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1.1     ! root        1: .TH BLITMAP 9.7 seki
        !             2: .CT 1 inst_info graphics
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: blitmap \- road maps and path finding
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B blitmap
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I option ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I Blitmap
        !            12: displays road maps.
        !            13: It relies on the mouse to select regions, functions, and to give
        !            14: formats for typed commands.
        !            15: The metropolitan N.Y.-N.J. area is the default map.
        !            16: .IR Blitmap's
        !            17: screen consists of two frames,
        !            18: a large frame for plotting maps and printing messages to the user, and
        !            19: a one-line command frame at the bottom.
        !            20: .I Blitmap
        !            21: recognizes two commands from the keyboard,
        !            22: to designate a region and to scale or plot a route
        !            23: from one point to another.
        !            24: The commands, which may be typed at any time, follow.
        !            25: Here
        !            26: .I option 
        !            27: is as in the command line.
        !            28: .HP
        !            29: [ 
        !            30: .I option ...
        !            31: ]
        !            32: .B radius
        !            33: .I address
        !            34: [
        !            35: .BI , " town or zip
        !            36: ]
        !            37: Plot an area with the given radius in miles around the
        !            38: .I address.
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .B path
        !            41: [
        !            42: .I option ...
        !            43: ]
        !            44: .B from
        !            45: .I address
        !            46: .B to
        !            47: .I address
        !            48: [
        !            49: .BI , " town or zip
        !            50: ]
        !            51: Trace a route on a map and print traveling
        !            52: directions from point to point.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: .I Address
        !            55: may be a number and street or an intersection such as,
        !            56: .L main and 10th
        !            57: or
        !            58: .LR "600 Mountain av,new providence" .
        !            59: .LP
        !            60: Button 3 Menu
        !            61: .TF Zoom-out
        !            62: .TP
        !            63: .B Regions
        !            64: Select which region to plot.
        !            65: Available regions are San Francisco, New York City and North Jersey,
        !            66: Washington, Los Angeles and Ann Arbor.
        !            67: .TP
        !            68: .B Zoom-in
        !            69: Using button 3 and the box icon, enclose the area desired and
        !            70: .I blitmap
        !            71: will plot a map of that area
        !            72: centered at the center of the drawn rectangle.
        !            73: .TP
        !            74: .B Zoom-out
        !            75: Enclose an area with a rectangle and the map shown will be reduced to the
        !            76: rectangle size and the rest of the map filled in.  The center will be at the center
        !            77: of the drawn rectangle.
        !            78: .TP
        !            79: .B Center
        !            80: With button 3 point to new center.  The radius will remain the same.
        !            81: .TP
        !            82: .B Prev. map
        !            83: .I Blitmap
        !            84: plots the previous frame.
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .B To draw map
        !            87: .TP
        !            88: .B To find path
        !            89: Tell about the keyboard commands
        !            90: .TP
        !            91: .B Quit
        !            92: Confirm with button 3.
        !            93: .PD
        !            94: .PP
        !            95: Button 2 controls map editing functions.
        !            96: No editing is actually done, but
        !            97: by using
        !            98: the
        !            99: .B -f
        !           100: option, a file
        !           101: of changes will be written, which may be added to the actual database.
        !           102: .PP
        !           103: The options specify the algorithm of the path search and plotting choices:
        !           104: .TP
        !           105: .B -2
        !           106: Two ended search (default).
        !           107: .PD 0
        !           108: .TP
        !           109: .B -1
        !           110: One way search.
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .B -b
        !           113: Breadth search.
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .B -C
        !           116: Cyclists \- ignore costs for turns.
        !           117: .TP
        !           118: .B -F
        !           119: Stop at first route connect with breadth search.
        !           120: .TP
        !           121: .B -H
        !           122: Hierarchical search.
        !           123: (Give priority to major roads.)
        !           124: .TP
        !           125: .B -G
        !           126: In breadth search, ignore ones whose cost + dist >4/3 total airline distance.
        !           127: .TP
        !           128: .B -J
        !           129: Use precomputed routes.
        !           130: (Available from 600 mountain av,New Providence.)
        !           131: .TP
        !           132: .B -V
        !           133: Verbose directions (all intersections given).
        !           134: .TP
        !           135: .B -W
        !           136: Walkers \- no cost for turns and ignore one-way streets.
        !           137: .TP
        !           138: .B -A
        !           139: Print every possible label.
        !           140: .TP
        !           141: .B -B
        !           142: Print business names.
        !           143: .TP
        !           144: .BI -MI x
        !           145: Forces a detailed street plot for maps whose radius is greater than 10,000 ft.
        !           146: .TP
        !           147: .B \-b
        !           148: Don't print boundaries.
        !           149: .TP
        !           150: .BI -i x
        !           151: Plot only streets with importance
        !           152: .RI > x ;
        !           153: .IR x =0
        !           154: is default.
        !           155: .TP
        !           156: .B -j
        !           157: Do sketch map only.
        !           158: .TP
        !           159: .B -l
        !           160: Don't print labels.
        !           161: .TP
        !           162: .B -r
        !           163: Don't print railroads.
        !           164: .TP
        !           165: .B -s
        !           166: Don't print streets.
        !           167: .TP
        !           168: .B -w
        !           169: Don't print waterways.
        !           170: .PD
        !           171: .SH FILES
        !           172: .TF /n/seki/usr/rje/BLIT/term/term
        !           173: .TP
        !           174: .F /n/seki/usr/rje/BLIT/term/term
        !           175: terminal support program
        !           176: .TP
        !           177: .F /n/seki/m?/map/*
        !           178: map files
        !           179: .SH BUGS
        !           180: Since the data bases have not been checked and many streets are not connected,
        !           181: some paths may be circuitous.
        !           182: There are no connecting roads
        !           183: from N.J into N.Y or from Middlesex county into Union.
        !           184: The routing programs
        !           185: will churn, trying to find a through street and will not give up.
        !           186: .br
        !           187: There are
        !           188: no one-way tags on the streets.
        !           189: .br
        !           190: .I Blitmap
        !           191: does not know if it has been reshaped.

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