PolyMap
is an easy-to-use desktop mapping and geographic presentation software
package for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 to create
thematic and informative maps for presentations.
PolyMap makes it easy to integrate data from all over your organization
and work with data geographically. PolyMap gives you the tools to
graphically map information for your business. Because it works
together with Windows Office Programs, PolyMap lets you easily incorporate
maps into reports, presentations and spreadsheets.
Here's how PolyMap works
PolyMap makes the process of composing maps easier
by giving you a flexible and simple work environment. Use the buildt
in spreadsheet to enter data or paste them from other Windows applications.
PolyMap provides a rich set of features for displaying and printing
maps, and in particular for making the appearance of the map dynamically
dependent on data. Use the Map Presentation Wizard for a step-by-step
process to customize your map and the map's legend. An easy-to-use
labeling feature included in PolyMap offers you to use any spreadsheet
column data for labeling.
Working with Maps and
Data
Use a set of geographic layers in different formats – state
and county boundaries, five-digit ZIP codes, US and state highways,
cities, rivers, lakes – to add details and to create your new
thematic map. State and county boundaries, for instance, can be
'extruded' to 3D prisms, shaded in color, 'sprayed' with a dot-density
distribution, embedded with individual pie and bar charts, or placed
into a matrix for portfolio analysis.
Add custom
points to the map
First time using this command PolyMap creates a new custom map point
layer. If you choose Add Point from the map toolbar, PolyMap displays
the Add Point dialog box, which inserts the new point in the map and
adds a new line in the point spreadsheet.
Clipboard format Enhanced Metafile
included
You can select the Enhanced Metafile format to copy the map window
to the windows clipboard. You can paste the map to any application
that supports the Enhanced Metafile format.
Map print preview feature The Print preview lets you control your map print
output. Full page, Page Width, Header, Footer and zoom factor set
by the user are supported.
Print out your work PolyMap prints the maps and spreadsheets on any
Windows-compatible printer.
Map export to Enhanced Metafile
You can export your maps with all features to an Enhanced Metafile.
Metafiles are the standard method of exchanging vector graphics
(i.e. drawings composed of objects) among Windows programs. Windows
can draw a metafile with a single command, so Windows programs can
easily display a metafile.
Metafiles can also be scaled up or down in size with virtually no
loss of image quality. This is what makes metafiles superior to
bitmap graphics (i.e. images composed of dots).
Microsoft Office 97/2000 programs like PowerPoint, Word and Excel
support the Enhanced Metafile format. Metafiles can be ungrouped,
converted to objects, and then edited with the Office drawing tools.
Customize maps and layers
You can hide or delete layers from a mapset. Selected objects in
the map window or selected rows in the spreadsheet can be deleted
using the Edit Delete command.
Automatic selection between map and
spreadsheet To select a number of objects from a map click
on the desired objects with the Select tool. Do this operation as
often as you want. Each time you do it, the newly chosen object
or objects are added to the current selection set. Click again on
a selected object to remove it from the selection.
To highlight the selected objects in the spreadsheet click on the
"Show selection in spreadsheet tool". All rows of the
selected objects are now shown as selections in the spreadsheet.
In the same way you can manually select entry rows in the spreadsheet
and let PolyMap show the objects in the map window. To highlight
the selected objects in the map click on the "Show selection
in map tool" at the spreadsheet toolbar.
PolyMap
is an easy-to-use desktop mapping and geographic presentation software
package for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 to create
thematic and informative maps for presentations.
