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<bookinfo> |
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<title>Thuban Manual</title> |
<title>User's Manual for Thuban 1.0</title> |
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<author> |
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<firstname>Jonathan</firstname><surname>Coles</surname> |
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<firstname>Jonathan</firstname><surname>Coles</surname> |
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<firstname>Jan-Oliver</firstname><surname>Wagner</surname> |
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<firstname>Jan-Oliver</firstname><surname>Wagner</surname> |
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<firstname>Frank</firstname><surname>Koormann</surname> |
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<firstname>Frank</firstname><surname>Koormann</surname> |
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<copyright> |
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<year>2003</year> |
<year>2003</year> |
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<holder>Intevation GmbH</holder> |
<holder>Intevation GmbH</holder> |
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</copyright> |
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<revnumber>1.0pre1</revnumber> |
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<date>08-Aug-2003</date> |
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<revremark>Corresponds to Thuban development release 0.8.1</revremark> |
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<chapter><title>Introduction</title> |
<chapter><title>Introduction</title> |
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Thuban is a Free Software Geographic Information Systems (GIS) viewer. |
Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer. |
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It is being developed because there is currently no simple interactive |
It has been developed because there was no simple interactive |
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viewer for geographic information available as Free Software. Thuban is |
viewer for geographic information available as Free Software. Thuban is |
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written in Python and C++ and uses the wxWindows library allowing it to |
written in Python and C++ and uses the wxWindows library allowing it to |
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run on many different platforms, including GNU/Linux and Windows. |
run on many different platforms, including GNU/Linux and Windows. |
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GIS viewers are a necessary tool as they allow one to get a visual |
Geographic data viewers are a necessary tool as they allow one to |
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get a visual |
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impression of the positional relationship of the information that may not |
impression of the positional relationship of the information that may not |
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be apparent from simple inspection of the data values themselves. |
be apparent from simple inspection of the data values themselves. |
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Thuban allows the user to create a session that displays |
Thuban allows the user to create a session that displays |
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<listitem><para>PySQLite 0.4.3 (<literal>http://pysqlite.sourceforge.net</literal>)</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>PySQLite 0.4.3 (<literal>http://pysqlite.sourceforge.net</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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</para> |
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Along with the source codes, the download page also offers |
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full installation packages for Debian, Windows and RPM-based systems |
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(Mandrake, RedHat, SuSE, etc). |
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<section><title>The Main Window</title> |
<section><title>The Main Window</title> |
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<para>Most commonly used is the <emphasis>TIFF/GeoTIFF</emphasis> |
<para>Most commonly used is the <emphasis>TIFF/GeoTIFF</emphasis> |
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format: Raster maps are provided as TIFF images, with an additional |
format: Raster maps are provided as TIFF images, with an additional |
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"world file" storing the geographic reference (usually with an |
"world file" storing the geographic reference (usually with an |
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extension ".tfw". |
extension ".tfw"). |
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</para> |
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