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    Introduction to TransCADMurtaza Haider

    [email protected]: 416.979.5000, ext. 2480

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    TRANSCAD

    The only true comprehensive, transportation GIS

    System

    A true vector-based GIS with comprehensive

    mapping capabilities

    Extensive econometric ability for travel demand

    modeling, (UTMS)

    Matrix-based Object Oriented Programming

    Language Closest rival EMME/2, Vissum

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    TransCAD Screen

    Everything is contained in a main window

    Data are shown and controlled in one or more

    windows

    There are often several ways to perform a command

    Status information and help are always available

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    Example: The Screen

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    TransCAD Menus, Toolbar and Toolboxes

    Menus: list all the TransCAD commands

    Toolbar: buttons for frequently used commands

    Toolboxes: contain tools for general and specific

    needs

    Commands or tools are gray when they cannot be

    used

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    Example: Menus, Toolbar and Toolboxes

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    TransCAD Dialog Boxes

    Menu commands ending with three dots (...) have

    dialog boxes

    Some dialog box buttons take you to additional

    dialog boxes

    You can use defaults settings or change any of the

    options

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    Example: Dialog Boxes

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    Help Is Available Several Ways

    Balloon help appears if you leave the cursor over a

    button

    Status bar shows brief help and other information

    Context-sensitive, on-line help by pressing the F1

    key or using the Help menu

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    Types of Windows

    Map: an electronic version of a paper map

    View: two kinds:

    Dataview: to view and edit tables of data from geographicfiles, databases or spreadsheets

    Matrix view: to view and edit values in a matrix Figure: a window containing a chart or other

    graphic

    Layout: presentations with maps, views and figures,

    plus freehand text and other items

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    Example: Three Types of Windows

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    Workspaces Save All Open Windows

    You can save more than one window

    You can save windows of different types

    Workspaces are good ways to organize projects

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    Designing Maps and Creating Themes

    Goal: Understand the parts of a map and how to use

    them to:

    Organize your data

    Study relationships

    Present information

    Get your point across clearly

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    Example: Map

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    Example: Layers

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    Basics: Map Features

    Definition: entities such as customers, rivers, cities,

    states, and roads, that are displayed as points, lines

    or areas on a map

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    Example: Map Features

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    Basics: Saving and Retrieving Maps

    All the information needed to recreate a map is

    saved in a .MAP file

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    Example: Saving and Retrieving Maps

    File-Save

    File-Save As

    File-Open

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    Basics: Printing a Map

    You can print a map directly, or place it in a layout

    and print the layout

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    Example: Printing a Map

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    Quick Start: Overview

    Step-by-step tutorial, showing basics in action

    In this Quick Start we will create a map and move

    around it

    We are just touching the surface of what TransCAD

    can do

    In-depth sections will go into more detail

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    Moving around the Map: Zoom In

    Click in the main toolbox to activate the Zoom In

    tool.

    Click in the middle of the map. TransCAD redraws

    the map at twice the scale.

    Drag a rectangle around Boston. TransCADenlarges the Boston area to fill the map.

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    Moving around the Map: Zoom Out

    Click to activate the Zoom Out tool.

    Click in the middle of the map. TransCAD redraws

    the map at half the scale, with Boston still in the

    middle.

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    Moving around the Map: Pan

    Click to activate the Pan tool.

    Drag Boston to one corner of the window and

    release the mouse button. TransCAD redraws the

    map in the new location.

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    Moving around the Map

    Choose Map-Previous Scale. TransCAD redraws

    the map as it was before you used the Pan tool.

    Choose Map-Previous Scale again. TransCAD

    redraws the map as it was before you used the

    Zoom Out tool. Choose Map-Initial Scale. TransCAD redraws the

    map as it was when you started.

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    Saving a Map

    Choose File-Save or click on the toolbar.

    Choose a writeable drive and then create

    TCW\TUTORIAL subdirectory.

    Enter MYFIRST as the map name and click OK.

    TransCAD saves the map.

    Choose File-Close to close the map.

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    Retrieving a Map

    Choose File-Open or click on the toolbar, and

    choose MYFIRST.MAP from the

    TCW\TUTORIAL subdirectory.

    Click OK. TransCAD opens and displays the map,

    as it was when you saved it.

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    Printing a Map

    Choose File-Print or click on the toolbar.

    Choose Landscape from the Orientation drop-down

    list and check the other printer settings.

    Click Print. TransCAD prints the map.

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    Returning to a Previous Scale and Center

    Map-Previous Scale command: use scale and center

    from before the last change

    Map-Initial Scale command: use scale and center

    from when map was created or last saved. Style and

    other changes shown Map-Snapshot command: shows how the map

    looked when last saved. Subsequent style and other

    changes not shown

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    How Map Features Are Organized

    Grouped into layers, stored in files

    Layer can be points, lines or areas

    Layers can be visible or not

    Visible layers are drawn in order Working layer is one shown in layer list

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    Changing a Map's Layers

    Click for Layers dialog box:

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    Renaming a Layer

    Rename Layer dialog box:

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    Printing a Map

    Click for Print Map dialog box:

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    Basics: Style

    Definition: The colors, patterns, symbols and lines

    that are used to draw map features

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    Example: Style

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    Example: Label

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    Basics: Freehand Item

    Definition: a point, line, shape, symbol, bitmap, or

    text item that is drawn using the freehand tools.Freehand items may be moved or edited with the

    pointer tool

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    Example: Freehand Item

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    L b li F t i M

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    Labeling Features in a Map

    Click on the toolbar; click Add Layer.

    From TCW\TUTORIAL choose the file

    NES_PLC.CDF, then click OK.

    Click on the toolbar to display the Labels dialog

    box.

    Choose City from the Field drop-down list.

    Click OK. TransCAD labels the places with their

    names.

    I D th U i St l

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    In Depth: Using Styles

    Styles for points, lines, areas and the map

    background each have their own dialog box

    Two ways to changes styles (and labels) for a layer:

    Choose the layer from the drop-down list on the toolbar

    and click

    Click to get the Layers dialog box and click Style

    L b li F t i M

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    Labeling Features in a Map

    Labels identify map features

    You can use any data field as a label

    Labels can be:

    Automatic: TransCAD decides how to place the labels,

    and which features are labeled

    Manual: you decide how to place the labels, and which

    features to label. The labels become and act like freehand

    text

    A t ti L b l

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    Automatic Labels

    Click for Labels dialog box:

    M l L b l

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    Manual Labels

    Click for Manual Label dialog box:

    N t U i M l L b l

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    Notes on Using Manual Labels

    If you zoom in to a larger scale, manual labels get

    bigger; if you zoom out, they get smaller

    More automatic labels may appear as you zoom in

    Add manual labels to unlabeled features as a last

    step to touch up a map design

    Q i k St t U i F h d It #1

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    Quick Start: Using Freehand Items #1

    Click in the main toolbox to activate the Text

    tool.

    Drag a rectangle on the map where you want the

    text, type your name and press Enter.

    Click in the main toolbox to activate the Pointertool.

    Using Freehand Items #2

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    Using Freehand Items #2

    Click on the text to select it.

    Click on one of the editing handles in a corner and

    drag it to change the size of the text. The text is

    redrawn at the new size.

    Click anywhere inside the text, but not on one of thehandles, and drag the text to a new location.

    Using Freehand Items #3

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    Using Freehand Items #3

    Drag the rotation handle to rotate the text.

    Double-click on the text to display the Freehand

    Text dialog box.

    Change the color to blue, the font to Times New

    Roman and the size to 24, then click OK.TransCAD redraws the text.

    Press the Delete key to delete the selected freehand

    items.

    In Depth: Drawing Tools

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    In Depth: Drawing Tools

    Symbol tool

    Line tool

    Polygon tool

    Rectangle tool

    Circle tool

    More Drawing Tools

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    More Drawing Tools

    Text tool

    Bitmap tool

    North arrow tool

    Working with Freehand Items

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    Working with Freehand Items

    Pointer tool is used to:

    Select one or more freehand items

    Change the size of a freehand item

    Rotate text or symbol items

    Move freehand items

    Edit freehand items

    More Working with Freehand Items

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    More Working with Freehand Items

    Pointer tool is also used to:

    Align

    freehand

    items:

    Change the order of freehand items

    Make copies of freehand items

    Delete freehand items

    Basics: Theme

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    Basics: Theme

    Definition: a method of illustrating the data that go

    with a map layer. Map themes use color, patterns,charts, or other symbols to illustrate the

    characteristics of map features.

    Example: Color and Pattern Themes

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    Example: Color and Pattern Themes

    Example: Dot Density Theme

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    Example: Dot-Density Theme

    Example: Scaled Symbol Theme

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    Example: Scaled-Symbol Theme

    Example: Pie and Bar Chart Themes

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    Example: Pie and Bar Chart Themes

    Example: Combined Themes

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    Example: Combined Themes

    Basics: Legend

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    Basics: Legend

    Definition: an explanation of the symbols, colors

    and styles used in a map, usually in a box next tothe map.

    Example: Legend

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    Example: Legend

    Quick Start: Retrieving Your Map

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    Quick Start: Retrieving Your Map

    Choose File-Close All to close any windows that

    you have open.

    Choose File-Open or click on the toolbar, and

    choose MYFIRST.MAP from the

    TCW\TUTORIAL subdirectory. Click OK. TransCAD opens and displays your

    Quick Start map.

    Showing and Hiding a Legend

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    Showing and Hiding a Legend

    Click in the toolbar, or else choose Map-Settings

    to display the Map Settings dialog box, check thelegend checkbox and click OK. TransCAD will

    show the legend.

    Click in the toolbar again. TransCAD will hidethe legend.

    Getting Ready to Create a Theme

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    Getting Ready to Create a Theme

    Choose Map-Scale or click in the toolbar to

    display the Map Scale dialog box.

    Click the Show an Entire Layer radio button, choose

    the County layer and click OK. TransCAD redraws

    the map to show the whole County layer. Make sure County shows in the drop-down list in

    the toolbar.

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    Adding Another Theme

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    Adding Another Theme

    Click on the toolbar or choose Map-Dot Density

    to display the Dot Density Theme dialog box.

    Click on White and Shift-click on [Other Race] in

    the Field drop-down list and click OK. TransCAD

    redraws the map with the multi-variable dot-densitytheme and updates the legend.

    Adding a Third Theme

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    Adding a Third Theme

    Click on the toolbar or choose Map-Chart Theme

    to display the Chart Theme dialog box.

    In the Field drop-down list, click on [Mode: Drove

    Alone] and Shift-click on [Mode: Bus], Ctrl-click

    on [Mode: Subway], then click OK. TransCADredraws the map with the pie chart theme and

    updates the legend.

    In Depth: Legends

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    In Depth: Legends

    Click to show or hide legend

    Double-click on legend with the pointer tool

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    About Map Themes

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    Color often used first when exploring data

    Pattern good for black and white printing

    Color and pattern best with negative numbers and

    non-numeric data

    Use chart or dot density to show values for two or

    more fields

    Dont use chart or dot density for percentages, ratios

    or averages

    MapWizard(tm) Instant Mapping

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    Looks over the data

    Creates the theme

    Chooses a design that makes map clear and

    attractive

    To change the designs, choose Edit-Preferences

    Color Themes

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    Click for Color Theme dialog box:

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    Methods for Color and Pattern Themes

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    Equal number of features

    Equal range of values

    Equal area/length

    List of values

    Nested means

    Standard deviation

    Manual

    Manual Theme

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    Click Manual for Manual Theme dialog box:

    Dot-Density Themes

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    y

    Click for Dot-Density Theme dialog box:

    Dot-Density Theme Styles

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    y y

    Click Style for Dot-Density Theme Style dialog

    box:

    Scaled-Symbol Themes

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    y

    Click for Scaled-Symbol Theme dialog box:

    Pie and Bar Chart Themes

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    Click for

    Chart Themedialog box:

    Chart Theme Styles

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