WQN CD-ROM Documentation Files

• ACKNOWLE.TXT gives the acknowledgements of the producers of the CD-ROM discs, data files, and illustrations.

• CONTACTS.TXT provides a list of contacts for additional information on the CD-ROMs, the U.S. Geological Survey's CD-ROM Support Center, and the data contained on this disc.

• CUSTOMIZ.TXT provides technical information on customizing the files that control the operation of the GSMENU and GSSEARCH software provided on the DOS disc.

• DATA_ALL.TXT describes the data structure of the ASCII data disc for conducting station and data searches using user-supplied software on any computer system capable of reading an ISO 9660 standard CD-ROM disc. This data structure can be accessed through the use of a Web browser, spreadsheet, word processor, statistical analysis package, or other software capable of reading ASCII data.

• DATA_DOS.TXT describes the data structure of the DOS data disc for conducting station and data searches on DOS computer systems using GSMENU and GSSEARCH software.

• DISCLAIM.TXT contains the U.S. Government's disclaimer for the CD-ROMs.

• GSSEARCH.TXT contains a step-by-step explanation of the use of the GSSEARCH software provided on the DOS disc (and usable only on DOS PCs). Once this brief tutorial has been completed, the user should have a good working knowledge of how to select, display, and output data from the DOS disc.

• OVERVIEW.TXT provides a brief overview of the data and software contained on the CD-ROMs.

• TITLE.TXT shows the title page and the authors of the CD-ROMs.