Step 1: Loading Data
Sample data China400 is used for this example.
Basic Steps:
- Start .
- On the Start tab, in the Workspace group, click the Open drop-down button and click File... in the drop-down list that appears. Or you can right click on the workspace node in the Workspace Manager and click Open File Workspace.
- The Open Workspace dialog box shows up. Navigate to \SampleData\China, click China400.udb, and then click Open.
- The datasource is opened in the workspace.
- Click the the plus sign before the China400 node under the Datasources node in the Workspace Manger to unfold it. Select Capital_P, Provinces_R, District_Lm, Neighbor_R, MainWater_L, SeaLabel_T, and MapDivision_L, right click to display the context menu and click Add to New Map to add the selected datasets to a new map.
Below is the introduction to each dataset.
Dataset Description Details Capital_P National and provincial capitals Dataset for creating label matrix map in the weather forecast theme Provinces_R Provinces Administrative divisions in base map District_L National, provincial boundaries and coastlines National, provincial boundaries and coastlines in base map MainWater_L Rivers Rivers in base map Neighbor_R Neighboring areas Represents the relationship with adjacent areas in base map SeaLabel_T Ocean labels Ocean labels in base map MapDivision_L Longitude and latitude grid Grid in base map - Save the map for later use. Next time you open the map, you don't need to add these dataset again.