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        MOBUK10.TXT
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Mobile Map of United Kingdom and Ireland
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High Country Software Ltd, 26 November 1997


This text file provides some quick information about the "Mobile Map
of United Kingdom and Ireland" version 1.0, and the associated self
installing executable "mobuk10.exe".  Further information is
available from "readme.txt", "licence.txt", and "order.txt" that are
installed after running "mobuk10.exe".

Contents
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1. Introduction and Purpose of UK/Ireland Mobile Map
2. System requirements
3. Installation method
4. Price Information (+How much is free)
5. Distribution Information
6. Contacting High Country Software

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1. Introduction and Purpose of UK/Ireland Mobile Map
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Introduction: Mobile Maps are 3D real-time landscape maps that are
viewed with the Mobile Map Viewer software (included in this
download.)  The United Kingdom and Ireland Mobile Map included here
is a 'geographic' map.  It can be used to move around a general
representation of terrain anywhere in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Hills, valleys, coastlines, large lakes and rivers, cities and large
towns, can be visualised completely interactively and "on-the-fly".  

Purpose: To be a general reference tool to complement an ordinary
world atlas or road map.  The Mobile Map lets you see if a place is
scenic for a holiday or day-trip, and educates you by showing what
places actually look like on the ground (within realism limits - see
below).  

Limitations: The resolution is similar to a detailed world atlas.
Because of the 1km resolution of data, combination of different types
of data, and programming technique: several smaller hills close
together may occasionally be 'joined' into larger ones; hills have a
more rounded appearance than in real-life; lakes may not always
appear flat in mountainous areas; and small lakes and rivers that are
narrower than 1km-2km may have been missed completely, or in
sections.  The terrain has also been exaggerated vertically to make
it easier to visualise slopes (To change this exaggeration you can
press the +/- keys inside the Viewer.)  This is not the entire list
of limitations. Consequently the Mobile Map of United Kingdom and
Ireland SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATION, ROUTE-PLANNING,
LINE-OF-SITE ANALYSIS, OR ACCURATE POSITIONING.

2. System Requirements
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* Html browser (Windows95 usually has one) such as Netscape Navigator
or Internet Explorer. But NO Internet connection is required.

* 12 MB Hard Drive Space

* 386dx/486dx/Pentium PC

* Windows95/Win3.1/WinNT

* At least 350KB RAM 'conventional memory', 570KB for
optimum performance

* Microsoft MSDOS mouse compatibility


3. Installation method
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Having unzipped this file in a temporary directory such as c:\temp,
run the file "mobuk10.exe" to begin installation of the Mobile Map of
United Kingdom and Ireland.  The installation can be automatic or
customisable, and checks that you have sufficient hard-drive memory
for installation.  The Mobile Map of United Kingdom and Ireland is
COMPLETELY UNINSTALLABLE and leaves no files in the c:\windows or
c:\windows\system directories.


4. Price Information
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The Mobile Map of United Kingdom and Ireland includes these two
components:

(a) The United Kingdom and Ireland map data: Has over 24000 sqr km of
area free to test, and has the remaining area locked(encrypted) so
that the complete map must be purchased to obtain a password to
unlock(decrypt) the entire map area.  

The payment to unlock all the map data is:

$30.00 single-user, $275 site-licence, $1450 world-licence.

(b) The shareware Mobile Map Viewer 1.00 program: May be tested for
one week, after which it should be purchased for $35.00, but it is
physically possible (though illegal) to continue using it.  If it has
already been purchased with another Mobile Map it will naturally not
have to be purchased again with this map.


5. Distribution Information
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The "mobuk10.zip" file can be freely distributed over the internet
via public ftp sites, and on cover-disk or shareware-collection
CD-ROMs. 
[Note for CD-ROM distribution: use the contents of mobuk10.zip,
namely mobuk10.exe and mobuk10.txt directly, if people need to click
on a self installing file.]

For all other distribution situations you must abide by the terms of
the "licence.txt" file that is installed with the program itself.


6. Contacting High Country Software
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# Website #

http://www.mobilemaps.com


# Email # 

info@mobilemaps.com


# Postal Address #

High Country Software
PO Box 12166
London NW11 8WJ
United Kingdom

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Copyright High Country Software Ltd 1997, further legal information
is available within the licence.txt file available during
installation.