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From: susser@apple.com (Joshua Susser)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: World Map in the 'Analyst'
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Date: 6 Apr 89 19:16:29 GMT
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In article <5765@ux.cs.man.ac.uk> bernardh@r1.cs.man.ac.uk writes:
> The World Map in the 'Analyst' is stored in WDBII (World Data Base II)
> format. I want to be able to create files in this format, that
> Analyst can then read and display.
> 
> Any ideas on how to create such files ? - the Analyst Programmer's
> Manual provides zilch help.

Actually, the World Map isn't stored in WDBII format. It is stored in the 
Analyst Map format, but the data has been extracted from WDBII. When I was 
at XSIS I spent many hours extracting maps from the WDBII for the Analyst 
Demo files. XSIS has a utility program written in smalltalk to extract 
Analyst Map files from the (specially massaged) WDBII files. I am sure 
that for the right amount, they would be happy to provide it to you.

I suggest you contact:
    Evelyn Van Orden
    Smalltalk Products Manager
    Xerox Special Information Systems
    (818) 351-2351

--Joshua Susser
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