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- HARDCOPY MAP PRODUCTION
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- OzMAP
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- Maps are designed with the interactive OzGIS program and saved as Saved display
- files. These files are then read into the OzMap program and output on the
- desired device or file. Attributes and quantisation can be changed in the usual
- way to produce a series of maps.
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- Often maps will be previewed on the screen and then output to a plotter,
- printer or file.
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- Hardcopy map production is limited by the capabilities of the SCIPLOT package.
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- SciPlot produces many graphic file types:
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- The Postscript file is an ASCII file that may be edited or sent directly to any
- Postscript printer.
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- The Encapsulated Postscript file (EPS) and the Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM),
- an ANSI standard format file, are files that should not be edited for they
- contain binary information.EPS and CGM files can be imported directly into
- wordprocessors or other graphical products.
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- The HP pen plotter file (HPGL) is an ASCII file that can be edited or imported
- into wordprocessors or other graphical products.
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- The WordPerfect file (WPG) is a binary file in WordPerfect's internal graphics
- format.WPG files are directly importable into the WordPerfect wordprocessor.
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- The SciPlot Graphics file is a file in SciPlot's own internal format and is
- used solely as input to the VECTOR program.This file is a binary file in very
- compact format.It contains the stream of vectors which represent the figures,
- characters, etc. generated during the execution of the application program.
- VECTOR processes this graphic file and arranges raw vectors in a direction of
- paper motion order before display on dot matrix printers and laserjet printers.
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- For Apple LaserWriters, HP pen plotters, and other graphics devices that
- support avector drawing commands directly, ordering is not required and VECTOR
- immediately displays the vectors.
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- Device files
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- Several device files are provided to control the appearence of maps on output
- devices. These device files can also be used with OzGIS (they will need minor
- modification for use with EGAs).
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- You have to use device files that use hatching for polygon fill. The
- configuration section explains the files available. Generally you need to use
- hatching device files that have the same resolution as that used in OzGIS or
- aspects and character sizes may not be suitable.
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- HATCHSV1 - provides polygon display using hatching.
- HATCHBV1 - hatching for bivariate maps.
- CSIMSV* and CSIMBV* - a series of device files that use the red, green and blue
- plotter pens (or screen colours) to simulate the colour sequences; look at then
- on the screen first to decide which ones to try.
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- The hatching device files can of course be modified to define other hatching
- patterns.
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- VECTOR Program
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- This program enables metafiles produced in the OzMap program to be output to a
- variety of devices and files with such options as rotation and scaling.
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- VECTOR's function is to provide a utility to register SciPlot's output on
- plotting devices (dot matrix and laserjet printers) which cannot be supported
- directly without requiring significant system resources.VECTOR also provides
- interactive preview of graphics files on the screen or bath processing at some
- other time.