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- Psi-Mapper/Ireland 2.2 for EPOC (Psion Series 5 etc)
- =====================================================
-
- Released as freeware May 1999 ...
-
- A mapping information system for Ireland. Read on...
-
- Psi-Mapper update information and new versions can be found at
- http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/
-
- Requires Psion Series 5 with approximately 200k of free system memory
- to run in.
-
- All data sets are original work of the various contributors, collated using
- information from low resolution free maps, genuine public domain
- information, data gathered from personally-owned GPS units, club/hobbyist
- databases.
-
- ****Please note**** that the displayed graphics, coastlines, boundaries,
- railways and road vectors are shown diagrammatically, for ease of
- understanding. Please especially note Psi-Mapper's low resolution.
- Everything is at least +/-1km both horizontally and vertically!
-
- Using low resolution means
- (i) that the program data can be built from public domain information
-
- (ii) that Psi-Mapper won't conflict or overlap with existing PC-based
- GIS systems or infringe map copyrights
-
- (iii) (most importantly) that quite large areas and amounts of
- information can be crammed into a palmtop, where a PC version would
- need megabytes!!
-
- Components and Installation.
- ----------------------------
- If you unzipped Psi-Mapper/Ireland OK, you should have ended up with 2
- separate files. One will be this text file 8-)
-
- The other is an SIS file.
-
- (Experts)
- If you know what a .SIS file is, just double-click on it in Win95
- Explorer or tap on it on the Series 5 and you'll be installed in no
- time.
-
- (Beginners)
- If you *don't* know what a .SIS file is, this must be one of the very
- first third party applications you've ever installed. Don't worry,
- it's all quite painless:
-
- IF you have the 'older' PsiWin 2.01 or if you've downloaded
- Psi-Mapper/Ireland directly onto the Psion 5, the best way to proceed is
- to copy the "mapperir.sis" file into a suitable place on your Psion.
- If the file appears on the system screen with a question mark beside
- it, this just means you haven't yet upgraded your Series 5 to accept
- EPOC install files. Grab a copy of the special INSTEXE.EXE program
- from the same place as you obtained Psi-Mapper/Ireland and tap on it on
- your Psion. You should now see a nice little icon beside the
- "mappergb.sis" file and can tap on it to complete your installation.
-
- IF you have PsiWin 2.1, just double-click on the "mapperir.sis" file
- to launch EPOC Install on the PC itself and to complete the
- installation.
-
-
- If all went well, you should now have a new Psi-Mapper/Ireland icon on your
- Extras bar.
-
- ---------------------------------
- Files installed onto your Series 5 or compatible:
- ---------------------------------
-
- Mapperir.app - the main program module
- Mapperir.aif - the application icon file
-
- plus some support files:
-
- Mapihelp.hlp - the comprehensive on-line help file
-
- Towns.mp1 - a data-set of towns and cities
- Coastlin.mp2 - a data-set showing the coastline of Ireland
- Roads.mp2 - a data-set of the Irish motorway and most of the primary route
- network
-
- (the above three files were updated and compiled by Eddie Slupski,
- summer 1997)
-
- Mapper.mbm - some icons for use with the overlays, including a default
- one, the town planning symbols and the title screen
-
- Vector overlays (i.e. lines and boundaries):
- National.mp4 - the boundary between Northern and Southern Ireland
- Railways.mp4 - a vector data-set of the Irish railway network
- Osgrid.mp4 - a vector data-set of the Irish Grid Reference system
- Fifty.mp4 - a vector data-set of the Irish 1:50000 map index grid
-
- Item overlays (i.e. specific points and labels and reference info):
- Airports.mp3 - airports! (updated by Eddie Slupski, 1997)
- Interest.mp3 - places of interest (updated by Zoe Ingle, 1997)
- Camping.mp3 - camp sites
- Peaks.mp3 - mountain peaks over 700m (compiled by Zoe Ingle, 1996)
- Portsire.mp3 - ports capable of taking yachts (contributed by Graeme Smith)
- HMCGIre.mp3 - coastguard stations (contributed by Graeme Smith)
- CoastRad.mp3 - coastguard radio stations (contributed by Graeme Smith)
- Coast2c.mp3 - coast to coast walk - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
- Ulstrway.mp3 - Ulster Way walk - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
- Walkfest.mp3 - Some walking festivals - (contr. by Paddy DIllon, July 96)
- YHA.mp3 - Youth Hostels - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
- Forest.mp3 - Forest Parks - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
- NatTrust.mp3 - National Trust sites (Northern Ireland only) -
- (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
- Cathedr.mp3 - Cathedrals, abbeys, ruins etc - (contr. by Zoe Ingle,
- Jul 96)
- Viewpont.mp3 - Viewpoints - (contr. by Zoe Ingle, Jul 96)
- Museum.mp3 - Museums etc - (contr. by Zoe Ingle, Jul 96)
- Tourinfo.mp3 - Tourist Info Centres - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
-
- Each of the .mp3 overlays listed above has an associated .MBM file of
- the same name. These are the on-screen icons for overlays, and will be
- used if present in the main \System\Apps\MapperIR folder. If they are
- not present, a default 'star' icon will be used....
-
- Each of the overlays includes reference information for each item, and
- this can be displayed by turning 'Overlay Reference Fields' On.
-
-
- .MP3 Overlays and their format etc.
- -----------------------------------
- There are three ways to create your own .MP3 overlays, you can choose
- the method that works best for you:
-
- (i) Use the overlay creation menu options to create an overlay and
- then use the point and shoot method to identify where you want each item
- icon to appear, together with information for the reference field. This
- method can obviously be time-consuming if you have a lot of items to
- enter, but is friendly and easy to use! Note that once you've created an
- overlay with this method you cannot open it in Psion's DATA application.
- This is a DATA limitation on the Series 5, unfortunately. Use the
- supplied utility CustomEd.OPO to edit these special overlays.
-
- (ii) If you have a lot of items in your overlay and you know
- their OS northings and eastings (as numbers from 0 to 1000, so you may
- have to divide your figures by 10, 100 or 1000...), you can make the MP3
- file yourself by preparing (for example) a tab-delimited text file and then
- importing into DATA. I've supplied a template file (MP3-Temp.lat) which you
- can copy and rename as appropriate. The general format is:
- Standard DATA file, named xxxxxxxx.MP3 in \SYSTEM\APPS\MAPPERIR\
- 4 fields: Name (text), Eastings (numeric, 0 to 1000),
- Northings (numeric, 0 to 1000), Reference Info (text)
-
- The first record is a header record and should contain
- (What the reference fields represent)
- 0
- 0
- (Blank)
-
- The second record and following records contain
- (Name)
- (Eastings)
- (northings)
- (Reference info)
-
- (iii) Use the supplied CustomEd.opo utility to add to and to edit your
- custom overlay. This is a simple data editor and is still in the
- prototype stage.
-
- You will probably want to create a custom icon as well. In this case,
- Psi-Mapper needs a 17 by 17 single-plane .MBM file of the same
- filename as the .MP3 overlay, but with a .MBM extension. There are
- detailed instructions on how to do this in the on-line Psi-Mapper
- help database.
-
-
- .MP4 overlays and their format
- -------------------------------
- These vector overlays are non-trivial to create, and are best only
- tackled if you know what you're doing. For the record, here is a quick
- summary. Note that you can copy and rename the supplied MP4-Temp.lat
- template database as a way of getting started. Then use DATA itself to
- construct your records.
-
- The MP4 format is simply groups of 5 eastings/northings pairs per
- record. The 1st/last duplicate/line-up. All ferries/railways etc thus
- are fitted into block of 5 coordinate pairs. The vector *name* is
- printed if required to the top right of the third coordinate pair,
- normally, or to the bottom left if you flag this to Psi-Mapper by setting
- the eastings coordinate of the *first* point in a record to be negative.
-
- First field is text format, all the rest are numeric.
- All numbers are in 1000s of eastings (i.e. 1km resolution).
-
- e.g. Record 1:
-
- Basingstoke
- E1:110
- N1:234
- E2:114
- N2:227
- E3:118
- N3:220
- E4:125
- N4:210
- E5:132
- N5:200
-
- Record 2:
-
- Basingstoke
- E1:132
- N1:200
-
- etc etc
-
-
- Deleting info from the custom town database
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- Use the supplied CustomEd.opo utility to maintain and prune your list
- of custom towns. Once in the program, use the Menu functions to make
- progress.
-
-
- Grabbing the current map screen as a .MBM file
- ---------------------------------------------
- You may well want to grab a map screen as a standard Psion .MBM file, for
- printing or editing using SKETCH or any other Psion bit-map editor.
- Grabbing the Psion screen is done with pressing 'Control', 'Shift',
- 'Function' and 'S' simultaneously (it's easier to do than it sounds).
-
-