Ministry of Environment
User's Guide For TEM_WHM.AML
Overview of Various Versions
Version 5.0, 5.1, 5.3, 5.9, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7
Modified so that scheme files could use a rating that contained
up to 5 characters, and the MEANING could be up to 35 characters.
Modified so that during display of a map, if an script named
manual.aml exists in the current workspace, the manual.aml
will be called and run. Manual.aml will be called after the
polygons
are colored but before the polygon lines are added.
Modified to permit conversion of TUWR themes into a format
that can be used with tem_whm. This permits spatial analysis
of TUWR
themes because of the built-in spatial analysis options in
tem_whm. In order to do this, this script was modified to call
browse_system.aml.
Modified to make a colormap of cell-based themes. Also remakes
the colormaps if the user modifies the color scheme. The colormaps
makes it easy to view the themes with ArcView.
Improved so that if a dot-density theme is being displayed,
and there are two sets of dots being applied to the polygon,
the
second set of dots doesn't cover the first set of dots. This
was sometimes a problem because of how ArcINFO generates the
'random' placement of dots.
Fixed bug in exit routine. The routine was still referencing a variable named %script%, but %script% had been replaced with %aml_name%.
Rewrote the routine calculate_capability_dot_density and took advantage of Arc's FREQUENCY and STATISTICS commands. Now it only takes seconds to calculate a capability theme instead of many minutes.
Rewrote display_dot_density routine to speed it up. Now it
only takes seconds to minutes (depending on user-specified
options)
to display a dot density theme instead of many minutes.
Provided some user options for dot size and variation in
dot size by using a small menu interface. Provided more user
control
for size and scale of hardcopy output by using a small menu
interface.
Made menus for the MANAGE-THEMES and DISPLAY-THEMES functions.
Included a Help button in each of these menus. The menu and
help files are made by calling the AML named tem_mnu_hlp.aml.
This
AML needs to be accessible to the system because the menus
need to be present for this tem_whm AML to work.
Rewrote handling of user-defined scheme files. Now instead
of bothering you every time it encounters a user-defined
scheme
file, the AML only bothers you if the scheme file doesn't
conform to standard.
The 'Rasterize a theme' function of the MANAGE-THEMES menu
is now only available if if the GRID module is licensed on
the operating
system.
Attempted to make the AML system independent. Instead of making
a graphics file and sending it to a printer, now the AML
only makes an EPS file and give system-dependent instructions
on
how to print the file.
Rewrote menu and help routines so that all menus and help
files are stored in a workspace named tem_whm_support.
Modified naming convention for ratings tables. Previously, if the coverage was named cok, then tem_whm AML would look for ratings tables that were named cok*.RAT. However, this doesn't work good for copying coverages, so now the AML looks for cok.*RAT.
Fixed display of dot-density EFFECT themes. This wasn't working
anymore because the display_dot_density routine had been
rewritten. Fixed this by giving mutually exclusive ratings
to the EFFECT
ratings. Previously there were no ratings assigned to the
EFFECT scheme.
Modified so that underscores, rather than spaces, would appear
in the names of automatically generated EFFECT themes.
Modified so that the ratings for various life requisites of
one species can be stored in separate ratings tables. Previously,
all ratings for one species had to be in one table otherwise
tem_whm would crash. Instead of keeping track of the ratings
table for each species, now tem_whm keeps track of the ratings
table for each rating column. This modification was done
to
provide better support for non-wildlife interpretation.
Modified so that ratings from different rating schemes don't
need to be mutually exclusive; the same rating can be used
in different rating schemes. If tem_whm cannot determine
the appropriate
rating scheme due to ambiguity, tem_whm will ask the user to
select the appropriate rating scheme.
Discontinued adding header data to eps files when they were
created. Initially header data was added so that paper wouldn't
be wasted
when the files were sent to plotters. This doesn't seem needed
for Arcinfo 8.1.2.
Modified to give option of showing polygon outlines.
Modified so user is returned to Arc prompt when quitting.
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