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GloED Thematic Maps
Click here to view a screen capture of a thematic map.
Mapping
Once a scenario is defined using GloED and an emissions
inventory is calculated for it, the user is ready to create a map that reflects
the results of the inventory. The map will appear on the computer's video
monitor, and each country is displayed in a color that corresponds to the
scenario output. A legend is provided in the lower part of the map to enable
definition of the quantities associated with the colors. A screen capture
of a map of emissions from rice growing is shown above.
A series of buttons appears at the bottom of the map: Zoom, Unzoom, Print, PCX File, Query File, and OK. The [Zoom] button allows the user to define an area of the map to enlarge. The area is defined using the mouse or cursor keys to form a rectangle around the desired area. [Unzoom] returns the user to the full map. If the user clicks on the [Query File] button and then moves the cursor within a country's border on the map and clicks again, a box with the emission data for that country is superimposed on the screen.
The user clicks on the [Print] button to send the map to a printer. A dialog box will appear on the screen and ask for selection of the available printer output port to which the file is to be sent. It will also request definition of the type of printer available (either by selecting the name with the mouse or by pressing [ENTER] on the appropriate output port and printer name). Finally, to save the map as a graphic .PCX file, the user clicks on the [PCX File] button, and a dialog box appears and requests entry of a valid DOS file name (ending with .PCX) for the map file.