GetDemographics method

Creates a data set of demographics for a specified country or for worldwide data. Returns a DataSet object.

Note  Countries for which demographic data is available vary between Microsoft MapPoint with European maps and MapPoint with North American maps.  For more information, see the Country parameter description.

Applies to

Collections:  DataSets

Syntax

object.GetDemographics(Country)

Parameters

Part	Description
object	Required. An expression that returns a DataSets collection.
Country	Required GeoCountry. The country for which demographics are added. Default is geoCountryDefault. The following GeoCountry values are valid for the GetDemographics method: GeoCountry Description Version geoCountryAustria Austria MapPoint Europe geoCountryDefault Default shown in the Data Mapping Wizard MapPoint Europe MapPoint North America geoCountryFrance France MapPoint Europe geoCountryGermany Germany MapPoint Europe geoCountryItaly Italy MapPoint Europe geoCountryNetherlands Netherlands MapPoint Europe geoCountrySpain Spain MapPoint Europe geoCountrySwitzerland Switzerland MapPoint Europe geoCountryUnitedKingdom Great Britain MapPoint Europe geoCountryUnitedStates United States MapPoint North America geoCountryMultiCountry Worldwide MapPoint Europe MapPoint North America

Remarks

For information about the demographics included for each country, see the following Help topics:

Austria demographic data

France demographic data

Germany demographic data

Great Britain demographic data

Italy demographic data

Netherlands demographic data

Spain demographic data

Switzerland demographic data

United States demographic data

Worldwide country data

Example

    Sub CreateShadedAreaMapUsingMapPointDemographics()
    Dim objApp As New MapPoint.Application
    Dim objDataSet As MapPoint.DataSet
    Dim objDataMap As MapPoint.DataMap
    Dim objField As MapPoint.Field


    'Set up application
    objApp.Visible = True
    objApp.UserControl = True


    'Get a new demographics set to DataMap
    Set objDataSet = objApp.ActiveMap.DataSets.GetDemographics()


    'Get a field from the demographics
    Set objField = objDataSet.Fields("Households (2000)")
    'Create the data map and give it a name
    Set objDataMap = _
      objDataSet.DisplayDataMap(geoDataMapTypeShadedArea, _
      objField, geoShowByRegion1, geoCombineByDefault, _
      geoRangeTypeDiscreteEqualRanges, geoRangeOrderDefault, 15)
    objDataMap.LegendTitle = "State Households"
  End Sub

Note  This code example is specifically for use in MapPoint North America; it is for illustration purposes only.