                                                                area_plot
Chapter 14 Plotting and Reporting Operations

The area_plot command generates a multiple-map plot.  It relies upon a map list
file to supply the names of the maps to be  displayed.  The full list is
evaluated and a geodetic window is determined from the registration values
stored for the maps.  The user must specify the plotter device and the type of
labeling which will occur.  Optional parameters include the label character
size (in mils), and, if the -s option is specified, a pen file name.  The area
plot is an excellent means of determining that a  particular layer is complete
and that all of the maps have been registered and edgematched properly.

area_plot

    Plots a group of maps to a designated plotter.

         area_plot [-s] list dev ltype [size] [pname] 

    Plots the group of maps listed in the named list file in a geodetic
    projection to a single plot device, dev.  If -s is not specified, the
    default options will plot all objects.
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    Options/arguments:

         -s        Implies a selective plot and requires pname
         list      Name of a file containing list of maps to be plotted
         dev       Plotter device type where value may be:
                   0 =  screen
                   1 =  plotter1
                   2 =  plotter2
         ltype     Label type where value may be:
                   0 =  none
                   1 =  record number
                   2 =  serial number
                   3 =  first attribute
         sizen     Label size where value is the character size in mils
         pname     Pen assignment file
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    Example(s):

    To generate an area plot of the maps listed in the file zmaps, on plotter1
    with record numbers as labels sized at 0.2 inches, with pen assignments
    found in the file zpens, enter:

         area_plot -s 1 1 200 zmaps zpens

    To enter an area plot of the maps listed in the file dmaps, on the screen
    (no labeling is allowed on a screen display), enter:

         area_plot 0 0 dmaps
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    See also:
              p_create, mlist_create, set_ functions
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