[pstricks] pst-geo

[Herbert Voss]

Alan Ristow wrote:

> That did the trick. I misunderstood what the data files were for,
> thinking that they were something required for pst-geo to work rather
> than for the output file to work. As a result, I put them in the wrong
> place. All is well now.
> 
> So I guess if I wish to distribute a stand-alone document containing
> pst-geo maps I should convert it to pdf first? Or perhaps I should just
> read the documentation first (fortunately, I can read French)....

yes, a pdf is the best way. But pay attention, a 50MByte file
is no problem here when you choose the big data base.
Sometimes it is better to make a snapshot and save it as
a png file. The option level=<number> is also important. E.g.
level=10 takes only every 10th record from the data base.

Herbert




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