NAME

dbe_map - map helper program for dbe

SYNOPSIS

dbe_map [-d overlay,...] [-p pf] [-v] table-to-map

DESCRIPTION

dbe_map plots lat/lon points from a database table onto a world map, and is setup to run from the Graphics menu of dbe.

OPTIONS

• -d overlay,..
  Using the style of dbloc_map(1), informational overlays can be plotted.
• -p pf
  dbe_map looks at .dbe.pf by default, but an alternate parameter file may be specified.

PARAMETER FILE

• map_symbol
  may be point, cross, x, triangle, square, circle, star, or diamond
• map_color
  color, either from rgb.txt or a hexadecimal RGB spec
• map_size
  size of symbols in pixels
• water_color
  color for water (oceans, lakes and rivers) on map.
• overlays
  overlays is an array of database tables which can optionally be displayed on the map; each such table must have lat and lon fields, and may optionally have a label field

  
  overlays &Arr{
  #name	database-table color symbol size label-field
  #anza 	anza.site      magenta square 10 staname
  }
  
  

  }

EXAMPLE

% dbe demo.origin

SEE ALSO

dbloc_map(1)

AUTHOR

Daniel Quinlan