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Thanks Phil,
Here are some resources on screen-legible fonts:
http://www.will-harris.com/typoscrn.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm
http://www.graphic-design.com/Type/WebFonts/default.html
http://jyanet.com/cap/0415fe0.htm
> This is relatively simple. You've got the form already...
Hmmmm. I could definitely use a wizard. (That's the main strength of this
product.) I want to be able to print html reports of all the points,
password protect data updates, thematically color by type of point, and
handle points that are on top of each other. I know what I want, and I
know it's do-able, but I'm not there yet....
Field size: I guess I was wondering what the maximum field size of a
native Maptitude file. (Peter had suggested that I use a native Maptitude
file for this.)
I know: some of this I'm just going to have to try, and see how far I get.
Ah, but a wizard would be nice!
Sincerely,
Margie (Harry Potter's long lost cousin)
(In Israel a decade a ago I told some kids my name, and they burst out
laughing. Apparently, there was a witch named Margie on TV at the time.
>
> Hello Marjorie and Listers,
>
> >- Arial Narrow, the default font for populated places, is impossible to
> >read on the screen. (Or nearly so). Lucida Console is far more readable,
> >but very wide. Does anyone know about other fonts developed for on-screen
> >viewing?
>
> I think this boils down to a matter of taste. I, for one, have to
> disagree with your about "Arial Narrow." Some fonts that do well on
> screen are, as you mentioned, "Lucida", then there's "Verdana", and
> then there's always "Microsoft Sans Serif."
>
> >- How big will the streets file be when I convert it to the editable file
> >format?
>
> Very very big. We don't know exactly how big, but it will be about
> 12 to 17 times as large as the compact version. We'd recommend selecting
> and exporting only the regions you'll absolutely need.
>
> > > 2. How do I reset the file pointers to the hard drive, given that the
> > > streets layer remains on the CD after a Maptitude for the Web
> > > installation? (this, even though I asked it to install the streets layer,
> > > and the Installation notes say to never use the CD drive!)
> > >
> > > Do I have to just remove the file from the layers, reload the file from
> > > the D: drive, and reset all the settings? IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET A SIMPLE
> > > ASCII FILE showing all the .map settings?
>
> There's a lot in this question. The "file pointers" are nothing more
> than the full "pathname" of the file. That is to say, that the way the
> map "remembers" which geographic files you used is that it simply
> stores the full pathname of the geographic files. So, if you used
> your geocoded customer layer in Maptitude folder it would refer to
> that layer with something like "c:\program files\Maptitude\customer.dbd"
> and then if you used the streets layer from your CD ROM it would
> use "D:\ccstreet.cdf." These pathnames get saved as part of the map
> file; when you open the map, the software goes and looks for exactly
> these path and file names to re-open and recreate the map. The situation
> Marjorie poses, where the streets CD is no longer in the CD ROM drive,
> (or perhaps the customer layer's been moved, etc.) comes up all the
> time. This is perfectly OK. When you open the map, the software first
> goes looking for the geographic files it needs in the specific paths
> that are saved as part of the map. If they're not there, in the path
> that the map file initially saved, the software automatically starts
> searching elsewhere, namely in all the paths you specify in the
> "Search Path" box of the Edit-Preferences dialog box. After checking in
> every directory listed in the "Search Path" box, it will give you the
> "file not found" dialog box which has a "Browse" button allowing you
> to browse for the new location of the file yourself. Once the software
> has found all the geographic files and opened the map, you can force
> the map to remember all the new paths simply by saving the map.
>
> Secondly, the installer doesn't install the streets geographic file.
> It installs the so-called "street speed-up files" , a set of
> various index files which greatly increases the performance of
> address matching. However, the streets geographic file itself,
> CCSTREET.CDF, does not get copied over, though this can be done
> manually, quite simply by using windows explorer.
>
> I don't think anyone's yet made an add-in for detailing the contents
> of a map file into a text file. I'll attempt to contribute a
> suggested solution sometime soon.
>
> > > 3. I'd like to ...
> >
> >...let the user add data points. sample concept at
> >http://maps.freebikemaps.org/bikeform.htm
>
> This is relatively simple. You've got the form already to accept
> the user input. All you really need to do in Maptitude is have a
> point layer with a field for each field in your form, then a script
> tied to the "submit" button that adds a new record to the database
> and fills in the user-submitted values. For a point layer this
> can be accomplished with one GISDK function, "AddRecord()". In
> VBScript this would look something like:
>
> ' Read inputs from the HTML form
> user_name = Request("usr")
> phone_number = Request("phn")
> type = Request("typ")
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> ' assume the user's mouse-click on the map was captured
> ' earlier
>
> new_values = Array(Array("User Name", user_name), _
> Array("Phone", phone_number), _
> Array("Type", type), _
> ...
> )
>
> new_rh = Gisdk.Function("AddRecord", "Bike Routes", new_values)
>
>
> > > 4. What's the largest field size?
>
> It depends on what type of table you're using. All the specs are
> in the Maptitude User's Guide (and On-Line Help), see page 388 and
> 389.
>
> I hope this helps to answer some of your questions.
>
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