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Saving Data to Your Hard Drive
To Save Topo USA Data to Your Hard Drive
Use the following steps to save Topo USA data to your hard drive.
1. Close all programs on your computer.
2. Use your computer's Control Panel to locate the program and click Change.
The Program Maintenance screen opens.
OR
Insert the Topo USA DVD into your DVD-ROM drive. Browse to the DVD drive
on your computer and view the contents. Double-click setup.exe.
The Program Maintenance screen opens.
3. Ensure Modify is selected and click Next.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation.
5. When prompted, click Finish.
Connecting Data
Only connected, compatible data displays in Topo USA. You can improve
performance by saving the data to your hard drive.
To Connect Data
Use the following steps to connect a dataset.
1. Click the Map Files tab.
2. Click Add and then click Data Locations.
The Data Locations dialog box opens a list of the of the data sources on your
system.
3. If the dataset you want to view displays in the list, ensure its check box is
selected.
AND/OR
If the dataset you want to view does not display in the list, click Add, select
the data folder where the dataset is located from the Browse for Folder
dialog box, and click OK.
4. Click Done when finished.
Note To remove a data source from the Data Locations list, select the data source
and click Remove.
Viewing Data
You can view two types of data at the same time using the split-window function and
by connecting the data with the Data Locations option in the Map Files tab. The
following data types are compatible with Topo USA:
•
Topo USA data
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Aerial Imagery (DOQQ)
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Color Aerial Imagery
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Satellite Imagery (Sat 10)
•
USGS Quads (3DTQ)
Viewing Map Data
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