============================================================================= | | Great News! | | You can buy a US$999 GIS with only US$39 before Nov. 20, 1996! | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Contents | | Introduction | Major features | System requirement | Discount information | Order information ============================================================================= Introduction NAC Geographic Products Inc. has developed a geographic information system called NACGIS Version 2.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT, which has implemented the great invention: the Natural Area Coding System. Based on the Natural Area Coding System, NACGIS has introduced a ten-character Universal Geographic Identity for every geographic object in the world. No matter what size it is. Every geographic object in the world from a continent to a parking meter can be statistically uniquely identified by its Universal Geographic Identity (UGID). Major features: 1. Automatic assignment of UGID's to all geographic objects. 2. Automatic links between a graphic object in the map file and its associated document in the document database. You can use both text searching and mouse clicking on the graphic object to retrieve the document for reading and editing. 3 Supports transparency which allows you draw transparent graphic objects with all pictures underneath shown in a mixed color. 4. Graphics editor's features: a) Drawing tools: NACGIS Version 2.0 provides two sets of drawing tools: i) Mouse direct drafting on the screen with your specified default line color, line type, line thickness, brush color, brush pattern, font type, font size, font color, layer number, etc. ii) Graphic object set-up dialog boxes to create accurate pictures. The dialog boxes allow you input exact coordinates for polyline nodes and polygon vertices and layer number, text escapement angle, layer number, specify whether it is a polyline or smooth curve and a polygon or an area, whether it is transparent, and set up pen, brush and font parameters. You can insert or delete nodes or vertices at any location of a polyline or a polygon. A polyline, polygon, simple picture or a group picture can be converted to each other by simply clicking a button on the dialog boxes. NACGIS Version 2.0 can draw polylines, curves, polygons, areas, simple pictures (rectangle, circle, ellipse, regular polygons, stars, etc.), text objects, bitmap objects and group pictures (from an art gallery database). b) Manipulation tools: NACGIS Version 2.0 provides the following graphic objects manipulation tools: i) Mouse and arrow keys direct dragging and resizing ii) Manipulation dialog box which allows you move an graphic object or a group of graphic objects a specified distance or to a specified location, exactly stretch it in x- and/or y-directions, rotate it a specified angle around a specified pivot, and mirror it in x- and/or y-directions with a specified symmetric center. iii) Alignment dialog box which allows you align a group of graphic objects to the left, center, right, top, middle, bottom. iv) Group objects tool which allows you to create group pictures (only one set of a group picture's data will be stored in the memory but can be shown in as many places as you want, which will greatly simplify your drawing and save memory). Once the group picture is created, you can also add it to the art gallery database of the software for later use. v) Delete, Erase All, Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste tools vi) Grid generator which can automatically generate the appropriate level of the NAC grids. 5. Map viewing tools NACGIS Version 2.0 provides the following map viewing tools: i) Theme layers dialog box allows you select the visible layers for the current map. It can store 120 different theme layers. ii) Zoom In and Zoom Out tools allows you zoom in as many time as you want and zoom back to the original picture. iii) Split panes of a window, multiple windows of a document and multiple windows of multiple documents. NACGIS Version 2.0 allows you to view different parts of a map in different panes or windows, view different scales in different panes, and compare different maps in different windows. iv) Display of the cursor's coordinates in Longitude/Latitude, UTM and NAC simultaneously on the status bar of the frame window. v) Coordinate systems NACGIS Version 2.0 supports three types of coordinate systems: Longitude/Latitude system, UTM system and user-defined system. You can import a map file in one coordinate system and export it in another system (Longitude/Latitude <=> UTM). vi) Window setting You can set the scroll window size, window background color, the coordinates of the top left corner of the window and suitable scale to create the best view for the map. 6. Document editor's features NACGIS Version 2.0 also provides a powerful document editor which allows you to read and edit the attached document of a graphic object. The attached document is named by the UGID of a geographic object, which can contain text contents with all kinds of fonts, font styles, sizes and colors, bitmaps, and all other objects created by OLE servers such as Excel Charts and Worksheets. 7. Help file NACGIS Version 2.0 provides a powerful help system which has the following features: i) Context help Whenever you need help for a dialog or a menu command, you can get the help topic immediately by pressing F1. You can also press the button with an arrow and a question mark on the toolbar and the move the cursor to the item which you need help and click the left button of the mouse to get the help topic. ii) Tooltips NACGIS Version 2.0 provides tooltips for all menu commands and buttons. When you move the cursor to a toolbar button, you will see a yellow box with simple help text beside the cursor and a bit more detail help text on the status bar of the frame window. iii) Topics, index and word search NACGIS Version 2.0 allows you to search help content by topics, index and simply a word. 8. Print, print preview and printer set-up NACGIS Version 2.0 provides you all the useful features for print, print preview and printer set-up. It allows you print black/while or color map, and a large map into small pieces which can be connected together to get a large map. You can also print any part of a map as you select. 9. Support of file types NACGIS Version 2.0 mainly support its own map document files with the extension ".nac". However, it can import and export three types of text files: lists of polyline nodes coordinates, lists of polygon vertices coordinates and lists of text objects (text contents, insert point coordinates and escapement angle). In the future versions, we will add dxf files. NAC Geographic Products Inc. also provides you various map documents at good prices. System requirement: Operating system: Windows 95 or Windows NT Memory size: Larger than 4 MB Hard disk space: Larger than 4 MB Discount information NAC Geographic Products Inc. would like to offer you a special discounted price for the license of using NACGIS Version 2.0. The standard price for the license for a single person using NACGIS Version 2.0 in one computer is US$999. If you are using the software at home for non-business purposes, you can get 50% discount. Once you have bought one license of the software, you will get a 80% discount for the license for a future version of the same software. There is a special discount price now. If you buy the license before November 20, 1996, you need to pay only US$39 + US$5 shipping fee ( + 7% GST if in you are in Canada). After then, the price will rise everyday (about US$5.3 a day) until it reaches US$999. Ordering information You can order the license by sending us the international money order (or a check if you are in Canada) or tell us the information of the VISA credit card (Credit card number, holder's name, expiration date and issuing bank name). The price is determined by the date you send out your order. If you use credit card, you can also order it through Email, fax or phone. Please include the exact name, company, address, phone, fax, email for each licensee because the name and address will be embedded into the software. Our address is NAC Geographic Products Inc. 509-50 Stephanie Street Toronto, ON M5T 1B3 Canada NAC: 8CHK Q87P Phone and fax: (416) 979 9306 Email: nac@io.org Web: http://www.io.org If you are doing land planning, NACGIS will be your great assistant! If you are working on transportation, NACGIS will be your first assistant! If you are managing natural resources, NACGIS will provide you the convenience! If you are working on environment protection, NACGIS will be your powerful tool! If you are doing marketing, NACGIS will give you extra hands, eyes and ears! If you are managing real estate, NACGIS will let you get rid of tedious work! If you like fishing, NACGIS will help you record the best fishing spots! If you are a bird watcher, NACGIS will tell you where birds live and move to! If you are learning geography, NACGIS will be your helpful teaching assistant!