Date:         Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:14:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Ben <benpub7@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Ben <benpub7@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: GIS/gmap problem

It sounds you 've already got map using mapinfo, then what 's the purpose
to redo it using proc gmap? if you want to do some application , then stick
on mapinfo or ESRI/arcmap  etc.

well,Regarding your question, your imported map maight be only meaningful
to SAS/GIS.
proc gmap, by my understanding, is one of procedures of SAS/graph, like
proc gplot, proc gchart.... it can only be used to produce static graph or
map.
I doubt you really want to do it when you ve already got map from mapinfo.

If it is only for fun.  you can try to retrieve the boundary file out of
your mapinfo's map, convert them into sas map boundary file and also get no-
spatial (thematic) data out.(both have to be sasdata sets)

********************;
   proc gmap data= .. map=..;
   choro th_var;
   id  id_var;
  run;
*********************;








On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:59:10 -0400, Valerie B. Haley
<vbh03@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US> wrote:

>I have imported a map from MapInfo to SAS.   But when I try to use proc
>gmap to create a thematic map, I can't access the map because it is in a
>catalog.  How do I access a map within a catalog using gmap, or is there a
>trick to setting up the map files that I am missing?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Valerie Haley
>Research Scientist
>NYS Dept of Health
>Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
>547 River St. Room 200, Troy NY 12180-2216
>518-402-7990
>vbh03@health.state.ny.us