                               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
number  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

