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0001  PBorder.TXT - General Notes and PolyLine breakdown of PBorder.pnt
0002  
0003  You May have noticed the unusual drawing order of the polylines.
0004  
0005  Some programs such as VersaMap can use this database, but can't
0006  provide a fill capability. When importing the map program's vector 
0007  output into a draw program the interior of each polygon will have 
0008  no color. As a result, to select a polygon you have to click on 
0009  the polygon's border.
0010 
0011  To provide a standard area for selecting ANY polygon (in the Draw 
0012  Program), each one is drawn so that its EASTERN border is on top of 
0013  any other polygon around it.
0014  
0015  Once a polygon has a fill color you can click anywhere on the fill 
0016  to select it.
0017  
0018  Problem Areas to Watch for:
0019  ---------------------------
0020  
0021  PROBLEM AREA #1:
0022  At Data base Levels 1 & 2 a number of polylines in PBorder.pnt, PCoast.pnt,  
0023  PIsland.pnt, and PCanProv.pnt exceed the maximum number of points (NODES) 
0024  in a polyline imposed by MicroCAM (MicroCAM will display a message when 
0025  it breaks a polyline), VersaMap (1999 nodes), and the "IMPORT" filters of 
0026  most Draw Programs (usually 1801 nodes for HPGL, 1999 nodes for most other 
0027  vector formats). 
0028  
0029  I understand that some CAD programs don't have this problem.
0030  
0031  Once the graphic is in a Draw Program you can manually connect the broken
0032  nodes and save it in the Draw Program's Native File format; the polygons 
0033  will remain intact.
0034  
0035  Tip: To get at the broken nodes grab the corners of the graphic and enlarge
0036       it to the Maximum size the Draw program will allow (Page size of 30 in. 
0037       by 30 in. for Corel Draw).
0038 
0039  If you "EXPORT" the file to another vector format the polygons that
0040  exceed the MAX NODE LIMIT will be broken again.
0041  
0042  Use of SELECT.EXE from the original MWDB II may be helpful here if your
0043  map program doesn't allow changing the database point level.
0044 
0045  PROBLEM AREA #2: Related to problem area #1 (broken polylines) is the
0046  fact that programs with a zoom capability or the ability to change the
0047  central latitude/longitude of the projection will break the polygon 
0048  when the polyline intersects the map's borders. These areas still
0049  have to be fixed with the draw program you use.
0050  
0051  PROBLEM AREA #3:
0052  Avoid "MIXING" MWDB-POLY with data from older versions of MWDB II. Gaps 
0053  and overlays WILL occur in areas where the new border intersections 
0054  were added.
0055  
0056  -----
0057  
0058  Polyline Data for PBorder.pnt (in Minutes)
0059 
0060  Poly   Max    Min    Max    Min
0061  Line   Lat    Lat    Lon    Lon     Country
0062  ----  -----  -----  -----  -----   ---------
0063  
0064  -- South America --
0065  
0066  2001    316  -2024  -2087  -4441   Brazil [1]
0067  2002  -1806  -2099  -3186  -3506   Uruguay
0068  2003  -1158  -1655  -3255  -3758   Paraguay
0069  2004   -581  -1374  -3447  -4179   Bolivia 1
0070  2005   -963   -976  -4131  -4148   Bolivia 2 (on West bank, Lake Titacaca)
0071  2006  -1307  -3143  -3219  -4415   Argentina 1
0072  2007  -3159  -3303  -3908  -4118   Argentina 2 (Tierra Del Fuego)
0073  2008  -3147  -3297  -4117  -4321   Chile 1 (Tierra Del Fuego)
0074  2009  -1050  -3233  -4020  -4543   Chile 2 [1]
0075  2010    347    127  -3099  -3276   French Guiana
0076  2011    360    110  -3239  -3484   Suriname
0077  2012    512     71  -3388  -3683   Guyana
0078  2013    732     39  -3588  -4403   Venezuela
0079  2014    748   -253  -4012  -4743   Colombia
0080  2015     -2  -1101  -4120  -4881   Peru
0081  2016     86   -300  -4513  -4861   Ecuador
0082  
0083  -- Central America --
0084  
0085  2017    577    432  -4629  -4983   Panama
0086  2018    563    533  -4771  -4805   Panama Canal Zone
0087  2019    673    482  -4953  -5157   Costa Rica
0088  2020    901    642  -4988  -5261   Nicaragua
0089  2021    962    778  -4988  -5361   Honduras
0090  2022    867    789  -5262  -5406   El Salvador
0091  2023   1109    954  -5285  -5353   Belize
0092  2024   1069    825  -5293  -5535   Guatemala
0093  
0094  -- Caribbean Island with National borders --
0095 
0096  2025   1196   1056  -4099  -4320   Dominican Republic
0097  2026   1197   1082  -4298  -4469   Haiti
0098  
0099  -- North America --
0100 
0101  2027   1963    873  -5204  -7027   Mexico [1]
0102  2028   2963   1507  -4018  -7483   USA - Lower 48 [1]
0103  2029   4320   2515  -3337  -8460   Canada [1]
0104  2030   4284   3286  -7799 -10088   USA - Alaska [1]
0105  
0106  -- Asia --
0107 
0108  2031   4664   2471  10800 -10789   Russia 1 [1]     
0109  2032   2317   2057   7775   7567   South Korea
0110  2033   2580   2260   7841   7459   North Korea
0111  2034   3213   1214   8086   4417   China
0112  2035   3129   2492   7194   5262   Mongolia
0113  2036   3326   2456   5239   2790   Kazakhstan [1]
0114  2037   -155   -642   9053   8451   Papua New Guinea
0115  2038    -21   -548   8460   7857   Indonesia (part of New Guinea)
0116  2039    263   -251   7141   6531   Indonesia - Kalimantan (on Borneo)
0117  2040    421     51   7157   6573   Malaysia - Sarawak & Sabah (on Borneo)
0118  2041    303    241   6922   6845   Brunei (on Borneo)
0119  2042   1403    514   6568   6128   Vietnam
0120  2043    882    623   6458   6140   Kampuchea (Cambodia)
0121  2044   1350    835   6462   6005   Laos  
0122  2045   1227    338   6338   5841   Thailand
0123  2046    403     76   6258   6007   Malaysia
0124  2047   1713    599   6070   5532   Myanmar (Burma)
0125  2048   2159    484   5844   4088   India
0126  2049   1598   1245   5560   5283   Bangladesh
0127  2050   1699   1602   5527   5325   Bhutan
0128  2051   1827   1581   5292   4803   Nepal
0129  2052   2224   1421   4669   3652   Pakistan
0130  2053   2594   2351   4817   4157   Kyrgyzstan
0131  2054   2462   2201   4511   4044   Tajikistan
0132  2055   2308   1763   4494   3630   Afganistan
0133  2056   2736   2231   4388   3360   Uzbekistan
0134  2057   2567   2108   4001   3146   Turkmenistan
0135  2058   2387   1505   3800   2642   Iran
0136  2059   2514   2304   3024   2700   Azerbaijan 1
0137  2060   2615   2462   2803   2401   Georgia
0138  2061   2478   2330   2797   2607   Armenia
0139  2062   2387   2331   2769   2686   Azerbaijan 2
0140  2063   2526   2149   2689   1564   Turkey 1
0141  2064   1805   1712   2905   2793   Kuwait
0142  2065   2243   1746   2914   2328   Iraq
0143  2066   2239   1939   2542   2137   Syria
0144  2067   2082   1984   2198   2106   Lebanon 
0145  2068   1569   1473   3097   3045   Qatar
0146  2069   1499    998   3591   3113   Oman 1
0147  2070   1583   1536   3391   3365   Oman 2
0148  2071   1565   1350   3383   3067   United Arab Emirates
0149  2072   1140    756   3185   2557   Yeman
0150  2073   1934    937   3340   2074   Saudi Arabia
0151  2074   2003   1751   2358   2098   Jordan
0152  2075   1953   1881   2134   2093   Westbank
0153  2076   1997   1769   2141   2056   Israel
0154  2077   1895   1873   2074   2053   Gaza Strip
0155  
0156  -- Europe --
0157 
0158  2078   4205   3588   1895   1235   Finland
0159  2079   4267   3479   1864    296   Norway [1]
0160  2080   4143   3320   1450    666   Sweden
0161  2081   3580   3451   1693   1404   Estonia
0162  2082   3370   3075   1966   1390   Belarus
0163  2083   3485   3340   1693   1258   Latvia
0164  2084   3387   3234   1611   1263   Lithuania 1
0165  2085   3343   3317   1268   1256   Lithuania 2
0166  2086   3317   3260   1373   1176   Russia 2
0167  2087   3143   2663   2413   1329   Ukraine
0168  2088   3290   2940   1449    848   Poland
0169  2089   2977   2864   1353   1010   Slovakia
0170  2090   3063   2913   1132    726   Czech Republic
0171  2091   2909   2727   1809   1597   Moldova
0172  2092   2896   2617   1782   1216   Romania
0173  2093   2653   2475   1716   1342   Bulgaria
0174  2094   2527   2403   1746   1562   Turkey 2
0175  2095   2505   2183   1598   1201   Greece
0176  2096   2541   2451   1382   1227   Macedonia
0177  2097   2770   2507   1380   1108   Yugoslavia
0178  2098   2560   2379   1263   1157   Albania
0179  2099   2715   2546   1178    941   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
0180  2100   2583   2544   1111   1020   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
0181  2101   2792   2577   1168    810   Croatia
0182  2102   2915   2745   1374    966   Hungary
0183  2103   2941   2783   1029    572   Austria
0184  2104   2813   2725    991    803   Slovinia
0185  2105   2826   2275   1111    397   Italy
0186  2106   2639   2634    751    744   San Marino
0187  2107   3295   2836    902    352   Germany 1
0188  2108   3250   3230    854    825   Germany 2
0189  2109   3464   3288    657    485   Denmark
0190  2110   2836   2824    578    568   Liechtenstein
0191  2111   2868   2749    629    358   Switzerland
0192  2112   3208   3045    433    202   Netherlands
0193  2113   3011   2967    391    344   Luxembourg
0194  2114   3090   2970    384    153   Belgium
0195  2115   3065   2540    494   -287   France
0196  2116   2560   2547    109     87   Andorra
0197  2117   2626   2624    446    443   Monaco
0198  2118   2628   2160    201   -557   Spain
0199  2119   2529   2219   -371   -570   Portugal
0200  2120   2169   2166   -322   -323   Gibraltar
0201  2121   3349   2997    106   -343   England
0202  2122   3520   3278   -105   -374   Scotland
0203  2123   3201   3083   -160   -319   Wales
0204  2124   3315   3242   -326   -490   Northern Ireland
0205  2125   3322   3087   -360   -628   Ireland
0206  
0207  -- Africa --
0208 
0209  2126    720   -100   3085   2459   Somalia
0210  2127    762    656   2605   2506   Djibouti
0211  2128   1081    742   2587   2187   Eritrea
0212  2129    893    206   2879   1979   Ethiopia
0213  2130   1388    209   2316   1310   Sudan
0214  2131   1899   1303   2149   1483   Egypt
0215  2132   1990   1170   1509    558   Libya
0216  2133   1410    447   1440    808   Chad
0217  2134    277   -280   2515   2037   Kenya
0218  2135    253    -89   2102   1774   Uganda
0219  2136    -59   -704   2427   1775   Tanzania
0220  2137    -64   -170   1854   1731   Rwanda
0221  2138   -138   -268   1851   1739   Brundi
0222  2139   -628  -1612   2451   1813   Mozambique
0223  2140   -562  -1028   2155   1961   Malawi
0224  2141   -937  -1345   1984   1514   Zimbabwe
0225  2142   -494  -1085   2022   1320   Zambia
0226  2143    323   -807   1877    732   Zaire
0227  2144    660    133   1649    865   Central African Republic
0228  2145  -1327  -2089   1973    988   South Africa 1
0229  2146  -1714  -1840   1767   1621   Lesotho
0230  2147  -1544  -1638   1928   1848   Swaziland
0231  2148  -1067  -1614   1762   1200   Botswana
0232  2149   -350  -1082   1445    704   Angola
0233  2150  -1019  -1738   1516    703   Namibia
0234  2151  -1358  -1394    885    865   South Africa 2
0235  2152    223   -301   1119    670   Congo
0236  2153   -263   -347    785    721   Cabinda
0237  2154    771     99    972    510   Cameroon
0238  2155    140   -237    872    522   Gabon
0239  2156    141     60    681    561   Rio Muni
0240  2157    833    256    880    161   Nigeria
0241  2158   1411    705    959     10   Niger
0242  2159   2240   1814    695    450   Tunisia
0243  2160   2225   1139    719   -520   Algeria
0244  2161    744    373    231     47   Benin
0245  2162    668    366    108     -9   Togo
0246  2163    670    284     72   -195   Ghana
0247  2164    905    564    144   -331   Burkina Faso
0248  2165    644    261   -149   -516   Cote D'Ivore
0249  2166   1500    608    255   -735   Mali
0250  2167   2155   1660    -61   -790   Morocco
0251  2168   1637    883   -288  -1024   Mauritania
0252  2169   1660   1246   -520  -1026   Western Sahara
0253  2170    514    261   -442   -689   Liberia
0254  2171    761    432   -459   -905   Guinea
0255  2172    600    415   -615   -798   Sierra Leone
0256  2173   1002    738   -681  -1052   Senegal
0257  2174    830    782   -828  -1010   Gambia
0258  2175    761    655   -819  -1003   Guinea-Bissau