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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=649510316-10012013>Hello
everyone,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=649510316-10012013>I am new to mapping
and am in need of some advice and guidance. I have previously posted on
the non-uk mailing list but have some questions that are more specific
to the UK. Apologise if anyone receives both.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=649510316-10012013>My project basically
involves collating internal and external data and displaying it on a map within
the company's intranet to share with all staff. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=649510316-10012013>The internal data is
on IBM Cognos. This information is updated in real time and
needs to be displayed on the map in real time. Following recommendations
from IBM, my company installed MapInfo to display outputs. It took 32 weeks
to get it but they did. The problem is that it is only on one
computer at a different office from me and apparently the training is really
expensive and it sounds really hard to use without the training. I would
like to see if it would be possible to use QGIS as so far it has been easy to
use and available on my own PC.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=649510316-10012013>The other question
is that I am wondering if there are any existing databases that stores
up-to-date economic data so the maps I create could update themselves
automatically once my placement ends. If such a thing doesn't exist I am
considering creating and maintaining once when I go back to consultancy once my
placement ends. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=649510316-10012013>One other little
problem I've been having, I've managed to open the shapefiles for the european
boundry lines of nuts 3, but the map seems to be distorted. I gather it is
something to do with the map projections. I tried various different ones
but the map either stayed the same or disappeared completely.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=649510316-10012013>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=649510316-10012013>Rachel</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rachel Forrest</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Economics Intelligence
Officer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Highlands and Islands
Enterprise</FONT></DIV>
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