Psi-Mapper/Ireland 2.0 (C) UK 1994-7 Steve Litchfield
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Released as shareware July 1997 ...

Note for upgraders: All files have changed for this major new
version. Please delete everything to do with Mapper/Ireland and
re-install.

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If you unzipped this product from its constituent ZIP file
_without_ the "-d" option (to rebuild the original correct directory
structure), then you have two options. *EITHER* delete this file and the
other files you've just created and try again, or carry on reading here
until you get to the part where it tells you which directories to put
everything in, and then use the MCLINK/DOS installation script or copy
everything across manually!

If you use a Mac, please note that you should avoid any unzipping
options that involve 'smart'-handling of linefeeds.
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Registration address (send cheque for 9 pounds to):

Steve Litchfield
22 Grays Crescent
Woodley
Berks
RG5 3EN

or register electronically on Compuserve with GO SWREG no. 6567 (full
price), or no. 12071 (half-price offer for users of Psi-Mapper/GB)

or with a credit card at http://www.swregnet.com/882p.htm

Psi-Mapper update information and new versions can be found at
http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/

Requires Psion Series 3a or 3c, with approximately 90k of free system
memory to run in.

New for v2.0 (over v1.5)
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Major upgrade! Now with 4x as many towns and twice as many roads; All
coordinates are now in native Irish Grid; icon changed; added motorway
exits overlay; improved coastline resolution;
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Psi-Mapper/Ireland is shareware. This does not make it a free program!
Yes, you can copy it freely to friends or acquaintances, or even upload
the original ZIP file to bulletin boards etc, but if you like it and
continue to use it, then you are honour-bound to register the program by
sending me a cheque for 9 pounds.

If you have already registered Psi-Mapper for Great Britain, you can
register at half-price, i.e. 4 pounds 50p ...

Registration gets you:
a) a clear conscience that you're using paid-for software, and that
   you're helping support future development of Psi-Mapper/Ireland and
   other quality Psion shareware software.
b) a special code that will personalise your copy of the program, remove
   the opening and closing shareware 'nag' screens and let you access
   the program more conveniently, mainly the ability to shrink or remove
   the status window to give more room on-screen. No need to re-install
   the software, just use the registration menu option and type in the
   code!
c) A direct say in how the program develops.

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This text file documents the history of the program, its installation,
and some of the more technical aspects to running it. For general help
in using and understanding Psi-Mapper/Ireland, please browse through the
on-line help. This help is the only documentation of most of the
program's features, so work through it properly! 8-)
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All rights reserved, and copyrights, including the database files and
their format, where appropriate (see listings below). Psi-Mapper/Ireland
is a Geographical Information System (GIS) with a friendly interface.....

All data sets are original work, collated using information from low
resolution free maps, genuine public domain information, personal
knowledge and data gathered from personally-owned GPS units. NOTE that
the coastline and ALL road vectors are shown diagrammatically, for ease
of understanding. Please especially note Psi-Mapper/Ireland's low
resolution. *Everything* is at least +/- 1km! Using low resolution means
that the program won't conflict or overlap with existing PC-based GIS
systems or infringe OS map copyrights and (more importantly) means that
quite large areas and amounts of information can be crammed into a
palmtop, where a PC version would need megabytes!!

Memory requirements
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Psi-Mapper/Ireland needs approximately 90k of system memory while
running. If you try to start it with less than this amount available, it
will hopefully warn you and exit.


Components and Installation.
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Psi-Mapper/Ireland may well be the largest and most complex program
you'll ever have to install on your Psion, so don't get frustrated if
you can't seem to work out how to get everything going immediately. Try
installing another (simpler) program first, and then try
Psi-Mapper/Ireland again when you're more confident with files,
directories etc.

NOTE: Before installing the program, do the following. Go into 'Set
Preferences' on your system screen menu and set 'Update lists' to
"System Button". If you don't do this, the Psion will try and update all
its lists after *every* file is copied, which will take ages ....

(i) If you correctly unzipped Psi-Mapper/Ireland with its original
    directory structure, then simply drag and drop this directory tree
    onto one of your Psion's disk root directories. Note: dragging and
    dropping whole directory trees is not trivial and you may wish to
    read the manual and/or practice first!! I tend to drag and drop from
    a highlighted directory in the right-hand side of a drive pane over
    to the drive root directory (\) in the left-hand side of the target
    drive pane. Confused? Blame Psion! Practice the procedure, you'll
    soon get the hang of it.

(ii) If you've got all the Psi-Mapper files in the same directory,
     you're definitely going to have to do it all manually, but at least
     you can do it all with 'drag and drop'! You'll need to create the
     \APP\, the \APP\MAPPERIR\ and the \APP\MAPPERIR\PLANS\ directories
     by hand on your Psion using the 'Create Directory' menu command. A
     good tip is to sort the unzipped files by extension/type, i.e. all
     the .PICs together, all the .MP3s together, and so on. You can
     highlight blocks of files in PsiWin by clicking on the first one
     and then holding the <Shift> key down and clicking on the last one.
     All files in between will now be highlighted as well, and you can
     drag and drop the lot in one go across to your Psion's drives!! If
     all else fails refer either to the list below, which should give
     you enough clues as to where things go!

  TIP: - when you drag and drop, remember to hold the <Control> key down
  throughout the operation. This forces PsiWin to just copy the file(s)
  and not try to do any fancy conversions!

{Inside MAPI20.ZIP are the following files. Copyright and
 contributor information also included where known or appropriate}

MAPPERIR.TXT - this file!

MAPPERIR.OPA - the main program module. Place this in an \APP\ directory
               on any Psion drive, and install onto your system screen
               with Psion-I. Note the name of this module
               is deliberately named differently to the MAPPERGB.OPA file
               in the main GB product, in case you want both installed on
               your machine at the same time! (C) Steve Litchfield

plus some support files, to be placed in a \APP\MAPPERIR\ subdirectory:

MAPHELP.RSC  - the comprehensive on-line help file

IRELAND.MP1  - a data-set of towns and cities
COASTLIN.MP2 - a data-set showing the coastline of Ireland
ROADS.MP2    - a data-set of the Irish motorway and most of the primary route
               network

(the above three files were updated and compiled by Eddie Slupski)

MAPPERIR.PIC - some icons for use with the overlays, including a default
               one, the town planning symbols and the title screen

Vector overlays (i.e. lines and boundaries):
NATIONAL.MP4 - the boundary between Northern and Southern Ireland
RAILWAYS.MP4 - a vector data-set of the Irish railway network
OSGRID.MP4   - a vector data-set of the Irish Grid Reference system
FIFTY.MP4    - a vector data-set of the Irish 1:50000 map index grid

Item overlays (i.e. specific points and labels and reference info):
AIRPORTS.MP3 - airports! (updated by Eddie Slupski, 1997)
INTEREST.MP3 - places of interest (updated by Zoe Ingle, 1997)
CAMPING.MP3  - camp sites
PEAKS.MP3    - mountain peaks over 700m (compiled by Zoe Ingle, 1996)
PORTSIRE.MP3 - ports capable of taking yachts (see PORTSIRE.WRD file for
               more info - (contributed by Graeme Smith)
HMCGIRE.MP3  - coastguard stations (see HMCGIRE.WRD) - (contributed
               by Graeme Smith)
COASTRIR.MP3 - coastguard radio stations (see COASTRIR.WRD) - (contributed
               by Graeme Smith)
COAST2C.MP3  - coast to coast walk - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
ULSTRWAY.MP3 - Ulster Way walk - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
WALKFEST.MP3 - Some walking festivals - (contr. by Paddy DIllon, July 96)
YHA.MP3      - Youth Hostels - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
FOREST.MP3   - Forest Parks - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
NATTRUST.MP3 - National Trust sites (Northern Ireland only) -
               (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
CATHEDR.MP3  - Cathedrals, abbeys, ruins etc - (contr. by Zoe Ingle, 
               Jul 96)
VIEWPONT.MP3 - Viewpoints - (contr. by Zoe Ingle, Jul 96)
MUSEUM.MP3   - Museums etc - (contr. by Zoe Ingle, Jul 96)
TOURINFO.MP3 - Tourist Info Centres - (contr. by Paddy Dillon, July 96)
EXITS.MP3    - Motorway junctions - (contr. by Eddie Slupski)

Each of the .MP3 overlays listed above has an associated .PIC file of the
same name. These are the on-screen icons for overlays, and will be used if
present in the main \APP\MAPPERIR\ directory. If they are not present, a
default 'star' icon will be used....

Each of the overlays includes reference information for each item, and
this can be displayed by turning 'Overlay Reference Fields' On.

Some of the overlays may have .TXT files of the same name. These give
more information about the overlay and can be read on the desktop machine
or the Psion, as appropriate, and then deleted if necessary.

As I say, all the above support files live in the \APP\MAPPERIR\ directory.

Note the town plan schematics, as used in Psi-Mapper for Great Britain.
Users can use the supplied VECTDRAW utility to create town plans of their
locality and then (hopefully) submit them to me for inclusion in the next
release of Psi-Mapper/Ireland. The TPLIST utility is useful to keep track
of which towns have been 'done'! A selection of about 20 town plans is
supplied with Psi-Mapper/Ireland v2.0, as a starter, and hopefully the
number of them will grow as time goes on.

So ...

VECTDRAW.OPO & TPLIST.OPO - put these into a \OPO\ directory on any drive
                            on your Psion.

The Tpnnnnnn.MT1 town plan files should be put into a \APP\MAPPERIR\PLANS\
directory on any drive.


.MP3 Overlays and their format etc.
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You can use the overlay creation menu options to create your own overlay
and then use the point and shoot method to identify where you want each
item icon to appear, together with information for the reference field.

Please note that although these user-made .MP3 files are editable under
DATA, you will run into a few problems if you update the records in the
file on a *flash disk*, as the file *must be compressed* for
Psi-Mapper/Ireland to use it, and the Psion won't let you compress a
file on a flash disk! Thus you'll have to copy the file onto your
internal or RAM disk, make the changes, compress the file and then copy
it back over into the \APP\MAPPERIR\ directory on your flash.

The program *should* default to creating new .MP3 files on your
*internal* disk, which is where you'll have less problems updating your
overlay.

Note that some of the built-in/supplied overlays have been compressed
slightly to save space and so are not editable under DATA. If you're
desperate to see what's in them, the freeware program JBDATA will let you
do this.

You will probably want to create a custom icon as well. In this case,
Psi-Mapper/Ireland needs a 17 by 17 single-plane PIC file of the same
filename as the .MP3 overlay, but with a .PIC extension. I normally
create these icons in DRAW28.

Deleting info from the custom town database, \OPD\MAPPERIR.DBF
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The \OPD\MAPPERIR.DBF file is editable under DATA, so you can delete
individual towns etc and modify them in this way. Please remember to
compress the file before exiting DATA !


Keeping a standard/default settings file
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You can set everything up how *you* like it (i.e. your own private
default for all settings) and then make the \OPD\MAPPERIR.SET file
read-only. Psi-Mapper/Ireland will then always load your preferred
settings in and will be prevented from overwriting them when you exit the
program.


Grabbing the current map screen as a PIC file
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You may well want to grab a map screen as a standard Psion .PIC file,
for printing or editing using DRAW (see small print at end) or PAINT or
any other Psion bit-map editor. Grabbing the Psion screen is done with
pressing 'Control', 'Shift', 'Psion' and 'S' simultaneously (it's
easier to do than it sounds) and lo and behold a file called SCREEN.PIC
will have appeared in the root directory (\) of your internal disk ...

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Thanks for trying Psi-Mapper/Ireland! If you decide to remove
the program from your Psion, please note that it creates three
small files in \OPD\ on your default disk. MAPPERIR.DBF (custom place
database), MAPPERIR.REG (your registration key, once I've given it to
you) and MAPPERIR.SET (used to store your preferences and position etc
from session to session. If you've created any custom overlays or their
icons, there may also be a few files in an \APP\MAPPERIR\ directory on
your internal disk.


Small print:
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1) Reverse engineering of the program or data modules is strictly
   forbidden. Attempts to try and 'crack' the methods used by me to
   protect Psi-Mapper/Ireland from reverse translation are also
   forbidden. If you would like to create a complementary program and
   use my data-sets, then please get in touch with me.

2) A useful related program to have available for editing and cropping
   any screen-grabs you do is DRAW 2.84, by Rick Andrews. This is a full
   bitmap editor and manipulator and is also shareware, available
   wherever you got this program from.

3) Special thanks to Eddie Slupski, for his effort in revising and
   redrawing all the map data in this version.

4) You can contact me via email at slitchfield@cix.compulink.co.uk, if
   you'd like. To speed up registrations, you can quote your email address
   for quick return of your registration code.

5) If you give Psi-Mapper/Ireland to a friend (as is encouraged with
   shareware!), then it's always best to give him/her the original ZIP
   file. If the transfer takes place by SSD, then remember to include
   both the main MAPPERIR.OPA program and the \APP\MAPPERIR\ subdirectory
   full of data files. Do *not* give your friend your MAPPERIR.REG
   registration file, as this is unique to you and contains *your* name,
   and subsequent piracy will tell the world who started the outbreak!

6) Note on copyrights etc.: be careful to only make use of freely
   available and public domain data sources when compiling any overlays,
   unless of course you sourced the information (from memory?) in the
   first place! If you submit an overlay to myself for inclusion in
   future versions, please state your source(s) of information and their
   copyright status.

7) For more information on connecting Psi-Mapper/Ireland to a GPS unit to
   provide a moving map display, please see the GPSNOTES.TXT file
   shipped with Psi-Mapper/GB, or the equivalent page on my web site.
