This menu item will perform the functions that could be otherwise performed through the Mapinfo Professional command sequence Table>Maintenance>Table Structure>Modify Table Structure. GeoSchools© adds a series of fields to the block table for purposes of tabulating the demographics of the geocoded student population.

After the block table has been modified to accommodate fields for high school, middle school, and elementary school attendance zones and student data, this menu option will count the occurrences of the demographic characteristic per block and record the count.

This option has a submenu that permits the type of dictionary to build. A dictionary in either case is an ASCII text file that contains street name, address ranges, and attendance zone information.

Electronic will create a file that contains all of the information found in the Paper Dictionary plus longitude and latitude data.

Paper will create a file that contains records for each side of the street including street name, address range, and attendance zone.

Allows the user the ability to split a block using a line that is either already in the map database, or that is subsequently added. Upon the execution of the block split, the tabulation of the demographics is automatically adjusted for the new blocks.

Builds a street map from the segments in the map database intended for use in geocoding the student table.

Provides the user with a parameter driven interface with which to identify the streets that fall within walking distance of a given campus.

Creates map layers for the planner from the list of districts in the block table. These can be used for day-to-day applications of desktop mapping or publishing to a web site.

Builds a file of legal descriptions for one or more of the boundaries built with MapMaker.

Maps the students, campus locations, bus stops, etc. as symbols along the network of streets. Different than other geocoders, this module uses the 5 digit ZIP Codes that appear as left and right side attributes of the each street segment in the network of streets.

Consists of a submenu that provides access to GeoSchools© functions which manage files as opposed to manipulating individual or groups of objects in a table. Following is a list of the items and a brief overview of the functionality represented by this menu group.

Save Tables will save multiple tables relieving the user from the need to perform multiple saves.

Revert Tables will revert multiple tables relieving the user from the need to perform multiple revert table commands.

Pack Tables will pack multiple tables relieving the user from the need to perform multiple packing operations.

To initiate a work session the user starts with this menu item. This feature allows the user to select a project, the block table, and the geocoded student table.

Can be turned on or off and work with the block split tool.

Exits GeoSchools© and removes it from the MapInfo Menu Bar.

When the user selects this menu item, a dialog box displays the version and serial number of the active copy of GeoSchools©.