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Various upgrades, downgrades, improvements, and modifications are contemplated
for SURVEY LAND YOURSELF. If you would like to be a part of this, then you
must become a registered collaborator.
I need help in testing various hardware, devising algorithms, and poofreading.
Three daughters are planned:
DEEDPLT. This deletes all portions concerned with creating a new survey.
It deals only with plotting someone else's land description.
SURVEY LAND YOURSELF. The present bag.
SCIENTIFIC SURVEYING. 3-D surveying, backsights, multiple instrument
readings, precision, multiple loop closures, area, volume, star shots, &c.
Graphics modes. BASIC purports to support EGA video modes, but I have no way
of testing this. VGA has no standards; each brand has its own driver for each
brand of software. Even Microsoft won't touch it. Actually, the problem isn't
no standards, it's too many standards.
Printer support. I need a copy of the bitmap graphics commands (from the
technical manual) for your printer, and a tester.
Compiled (.EXE) version. QuickBASIC will compile GW-BASIC source, altho not too
gracefully. The GW-BASIC version CM28½ of CAVEMAP1 (Aug 91 vintage) has been
transliterated to QuickBASIC and compiled by Scott Spurlock. Experimentation
copies are available upon request.
Instrument & program default parameters, user ID, &c will be put in their own
file.
The textfiles will be rewritten. An attempt will be made to draw diagrams in
the text, rather than require CAVEMAP. The present state of the art in
generically combining text and graphics is abyssal, with lots of 4-H.
A hypertext version may be attempted.
Examples will be added, modified, and\or deleted.
A default test mode for CAVEMAP will draw illustrations for the text.
An input translator will import a data file in goofus format.
An export translator will export to a data file in goofus format.
A sectional map routine will allow printing of large maps on several pages.