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diff --git a/static/v10/man9/blitmap.9 b/static/v10/man9/blitmap.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be776d44 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man9/blitmap.9 @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@ +.TH BLITMAP 9.7 seki +.CT 1 inst_info graphics +.SH NAME +blitmap \- road maps and path finding +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B blitmap +[ +.I option ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Blitmap +displays road maps. +It relies on the mouse to select regions, functions, and to give +formats for typed commands. +The metropolitan N.Y.-N.J. area is the default map. +.IR Blitmap's +screen consists of two frames, +a large frame for plotting maps and printing messages to the user, and +a one-line command frame at the bottom. +.I Blitmap +recognizes two commands from the keyboard, +to designate a region and to scale or plot a route +from one point to another. +The commands, which may be typed at any time, follow. +Here +.I option +is as in the command line. +.HP +[ +.I option ... +] +.B radius +.I address +[ +.BI , " town or zip +] +Plot an area with the given radius in miles around the +.I address. +.TP +.B path +[ +.I option ... +] +.B from +.I address +.B to +.I address +[ +.BI , " town or zip +] +Trace a route on a map and print traveling +directions from point to point. +.PP +.I Address +may be a number and street or an intersection such as, +.L main and 10th +or +.LR "600 Mountain av,new providence" . +.LP +Button 3 Menu +.TF Zoom-out +.TP +.B Regions +Select which region to plot. +Available regions are San Francisco, New York City and North Jersey, +Washington, Los Angeles and Ann Arbor. +.TP +.B Zoom-in +Using button 3 and the box icon, enclose the area desired and +.I blitmap +will plot a map of that area +centered at the center of the drawn rectangle. +.TP +.B Zoom-out +Enclose an area with a rectangle and the map shown will be reduced to the +rectangle size and the rest of the map filled in. The center will be at the center +of the drawn rectangle. +.TP +.B Center +With button 3 point to new center. The radius will remain the same. +.TP +.B Prev. map +.I Blitmap +plots the previous frame. +.TP +.B To draw map +.TP +.B To find path +Tell about the keyboard commands +.TP +.B Quit +Confirm with button 3. +.PD +.PP +Button 2 controls map editing functions. +No editing is actually done, but +by using +the +.B -f +option, a file +of changes will be written, which may be added to the actual database. +.PP +The options specify the algorithm of the path search and plotting choices: +.TP +.B -2 +Two ended search (default). +.PD 0 +.TP +.B -1 +One way search. +.TP +.B -b +Breadth search. +.TP +.B -C +Cyclists \- ignore costs for turns. +.TP +.B -F +Stop at first route connect with breadth search. +.TP +.B -H +Hierarchical search. +(Give priority to major roads.) +.TP +.B -G +In breadth search, ignore ones whose cost + dist >4/3 total airline distance. +.TP +.B -J +Use precomputed routes. +(Available from 600 mountain av,New Providence.) +.TP +.B -V +Verbose directions (all intersections given). +.TP +.B -W +Walkers \- no cost for turns and ignore one-way streets. +.TP +.B -A +Print every possible label. +.TP +.B -B +Print business names. +.TP +.BI -MI x +Forces a detailed street plot for maps whose radius is greater than 10,000 ft. +.TP +.B \-b +Don't print boundaries. +.TP +.BI -i x +Plot only streets with importance +.RI > x ; +.IR x =0 +is default. +.TP +.B -j +Do sketch map only. +.TP +.B -l +Don't print labels. +.TP +.B -r +Don't print railroads. +.TP +.B -s +Don't print streets. +.TP +.B -w +Don't print waterways. +.PD +.SH FILES +.TF /n/seki/usr/rje/BLIT/term/term +.TP +.F /n/seki/usr/rje/BLIT/term/term +terminal support program +.TP +.F /n/seki/m?/map/* +map files +.SH BUGS +Since the data bases have not been checked and many streets are not connected, +some paths may be circuitous. +There are no connecting roads +from N.J into N.Y or from Middlesex county into Union. +The routing programs +will churn, trying to find a through street and will not give up. +.br +There are +no one-way tags on the streets. +.br +.I Blitmap +does not know if it has been reshaped. |
