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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:
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- . 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.
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- 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.
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- OzGIS is available for WINDOWS and LINUX.
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- INSTALLATION
- ============
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- 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.
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- After installation you can run OzGIS from the Start->Programs menu.
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- None of the files that appeared after you unzipped the OZGIS.ZIP file
- are needed after installation so you can delete them.
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- FILES
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- After installation you will have some directories on your PC:
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- c:\Program Files\OzGIS contains OzGIS system files. The
- OzGIS.ini file is a configuration file that you can modify.
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- c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS is the default installation directory.
- You can change this during setup.
- There are several sub-directories:
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- c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzData contains all the sample data
- that you will need to try out OzGIS.
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- c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzDocumentation contains the manual and
- other documentation.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PROBLEMS
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- If there is a problem you should check the OzGIS.out file in
- the c:\Program Files\OzTemp directory.
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- The OzGIS site is www.kisi.com.au.
- Email is support@kisi.com.au
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- QUICK START
- ===========
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- 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.
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- Execute OzGIS from the Start menu.
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- You will usually want to maximise the map window (and use a high resolution
- screen device driver and 256 colours)
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- Note: All example files are in the c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzData
- directory (unless you installed them elsewhere).
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- 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.
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- The first example..............
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- 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
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- Choose Map->Display zones for an attribute file (i.e. select from the Map
- pulldown menu.
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- Give the attribute file name as OZ (or select oz.att)
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- Give the geographic file name as OZ (or select oz.geo)
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- 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.
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- Now you can manipulate the map to help you analyse the data:
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- First select another attribute by choosing:
- Attribute->Select an attribute from a list
- Choose an attribute and click OK.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- You can also interrogate the map and display statisitics.
- Choose Analyse->Display attribute statistics.
- The mean, std deviation etc will be displayed.
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- Select Control->Top menu to return to the main menus.
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- Now a second example............
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- You can also display maps of geographic files without attribute data.
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- Now display some geographics data - the islands of Hawaii and rivers.
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- Choose GIS->Display polygons from a geographic file.
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- Give the file name as "HAWDLGWB".
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- Accept the default polygon number and give the legend text as "Hawaii".
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- Accept the default (No) for drawing polygon boundaries.
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- The islands of Hawaii will be drawn.
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- Choose the option GIS->Overlay line segments from a geographic file.
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- Give the file name "HAWDLGST"
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- Accept the default line number and give the legend text as "Rivers".
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- 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.
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- Select Control->Top menu to return to the main menus.
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- Attribute Diagrams .......
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- You can also display attribute files without any map.
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- Choose Diagrams->Display distribution histogram for an attribute file.
- Give the attribute files as oz.att.
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- The histogram will be displayed.
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- You can change attributes and classification as before.
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- Choose Feature->Add statistics to diagram.
- Select Display mean and standard deviation.
- Mean and standard deviation lines will be shown.
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- Select Control->Top menu to return to the main menus.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Finally -
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- Choose "Quit" from the File menu.
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- The manual will provide further information on configuring the system
- and on all the other things you can do with OzGIS.
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- READ THE MANUAL!!!
- READ THE MANUAL!!!
- READ THE MANUAL!!!
- READ THE MANUAL!!!
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- The OzGIS system is developed and marketed by:
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- Kingsimons Investments
- PO Box 6108,
- Queanbeyan East,
- Australia 2620.
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- support@kisi.com.au
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- Visit our web site www.kisi.com.au which contains the latest versions of
- OzGIS for WINDOWS and LINUX and also example maps.