PlaceTrace & PlaceTraceBase Demo Readme

Thank you for trying this Demo.  It includes 3 counties: one in Iowa, one in California,
and one in New Jersey.  It also includes city names and locations for the entire U.S.
It is fully functional except for the printing.  Even if you're not in any of the 3 counties,
you can create labelled waypoints around your town to upload and display on the
PalmPilot.

The complete retail version consists of a CDROM with printing capability and the full U.S.
dataset.  It has the demo's level of detail for all counties in all states, as well as
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and Puerto Rico.  It can be purchased from
PilotGear HQ at http://www.pilotgear.com

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

3Com PalmPilot Personal or Professional, or Palm III
Delorme Tripmate or Garmin II-Plus or Garmin 38 GPS
Pentium 90 or better
4x or faster CDROM
Windows 95 (>=16MB RAM) or Windows NT (>=24MB RAM)

To connect a GPS device to the PalmPilot you'll also need a Pilot Modem cable (3Com part
#10111U) and a 25-pin/9-pin male adapter (3Com part #10113U or Radio Shack).  The GPS
device normally has a 9-pin female connection.  A cable can be manufactured to utilize
the PalmPilot's Hotsync cable (which is different from the Modem cable).  See the web
site http://www.uni-giessen.de/~g230/pilot/pilot_adaptor.html where someone has described
the method.

DISCLAIMER:

There are some errors in the street database, some from the original 1995 Census Bureau
TIGER data, perhaps even some of the programmer's own making.  Send errors to the support
email address below and corrections will be made whenever possible in future versions.

INSTALLATION:

Step 1: Run setup.exe to install PlaceTraceBase with the sample dataset.

Step 2: Install the PalmPilot executable, PlaceTrace.prc, using the PalmPilot's
application installer (probably c:\pilot\InstApp.exe).  The install program should have
left PlaceTrace.PRC in the PlaceTraceBase Directory (probably
"\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\").

Step 3: Hotsync once to load the PalmPilot executable, then again to initialize the
conduit.  Now you're ready to run PlaceTraceBase.

NOTES:

1) Travel with a navigator - don't try to use this program while driving!

2) The program PlaceTraceBase begins on Ames (cultural hub of Story County, Iowa).
Select "Edit | Find City" and (for example) "Dallas", then double-click on "Dallas,
Texas" to see the data area around Dallas, Texas.

Click the 'down-to-earth' toolbar button and drag a small rectangle to zoom in on a
neighborhood.  Click the 'dotted-rectangle' button and drag a rectangle to select
an area of streets for upload to the PalmPilot.  Click the PalmPilot toolbar button
to put the selected streets in the upload directory (like "C:\Pilot\Username\pt").

3) The Conduit file is PlTrCond.dll.  It should have been placed in the PalmPilot
directory by the install. Various settings should also be in the Registry under

  "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\U.S. Robotics\Pilot Desktop\ApplicationPlaceTrace"

in order for the conduit to work.  These should have been created by the Install package.
If the conduit does not work, try shutting down the conduit, then running
"c:\pilot\hotsync.exe -v" and then sync'ing.  If the sync fails, some helpful text should
appear in the Hotsync Log.

Once the program is on your PalmPilot, here is a quick primer for its use:

a) Enter starting lat & long on the first screen and press "Start Tracking"
b) The program's Port Monitor View will show the information interpreted from the
Tripmate.  Eventually the command "GSV" will appear with some numbers like:

	GSV 3:38 4:40 7:29

This is the output of the "Satellites in View" command indicating 3 satellites and
their signal strengths.  These numbers are echoed to the top line of the display.
Soon after 4 or 5 of these appear, you should get a lock, indicated by the display
of latitude and longitude.

c) Once lat & long appear, click "Map View" to go to the map.  Your current position
should appear as a square/diamond.  You may want to select the menu item
"View | Zoom to Full Extent" if your current position is off the edge of the map.

d) The rectangle on the screen is a floating toolbar.  It can be dragged by the pen
if you grab it by the top bar.

The leftmost button below the bar is 'down-to-earth' zoom in.  Click it, then where
you want to zoom.  The PalmPilot's "PageDown" button on the lower center of its case can
also be used for this.

The middle button is "ID".  Click it, then a street.  The street will be highlighted
and its name will appear.

The rightmost button is an up arrow for zoom out.  The PalmPilot's "PageUp" button on the
lower center of its case can also be used for this.

e) You can scroll the map simply by dragging it around with the pen.

Tech Support:

    On the World Wide Web: www.optimalvector.com
    By Email:              support@optimalvector.com

Thank You!

(PalmPilot and Palm III are trademarks of 3Com Corporation.  Windows is a trademark of
Microsoft Corporation.  Tripmate is a trademark of Delorme Corporation, and Garmin
has a trademark, too).