RMAP 
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Current version is 1.1
Homepage is at http://www.reza.net/rmap/

Description
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Simply put, rmap is a package that will allow you to generate images of the
earth from a distance or fairly zoomed in.  The code is a small C binary that
reads a datafile of vectors to generate the image.  The actual image is
generated from the libgd library, which will either generate a gif, png, or
jpeg based on the version of libgd and auxiliary libs you have.  Please see
the libgd documentation regarding any auxiliary libs your version might
require.  I've tried to make the code be intelligent when you run configure,
but I've not done much testing of it yet.  

History	
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This package derived out of my personal need for a mapping system that
was accurate across the globe in terms of longitude and latitude
positioning.  I found references to the CIA's Data Bank II which
consists of 3 9-Track tapes of COBAL data that ran on old mainframes
which had decent vector data of the earth, and that were also in the
public domain.  However, trying to find these on the Internet proved to
be a challenge.  I finally came across a set of data files derived from
the CIA's Data Bank files which were compressed in an odd format and
made to run on old old terminals using some Fortran program.  I wrote
some code to convert the mass of datafiles into one larger one that
contained all the data as well as was fairly fast at accessing it.  And
that's the history of the origin on the vector data file.  


Data Content (Configuration)
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The following types of data are available for plotting.  By editing
the rmap.color file which is installed in the same directory as the
earth.rez vector file (usually in /usr/local/share/rmap/ or
/usr/share/rmap/), you can specify what you want to be displayed, and
in what color.   You can also copy this file into your home directory
and rename it .rmaprc in case you can't edit the rmap.color file in
it's installed location.  You can also give rmap a command line
option pointing to the colormap file you would like used.  Look in
rgb.h for a list of all the colors which you can use.  The colors are
the same as the standard rgb.txt file that comes with XFree86 for
your convinience.  Use 'none' if you don't want a particular
feature graphed.  The list of features is as follows.  


The Following are availibe for plotting
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	Boundaries
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	Demarcated or delimited boundary
	Indefinite or in Dispute
	Other line of separation of sovereignty on land
	US State Lines

	Costs, Islands and Lakes
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	Coast, islands and lakes that appear on all maps
	Additional major islands and lakes
	Intermediate islands and lakes
	Minor islands and lakes
	Intermittent major lakes
	Intermittent minor lakes
	Reefs
	Salt pans -- major
	Salt pans -- minor
	Ice Shelves -- major
	Ice Shelves -- minor
	Glaciers

	Rivers
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	Permanent major rivers
	Additional major rivers
	Additional rivers
	Minor rivers
	Double lined rivers
	Intermittent rivers -- major
	Intermittent rivers -- additional
	Intermittent rivers -- minor
	Major canals
	Canals of lesser importance
	Canals -- irrigation type



MISC
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If you are having strange problems, verify that the earth.rez file is not
corrupt.  The md5sum checksom of earth.rez is ab97468a5179c1e51759ef5ba7458a0b
