Accession Number:

ADA289470

Title:

MapTool Version 2. User's Manual.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA

Personal Author(s):

• Lemmond, Peter

Report Date:

1994-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

76.0

Abstract:

MapTool is an interactive computer program for the display of common marine geophysical data. At present, the program displays isolines, color-filled contours, navigation tracklines, and navigated scalar values in a variety of styles. A variety of map projections are supported. This document describes the basic requirements for running the Map Tool program, for creating various displays, and generating hard copy output. The supported data file formats are described. All of the options, displays, menus, and windows are documented.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER GRAPHICS
• *INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS
• *MARINE GEOPHYSICS
• DATA BASES
• COMPUTER PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION
• SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
• USER MANUALS
• REQUIREMENTS
• OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• MAPPING
• DATA DISPLAYS
• SCALAR FUNCTIONS
• MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
• COMPUTER FILES
• DIGITAL MAPS
• NAVIGATION CHARTS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE