GOM - the Global Overlay Mapping System
Software Used in the making of this Mapping System.
A variety of software was used in the making of the Global Overlay Mapping System. The blank maps were generated using Win4GMT, a Windows-version of GMT, the UNIX-based Generic Mapping Tools. Other outlines, including region outlines, were generated with ESRI's Arc Explorer program. The overlays were generated in JASC's PaintshopPro v7.02 graphics program. The city locations were defined using a custom javascript-based Coordinate Converter, which will be made available for free download on the MapAbility.Com website. The relief images were generated using the excellent 3DEM program, by Richard Horne. Color matching was done with the help of Iconico's ColorPic. The Bathymetry was added using Win4GMT. The main task of writing the HTML and Javascript was accomplished using the superb 1st Page 2000 editor from EvrSoft. I also like to use the HTML-Kit program too. Numerous items of text editing were made much easier with Jan Goyvaert's EditPadPro. Its excellent text handling capabilities are ideal for formatting and organising the many lists of data. All CSV files were formatted using Sam Francke's outstanding CSVed progam. The Windows shell was written using Microsoft's Visual Basic.Net 2003. Other software tools were writen by myself.
 
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