AGIS for Windows Tutorial
Page 1. ? AGIS Software 1999, 2000. AGIS for Windows. Tutorial. Usage notes for AGIS v 1.58. AGIS Software. Page 2. Contents. INTRODUCTION .
There are three major sections currently available. All new users of the AGIS software should have a look at the first section on creating and displaying an AGIS data file as this introduces and explains many common procedures for using AGIS.
The second section explains how to get data and map information from bitmap images into the format used by AGIS. This goes into detail about how to use the freely available WinDig utility, and explains more about the text import file formats used by AGIS. Users who want to create their own map files should look at this section.
The third section about displaying Garmin GPS information introduces other procedures not covered, so it would be beneficial to all users to have a look through this as well. You don’t actually need to have a GPS to do the third section, as the sample files are provided with this tutorial.
This tutorial is designed to be followed step by step through the data file creation process. It would be best to make your own data file while following the tutorial – either with some data that you would like to plot, or using the example exactly. A copy of the example data file is supplied with this tutorial to save you some typing. It is called test4.dat and should be copied to your AGIS data directory.
In completing the tutorial, you should also have a better idea how to use many of the dialogs which appear in AGIS. If you need to quickly find information about a certain dialog, use the index below to skip straight to it.
While there might seem to be a lot of steps involved in displaying a data file, the example follows the process from the creation of a text data file, through the creation of a new map display, formatting of display options and finally saving the new display file. With some practice the whole process might take 5-10 minutes – assuming that you are not typing in a huge data file! It should also be remembered that once a display format has been created, it can be easily assigned to new data files which can be displayed in the same way, greatly shortening the time needed for set-up.
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