Category Archives: 5. Database working

This is done in 2 main steps. First of all we create a a polygon extract and save this as a .dra file. Then we employ a Utility to Extract the data from the database that it was originally associated … Continue reading →

Although this is not difficult, it can be headache to prepare your data. There are a few steps: Create a database file with attribute data in Excel The first column should be named ‘ID’ corresponding to the ID in Map … Continue reading →

Now that we have a database, certain query options become available.  Before you can query the database, with the data tool, you need to check that the database is hit-able.  To check this option, go the layer submenu and you … Continue reading →

Although we’ve covered this before, it is worth dwelling on how this works in a bit more detail. If you are editing data or creating new data, you can create basic labels as you go OR you can add or … Continue reading →

Up to now we’ve confined ourselves to working with third party data or creating and printing simple polygon or line drawings. Map making comes into its own when using databases.  When using a third party data set we found that … Continue reading →