NMPlot 4.958 User's Guide

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • What is NMPlot?
  • What Can NMPlot Do?
  • Brief History of NMPlot
  • Distribution License
• Chapter 2: Getting Started
  • Minimum System Requirements
  • Obtaining NMPlot
  • Installing NMPlot
  • Upgrading to a Later Version of NMPlot
  • Uninstalling NMPlot
  • Starting NMPlot
  • Viewing the Sample Files
  • Getting Help
• Chapter 3: A Brief Tour of NMPlot
  • Application Title Bar
  • Menu Bar
  • Toolbar
  • Status Bar
  • North Indicator
  • Workspace
  • Document Title Bar
  • Plot Document
  • Grid Document
• Chapter 4: Introduction to Grids
  • What is a Grid?
  • Parts of a Grid
• Chapter 5: Viewing Grids
  • Opening a Grid
  • The Grid Document Window
  • The Summary Pane
  • The Details Pane
• Chapter 6: Working With Grids
  • Adding a User-Supplied Value to a Grid
  • Multiplying a Grid by a User-Supplied Value
  • Merging Two Grids
  • Combining Two Grids
  • Creating a Plot of a Grid
• Chapter 7: Introduction to Plots
  • Creating a New Plot
  • The Plot Options Dialog Box
  • The Primary Grid of a Plot
  • Saving a Plot
  • Opening a Plot
• Chapter 8: Working With Plots
  • Mouse Location Displayed On Status Bar
  • Mouse Tools
  • Zooming and Panning
  • The Home View
  • Plot Orientation
  • The Display Properties Mouse Tool
  • The Measurement Mouse Tool
  • The Point Of Interest Computation Mouse Tool
  • The Grid Computation Mouse Tool
• Chapter 9: Contour Plots
  • Primary and Secondary Contours
  • Displaying Contours
  • Contour Levels
  • Contour Styles
  • Smoothing Contours
  • Contour Label Locations
  • Contour Clipping
  • Contour Topology
  • Displaying Contour Areas
• Chapter 10: Color Gradient Plots
  • The Color Gradient Table
  • Creating a Color Gradient Plot
  • Tips and Suggestions
• Chapter 11: Displaying Grid Data Points
• Chapter 12: Displaying Geographic Annotations
  • Types of Geographic Annotations
  • Geographic Annotation Categories and Names
  • Display Rules
  • Displaying Point Geographic Annotations
  • Displaying Line Geographic Annotations
  • Displaying Area Geographic Annotations
• Chapter 13: Changing the Plot Background
  • Background Color
  • Background Layers
  • Overlaying Grids
  • Displaying Background Maps
• Chapter 14: Background Map Formats
  • ARC/INFO Shapefile (SHP)
  • Digital Line Graph (DLG)
  • AutoCAD Data Exchange Format (DXF)
  • Georeferenced Bitmap
  • Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG)
• Chapter 15: Printing Plots
  • Print Dialog Box
  • Page Setup
  • Print Options
  • Legends
  • Editing Legends
• Chapter 16: Using Print Preview
  • Print Preview Dialog Box
  • Magnifying a Page
  • Displaying Multiple Pages at a Time
  • Printing All Pages
  • Selecting Pages to Print
  • Changing the Paper Margins and Orientation
  • Closing the Print Preview Dialog Box
• Chapter 17: Exporting Plots to a Geographic Information System
  • Export to GIS Dialog Box
  • GIS Export Options Dialog Box
• Chapter 18: Exporting Plots as Bitmap Images
  • Exporting a Plot to a Bitmap Image File
  • Copying a Plot to the Clipboard
  • Destination File Name and Format
  • Image Size
  • Oversampling
  • Area to Draw
  • Scale
  • Level of Detail
• Chapter 19: Creating Movies
  • Steps in Creating a Movie
  • Movie File
  • Size
  • Playback Speed
  • Oversampling
  • Level of Detail
  • Preview
• Chapter 20: Geographic Coordinate Systems
  • Coordinate System Control
  • Coordinate System Conversion Tool
  • Equirectangular
  • Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
  • Lambert Conformal Conic
  • Local Flat-Earth XY
  • Longitude and Latitude
  • Orthographic
  • Stereographic
  • Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
• Chapter 21: Setting NMPlot Application Options
  • The NMPlot Application Options Dialog Box
  • Default Datum
  • Physical Units
  • Mouse Location Display Coordinates
  • Client-Specific Extensions
  • NOISEMAP 7.0 Client-Specific Extension
  • Setting New Plot Options
• Chapter 22: Accessing Help
  • Displaying the User's Guide Table of Contents
  • The User's Guide Reader
  • Displaying Relevant Topics
  • Using "What's This?" Help Mode
  • Displaying NMPlot's Version History
  • Displaying the About Box
• Appendix A: Sponsors
• Appendix B: Details of Various NMPlot Components
  • Dialog Boxes
  • Multiple Page Dialog Boxes
  • Error Messages
  • Text Control
  • Symbolic Fields Text Control
  • Drop-down List Control
  • Spreadsheet Control
  • File Name Control
  • Font Control
  • Color Control
  • Line Pattern Control
  • Symbol Control
  • Document Display Control
  • Datum Control
• Appendix C: A Sample Grid Summary Report
• Appendix D: List of NMPlot Files
  • List of Files Shipped With NMPlot
  • Files Created by NMPlot
• Appendix E: Command-Line Options
  • Display Help
  • Display a Plot of a Specific Grid
  • Export a Plot in ARC/INFO Shapefile (SHP) Format
  • Export a Plot in DXF Format
  • Interpolate Grid Data Levels at a List of User-Supplied Points
• Appendix F: Introduction to the Noise Model Grid Format
  • Full Documentation for NMGF
  • Why Was NMGF Developed?
  • NMGF: Not Just For Environmental Noise Models
  • NMGF Sections
  • Child Sections
  • Types of NMGF Sections
  • Simple Rectangular Grid Optimization
• Appendix G: Quick-Start Guide to Importing Data into NMPlot
  • What is the bare minimum I have to do to create an NMGF file?
  • Do I Have To Use Longitude and Latitude to Specify My Data Point Locations?
  • How Do I Specify The Physical Units of the Data Points?
  • Can I Add More Detailed Notes About My Data?
  • Where Can I Get Additional Information?
• Appendix H: Introduction to Datums
  • What is a Datum?
  • Why are Datums Important?
  • Doesn't WGS-84 Solve the Datum Problem?
  • How NMPlot Converts Between Datums
  • Recommendations
• Appendix I: Contacting Wasmer Consulting