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                         THE WORLD
                        INSTRUCTIONS

The MAIN MENU displays as follows:

1 - BY LAT AND LONG
2 - BY AREA
3 - EUROPE
4 - USA
5 - US CAPITAL CITIES
6 - OTHER MAJOR CITIES
7 - NATIONAL CAPITALS
8 - INPUT HURRICANE DATA
9 - ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW
10- POINTER
99- EXIT
?
                             1.
LAT & LONG:
     If you have the particular LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of what
     you want to look at choose option 1. You will be asked for
     LATITUDE first then LONGITUDE. DO NOT ENTER MINUTES AND
     SECONDS, however you are permitted to enter DECIMAL parts of
     a degree.

     You are then asked to enter a scaling factor (a number from
     one to five). A default scale of 3 is selected by pressing
     the enter key. The largest area is 1 and the most detailed
     is 5.

     Most areas of the western Atlantic will then ask if you
     want hurricane tracks (tracks of 1985 Atlantic hurricanes are
     included as file "TRAKS"). No tracks of hurricanes is the
     default. Hitting "Y" will read and plot tracks.

     The upper left corner will show a horizontal line which
     indicates 100 Miles on the particular map position shown

     The upper right corner of the screen will show the number of
     miles in one degree at the latitude of the center of the map
     on the screen.

     Starting on the second line of the display will be the names
     of all NATIONAL CAPITALS which appear on the display and a
     small circle identifying the capital at the appropriate
     coordinates.

                               2.& 3.
AREA & EUROPE:
     Selected areas of the world and especially the USA are
     presented in a list. Choose by typing the capitalized
     letters for your desired area (don't use the lowercase
     letters ie. S.AM for S.AMerica). Scaling is handled by the
     program and the upper right corner of the screen displays
     the number of miles per degree at the center lat.

                              4.
USA:
     A special map of the USA including state borders.


                              5.
STATE CAPITALS:
     State capitals are presented alphabetically and selected by
     number. You are then asked for a scaling factor as in item
     #1 and ,if appropriate, whether you want hurricane tracks.
     Again the upper left presents the 100 Mile scale, the upper
     right the miles per degree at the lat of the capital you
     selected, and on the second line any National Capitals that
     are on the visible map.

     The lower left of the screen shows the name of the capital
     that the map is centered upon. The capital is marked with a
     small circle. Its lat is show at right center and and long
     at bottom center.

                            6.

OTHER CITIES:
     Thirty eight selected cities are displayed alphabetically and
     allow selection by number. Scaling factors and hurricane
     track questions are as in #1. 100 mile indicator, miles per
     degree and National Caps are as above. The name of the city
     and its Lat and Long. are also displayed.

                            7.

NATIONAL CAPITALS:
     116 randomly selected national capitals are displayed in
     alphabetical order on 2 pages. Select by number. 999 for
     additional pages. As in previous options scale and hurricane
     requests (when appropriate) are asked for. The 100 mile
     line, miles per degree, center location and other visible
     capitals are displayed as above.

                            8.

HURRICANE DATA:
     Allows you to keep track of future Atlantic
     Hurricanes. It asks the storm's name first, then date in MMDD
     form, then type (Hurricane  tropicalStorm  tropicalDepresion
     or Other),then lat and long. It will then ask if you have
     data on other storms (default is no). You are then asked if
     you want the display of hurricane data. If you respond "y"
     then a display will be generated centered upon your last
     storm data with a 100 mile radius circle around it.
     All appropriate data will be displayed as above.

                            9.

ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW:
     Asks for viewing long. (default is 0 deg)
     then presents an image of the world which is Orthographically
     corrected for your selected long. The display is always from
     180 deg west to 180 deg east so watch the world distort as
     you view it from different longitudes.

                            10.

POINTER:
     A Mercator projection of the world is displayed
     with a pointer located in the Atlantic Ocean. Use your
     cursor or number keys to position the cursor at the location
     you desire to examine. As the cursor moves its lat and long
     will be indicated. When it is near where you want it hit the
     ENTER key and the cursor will become the center of an
     expanded view. You can now reposition the cursor and expand
     again by hitting ENTER. Including the full world map you
     have five expansions. Expansion beyond the fifth level
     returns the world map. Hitting the "E" key at any level
     returns you to the Menu.

                            99.

Exit:
     Provides a graceful exit to DOS from the MAIN MENU.

                        GENERAL

    MOST INPUTS HAVE A DEFAULT. IF NOT SPECIFIED ON THE SCREEN THE
    PROGRAM WILL USE YOUR LAST RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC REQUEST.THERE
    ARE NO DEFAULTS WHERE YOU ARE TO TYPE A SPECIFIC NAME. HOWEVER
    YOU CAN GENERALLY DEFAULT FROM ONE DISPLAY TO ANOTHER WITHOUT
    CHANGING LAT & LONG. YOU WILL NOTE THE ABSENCE OF BOUNDARY LINES
    IN ALL EXCEPT NORTH & CENT AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE. ADDING
    THEM WILL SLOW DOWN PROCESSING