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The spider graph tool in MapInfo Professional draws lines between objects in tables based on matching column values. It creates a new table with lines connecting the origin and destination tables. To use it, select the origin and destination tables and matching columns, choose additional columns, and click Create Lines to save the new table of lines.

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Knowledge Base - Document - Using The Spider Graph Tool

The spider graph tool in MapInfo Professional draws lines between objects in tables based on matching column values. It creates a new table with lines connecting the origin and destination tables. To use it, select the origin and destination tables and matching columns, choose additional columns, and click Create Lines to save the new table of lines.

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Product: MapInfo Professional Version: 8.0, 7.8 Platform: All Windows Platforms Category: Documentation Summary: Using the spider graph tool. Question: How would the spider graph tool be used? Answer: The Spider Graph tool draws lines between objects in a single table, or the objects from two tables based on a join. It then creates a new table of lines that connect the objects from the origin table to the destination table based on matching column values. By default, the lines are color-coded based on their table of origin. Also by default, the new table includes a distance column that stores the length of each line. To use the Spider Graph tool: 1. Use the Tool Manager to make sure that the Spider Graph tool is loaded. 2. With the appropriate MapInfo tables open, select Tools> Spider Graph to activate the tool. Note: The Spider Graph tool works with mappable vector tables only. It can not be used with raster images. 3. From the Spider Graph dialog box, select the origin table from the left drop-down list. Then, select the column name that will be used to join the origin table to the destination table. 4. Select the destination table from the right drop-down list. Then, select the column name that will be used to join the destination table to the origin table. 5. Select the columns to include in the resulting table. To select multiple columns, hold down the CTRL key while you click. If no columns are chosen, Spider Graph will automatically include the join column specified for the origin table.

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6. By default, the Spider Graph tool will color-code the resulting lines and add a distance column to the new table to record the length of each line. If it is not desired to have these features, clear the appropriate checkbox. The distance lines will use units of miles by default. To change this, select another distance unit from the UNITS: drop-down list. Figure: Spider Graph

7. Click Create Lines and enter a new name for the resulting table in the Save Copy As dialog box. 8. In the Save Copy As window, use the Save In: drop-down list to select the target folder for the resulting .TAB file. In the File name: area, type a file name for the resulting table. 9. Click Save. The following portion of a resulting map window shows the Warehouse to Customer relationships in the Ohio, West Virginia region of the USA. Using the Distance Calculator Tool

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