Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 514)

Definition Term
We maintain support for these features and add
support for Cartographic Text and Departed
Features. MapInfo Professional will continue to
support GML files as the OSGB updates the
schema that underlies the GML technology.
As the GML format gets more sophisticated in its
support of additional layers, feature types, and
attributes, we will continue to provide full support
for those changes. Currently, we support the OSGB
recommended styles by mapping the style
definitions to existing MapInfo Professional styles.
Where it is not possible to render complicated fill
patterns, we use the simple dot screen that the
OSGB recommended to us. The OSGB style
mapping to MapInfo styles is hard coded so it
cannot be changed.
For more information about OS MasterMap see
www.ordsvy.gov.uk/os_mastermap/home/home.htm .
A type of multi-table join where all the records in
the specified tables are included in the result table, outer join
even records that do not match the join criteria.
MapInfo Professional does not perform outer joins.
The process of compressing MapInfo tables so that
they use less disk space. pack
A type of thematic map that displays a pie chart of
thematic variables for each record in the table from
which the map is based. Pie Chart map
A type of map named after the practice of inserting
push-pins into a wall map. A pin map features point Pin Map, Push-Pin map
objects. Geocoding a database is one way of
creating a pin map.
The acronym for picture element. The smallest dot
that can be displayed on a computer screen. If a pixel
screen is described as having a resolution of 1,024
x 768, the screen shows 1,024 pixels from right to
left, and 768 pixels from top to bottom. Each
character, object, or line on the screen is composed
of numerous pixels.
A map object defined by a single X,Y coordinate
pair. Each point object is represented by a symbol
style (for example, circle, square, triangle, etc.). point, point object
A unit of measurement equal to 1/72 of an inch.
Used to measure character size. point size
An arrow-shaped cursor on the screen that can be
manipulated by a mouse. pointer
A simple bounded region, simple in the sense that
it does not consist of more than one polygon (where polygon, polygon object
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