Installing GeoMapApp© on a UNIX/Linux System

Minimum Requirements:

• Sun or IBM Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.x or newer, (also called Java 5, Java 6) which may be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/. 

  NOTE: The default GNU Java compiler installed on some Linux platforms does not include all the libraries needed by GeoMapApp. Install as above.

• 1 MB of free disk space.
• 64 MB of RAM (128 MB or more is recommended for best performance).
• Network connection to access data on remote servers.

GeoMapApp is a Java application and it must be downloaded to your computer. Clicking on the AGREE button below downloads the file GeoMapApp.jar to your computer. To start the program, type the following in a command window:

% cd <directory with GeoMapApp.jar>
% java -jar GeoMapApp.jar

This software is distributed for free and it contains no guarantees or warrantees. The software was developed through contributions of NSF and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. None of the developers or supporters of GeoMapApp can be held responsible for problems that may occur from using this software. We are distributing it with best of intentions and it contains no known harmful code. All users should read all information associated with software and agree to the statements issued here.