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A little bit of fun from the Jimmy Kimmel show: Can you name a country on a map?

Posted By Tom Probert 07-13-2018 11:45
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The Jimmy Kimmel show asked passers-by to name a country (any country) on a map of the world. The result is predictable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRh1zXFKC_o In fairness, they do edit together the best answers (or lack thereof) but I think it is fair to say this is a reflection on the teaching ...

RE: Map Contest Submission - Location Analytics - Crime Analysis in Toronto

Posted By Tom Probert 11-10-2017 17:18
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The page layout is very nicely done. - Tom

RE: Map Contest Submission - Location Analytics - Road Crash Hot Spots / Patterns

Posted By Tom Probert 11-03-2017 13:25
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Thumbs up for the animated GIF. Nicely done. - Tom

RE: Map Contest Submission - Maps for society - Elephants in Australia

Posted By Tom Probert 11-03-2017 13:17
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Ian, Nice map and nice investigative reporting. Are you sharing this with any news organisations? I really like that you put a football pitch as a reference. That really makes it easy to understand. Tom

RE: Mapping Contest-Maps for Commerce-Market Analysis for Tesla Dealerships in Toronto

Posted By Tom Probert 11-02-2017 04:20
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Karl, This is really good. I have two questions and one comment. What version of MI Pro are you using? And how did you create those graphs? Is that the built in graphing from the 32 bit versions? The comment is that when you have regions of widely varying size (as in the Population that Drive map) ...

RE: Map Contest Submission: Maps for Commerce - "Bullseye Map"

Posted By Tom Probert 11-01-2017 17:56
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RE: Map Contest Submission: Maps for Commerce - "Bullseye Map"

Posted By Tom Probert 11-01-2017 17:56
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Im continuing to explore ways to map progress towards a goal. The first examples below are called a Thermometer map. This was created by overlaying one Bar chart map upon another. Creating a legend for this can be a little tricky if you want to overlay them too. I did that for one of the maps. You ...

RE: Map Contest Submission - Maps for Society - Topography & Cycling Levels

Posted By Tom Probert 11-01-2017 16:02
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Hello Gurj, Nicely done! Are you in the @MUGUKI MapInfo UK and Ireland? ? Ill bet they would like to see this presented at one of their meetings. Is the DfT data available to the general public? Thanks for sharing this. Tom Probert

Mapping Contest - Maps for Fun - Tribute to Andy Warhol

Posted By Tom Probert 10-29-2017 22:56
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A tribute to Andy Warhol. This really was done for fun. I took advantage of the powerful raster grid coloring capabilities to create a set of nine map images which take their color scheme from Andy Warhols famous self portrait. My method was to take an screen capture of each portrait, copy and ...

Mapping Contest - Maps for Fun - Tribute to Andy Warhol

Posted By Tom Probert 10-29-2017 22:56
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RE: Map Contest Submission - MAPS FOR FUN - Australia Road Network

Posted By Tom Probert 10-29-2017 18:44
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Very nice color contrast. Really like this.

RE: Map Contest Submission: Maps for Commerce - "Bullseye Map"

Posted By Tom Probert 10-29-2017 15:32
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RE: Map Contest Submission: Maps for Commerce - "Bullseye Map"

Posted By Tom Probert 10-29-2017 15:32
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Here is another way to show progress towards a goal. I call this a Meter Map. I used a half pie chart. The values are the percentage and (1 - the percentage) to make up the half pie. Both of these maps suffer from the fact that you need a fair amount of space for the symbols but with this meter map ...

Map Contest Submission: Maps for Commerce - "Bullseye Map"

Posted By Tom Probert 10-26-2017 22:46
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Map Contest Submission: Maps for Commerce - "Bullseye Map"

Posted By Tom Probert 10-26-2017 22:46
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See Attachment Hello MapInfoers! I call this a Bullseye Map. The symbols are an analogy to an archer trying to hit a target with an arrow. The closer to the center, the better the shot. The intention is for this to be used to visualize percentages or otherwise progress to a goal. I created ...

RE: What do the letters mean in my MapInfo Pro Serial number?

Posted By Tom Probert 08-30-2017 13:38
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Credit goes to @Andrei Veselov? for the original version of this graphic.

Turnabout or Upside down maps

Posted By Tom Probert 08-24-2017 20:57
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Here are some examples where the top of the page is not what we know as the North pole. https://www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/ http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/turnabout_map_of_the_americas And here is a BBC article that goes into why we put North at the top of the page and shows ...

Turnabout or Upside down maps

Posted By Tom Probert 08-24-2017 20:57
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RE: Are you ready for the Solar Eclipse of 2017?

Posted By Tom Probert 08-22-2017 07:50
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Here is a list of upcoming eclipses from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century I wonder about the challenges of mapping this. The magnitude of the eclipse from a given point on the ground declines as you move farther and farther from the path of totality. ...

RE: MAPINFO PRO USERS in IDAHO or PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Posted By Tom Probert 08-18-2017 20:38
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Thanks Craig! Some more questions, if you dont mind. In this context does QC mean Quality Control? And are you using a lot of of the drawing and editing capabilities? Is this drawing of the phone cables to be used in the Call before you dig app? We are continuing to work on the new interface to ...