mapping programs

[Gary Noonan]

        The way to avoid the problem described below is to paste from the
clipboard into a vector based program. Such programs use equations to
describe the graphics. It's thus possible to enlarge the graphics without
running into the problem of pixel size.
At 09:58 AM 6/4/95 +1000, Robert Raven wrote:
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>I do appreciate the detail in the message and your commentts on Atlas.
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>Yes, cut and paste works fine both within Windoze and across to OS/2.
>However, the image is useful only up to A4/A3 size. Any bigger and the
>pixelation becomes horrendous. The Mapinfo folk didn't believe me but a
>couple of months later were very embarrassed to have to publish such a
>horrid rendition in their glossy newsletter.
>It is a small point but in using Windoze one does not expect to find such
>an impediment in getting a decent projectable output.
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>Robert J Raven, Museum Scientist (Arachnology)
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