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+July 10, 2002
+Layers can be selected and added to the map canvas collection however
+the rendering code is currently disabled and being reorganized. So if
+you add a layer, nothing will be drawn...
+ 
+July 6, 2002
 This code is preliminary and really has no true functionality other than
 the ability to define a PostGIS connection and display the spatially enabled
 tables that could be loaded. 
 
-This is the initial import of the code base into CVS on Sourceforge.net.
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+This is the initial import of the code base into CVS on Sourceforge.net.