5. Mapping your data (1) – existing digital data
- Handling existing data
- Creating points from co-ordinate values
- Creating points from address data e.g. postcodes
6. Mapping your data (2) – creating new data layers
- New table structures, field types etc.
- Plotting data
- Editing objects
- Adding attribute data
- Batch updates
7. Spatial selection methods
- Selection tools
- Using queries
- Buffers
8. Basic SQL
- Browser filters and sorting
- An overview of the SQL dialogue box
- Querying for text, dates and numbers
- Wildcard searches
- Operators
- Database joins
9. Thematic maps
- What is a thematic map?
- Numerical and text-based maps
- Modifying thematic styles and legends
- Saving thematics and thematic templates