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Maptitude® On-Line Training

Introductory Maptitude: Lesson 6

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6.17 EXERCISE: Creating a Prism Map
  • Choose Window-Map1 - U.S. Counties to make it the current window.
  • Use the Zoom tools or the Edit-Find command to find your home state.
  • Choose Map-Prism Map to display the Prism Map Properties dialog box.
  • Choose Population from the Field drop-down list.
  • Click OK. Maptitude displays a prism map in a new window.
  • Right click on the prism map and choose Properties to display the Prism Map Properties dialog box.
  • Type a header and a footnote in those edit boxes.
  • Click the Options tab and check Show Legend.
  • Change the vertical and viewing angles and click Apply. Maptitude redraws the prism map with the new settings.
  • Click the Font tab and choose another font from the Font drop-down list.
  • Click the Styles tab and click the Color Ramp radio button.
  • Click Next Set>> or <<Previous Set to find an attractive color ramp.
  • Click OK. Maptitude redraws the prism map with the new colors.

END OF LESSON