MDF File Example

The following file is an example of a MDF file.

35.40 22.80 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

/ xs,ys,mb,mr,mt,ml

2.000000E+04 1.0 4.240000E+03 1.052000E+04 0.0

/ sc,ufac,x0,Y0,rot

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/ Map Description File:

/

/xs,ys - the X and Y dimensions of the map in centimetres.

/ Some standard sizes are: A - 28.0,21.6 (11 x 8.5")

/ B - 43.2,28.0 (17 x 11")

/ C - 56.0,43.2 (22 x 17")

/ D - 86.4,56.0 (34 x 22")

/ E - 112.,86.4 (44 x 34")

/mb,mr,mt,ml - the bottom, right, top and left margins in cm

/sc - the true plotting scale for the window.

/ (For example, to plot a 1:25000 map, sc should be 25000.)

/ufac - unit conversion factor, number of ground units per metre on the ground.

/ (For example, 1 metre = ufac * 1 ground unit)

/ A - metres - ufac = 1.0

/ B - feet - ufac = 3.28084

/ C - kilometres - ufac = 0.001

/ D - miles - ufac = 0.00062137

/x0,y0 - the location, in ground units, of the bottom left corner of the plot

/ window.

/rot - the orientation of the map axis relative to the ground coordinate system,

/ in degrees counter clockwise.

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