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Table of Contents
1
PX-MAP2 - INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 5
1.1
1.2
1.3
2
LAUNCHING PX-MAP2............................................................................................................................... 8
2.1
2.2
2.3
3
WHAT PX-MAP2 IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT .................................................................................................. 5
HISTORY ................................................................................................................................................... 5
WHY USING PX-MAP2.............................................................................................................................. 5
AS A STANDALONE PROGRAM ................................................................................................................... 8
FROM PC-AXIS ......................................................................................................................................... 8
FROM EXCEL ............................................................................................................................................ 8
MAKING MAPS............................................................................................................................................. 9
3.1
GENERAL .................................................................................................................................................. 9
3.2
COLOUR PICKER........................................................................................................................................ 9
3.3
CHOROPLETH MAPS ................................................................................................................................ 10
3.4
SYMBOL MAPS ........................................................................................................................................ 11
3.5
STATISTICS ............................................................................................................................................. 13
3.6
CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................................................... 13
3.6.1 Of choropleth map............................................................................................................................. 13
3.6.2 Of symbol map................................................................................................................................... 16
3.7
HELP ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
4
FUNCTIONALITIES IN PX-MAP2........................................................................................................... 17
4.1
4.2
4.3
5
TIPS &TRICKS............................................................................................................................................ 19
5.1
5.2
5.3
6
ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT AND PAN ................................................................................................................ 17
COPYING AN SVG PICTURE TO WORD, POWERPOINT ETC....................................................................... 18
PRINT FUNCTIONALITY ........................................................................................................................... 18
AVOIDING WARNING MESSAGE IN MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER .................................................... 19
SYMBOL MAP OR CHOROPLETH MAP – WHEN THE ONE AND WHEN THE OTHER?...................................... 20
USEFUL LINKS......................................................................................................................................... 21
SUPER USER’S GUIDANCE ..................................................................................................................... 21
6.1
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR PX-MAP2................................................................................................. 21
6.2
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLIENT (LOCAL PC) .......................................................................... 22
6.2.1 Different browsers ............................................................................................................................. 22
6.2.2 Microsoft Internet Explorer............................................................................................................... 22
6.2.3 Mozilla Firefox 2.0+ ......................................................................................................................... 22
6.3
NO INSTALLATION OF PX-MAP2 REQUIRED ............................................................................................ 22
6.4
ADAPTATIONS FOR WEB SERVER ............................................................................................................ 22
6.5
ADAPTATIONS FOR PX-WEB .................................................................................................................. 23
6.6
ADAPTATIONS FOR PC-AXIS................................................................................................................... 23
6.7
ADAPTATION OF CONFIG.XML FILE ......................................................................................................... 24
6.7.1 General.............................................................................................................................................. 24
6.7.2 Setting primary, secondary and default languages............................................................................ 24
6.7.3 Setting default classification type ...................................................................................................... 24
6.7.4 Setting minimum, default and maximum number of divisions (classifications) ................................. 24
6.8
ADAPTATION OF LANGUAGE.XML FILE ................................................................................................... 25
6.8.1 General.............................................................................................................................................. 25
6.8.2 How to delete an existing language: ................................................................................................. 25
6.8.3 How to add a new language: ............................................................................................................. 25
6.9
CHANGING THE LAYOUT OF PX-MAP2 ................................................................................................... 27
6.10
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING THE EXCEL-MACRO .............................................................................. 28
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STATISTICAL DATA REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 30
7.1
7.2
PC-AXIS FILE FORMAT (.PX ) .................................................................................................................. 30
TEXT FORMAT - CHARACTER SEPARATED (.TXT, .CSV, … ) .................................................................... 31