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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Report Studio => Topic started by: cognos05 on 22 Jul 2014 08:17:31 AM

Title: ZipCode Maps
Post by: cognos05 on 22 Jul 2014 08:17:31 AM
Hi ,

Where can I find the latest US zipcode map .The one which comes with IBM Map Manager doesnt has certain zipcodes.

Thanks,
Nithya
Title: Re: ZipCode Maps
Post by: MFGF on 22 Jul 2014 10:44:07 AM
Quote from: nithya1224 on 22 Jul 2014 08:17:31 AM
Hi ,

Where can I find the latest US zipcode map .The one which comes with IBM Map Manager doesnt has certain zipcodes.

Thanks,
Nithya

Hi,

Your choices are:

1. Purchase a copy of the MapInfo designer software abd build your own map with the desired data points in it.
2. Purchase the ESRI maps addin for Cognos and use that
3. Look into whether google maps supports zip codes and maybe build a solution using this. I think use of google maps is free for personal use but requires a license for commercial use.

Cheers!

MF.
Title: Re: ZipCode Maps
Post by: cognos05 on 22 Jul 2014 11:38:01 AM
Thanks for the reply.
Will the zoom options be available if maps are created with MapInfo and then published in cognos.I think that option will not be present and this will act like a custom map along with the other maps present in map manager.

Thanks,
Nithya
Title: Re: ZipCode Maps
Post by: MFGF on 23 Jul 2014 04:06:38 AM
Quote from: nithya1224 on 22 Jul 2014 11:38:01 AM
Thanks for the reply.
Will the zoom options be available if maps are created with MapInfo and then published in cognos.I think that option will not be present and this will act like a custom map along with the other maps present in map manager.

Thanks,
Nithya

Any maps you build in Mapinfo will behave like standard Cognos maps once you have made them available for use in your Cognos instance.

Cheers!

MF.