1  About
=TITLE About
=TITLE About MapSketch
=INCLUDE overview

 This software is the property of Digital Equipment Corporation (1990).
 Version 1.0, June 1990.

 MapSketch is a prototype developed at Digital's Paris Research Laboratory
 (PRL) demonstrating certain properties described in the PRL report #1:
 "Incremental Computation of Planar Maps", by Michel Gangnet, Jean-Claude
 Herv, Thierry Pudet, and Jean-Manuel Van Thong.

 Documentation is provided through on-line help commands.

 SINCE MAPSKETCH MAY STILL BE UNDER DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL MAKES NO WARRANTIES
 REGARDING THE PERFORMACE OF THE PRODUCT. THE PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT INFORMATION
 FURNISHED HEREUNDER ARE FURNISHED "AS IS". DIGITAL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
 THAT MAY BE IMPLIED ON PRODUCTS FURNISHED HEREUNDER INCLUDING, WITHOUT
 LIMITATION, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT
 WILL DIGITAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING SPECIAL, INDIRECT
 OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF DIGITAL'S
 PRODUCTS.

 Since MapSketch may be still under development, DIGITAL makes no
 representation that DIGITAL will announce the availability of the product for
 sale or license. The user should also understand that testing of MapSketch
 may not be complete and that MapSketch may not meet safety, emissions,
 acoustics, or other qualifications or standards.  Accordingly, MapSketch
 shall be used only for purposes of evaluation testing and not in a commercial
 application.

 * Information:

 Reports can be ordered from the Prl librarian:

 Librarian Digital Paris Research Laboratory
 85, avenue Victor Hugo
 92563 Rueil Malmaison CEDEX FRANCE

 librarian@prl.dec.com

 There is also an article in the Siggraph'89 proceedings.

 * Bug reports

 Bug reports can be sent to:

 msk_admn@prl.dec.com

 A debugging mode (menu entry Debug) creates a trace file named 
 "record.txt". Sending this file along with the bug report will 
 b much appreciated.

 * Upgrades

 New versions will be available through anonymous FTP at:

 ftp gatekeeper.dec.com
 cd /pub/DEC
 bin
 get MapSketchMipsDist.tar.Z

 If you want to be informed of new releases, or evolutions of 
 MapSketch, send mail to:

 msk_admn@prl.dec.com

 Copyright 1989
 Digital Equipment Corporation
 Paris Research Laboratory

 All rights reserved

 For more information about MapSketch, double click on
 Overview of MapSketch in the additional topics below.
