Installation of RevPG is fairly straightforward. RevPG is a collection of Arc Macro Language (AML) programs and menus, with a few C executables and calls to the operating system. For AMLs and menus, the search paths are set through the use of the &AMLPATH and &MENUPATH AML directives. Paths for the executables and system calls are set to a specific RevPG system directory. Your own operating system search path will be used if the RevPG software is unable to find the executable or system call in the RevPG search directory. These paths are set up expecting the RevPG directory structure to be specific. The basic RevPG structure has not changed significantly from earlier versions; however, there have been some additions to the structure. RevPG may be installed locally, on the network, or run from a CD. The only requirement is that the directory structure must not change.

Install RevPG

Create a directory on a server or workstation to store the software. For this example we'll call it myrevpg.

RevPG Directory Structure

• myrevpg
  • rpg_start.aml (file)
  • ae
  • anno
  • ap
  • arc
  • bitmaps
  • bsp
  • infofiles
  • install
  • programs_dgux
  • programs_nt
  • programs_sunos
  • release
  • site
  • symbols
  • text

Files to Modify

There are a couple of files in the site directory that will need to be modified for site specific information.

• site.dat contains the installation site name, RevPG version tag as set by the RevPG OPR, path to the problems directory, and a place holder for possible development of an EPSOUT path. The default problems directory is under the users RevPG working directory. See RevPG System Design Changes for information on the working directory. If you choose, you can set the directory to be a central location where all users have write access. All problem reports generated from RevPG will then be submitted to a central place. The reports are date and time stamped for naming and tracking.
• resfonts.txt contains a list of Arc/Info font reference numbers and names. This file allows the user to select fonts that are resident on your plotting device during postscript creation. If you do not have fonts resident on your plotting device, remove or rename this file. If you only have a few fonts resident, edit this file to reflect your site. If you do not want to worry about resident fonts, remove or rename the file. The result of not specifying fonts as resident is that fonts will be contoured during postscript file creation. Each character will be outlined and then filled in the postscript file, causing the font to be slightly bolder in appearance. The output postscript file will be larger with contour versus resident fonts. The default treatment in Arc/Info is contour.

Files to Copy

RevPG uses several custom fonts stored in the symbols directory. These fonts are the point marker symbol definitions used for screen display and plotting. If you experience problems getting marker symbols to plot correctly, copy the custom fonts

• fnt034
• fnt036
• fnt039
• fnt040

Text Fonts

Fonts supplied with the Arc/Info package do not meet all the requirements for USGS Part 5 publication standards. To enable RevPG to produce standard Part 5 topographic maps, several fonts must be added to the Arc/Info fonts directory. The Arc/Info fontindex file, located in the locale/c directory of the Arc/Info installation, must be updated to reflect these additions. See Arc/Info Setup for more information.

The following list includes all necessary fonts. The Part 5 feature list that the font is used to annotate may not be complete, but is provided for your reference.
Fonts necessary for USGS Part 5 Publication: