Pitney Bowes MapInfo Vertical Mapper - Manual (Page 180)

Point Aggregation with Statistics
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Vertical Mapper 3.7
The calculated statistical information is retained in the Browser window of both the aggregated point
file and the aggregation regions file as shown below.
Exploring the Select Coincident Point Technique Dialog Box
This dialog box is the same one that is used to set parameters for simple aggregation. There are two
steps in statistical aggregation. The first step allows you to deal with virtually coincident points
separately before you aggregate the points further. For instance, you may want to average all the
soil samples collected at each site before you average and sum all the soil sample sites that occur in
a given unit area.
The No Coincident Point Handling check box is enabled by default, and the entire dialog box is
greyed out.
In most cases, you will not need to aggregate virtually coincident points before you proceed with
statistical aggregation, and the settings in this dialog box will be ignored. This is not true when you
employ cluster density aggregation. With cluster density, coincident point handling is always