesize you want to see them. You do this by
changing the maps scale and center.
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Scale and Center
Large scale maps make eachfeature look larger, and show asmaller geographic area.
Small scale maps make eachfeature look smaller, and showa larger geographic area.
The center of a map is the
location of the middle point ofthe map.
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Using the Map Locator
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Setting the Scale to a Value
RatioA scale of 1:1,000 means that every feature on the
map is shown at one thousandth of its actual size.
Miles per InchA scale of one inch = 100 miles means that
every inch on the map corresponds to 100 miles on the earth
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Saving, Closing,
and Retrieving
Maps
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Saving and
Retrieving
Workspaces
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Organizing Maps in a Map Library
Libraries is for creating, adding, or
removing map libraries
Contents is for adding, changing, orremoving categories and maps within the
current map library
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Configure Map Libraries
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Change the Contents of a Map Library
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Using other Geographic File Formats
TransCAD provides direct support for these
geographic file formats:
Records with a coordinate for a point, in any
ODBC database
Points, lines, and areas stored in an Oracle
Version 7 (Spatial Data Option) or Version 8i
( Oracle Spatial) database.
ESRI Shapefiles
MapInfo TAB files
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Using ESRI Shapefiles as Map Layers
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