PBorder.TXT - General Notes and PolyLine breakdown of PBorder.pnt You May have noticed the unusual drawing order of the polylines. Some programs such as VersaMap can use this database, but can't provide a fill capability. When importing the map program's vector output into a draw program the interior of each polygon will have no color. As a result, to select a polygon you have to click on the polygon's border. To provide a standard area for selecting ANY polygon (in the Draw Program), each one is drawn so that its EASTERN border is on top of any other polygon around it. Once a polygon has a fill color you can click anywhere on the fill to select it. Problem Areas to Watch for: --------------------------- PROBLEM AREA #1: At Data base Levels 1 & 2 a number of polylines in PBorder.pnt, PCoast.pnt, PIsland.pnt, and PCanProv.pnt exceed the maximum number of points (NODES) in a polyline imposed by MicroCAM (MicroCAM will display a message when it breaks a polyline), VersaMap (1999 nodes), and the "IMPORT" filters of most Draw Programs (usually 1801 nodes for HPGL, 1999 nodes for most other vector formats). I understand that some CAD programs don't have this problem. Once the graphic is in a Draw Program you can manually connect the broken nodes and save it in the Draw Program's Native File format; the polygons will remain intact. Tip: To get at the broken nodes grab the corners of the graphic and enlarge it to the Maximum size the Draw program will allow (Page size of 30 in. by 30 in. for Corel Draw). If you "EXPORT" the file to another vector format the polygons that exceed the MAX NODE LIMIT will be broken again. Use of SELECT.EXE from the original MWDB II may be helpful here if your map program doesn't allow changing the database point level. PROBLEM AREA #2: Related to problem area #1 (broken polylines) is the fact that programs with a zoom capability or the ability to change the central latitude/longitude of the projection will break the polygon when the polyline intersects the map's borders. These areas still have to be fixed with the draw program you use. PROBLEM AREA #3: Avoid "MIXING" MWDB-POLY with data from older versions of MWDB II. Gaps and overlays WILL occur in areas where the new border intersections were added. ----- Polyline Data for PBorder.pnt (in Minutes) Poly Max Min Max Min Line Lat Lat Lon Lon Country ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- --------- -- South America -- 2001 316 -2024 -2087 -4441 Brazil [1] 2002 -1806 -2099 -3186 -3506 Uruguay 2003 -1158 -1655 -3255 -3758 Paraguay 2004 -581 -1374 -3447 -4179 Bolivia 1 2005 -963 -976 -4131 -4148 Bolivia 2 (on West bank, Lake Titacaca) 2006 -1307 -3143 -3219 -4415 Argentina 1 2007 -3159 -3303 -3908 -4118 Argentina 2 (Tierra Del Fuego) 2008 -3147 -3297 -4117 -4321 Chile 1 (Tierra Del Fuego) 2009 -1050 -3233 -4020 -4543 Chile 2 [1] 2010 347 127 -3099 -3276 French Guiana 2011 360 110 -3239 -3484 Suriname 2012 512 71 -3388 -3683 Guyana 2013 732 39 -3588 -4403 Venezuela 2014 748 -253 -4012 -4743 Colombia 2015 -2 -1101 -4120 -4881 Peru 2016 86 -300 -4513 -4861 Ecuador -- Central America -- 2017 577 432 -4629 -4983 Panama 2018 563 533 -4771 -4805 Panama Canal Zone 2019 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