About GSMAP and GSDRAW

The documentation for GSMAP and GSDRAW attempts a systematic description of these programs. This text is a supplement providing ideas developed during use of the programs and answering some of the common questions asked by new users at training sessions.

The first sections of this text are written for new users who have scanned the documentation, but have not yet studied it.

Later sections are written to provide ideas for old hands, explain some of the workings of the programs, and offer a few ideas on problem solving based on use of arcane aspects of the programs. The later sections assume familiarity with GSDRAW and/or GSMAP.