               OzGIS PC Mapping System
               =======================

OzGIS is an extensive system for the analysis and display of geographically
referenced data. About 150 menus provide an enormous range of options for:

. importing data from databases, spreadsheets and Geographic Information
  Systems (GISs) or purchased from Census Bureaux or mapping agencies.
. processing data in preparation for display and analysis
. display of data as several different types of maps and diagrams.
. facilities to analyse displayed data and to manipulate the maps.
. Output to printers, plotters and files.
. Special support for site catchment analysis and territory assignment.

The system can be used to analyze socio-economic and demographic data
produced by censuses and surveys and to support management decisions
associated with for example marketing, sales, site and personnel
location, and advertising.  Other spatial data such as environmental
data can be displayed.

   INSTALLATION
   ============

OzGIS has a standard installation procedure i.e. you run SETUP which
is one of the files in the directory with this Readme file. We suggest
you do a "default" installation unless you are short of disk space
on your C: drive in which case you can place the software in a directory
on another drive.

None of the files that appeared after you unzipped the OZGIS.ZIP file
are needed after installation so you can delete them.

   FILES
   =====

After installation you will have some directories on your PC:

c:\Program Files\OzGIS contains OzGIS system files. The
OzGIS.ini file is a configuration file that you can modify.

c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS is the default installation directory.
You can change this during setup.
There are several sub-directories:

c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzData contains all the sample data
that you will need to try out OzGIS.

c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzDocumentation contains the manual and
 other documentation.

c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzPrograms contains the OzGIS executable
and some other utilities for handling some data formats. Some
of these are freeware and have no guarantee. The MFC40.DLL is also here.

The system also uses the c:\Program Files\OzTemp directory for temporary
files and also the OZGIS.OUT file on which error messages
and map reports appear.

  OTHER
  =====

OzGIS is shareware. Hence you may use it to see if it meets your needs.
You may also distribute it freely or put it on a web site for others
to try.

  PROBLEMS
  ========

Contact us if you have problems. We want you to be able to use OzGIS
and are always ready to help. We also like general comments on how we
can improve the system.

We have had problems installing the MFC40.DLL on some systems. If
necessary you can copy it from the c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzPrograms
directory to the correct place.

If there is a problem you should check the OzGIS.out file in
the c:\Program Files\OzTemp directory.

The OzGIS site is www.kisi.com.au.
Email is support@kisi.com.au

                    QUICK START
                    ===========

Execute OzGIS from the Start menu.

Note: All example files are in the c:\Program Files\KISI\OzGIS\OzData
directory (unless you installed them elsewhere).

The first example..............

First display a map of Australia where the polygons are coloured according
to
the attribute data. This is a very common type of map for displaying Census
data, sales, government statistics etc

Choose Map->Display zones for an attribute file.

give the attribute file name as OZ (or select oz.att)

give the geographic file name as OZ (or select oz.geo)

You will have a default map with legend and distribution diagram. The
legend has the numbers of zones in each class on the left and the class
value ranges to the right of the coloured box

Select Control->Top menu to return to the main menus.

Now a second example............

Now display some geographics data - the islands of Hawaii and rivers.

Choose GIS->Display polygons from a geographic file.

Give the file name as "HAWDLGWB".

Accept the default polygon number and give the legend text as "Hawaii".

Accept the default (No) for drawing polygon boundaries.

The islands of Hawaii will be drawn.

Choose the option GIS->Overlay line segments from a geographic file.

Give the file name "HAWDLGST"

Accept the default line number and give the legend text as "Rivers".

This example uses two files originally in DLG-3 optional format, off
the USGS CD-ROM.  This is a simplified example; usually feature codes
in these files are used to subset the data e.g. to draw rivers and
streams in different colours.

Finally -

Choose "Quit" from the File menu.

The manual will provide further information on configuring the system
and on how to use the system.

                    READ THE MANUAL!!!
                    READ THE MANUAL!!!
                    READ THE MANUAL!!!
                    READ THE MANUAL!!!

The OzGIS system is developed and marketed by:

             Kingsimons Investments
             PO Box 6108,
             Queanbeyan East,
             Australia 2620.

             support@kisi.com.au

Visit our web site  www.kisi.com.au which contains the latest versions of
OzGIS for WINDOWS and LINUX and also example maps.
