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MAPPER-3a/Ireland 1.2 (C) UK 1995 Steve Litchfield
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Released as shareware June 1995 ...
Registration address (send cheque for 9 pounds to):
Steve Litchfield
8 Grove Farm
Mytchett
Surrey
GU16 6AQ
Requires Psion Series 3a or Acorn PocketBook II, with approximately 90k
of free system memory to run in.
New features for v1.2 (from v1.1)
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Proc-H now moves any current selection down one 'slot'; Psion-Control-Plus
and Minus now set maximum and minimum detail; added Places of Interest
overlay; added mountain peaks overlay; added Camping sites/parks overlay;
added facility to display town plan schematics and utilities for creating
your own; added a couple of the larger inland lakes; added Hillsborough;
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MAPPER-3a/Ireland 1.2 is shareware. This does not make it a free program!
Yes, you can copy it freely to friends or acquaintances, or even upload
the original ZIP file to bulletin boards etc, but if you like it and
continue to use it, then you are honour-bound to register the program by
sending me a cheque for †9 (pounds).
If you have already registered MAPPER-3a for Great Britain, you can register
at half-price, i.e. †4.50 ...
Registration gets you:
a) a clear conscience that you're using paid-for software, and that
you're helping support future development of MAPPER-3a/Ireland and
other quality Psion shareware software.
b) a special code that will personalise your copy of MAPPER-3a/Ireland,
remove the opening and closing (and a few in-between!) shareware
screens and let you access the program more conveniently, including
the ability to add your own place names to the MAPPER-3a/Ireland
database and shrink or remove the status window to give more room
on-screen. No need to re-install the software, just use the
registration menu option and type in the code!
c) A direct say in how the program develops.
*Note* the supplied MCLINK/RCOM script file which may help you to install
the MAPPER-3a/Ireland v1.2 modules. You may need to customise it to suit
your particular Psion's disk configuration etc. If in doubt, check your
mapper installation against the module listings in the sections below ...
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***************** IMPORTANT!! ********************************
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This text file documents the history of the program, its installation,
and some of the more technical aspects to running it. For general help in
using and understanding MAPPER-3a, please browse through the *extensive*
on-line help. This help is the only documentation of most of MAPPER-3a's
features, so work through it properly! 8-)
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All rights reserved, and copyrights, including the database files and
their format, where appropriate (see listings below). MAPPER-3a/Ireland
is a Geographical Information System (GIS) with a friendly interface.....
Memory requirements
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MAPPER-3a/Ireland 1.2 needs approximately 90k of system memory while
running. If you try to start it with less than this amount available, it
will hopefully warn you and exit.
Components and Installation.
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MAPPER-3a/Ireland v1.2 contains the following components: (note that an
example MCLINK (or RCOM) script file is included, called INSTALL.SCR,
which you may wish to customise for yourself and use it to save yourself
some typing. To use it, start MCLINK and type @INSTALL.SCR. There may or
may not be a few errors at the start depending on whether or not you
already have the appropriate directories ....)
{Inside MAPI12.ZIP are the following files, file sizes quoted to help you
decide on whether to install certain overlays etc. Copyright and
contributor information also included where known or appropriate}
MAPPERIR.TXT - this file!
MAPPERIR.OPA - the main program module. Place this in an \APP\ directory
on any Psion drive, and install onto your system screen
with Psion-I. Size - 40k. Note the name of this module
is deliberately named differently to the MAPPER3A.OPA file
in the main GB product, in case you want both installed on
your machine at the same time! (C) Steve Litchfield
plus some support files, to be placed in a \APP\MAPPERIR\ subdirectory:
MAPHELP.RSC - the comprehensive on-line help file - 11k
IRELAND.MP1 - a data-set of approximately 1100 towns and cities - 4k
COASTIRE.MP2 - a data-set showing the coastline of Ireland - 1k
ROADIRE.MP2 - a data-set of the Irish motorway and most of the primary route
network - 2k
MAPPER.PIC - some icons for use with the overlays, including a default
one, the town planning symbols and the title screen - 3k
Vector overlays (i.e. lines and boundaries):
NTHSOUTH.MP4 - the boundary between Northern and Southern Ireland - 1k
RAILWAYS.MP4 - a vector data-set of the Irish railway network - 1k
Item overlays (i.e. specific points and labels and reference info):
AIRPORTS.MP3 - airports! - 1k
INTEREST.MP3 - places of interest - 8k
CAMPING.MP3 - camp sites - 6k
PEAKS.MP3 - mountain peaks over 700m - 1k
Each of the .MP3 overlays listed above has an associated .PIC file of the
same name. These are the on-screen icons for overlays, and will be used if
present in the main \APP\MAPPERIR\ directory. 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.
As I say, all the above support files live in the \APP\MAPPERIR\ directory.
New to v1.2 are town plan schematics, as used in MAPPER-3a for Great
Britain. Users can use the supplied VECTDRAW utility to create town plans
of their locality and then (hopefully) submit them to me for inclusion in
the next release of MAPPER-3a/Ireland. The TPLIST utility is useful to
keep track of which towns have been 'done'! A selection of town plans is
supplied with MAPPER-3a/Ireland v1.2, as a starter, and hopefully the
number of them will grow as time goes on.
So ...
VECTDRAW.OPO & TPLIST.OPO - put these into a \OPO\ directory on any drive
on your Psion.
The Tpnnnnnn.MT1 town plan files should be put into a \APP\MAPPERIR\PLANS\
directory on any drive.
.MP3 Overlays and their format etc.
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You can use the overlay creation menu options to create your own 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.
Please note that although these user-made .MP3 files are editable under
DATA, you will run into a few problems if you update the records in the
file on a *flash disk*, as the file *must be compressed* for
MAPPER-3a/Ireland to use it, and the 3a won't let you compress a file on
a flash disk! Thus you'll have to copy the file onto your internal or RAM
disk, make the changes, compress the file and then copy it back over into
the \APP\MAPPERIR\ directory on your flash.
MAPPER-3a/Ireland *should* default to creating new .MP3 files on your
*internal* disk, which is where you'll have less problems updating your
overlay.
Note that the built-in/supplied overlays have been compressed slightly
to save space and so are not editable under DATA. If you're desperate to
see what's in them, the freeware program JBDATA will let you do this.
You will probably want to create a custom icon as well. In this case,
MAPPER-3a/Ireland needs a 17 by 17 single-plane PIC file of the same
filename as the .MP3 overlay, but with a .PI