163 Much of what's in your data warehouse has geographic keys, such as codes for country, state or province, county, or sales or administrative district, as well as zipcodes or postal codes. With PROC GMAP, the map data sets, and the other auxiliary PROCs and data, you can create 'InfoGeographics' at no added cost. The paper also includes map design principles.
Intended audience includes both management, and hands-on users, from novice to expert.
The macro is to be used as a 'black box', no knowledge of macro internal coding is required. Material presented is independent of operating platform and post Version 5 of the SAS System. 2001 SAS Institute Inc. All Rights Reserved.