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How to Extract Coordinate Data

How to Extract Coordinate Data from a Table of Points or Regions in MapInfo Professional.

It is possible to extract the longitude and latitude of points from a map. If a record has a map object associated with it, MapInfo Professional knows the coordinates. However, they are not displayed in the browser automatically. You may use the Update Column function, or the Coordinate Extractor tool, to extract these coordinates and store them as numeric data in your browser. This tutorial will show you an example of each. This tutorial uses point tables, but you can also extract the coordinates of the centroid (or center) of a table of regions in the way.