Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 504)

Definition Term
assessment roles, and tax maps comprise the
cadastre.
A command button for closing a dialog box without
making changes. Cancel button
A coordinate system using an x,y scale not tied to
any "real-world" system. Most CAD drawing uses Cartesian
this method of registering objects (for example, a
drawing of a ball-bearing assembly, floor plans). If
a drawing uses Cartesian coordinates, one corner
of the drawing probably has coordinates 0, 0.
The conventional representation of geometric
objects by x and y values on a plane. Cartesian Coordinates
A map scale that does not include distance units,
such as 1:63,360 or 1:1,000,000. cartographic scale
The art and science of making maps. In GIS it is
also the graphic presentation and visual
interpretation of data. cartography
Usually the center of a map object. For most map
objects, the centroid is located at the middle of the centroid
object (the location halfway between the northern
and southern extents and halfway between the
eastern and western extents of the object). In some
cases, the centroid is not at the middle point
because there is a restriction that the centroid must
be located on the object itself. Thus, in the case of
a crescent-shaped region object, the middle point
of the object may actually lie outside the limits of
the region; however, the centroid is always within
the limits of the region.
In MapInfo Professional, the centroid represents
the location used for automatic labeling, geocoding,
and placement of thematic pie and bar charts. If
you edit a map in Reshape mode, you can
reposition region centroids by dragging them.
This button allows you to change the zoom, map
scale, and window centering aspects of the Map
or classic Layout window that currently displays. Change View button
A small square box that appears in a dialog box.
You can click in the check box or on the text in check box
order to select the option. Check boxes are
generally present when multiple options can be
selected at one time.
To press and release a mouse button quickly. click
A column in a Browser corresponds to a field in a
table. A column contains a specific type of column
information about an object, such as Name,
Abbreviation, Land area, Price, Population, and so
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