Step 1: Loading Data

Sample data China400 is used for this example.

Basic Steps:

  1. Start .
  2. 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.
  3. The Open Workspace dialog box shows up. Navigate to \SampleData\China, click China400.udb, and then click Open.
  4. The datasource is opened in the workspace.
  5. 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
  6. Save the map for later use. Next time you open the map, you don't need to add these dataset again.