                               Command : SURVEY

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: survey <ITEM> <SECTS> ?cond<op>cond

The  survey  command  shows the distribution of a commodity or resource in map
form.  Sectors which are owned by you, but do not match the  conditional  have
their  current  designation  displayed much as in a map.  Sectors matching the
conditional are shown in one of several ways.

Sectors which have none (or a level of zero) of the item being  surveyed  show
up as a blank.

If  <ITEM>  is  a commodity, then sectors having the commodity present will be
shown as a digit from 0 to 9, the digit representing the number of hundreds of
the  commodity  present  in the sector.  Sectors with more than 999 of a given
commodity will be seen as a '$'.

If <ITEM> is a sector resource, then the 0 to 9 digits will represent the num-
ber  of tens of the resource present in the sector.  Sectors with more than 99
of a given resource will show up as a $.

                               Command : SURVEY

If your terminal can support standout mode,  then  sectors  selected  will  be
highlighted.

Sectors not owned by you will show up as blanks.

NOTE:  the  syntax  of  this  command  is somewhat bizarre, as the conditional
cond<op>cond is for all practical purposes NOT optional if the  survey  is  to
display any values.

See also : sector, map

