We believe Maptitude is the most capable professional mapping software on the market. To ensure that you can maximize your investment, we designed Maptitude to be intuitive to Windows users and easy to learn and use. Maptitude Wizards guide you step-by-step through standard tasks, and Maptitude ships with a detailed User's Guide that contains numerous 60-Second tutorials to assist with specific aspects of the software.

The Maptitude Learning Resources pages contain further aids, including a series of videos that demonstrate the core features of Maptitude. If you are new to Maptitude we recommend that you watch all of the tutorials. They introduce many Maptitude techniques, tools, and procedures.

Caliper also offers several training options:  

 • Instructor-led classroom training
 • Private Training
 • Web-Based Training

The next scheduled instructor-led training course will be May 10-12 in Newton, MA (USA). The cost is $395 per day or $900 for all three days. Advance registration is required. Space is limited, so register online as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please call Maptitude Training (USA) at 1-617-527-4700, or send an e-mail to sales@caliper.com.

The Map My Own Data Wizard in Maptitude 5.0 accepts tables with US Census Bureau Full Tract Specification codes (i.e., the Tract codes as displayed in the Tract layer dataview). You can easily create a map showing Tract boundaries, and use it to display information from your data file.

1. Choose File-New, choose Map from the New File dialog box, and click OK. This brings you to the Create-a-Map Wizard.

2. Choose the Map of my own data option.

3. Browse for the Excel file containing your data. Choose the sheet in the Excel workbook that contains your data and click OK.

4. Click Next in the Create-a-Map Wizard.

5. Choose the Show Tract Boundaries with your data attached option and click Next.

6. Choose a theme type and field to use and click Next.

7. Click Finish.

Maptitude creates a map of your Tract data.