Registration

     Need custom clipart for use in a drawing or
presentation program?  ClpMap may be your answer.  ClpMap,
however, is not free software.  As a shareware product, you
are invited to copy and try ClpMap without charge, and to
copy and freely distribute ClpMap in its original form to
other PC users.  If, after evaluating ClpMap, you wish to
continue using this software on your system, it will be
necessary to become a registered owner.  To register for
ClpMap, simply print the registration form by printing the
file register.doc (use the DOS command COPY REGISTER.DOC PRN)
and follow directions on this file.  The form can also be printed
after installation of ClpMap by opening ClpMap and selecting
HELP then REGISTER from its main menu and following directions.

Hardware requirements

     ClpMap requires a PC or compatible computer running
Microsoft Windows 3.0 or later.  It will run on almost any
PC with a hard disk and compatible with Windows.  In
general, however, a fast higher end machine (80386 or better
with a math coprocessor and at least 2 Meg RAM) is
recommended is order to speed up map generation.  With a
slower machine, and especially without a math coprocessor,
generation of the map data can be very slow, especially for
a satellite view at full resolution.

Details of the world database

     ClpMap uses an extremely detailed world database called
the Micro World Data Bank II (MWDBII).  This database was
placed in the public domain by Fred Pospeschil and Antonio
Riveria and was derived by them from a much larger database
created by the CIA and distributed by the US Department of
Commerce for a cost of $660.

     The database distributed with ClpMap is separated into
six separate files including data for coast lines, islands,
lakes, rivers, country boundaries and state boundaries (USA
only).  It is identical with that placed in the public
domain except that an extraneous curve found in the states
data file has been eliminated (the curve appeared to define
an air route into Berlin), and several curves in the lakes
database were actually islands in the extreme northern
regions of Canada and were moved to the islands database
file.  Also, the two files distributed with MWDBII
containing coast line data have been combined into a single
file.

     ClpMap is distributed both with and without its
database.  If you have the original MWDBII data files you do
not need the ClpMap database.  The program instdata.exe,
distributed with ClpMap, will modify the original MWDBII files 
so that they are identical with those distributed with ClpMap.

File Definitions

     ClpMap is distributed with the following files:

     Program Files:
     readme		Contains direction for getting started
			and last minute changes to the documentation.

     register.doc	Contains registration form.  Print out this
			file and follow directions to become a
			registered user of ClpMap.

     clpprog.$$$	The compressed program files and documentation.

     install.exe	The installation program for ClpMap.

     Database Files:
     clpdata1.$$$	Compressed ClpMap database file 1.

     clpdata2.$$$	Compressed ClpMap database file 2.

Getting started

     The steps for installing ClpMap on your system are as follows:

1.  Make the floppy drive containing the ClpMap program distribution
disk the current drive and type INSTALL, then follow directions.

2.  You will be asked for a target directory for ClpMap and
all of the ClpMap program files will be copied into it and
decompressed.  If you have the ClpMap database files, they
will also be copied into this directory.  If you are using
the original MWDBII data files, copy coast1.pnt, coast2.pnt,
country.pnt, state.pnt, island.pnt, lake.pnt and river.pnt
into the same directory with the ClpMap program files.

3.  Make the ClpMap directory the active directory and
execute the program instdata.exe.  If the data files
distributed with ClpMap are present, they will be
decompressed for use.  If the original MWDBII files are
present instead, they will be modified for use with ClpMap.

4.  To install ClpMap into a Windows program group, open
windows then open the desired group and select File then New
from the Program Manager's main menu.  Select Program Item then
enter the path name to the file clpmap.exe under Command Line.

     Once selection is complete and the dialog is closed by
selecting OK, an icon resembling a world globe will appear.
ClpMap can now be started by double clicking on this icon.
ClpMap is designed to be intuitive to operate and includes a
help system which should make it straight forward to learn
simply through experimentation.  For additional help, print
the clpmap.doc file by using the command COPY CLPMAP.DOC PRN.
