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- PlaceTrace & PlaceTraceBase Demo Readme
-
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- 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:
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- 3Com PalmPilot Personal or Professional, or Palm III
- A compatible GPS receiver, like:
- Garmin (various models have been used) - Cables
- Trimble Scoutmaster
- Delorme Tripmate
- 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, about $20) and a 25-pin/9-pin male adapter (this probably came in the box with
- your PalmPilot, but is also available as 3Com part #10113U or at Radio Shack, about $5).
- 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 this
- 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:
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- Step 1: Run setup.exe to install PlaceTraceBase with the sample dataset.
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- Step 2: Hotsync to install the PalmPilot executable, PlaceTrace.prc.
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- NOTES:
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- 1) Travel with a navigator - don't try to use this program while driving!
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- 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").
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- 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
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- "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\U.S. Robotics\Pilot Desktop\ApplicationPlaceTrace"
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- 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:
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- e) You can scroll the map simply by dragging it around with the pen.
-
- INSTALLED FILES
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- File Default Install Directory
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- PlaceTraceBase.exe C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\
- PlaceTraceBase.hlp C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\
- County.index C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- Points.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- States Low Detail.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- States High Detail.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- TigerA1.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- TigerA2.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- TigerA3.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- TigerA4.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- TigerA5.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- TigerA6.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- TigerA7.binary C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\Map Data\
- PlaceTrace.PRC C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\ (and c:\Pilot\User\Install\)
- PlTrCond.dll C:\Program Files\PlaceTraceBase\ (and c:\Pilot\)
- mfc42.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ (or C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32, if not there already)
- msvcrt.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ (or C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32, if not there already)
- msvcirt.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ (or C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32, if not there already)
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- 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).