Updated Hydrological Monitoring Stations
The attribute information for hydrological monitoring stations were updated. The data was exported from the (HIS) database at DWAF Head Office. The INFO is called INORGANIC.DAT in the $WMSYS/wmdata/wq directory
Updated Landcover data set
The complete landcover data set available from the CSIR were incorporated into the Layer Availability and Output modules. This data set was derived from 1:250000 LandsatTM images during the National Landcover database project done by the CSIR.
Incorporated 1:50 000 Rivers for South Africa
A map library was created for the 1:50 000 rivers for the whole of South Africa and has been incorporated in the Layer Availability module in the Hydrological Features Layers menu. Click on the checkbox next to 1:50 000 rivers to draw the rivers. Use the more... button next to each option to access the menu that display more classifications available for the data.
Y2K compliancy
WaterMarque has been updated to be Y2K compliant - where needed.
Monitoring station selection
The Select station number menu has been updated to allow the user to 'build' a list of station numbers to be selected - it previously only allowed for selecting one station number from the list.
Metadata
The option to display the metadata of all the datasets that are used in WaterMarque has been added to the help menu