(readme.txt)
                               MAPIT (v 2.0)
                             Allison Software
                              166 Shady Lane
                          Apollo, PA  15613  USA

                  e-mail:   jallison@kiski.net
    
                  http://home.kiski.net/~jallison/mapit.htm


Installing MAPIT:

The first time you run it, MAPIT will create a special directory structure
under the current directory of your harddrive.  Assuming that you unzipped
MAPIT20.ZIP in a directory called MAPIT, your harddrive will contain the
following structure:

        MAPIT - executables and data

                DBFS - point data .dbf's

                DBQS - queries and supporting .dbf's

                EXAMPLES - supporting data for examples

Run MAPIT by entering "mapit":

        C:\MAPIT> mapit

MAPIT will open the DEMO.MP3 file and use it as data. Furthermore, MAPIT
will open EXTENDED.MP3 to display the Columbus Demo. When you're tired of
it, delete EXTENDED.MP3. Like a dismembered star fish, EXTENDED.MP3 will be
regenerated as a null length file the next time you run MAPIT.


A Quick Demo:

MAPIT comes up in the Standard World View the first time you run. 

        <Tab> to zoom in on the Gulf of Mexico. (You are tabbing backward
        through a two-level history.)

        <Tab> again to zoom in on Florida. 

        Click to check "DISPLAY/All Features" and click "ZOOM/To Std World"
        to return to the beginning but with maximum features displayed.
        Again <Tab> twice.

After you've cycled through this simple demonstration, you may want to
reduce the number of Features DISPLAYed and begin experimenting by
"ZOOMing/In by Corners" and using the <Esc>, <Pg Up/Dn>, and arrow keys as
outlined in MAPIT.DOC.

        "ZOOM/To Std World" and check out the Columbus Demo.

To look up locations in MAPIT's database, select TOOLS/Database/Lookup/City
Gazetteer, enter "Saint" in City, click on Lookup/More twice, select Saint
Petersburg, FL or any other city from the list of matches, and click on
Return & Display.  MAPIT will redisplay centered on that location. <Esc> the
redisplay and ZOOM/To Factor x entering 300.


Documentation:

For documentation derived from the MAPIT Manual, see:

        MAPIT7.DOC for a Word for Windows (V 7) version, 

        MAPIT.DOC for a Windows 95 WordPad version (lacks tables and proper
                  spacing),

        MAPIT.TXT contains a straight text version (pretty terrible).


MAPIT's examples are featured at http://home.kiski.net/~jallison/mapit.htm