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OzGIS PC Mapping System
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OzGIS is an extensive system for the analysis and display of geographically
referenced data. About 150 menus provide an enormous range of options for:
. importing data from databases, spreadsheets and Geographic Information
Systems (GISs) or purchased from Census Bureaux or mapping agencies.
. processing data in preparation for display and analysis
. display of data as several different types of maps and diagrams.
. facilities to analyse displayed data and to manipulate the maps.
. Output to printers, plotters and files.
. Special support for site catchment analysis and territory assignment.
The system can be used to analyze socio-economic and demographic data
produced by censuses and surveys and to support management decisions
associated with for example marketing, sales, site and personnel
location, and advertising. Other spatial data such as environmental
data can be displayed.
OzGIS is available for WINDOWS and LINUX.
INSTALLATION
============
OzGIS has a standard installation procedure i.e. you run SETUP which
is one of the files in the directory with this Readme file. We suggest
you do a "default" installation unless you are short of disk space
on your C: drive in which case you can place the software in a directory
on another drive.
After installation you can run OzGIS from the Start->Programs menu.
None of the files that appeared after you unzipped the OZGIS.ZIP file
are needed after installation so you can delete them.
FILES
=====
After installation you will have some directories on your PC:
c:\Program Files\OzGIS contains OzGIS system files. The
OzGIS.ini file is a configuration file that you can modify.
c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS is the default installation directory.
You can change this during setup.
There are several sub-directories:
c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzData contains all the sample data
that you will need to try out OzGIS.
c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzDocumentation contains the manual and
other documentation.
c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzPrograms contains the OzGIS executable
and some other utilities for handling some data formats. Some
of these are freeware and have no guarantee. The MFC40.DLL is also here.
The system also uses the c:\Program Files\OzTemp directory for temporary
files and also the OZGIS.OUT file on which error messages
and map reports appear.
OTHER
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OzGIS is shareware. Hence you may use it to see if it meets your needs.
You may also distribute it freely or put it on a web site for others
to try.
PROBLEMS
========
Contact us if you have problems. We want you to be able to use OzGIS
and are always ready to help. We also like general comments on how we
can improve the system.
We have had problems installing the MFC40.DLL on some systems. If
necessary you can copy it from the c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzPrograms
directory to the correct place.
If there is a problem you should check the OzGIS.out file in
the c:\Program Files\OzTemp directory.
The OzGIS site is www.kisi.com.au.
Email is support@kisi.com.au
QUICK START
===========
Mapping is a difficult subject and it takes some time to understand all
the concepts. This section is designed to take you through some of the basic
options of OzGIS.
Execute OzGIS from the Start menu.
You will usually want to maximise the map window (and use a high resolution
screen device driver and 256 colours)
Note: All example files are in the c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzData
directory (unless you installed them elsewhere).
There are two basic types of files:
Geographic files contain the digitised map data that enable you to draw
maps e.g. the polygons that define the countries of the world.
Attribute data are values related to map items s e.g. population counts,
average income for the countries of the world.
The first example..............
First display a map of Australia where the polygons are coloured according to
the attribute data. This is a very common type of map for displaying Census
data, sales, government statistics etc
Choose Map->Display zones for an attribute file (i.e. select from the Map
pulldown menu.
Give the attribute file name as OZ (or select oz.att)
Give the geographic file name as OZ (or select oz.geo)
You will have a default map with legend and distribution diagram. The legend
has the numbers of zones in each class on the left and the class value ranges
to the right of the coloured box.
Now you can manipulate the map to help you analyse the data:
First select another attribute by choosing:
Attribute->Select an attribute from a list
Choose an attribute and click OK.
Next change the way the attribute data are classified by choosing:
Class->Change the quantisation method.
Another menu will appear. Select Use pseudo continuous colour
The map will be recoloured using a continous colour range.
You can add other geographic data such as roads, towns, lakes by overlaying
data on a map. Each polygon in a map usually has the name and centroid.
Select Overlay->Overlay names for sites in a geographic file.
Give the geographic name as oz.geo (again)
Use the default text number
Give the legend entry as Names
The names will be displayed.
You can also manipulate the map in many ways
Choose Region->Select window with box cursor.
Select a part of the map by clicking in the bottom-lower part of the map and
dragging to select an area.
The selected part of the map will be displayed.
You can also interrogate the map and display statisitics.
Choose Analyse->Display attribute statistics.
The mean, std deviation etc will be displayed.
Select Control->Top menu to return to the main menus.
Now a second example............
You can also display maps of geographic files without attribute data.
Now display some geographics data - the islands of Hawaii and rivers.
Choose GIS->Display polygons from a geographic file.
Give the file name as "HAWDLGWB".
Accept the default polygon number and give the legend text as "Hawaii".
Accept the default (No) for drawing polygon boundaries.
The islands of Hawaii will be drawn.
Choose the option GIS->Overlay line segments from a geographic file.
Give the file name "HAWDLGST"
Accept the default line number and give the legend text as "Rivers".
This example uses two files originally in DLG-3 optional format, off the USGS
CD-ROM. This is a simplified example; usually feature codes in these files are
used to subset the data e.g. to draw rivers and streams in different colours.
Select Control->Top menu to return to the main menus.
Attribute Diagrams .......
You can also display attribute files without any map.
Choose Diagrams->Display distribution histogram for an attribute file.
Give the attribute files as oz.att.
The histogram will be displayed.
You can change attributes and classification as before.
Choose Feature->Add statistics to diagram.
Select Display mean and standard deviation.
Mean and standard deviation lines will be shown.
Select Control->Top menu to return to the main menus.
There are different types of maps you can display and options for importing
your data into OzGIS for display. Options are provided for preparing data for
display.
There are also other types of files e.g. Colours, text, symbols etc are defined
in device files.
Choose Data->Display Device file. This shows the default device file.
Choose Data->Change device file and select a files. Then display it again.
Finally -
Choose "Quit" from the File menu.
The manual will provide further information on configuring the system
and on all the other things you can do with OzGIS.
READ THE MANUAL!!!
READ THE MANUAL!!!
READ THE MANUAL!!!
READ THE MANUAL!!!
The OzGIS system is developed and marketed by:
Kingsimons Investments
PO Box 6108,
Queanbeyan East,
Australia 2620.
support@kisi.com.au
Visit our web site www.kisi.com.au which contains the latest versions of
OzGIS for WINDOWS and LINUX and also example maps.