Precision Mapping Streets 4.0 includes many new features that are equipped to make your entire mapping experience as simple as possible.

New and improved features:

• Computer Operating System:
  Compatible systems would include computer systems with Windows 95/equivalent or higher.

System Classes:

• 486 66MHz to Pentium - Minimum system recommendations (should function adequately)
  
• Pentium 100 MHz or higher - Recommended system.

System Memory:   The system memory (RAM) is an important factor in performance due to the amount needed to load and display the map data.

• 16MB - Minimum amount of RAM (When searching in large metropolitan areas, the system will tend to be slow due to the amount of memory used by the map data).
  
• 32MB - Suggested amount of RAM (The system should run smoothly).
  
• 64MB or higher - Maximum performance.

Yes.   Download and use the .exe file "pm2conv" from following link, and filter your saved Precision Mapping Streets v. 2.0 overlays thought the converter.  After this process, your saved overlays will be compatible with all of the Precision Mapping Streets upgrades.

Precision Mapping Streets versions 4.0, 3.0 and 3.5 all use the same overlay file type, *.ovr. If you have any overlays from Precision Mapping Streets 3.0 and 3.5, you can easily import them to Precision Mapping Streets 4.0 by opening them through the File, Open Overlay Command.

There is a full topic located in the help files of Precision Mapping Streets 4.0, under "Open Overlay."

(**Note: this assumes the drive you installed the program on is "C:" and "X:" is the CD-ROM drive)

• State- X:\PMAP40\STATES
• Data 1- C:\PROGRAM FILES\PMAP40\DATA1
• Data 2- X:\PMAP40\DATA2
• Data 3- C:\PROGRAM FILES\PMAP40\DATA3
• Help- X:\PMAP40\HELP

In "Autoload" tab:

• Library- C:\PROGRAM FILES\PMAP40\LIB\PMAP.LIB
• Underlay- X:\PMAP40\CONTOUR\PMAP.PCC

In the "Overlays" tab all are initially selected.

• There is a full topic located in the help files of Precision Mapping Streets 4.0, under "Configurations."

To create a .sat file:

1. Open Notepad (or any other ASCII text editor).
   
2. Type the upper-left (or northwest) corner coordinates in "DD.dddd" format followed by the lower-right (or southeast) corner coordinates.
   
3. Save the file with the same name as the graphic image, but with a .sat extension (e.g. "hoover.bmp" would be "hoover.sat").

There is a full topic located in the help files of Precision Mapping Streets 4.0, under "Underlay."

1. Make sure the CD-ROM disc is in the drive.
   
2. Double check the spelling of the street or place. Occasionally, unexpected spaces in words are found in the directory. For example, when looking for "DeKalb, IL", traditionally spelled as one word, the search option will only find it if a space is added (De Kalb, IL).
   
3. Simplify the search by shortening your entry.  For example, instead of looking for "South State Street" in Chicago, just try looking for "State".
   
4. If you have version 4.01.02 (click on Help, About to find the version number), Click on Options, Detail Thresholds, and increase the Search Radius value to 16 miles or more.   You may experience an increase in search time as you increase the search radius to larger values.
   
5. If, by zooming into a desired location and the specific street you are looking for does not appear, but surrounding streets do, please click here for more information.

There is a full topic in the help files of Precision Mapping Streets 4.0, under "Search Manu".

1. Make sure the CD-ROM is in the drive and close the door.
   
2. In the program, select "File" then "Configure".
   
3. Confirm the drive location settings (see "proper drive settings" for more information).

OR

1. Click the "Zoom USA" button to view the entire continent. It is possible that the cursor has zoomed to areas without street level detail, such as South America.
   
2. Make sure the "Map" button on the toolbar has been clicked on. For more information, see the toolbar" section of your help files.

Some Hewlett Packard OfficeJet printers have a printer driver conflict with Precision Mapping Streets 4.0.  This can cause the printer to display error messages on the screen when you attempt to print, or simply not print at all.  To resolve this problem, you need to install the HP DeskJet 550c printer driver from the Windows 95 or 98 CD-ROM, or from a pre-installed CAB file.  

Using the "Add Printer" wizard, located in the Printer Folder via the Control Panel, install the HP DeskJet 550c driver.  If prompted, place the Windows 9x CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and set up the printer for the same printer port as your current printer (usually LPT 1).  Do NOT make this driver the default printer.

Before printing from Precision Mapping Streets, you must turn off the Hewlett Packard Status Monitor/Manager.  When printing from within Precision Mapping Streets, make sure to choose the new 550c print driver by selecting the File, Print, Setup command.

If you are willing to do a little work, yes, it is possible.  The format of Traveler’s track file, *.TRK, is a text file of longitude, latitude values separated by a comma – almost the same as that required by the .CMX overlay format for creating a polyline.  All that is missing is the file header and line style information.

Using Notepad, or other text editor, locate and open the track file you wish to print.  Track files are located in the folder where Traveler was installed, usually C:\Program Files\Precision Mapping Traveler 4.0\track with the file extension .TRK.  Once open, immediately save the file to the Streets folder with a .CMX file extension.  If you accepted the default location for Street’s files, and the new file name was “MYTRACK”, you would save the file as C:\Program Files\Pmap40\mytrack.cmx.  Be sure the file name has only a .CMX extension.

Header and line style information must now be added to the file.  At the top of the file, add the following text lines:  

CHICAGO MAP EXCHANGE FORMAT

REAL

DATA  

Pline xx

The xx is the number of lines (points) in the track file.  The first point immediately follows the pline xx statement. CMX files can only support a maximum of 100 entries (lat/lon points). Immediately after the last line in the file, append the following two lines:

 Pen(0,0,0)

 Brush(0,0)

Pen (Style, Thickness, Color) Pen(0,0,0) stands for the defaults of a solid line of thickness 0 and black color.  Pen style should be kept at 0 (solid line) while thickness can range from 0 to 15.  Color refers to system color, and can have a value of 0 (black) to 15 (white).  Brush(0,0) specifies a clear fill pattern and black fill color (that would be used if the object were a closed object.

A practical example follows:

CHICAGO MAP EXCHANGE FORMAT

REAL

DATA  

Pline 5

-71.111616,42.781440

-71.111936,42.777472

-71.112256,42.774656

-71.111360,42.774272

-71.109632,42.773760

 Pen(0,3,9)

 Brush(0,0)

This would create an overlay of 4 line segments connecting the 5 data points displayed as a blue polyline 3 pixels wide.

You most likely have the Map turned off.  On the second toolbar, there are three buttons on the left hand side, ‘Overlay’, ‘Map’, and ‘Underlay’.  Click ‘Map’.  This toggles the map on and off.  The map of the USA should appear.