Thank you for downloading GridWare Version 1.1 Beta for Windows.

Please don't redistribute GridWare, but tell anyone interested in getting 
it that they can visit our website (http://statespacegrids.org) for a free 
copy.  We will inform you when the next release is available.


System Requirements:

You will need to have Java 2, JRE Version 1.4 (or later) installed to run 
GridWare.  It is strongly recommended, however, that you have Java 1.4.2 in 
order to get the best possible performance.  Java for Windows can be 
downloaded for free from the Java web site (http://www.java.com).

The application is known to perform well on Windows XP, and appears to work 
on other versions of Windows, but it has not yet been thoroughly tested on 
these platforms.

GridWare will require a minimum of 48MB of free RAM in order to run, and 
large data sets will require even more memory. GridWare will take about 
32 MB + 1MB of RAM per 2,000 events (rows in Trajectory Files) in your 
dataset.  So if you have 200 trajectories of about 1000 events each, you 
should have at least 132MB of free memory before running GridWare. Display 
settings should be at least 800x600, but higher resolution is preferable.


Getting Started:

GridWare can be placed anywhere on your hard drive after being extracted 
from the 'zip' archive.  You will find the included manual very helpful in 
learning to use the software.  There are also some example data to guide you 
in preparing your own files.


Contacting Us:

Feel free to contact us for technical support (support@statespacegrids.org), 
but before doing so, please read the section of the website called 'Tips and 
Troubleshooting'.  You may find the solution to your problem there.

This is a beta release of GridWare, so it is not completely bug-free.  We 
appreciate receiving bug reports from users (support@statespacegrids.org).  
Before reporting a bug, however, please check the 'Known Issues' section of 
the website to see if it is already listed.

When requesting help or submitting a bug report, please include the following 
information:

	- Your version of Windows (i.e. Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP)
	- Your version of GridWare (eg. 1.0b or 1.1b) 
	- Your version of Java (eg. JRE Version 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5.0)
	
Your GridWare version and Java version can be found by using the 'About 
GridWare' menu command.  
	
Also send us your gwf file and a couple of trj files to look at, as well as the 
file 'gw_run_log.txt'.

Ideas for new features are also welcome (info@statespacegrids.org).  See the 
'Planned Improvements' section of the website for some enhancements already in 
the works.

Finally, we welcome any questions or comments you may have about GridWare or 
State Space Grids (info@statespacegrids.org).


Enjoy!

Alex Lamey
Tom Hollenstein
Marc D. Lewis
Isabela Granic





