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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