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Express Guide: TOPOSKOP in Three Steps

To run the programme and open the demonstration example, drag the 'SampleMap' icon over the 'TOPOSKOP' icon. You get a legend window and a map window on your screen.

Step 1 - Manipulating the Map

On the map you can zoom in and out using the appropriate tools (selected in the 'Werkz.' menu and indicated by the shape of the cursor) or change the scale of the map (using the 'Karte' menu).

Step 2 - Layers in the Legend

In the legend you can shift the covers around (by dragging or using the 'Layer' menu) and change the style of a selected cover (using the 'Stil' menu).

Step 3 - Discover the Object Data

In the 'Extra' menu you can select the 'Minidataskop'. When you click on an object with the info tool (menu 'Werkz.'), the Minidataskop window displays the inventory identification and the object number.
Feel Free to Fool Around
The sample covers are there for you to find out how TOPOSKOP works and what you can do with it.
For serious work you would need the full covers and all the HyperCard stacks which make up the DATASKOP.
The Standard Version with All Covers and Stacks
The covers BogSample, FenSample, FloodSample and MireSample are excerpts from the original covers that come with the TOPOSKOP standard version. The cover LocationSample is a selection of fragments from an extra cover called 'BRP Hintergrund' which is not freely available. (A license for it can be obtained from the Bundesamt für Landestopographie. The price is SFr. 520.--)

A complete description of TOPOSKOP in the form of two WORD files is delivered along with the standard TOPOSKOP version.

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