LEI Electronics 6 manual Custom Map File Size and Build Time Examples

The amount of development in an area is something you can't control. For example, one square mile of city streets will make a larger file than one square mile of wilderness with a few hiking trails.

The amount of territory you include in a map is a major factor. The more square miles or acres you include, the bigger the file size.

So, what does this all mean in real estate terms? The following table shows a few examples of high- and medium-detail Custom Map File sizes, and how long it took the computer to build them. These examples were prepared on a Pentium III with 512 MB of memory, using simple rectangle map borders:

Custom Map File Size and Build Time Examples

Mapped	High	High Detail	Medium	Medium
	Detail		Detail File	Detail Build
area	File Size	Build Time	Size	Time
Oklahoma
plus Texas	25.88 MB	4 min., 15 sec.	0.61 MB	4 seconds
Panhandle
Colorado	18.42 MB	3 min., 12 sec.	0.31 MB	4 seconds
Lake
Eufaula,	1.49 MB	16 sec.	0.23 MB	3 seconds
Okla.
Lake	26.43 MB	4 min., 2 sec.	0.37 MB	3 seconds
Michigan
Lake
Okeechobee,	14.12 MB	2 min., 2 sec.	0.54 MB	5 seconds
Fla.
Lake Mead,	0.90 MB	14 sec.	0.12 MB	2 seconds
Nev.
Atlanta, Ga.	7.77 MB	1 min., 5 sec.	0.27 MB	3 seconds
area
San Francisco,	8.63 MB	1 min., 4 sec.	0.21 MB	3 seconds
Ca., area

The lessons in the Quick Reference section were written using MapCreate's default settings, with high detail and all categories turned on. If your first maps don't fit your MMC or SDC, refer to the online Command Reference section for more detailed instructions on controlling file size.

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