MapInfo Products KnowledgeBase

Product: MapInfo Professional
Version: 8.5
Platform: Citrix; Windows 2003 Server Enterprise; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Home SP1A; Windows XP Home SP2; Windows XP Professional; Windows XP Professional 64 - 32 Bit Mode; Windows XP Professional SP 1A; Windows XP Professional SP 2; Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Category: Geocoding Services

Summary:
Setting the advanced output options for Service Geocoding (MapInfo Professional v8.5).

Question:
Setting the advanced output options for Service Geocoding (MapInfo Professional v8.5).

Answer:

To set the advanced output options for service geocoding:

1. Complete the instructions in Geocoding a Table using a Geocoding Service-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base to display the Geocode Properties dialog box, Advanced Output tab.



2. Click the Advanced Output tab to specify the advanced output features of the geocoded data.

Output Table Name
Specifies the output table you selected in the Geocode Using Server dialog box.

Key Column
Entering data here is optional but allows you to relate the data from the input table column to the output table column. This is useful for joining the two tables later.

Note: The Input Table Column and Output Table Column options only enable when you select different input and output tables.

Input Table Column
Use this drop-down list to specify the input table column for the geocoding process. When you scroll to the bottom of this list, there are two additional entries: RowID and Expression. The RowID option places the row number from the input table into the output table. The Expression option allows you to create an expression (such as ; FirstName + LastName) of data from the input table and places the results in the specified output table.

Output Table Column
Use this drop-down list to specify the output column into which the geocoding results should be placed.

Local Geocoder Options
Used to output additional information that is specific to a certain geocoder (as in Census). In the left column, select the geocoder fields you would like to track data from and in the right column select the output column for the results.

Note: You need to know the geocoder specific tag, which can vary by geocode server and country.

You can select up to 4 additional input geocoder fields and associated output columns.

3. When you have completed these selections and entries, you are ready to select other geocoding settings or click Geocode to begin the geocoding process. See:

• Setting the Table Options for Service Geocoding-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base
• Setting the Common Options for Service Geocoding-->MapInfo Products Knowledge Base

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