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<H3>Manually Digitizing A Map Image</H3>
<P>The following steps manually digitize a map with 
a scale bar.</P>
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<LI>Import the map.png case from the Samples directory, using 
File/Import as shown. Not shown are the other methods of importing:
using the <A HREF="commandlineoptions.html">"-import" command line option</A>, 
by copying and pasting, and by dragging and dropping</LI>
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<P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="tutormanmap1.png" ALT=""></P>
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<LI>Click on the Scale Bar button to enter the scale bar. This will 
define the coordinate system</LI>
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<P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="tutormanmap2.png" ALT=""></P>
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<LI>Click on one end of the scale bar in the image.</LI>
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<LI>Drag to the other end of the scale bar in the image.</LI>
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<LI>Enter the length of the scale bar in graph coordinates</LI>
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<LI>Click on the Curve Points button before entering curve points. These 
will contain the digitized graph data</LI>
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<P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="tutormanmap6.png" ALT=""></P>
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<LI>Click on the curve to add a curve point. Repeat until all of the
points in the original image are digitized.</LI>
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