[NTLK] PDF Solution!

From: Mitchell Vice (happyjack_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 19:07:49 EDT

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Otto made some bitchin' "Mapper" maps of Paris from PDF files. Why
couldn't you convert ANY PDF file to a "Mapper" map and read it like
a map; full-size, perfectly laid-out? Then you just drag your stylus
around the screen and read what you want to.

::mitch:

>For some unknown reasons - maybe out of sentimentality because I lived
>there a while ago - I made a couple of modules for Mapper 1.2 (by Mr Tow
>and Herr Hussmann). They are three maps of Paris (France, that is). These
>maps are greyscale and work on all machines that run OS 2.1 .
>All three are based on the maps by the RATP which are available here:
>
><http://www.ratp.fr/Images/Plans/Pdf/Reseaux/rer.pdf>
><http://www.ratp.fr/Images/Plans/Pdf/Reseaux/metro.pdf>
><http://www.ratp.fr/Images/Plans/Pdf/Reseaux/bus_paris.pdf>
>
>The PDFs are rather small (vector graphics) but the Mapper modules (bitmap)
>are huge.

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