Department of Water and Sanitation


WaterMarque

A system for presenting water quality on maps


Typographical Conventions


This manual uses the following conventions: Italic type indicates names of the options available, menu and icon names .

Note icon means that the adjacent paragraph contains information of interest.

Information icon means that the adjacent paragraph contains useful hints and short cuts.

This manual is an elementary guide to the workings of WaterMarque. The manual provides guidance in two ways:

Etymological convention

In this manual, the word “data” is a singular noun referring to information, usually stored in a computer file. Language purists must console themselves with the saying “data is not all they used to be.”


Michael Silberbauer: SilberbauerM@dwaf.gov.za
Institute for Water Quality Studies

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