Microsoft KB Archive/126456

Automap: Map Display Appears Blotchy or Corrupted

PSS ID Number: Q126456 Article last modified on 04-05-1995

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WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you use an accelerated video card at high resolutions, the area along the coastline may appear to have blotches, or small boxes may appear in the sea portion of the map.

The problem is caused by a conflict between the installed video card driver and the polygon drawing method used by Automap Road Atlas.

= WORKAROUNDS =

Use one of the following workarounds:

  Use the Standard VGA (16-color), or SVGA (16-color) video driver provided with Microsoft Windows version 3.1 and Window for Workgroups version 3.1 and 3.11. -or-   Select a lower resolution video display driver such as 640 x 480 x 256 colors. -or-   Install the most current video driver available from the video card manufacturer. 

= MORE INFORMATION =

A video card accelerator is a device that quickens the operation of the video refresh, and results in the improvement of overall system performance.

A polygon is a closed shape with multiple sides, such as a hexagon, an octagon, or a triangle.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products’ performance or reliability.

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