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Converting Excel To MapInfo

This document provides steps to convert an Excel file containing GIS data into a MapInfo format. It involves: 1. Opening the Excel file in MapInfo Professional and setting the column titles. 2. Modifying the table structure to make it mappable and selecting the WGS 84 projection. 3. Running a MapBasic program to create a base station file from the Excel data and generate points using the longitude and latitude fields.

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Converting Excel To MapInfo

This document provides steps to convert an Excel file containing GIS data into a MapInfo format. It involves: 1. Opening the Excel file in MapInfo Professional and setting the column titles. 2. Modifying the table structure to make it mappable and selecting the WGS 84 projection. 3. Running a MapBasic program to create a base station file from the Excel data and generate points using the longitude and latitude fields.

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Converting Excel file into MapInfo format

Requirement:
1. Site data Base, this is a Excel file (. xls format), GIS information means Longitude or
Latitude information must be in the Excel file.
2. Piano (map basic program -Any version, here we use Piano_30.MBX).

Step 1:
i) Open MapInfo Professional.
ii) File
Click Open.

A box will be open. You have to select the given Excel file in Xls format. [Microsoft
Excel(*Xls)].

Click Open.
1

Another Box will be appear, named Excel Information.

You have to click a option, named Use Row Above Selected Range for Column Titles.
Then, click OK.
Again, a box will be appear, named Set Field Properties. There are two columns. One
is Fields & another is Type.

Note: Here, you have to check that there should be a single field name. Such as: CELL
NAME, SITE NAME etc. They cannot be double.
Just check & click OK.
A table will be open.

Close this table.

Step 2:
i) Click Table
Maintenance
Table Structure (click)
ii) New Table will open, named Modify Table Structure.

Here, you have to select a option (Table is Mappable). When, you select the option, there
will be create another option. That is PROJECTION. Click PROJECTION
Choose Projection, a table will be appear.

Category Members, select (WGS 84)


Click
Ok
Ok.
Now, for better safety go: File
Close all.

Step 3:
i)

Tools
Run Map Basic program
Run Map Basic Program table will
be open. Now, you have to select Piano_30. MBX (tab format). Then, a new
option will be added in your tool bar, named Paino_31.

ii)

Click Piano_31
Create Base Station
open Site Data Base file(tab
format)
Select file
give a new name

Click save.
iii) A new box will be appear, named Selected data for BTS vectorisation. There
are two options: Bore & Length.

Change Bore, such as:


Bore : AZIMUTH
Length : 0.25

Then, click OK.


Again, a new box will open, Create Points.
Keep, X-coordinate = Longitude
Y-coordinate = Latitude

Click, PROJECTION

Select WGS 84

iv) Your Expected View will be appearing in MapInfo.

Ok

Ok.

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