pjy100@csc.anu.oz (04/14/90)
**** Software Announcement ***** For people who have been asking for contouring software for the mac - the following software has been released. A demonstration version has been posted to the info-mac archives at the internet address: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. About ContourMap V1.0: ContourMap draws contour maps of three dimensional data interactively. Input data can be either from a regular grid or from an irregular set of points in the x y plane. Output can be quality printed on a Laserwriter, copied to the clipboard or saved in a PICT file. Control is provided over the form of the contour map, including line thickness, label positioning, colour, text font, size and style, x and y axes, line drawing, grid markings and map size. Maps can be edited interactively allowing for good control over final touchups. ContourMap also provides data editing capabilities as well as missing data interpolation. This demonstration version only supports the data sets provided. Hardware requirement: Only runs on a 68020/68881 or 68030/68882 class machine and requires ~ 800kbytes of memory. MacPlus version being considered. Feature List: Regular grid of data or irregularly spaced data Interactive editing of map Interactive editing of data Contour line labelling Arbitrary text labels Arbitrary line segments with the ability to confine contouring within or outside of closed polygons X and Y axes Data point markers Full laserwriter support Either line drawing or shading mode Colour, line thickness (laserwriter hairlines) and font detail selection Multifinder friendly with background processing support Ordering Information: ContourMap can ber ordered from: Software Ideas PO Box 3409 Weston Creek ACT 2611 Australia Send your name, address, and prepayment of AU$159.00 to the above address. Payment can be made by bank cheque, credit card (VISA, Mastercard or American Express - please send your card number + expiration date) or money order.