OCAD is a program designed for drawing maps, which runs under WINDOWS 95+. The current version is 7, but version 6 is still popular. It has provision for storing a bitmap as a template behind the map, so that it can be traced. OCAD was written by Hans Steinegger, and is described athttp://www.ocad.com/.

However, tracing the contours can be tedious, and BoxScan provides an alternative method. The template is first placed correctly within OCAD, and then BoxScan is used to note its position, provide interactive tracing and editing facilities, and then "deposit" them in the right position in an OCAD map. Overall, it can be quicker, depending on the quality of the brown image obtained from the map. More detail can be found in the Summary or Lisezmoi

The programs have been compressed into one .ZIP file of about 0.5Mb which will take a few minutes to download. Read the Installation or Lisezmoi2 and shareware conditions first. Then , if you agree, you may download BoxScan8.ZIP.

There are two tutorials which can be downloaded separately from test1.zip and/or test2.zip.

Upgrade History:-

01/Feb/02, Vers 8.2, removed two inhibitions on the tracing process, and separated the tutorials from the program for download.

28/02/02, Vers 8.3. Now allows a monochrome, 1 bit, bitmap for input: skips posterising and goes straight to brown. Uses the base map as a model file in place of IOF6.OCD. If the base map does not give the template path, supplies the base path. Improved output statistics.

07/11/02, added didact.doc to tutorials

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