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FILES
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You should have the following files:
README - that's me
wmap2ps.c - C source
wmap2ps.1 - man page
wmap2ps.man - nroff'ed, i.e. human readable man page
Makefile - genmake generated makefile to build wmap2ps
WHAT IS wmap2ps ?
=================
wmap2ps converts map files (MP1 format) from John B. Allisons
'The World Digitized' package to EPSF 2.0 conforming
PostScript files. The latitude is usually projected using the
mercator projection and the resulting figure may be scaled and
positioned to the needs of the user.
The MP1 format is described in the header of wmap2ps.c
HOW TO BUILD wmap2ps ?
======================
The Makefile was created using Edwin R. Carp's 'genmake' - nice program !
To build wmap2ps simply do a 'make', provided that you have gcc installed.
Otherwise you'll need to change the CC macro in the makefile.
The program was developed using gcc and SunOS 4.1,
but there should be no problems in porting it to other platforms.
PROBLEMS:
=========
I used old style function declarations and simple prototypes
so the worst thing will be the strings that exceed one line, i.e.
fprintf(stdout,"blablabla"
"blubbblubbblubb"
"yupyupyup");
I know that there are compilers that do not support this feature,
but it should be no problem to work around it.
THE WORLD DIGITIZED:
====================
The 'Digital World' data can be found on several
servers around the world; you might want to query
archie for 'worldmap' or get the data for example from
nz20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
in
/pub/msdos/worldmap
If you decide to go there, you'll need the arc utility to extract the maps.
wmap2ps is in the Public Domain. You may use, copy and distribute it freely,
as long as this README file is kept intact.
On the contrary, the MP1 files you need to let it do something useful are not.
I suggest that you send a donation of $20 to the author of
'The World Digitized', John B. Allison. His address is
The World Digitized
Dept. PC SIG
166 Shady Lane
Apollo, PA 15613
STILL READING ?
===============
The reason for writing this program was the need of a map of Tassie -
well, I can promise that it is AT LEAST able to solve this problem.
Any suggestions, bug reports etc. should be directed to dockhorn@fzi.de
As this address is subject to change, do a
finger dockhorn@keemun.fzi.de
or
finger dockhorn@141.21.4.77
if your mail is not answered within a week.
I'll leave my new mail address in the finger info.
have fun
Patsch