Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 289)

11
Buffering and Working with
Objects
Two of the most important features in MapInfo Professional are buffers and the
tools we provide to work with objects. Buffers allow you to create grouping areas
around objects, lines and regions, which is important for providing a visual analysis.
You can edit and manipulate objects in a wide variety of ways. The Set Target
editing model allows you to apply a wide range of editing operations to an object
or a series of objects. Using MapInfo Professional you can also create territories
and create objects. This chapter covers these topics and discusses the advanced
topics of enclosing, checking, and cleaning objects.
In this section:
• Buffering Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
• Editing Objects using the Set Target Model . . . . . . . . . .295
• Creating Territories by Combining Objects . . . . . . . . . .301
• Creating and Manipulating Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304