MapTool version 2 : user’s manual

Abstract

MapTool is an interactive computer program for the display of common marine geophysical data. At present, the program displays isolines, color-filled contours, navigation tracklines, and navigated scalar values in a variety of styles. A variety of map projections are supported. This document describes the basic requirements for running the MapTool program, for creating various displays, and generating hard copy output. The supported data file formats are described. All of the options, displays, menus, and windows are documented.