The Area Generator (AG) is an automatic project generator that is used to chop out portions of the world from a database of global or regional data. Select an area by latitude and longitude, select data to include, select datum and coordinate system and click one button to automatically produce a Geocap project.
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Download the Area Generator Database HERE.
Unzip the file and put it somewhere on the disk.
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Download the Area Generator System HERE. (Updated 9-Sept-2015)
This download of the Area Generator is only valid for Geocap 6.0.6 and newer versions.
Unzip the file and put it somewhere on the disk.
In order to use the Area Generator, do the following:Unzip the file and put the folder Area_Generator in User Scripts
Go to Area Generator subfolder
Area_Generator/Dev/copy_to_userscripts_AreaGenerator- Open file
index.tclin an editor (WordPad, for example) - Edit the path in the file to reflect the correct location on your computer.
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set init_src_dir "D:/src/Area_Generator/Dev" |
- Save the file and close the editor
- Copy the two files in the directory to the User Scripts'
Area_Generatorfolder. If theArea_Generatorfolder exists, backup and remove existing folder content; if you do not have anArea_Generatorfolder, create it.
The User Script folder is called userscripts and usually located in a location similar to this:
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Tools > User Scripts > Help
(Note that User Scripts will be a top level menu from 6.2)
After you have placed created the Area_Generator folder in userscripts, and copied the two files, the situation should be similar to this:
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C:/Users/Harald/geocaprc-7/userscripts/Area_Generator
=> AreaGenerator.png
=> index.tcl
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3. Restart Geocap
After having put Area_Generator in the userscripts you should restart Geocap and find the Area Generator under Tools > User Scripts > Area_Generator. Start the Area Generator.
(Note that User Scripts is a top level menu from Geocap 6.2 and onwards.)
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In Master data directory on the AG panel, browse for the master_data folder you downloaded earlier. At this point the Area generator dialog may Close; just re-open it.
6. Save directory setup
Almost ready, just for convenience (on the AG panel) go to Tools > Save directory setup ...
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