Select File -->New --> Map to visualize query results in the map form using a map application.
The Map option enables you to view data from DB2 in a map rather than through conventional means such as in a chart, report, or browser. Only tables having a column with type of GEO can be rendered as a map in QMF for Windows.
The maps, composed of layers of spatial data, enable you to visualize connections between tables, such as the geographic distribution of customers for a branch of a bank. Rather than submitting a query and creating a report, you can specify the layers (for example, a branch layer and a customer layer) and view the clustering.
Two things happen when you select the Map option:
With shape files, spatial data can be interchanged with other applications or databases that recognize this format.
An error message will be sent if the Map option is selected for a table that does not contain Geo data.