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MAPIT (v 1.2)
Allison Software
166 Shady Lane
Apollo, PA 15613 USA
(412) 727-2198 CompuServe 72600,1200
Member, Association of Shareware Professionals.
Product Description:
MAPIT - Detailed world mapping on your screen.
MAPIT is an integrated world-wide mapping system of amazing detail
which lets you insert your own text, figures, and graphics.
Use MAPIT to:
* produce detailed, customized maps on your laser printer or plotter
or include them in your word processing documents,
* enter, record, and track your own data,
* plot great circle and range curves,
* display, analyze, and solve location-related problems,
* communicate in pictures and words,
* create private databases to distribute data easily and efficiently,
* do all of the above with 100 foot precision - ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
A powerful reference tool, MAPIT contains a wealth of information and
is just plain fun to use.
Insert or import lines to customize features. Add your own figures.
Document and communicate with stroked and hidden text. Enter MAPIT's
seven user-extensible scalable stroked text fonts at any size and angle.
Hide a screen's-worth of information behind a small marker, popping it
up at the click of a mouse.
MAPIT displays a true Mercator projection, the choice of navigators.
Layout great circle tracks between multiple points totaling their
distances in statute miles, nautical miles, or kilometers. Dynamically
plot range curves up to half way around the world.
Create colorful screen shots with the .PCX file creation command and
ultra-detailed plots on any laser printer supporting the HP-GL/2
graphics plotting language. Include these maps in your word
processing documents.
MAPIT includes almost 6000 international cities and 19,000 US cities
with their 1990 populations. Click on any city to pop up its size.
The underlying vector-based geographic database consists of over 5
million points organized by coastlines, lakes, rivers, canals, reefs,
salt flats, national boundaries, and US and Canadian state and
provincial boundaries. Believe me, you'll find places in this database
you never imagined existed.
If you are looking for more than just a pretty picture -- or perhaps
need many different pretty pictures, let MAPIT be the end of your
graphical quest. MAPIT, your electronic notepad on the world.
What's New in Ver. 1.2?
* HP-GL/2 file/printer support. Create professional laser quality
plots (maps) directly on your HP LaserJet III laser printer or
pen plotter.
* Direct .PCX color file creation of part or all of the screen.
* Dynamically plotted Great Circle routes showing the shortest
distance between two points anywhere on earth as you move your mouse.
Reports To/From azimuth bearings for HAM operators and navigators.
* Dynamically plotted range circles (curves on a flat map). Watch
as your range circles flip over the poles. Also reports area
falling within a radius.
System Requirements:
MAPIT requires a fast IBM compatible running DOS 3 or later, 512KB RAM,
an EGA or VGA display, and a mouse. Hard disk requirements vary based
upon data options, but are considerable, ranging from 3 to 28 MB. The
shareware version requires under 1 MB. Registration ranges from $39
and up (+ S&H) depending upon options.
Registrants receive the most recent version, more detailed data
(as ordered), a printed manual, a full-use license, and mail/phone
product support. VISA and MasterCard are accepted. ASP Member.
Packaging:
MAPIT is distributed on a single 3.5 inch floppy. There are extra
.PCX screen dumps included for the Vendor's use in advertizing.
They are packaged in PCX.ZIP. You may eliminate PCX.ZIP and distribute
the remaining system on a single 720 KB floppy.
You may also distribute this version of MAPIT on two 360 KB floppies
by copying all files except MAPITB.PAK to the first floppy while
putting MAPITB.PAK on the second.
The improved installation program works with either one or two floppies.
Just enter "a:install".
Legal Considerations:
You may distribute copies of the Software IN ITS UNMODIFIED ENTIRETY
on a commercial basis for a fee not to exceed TEN DOLLARS total,
or you may post the Software on electronic bulletin boards if you package
the Software so that each diskette must be downloaded IN ITS UNMODIFIED
ENTIRETY.
If you post it, you must compress or otherwise package the Software
in either a combined file named "MAPIT12.ext" or as two separate files
named "MAPIT12A.ext" and "MAPIT12B.ext" where ".ext" reflects the type
of compression or packaging used.
You may not list the Software in advertisements, catalogs, or other
literature as "FREE SOFTWARE". Shareware is "Try-Before-You-Buy"
software, not free.
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this product.