README.TXT

1. The Purpose of WinTopo 

WinTopo is a Raster (Images) to Vector (Drawing) conversion tool. 
Its main function is to convert linear/polyline features in the raster images 
to coressponding vector drawing files.

It provides both famous Zhang-Suen and Stentiford Thinning method as part of 
the preprocess for vectorisation.

WinTopo is suitable for conversion of scanned Topographic Maps/
Engineering Drawings images, saved into drawing files, and then open in CAD
tools like AutoCAD(tm), IntelliCAD(tm) for modification. This is useful, 
especially when you need to edit portion of the image, and yet do not have
the original drawing file.

WinTopo takes Windows Bitmap (*.BMP) format images as input, 
and produces the industry de-facto standard AutoCAD(tm) Drawing Exchange 
Format (*.DXF), R2V for Windows' Arc Format (*.ARC) and its native ASCII data file format.

WinTopo is a "must have" handy tool for Engineering/Architecture/Urban
Planning Consultants, CAD and GIS professionals.

2. How to Install WinTopo?

Easy. Just unzip the file WinTopo1.zip you had downloaded into any directory 
you like to name, e.g., c:\wintopo. Then, execute Topo.exe to start the application.

Two sample images: T735.bmp and Topomap.bmp is also attached for your testing purpose.

3. Product Information

WinTopo is developed for Windows 95/98 platform.

WinTopo binary for Windows 95/98 is Freeware, which means: 
* you may give it to others as long as you give them the whole package,
* you may not sell it (except for a reasonable fee for copying and/or media),

However, you need to register the product with me if you want to save the vectorised
data for images bigger than 1024x1024 pixels.

4. Documentation

Help file is not provided at the moment.
For any updates log, please refer to Update.txt.
Frequently Asked Question is documented in FQA.txt.

5. Contact the Developer

You can contact me at:
bongkf@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/bongkf
Bong Khin Fah
Malaysia