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Hi all,

New to this forum and Mappoint 2009 to a certain degree but I have used 2006 before a while ago.
I have a problem where all the postareas I import match fine with the tool and colour code the areas to the respective colours all except any post area that begins with B e.g. BA, BS, BB etc

Anyone had this problem? All help much apprecaited

Lewis

Is it possible to post up some data records for which the problem occurs and I'll see what happens when I run them through my copy of MPE2009. I tried some random records for B,BA, BS and BN and it seemed to plot them ok.

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David
UK mapping and map analysis services at www.broomanalysis.plus.com

Hi David,

I have attached some sample data. Please let me know if you have the same problem.

Also, another thing, do you know how to change the "background" colour of non-included post areas from the greyish colour to white?

Thanks for your help
Cheers,
Lewis

POSTTOWNfinal post areaPenetrationST. ALBANSAL151%HATFIELDAL1075%ST. ALBANSAL251%ST. ALBANSAL351%ST. ALBANSAL451%HARPENDENAL536%HATFIELDAL975%BIRMINGHAMB156%BIRMINGHAMB1056%BIRMINGHAMB1156%BIRMINGHAMB1256%BIRMINGHAMB1356%BIRMINGHAMB1456%BURYBL853%BURYBL953%BRIGHTONBN157%WORTHINGBN1167%WORTHINGBN1267%WORTHINGBN1367%WORTHINGBN1467%LITTLEHAMPTONBN1623%LITTLEHAMPTONBN1723%BRIGHTONBN257%EASTBOURNEBN2043%EASTBOURNEBN2143%COLCHESTERCO647%COLCHESTERCO747%CROYDONCR0100%SOUTH CROYDONCR272%CATERHAMCR341%COULSDONCR564%PURLEYCR877%CROYDONCR9100%FOLKESTONECT1836%FOLKESTONECT5036%MARGATECT950%COVENTRYCV140%DARTFORDDA1100%GRAVESENDDA1147%

I've plotted out your data and everything looks fine. I assumed the data was for postcode districts so I interpreted your first 2 records for example as:

POSTTOWN,final post area,Penetration
ST. ALBANS,AL1,51%
HATFIELD,AL10,75%
etc

Only blip was that CR9 and CT50 don't exist. Anyway I've plotted a shaded map of your data at postcode district level and as I say everything is looking ok. Let me know if I've misinterpreted anything and what is the exact problem you're finding.

I don't think it's possible to assign white to empty areas. The only way I know of assigning a colour using the package (as opposed to code) is to plot one shaded map on top of another and that leaves a choice of colours for empty areas of green, purple, red, orange, maroon, brown or a different shade of grey.

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David
UK mapping and map analysis services at www.broomanalysis.plus.com