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SPSS Maps - The SPSS Map Option contains the following known problems or requirements:
§ Running a network installation of SPSS - The Map Option will not run from a network installation. If you need to run the map option, install SPSS on your desktop computer.
§ Limited number of ranges in Range of Values map - If you save an output file that contains a Range of Values map that has more than five ranges defined, you will not be able to reopen that file. Therefore the limit on the number of ranges in the Create Range of Values Map dialog has been set to five. You can create a Range of Values map with more ranges using syntax or by editing the map, and you can copy that map as a metafile into another application such as a word processor; but if you save the SPSS output file containing such a map, you will be unable to open the file at all. The problem is in third-party software. SPSS Inc. has not yet been able to obtain a fix from the software vendor, but will distribute a patch as soon as the fix becomes available.
§ Range of Values map causes application error with Natural Break and no data - If your data specification results in no data records for mapping, the Natural Break formula for determining ranges fails with an application error. This most commonly happens if your choice of a geoset or layer within a geoset does not correspond to your data. A mismatch table should be produced to indicate this problem, but the application error prevents it from being shown.
§ Copy Objects unavailable with maps - Maps are copied to other software as metafiles. Copy Objects will not work correctly. A side effect of this is that you must copy and paste maps one at a time.
§ Bar chart and pie chart map theme size not restored - Changes you make to the size of bar charts and pie charts in editing maps are not retained when the map is saved and restored.
§ Variable to refine geographic match can cause SPSS to hang - If you use both a geographic variable and a variable to refine the match, the resulting data table can exceed the capabilities of Maps and cause SPSS to hang. Most significantly, with United States data, if you use County and State as your geographic and refining variables and have data for more than a few states, you will experience this problem. If you are using the various county-level data files distributed with SPSS Maps, you can avoid this problem by specifying the 5-digit FIPS codes as your geographic variable and no refining variable. FIPS codes identify counties uniquely. For data containing state and county variables but not FIPS codes, a solution to add FIPS codes to the data will be available on the SPSS web site.
§ Maps require updated system resources - If it has been a while since you added Microsoft products to your system, you may have outdated system resource files. Installing Internet Explorer 4 or 5 (required for the SPSS Statistics Coach) will update those files.
§ Error messages may appear during install under NT - If you have a version of NT 4.0 that has not been updated recently, you may see messages during installation about failure of geoset installation. The SPSS installation replaces the system resource file required for successful installation, which will take place after you reboot your machine at the end of the SPSS installation. You can safely dismiss and ignore the warnings.
§ Maps does not use the FILTER or WEIGHT commands - This could lead to misinterpreted results.

Resources
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