No Input is required, other than the command line, and input file assignments.
After an ascii readable header is output to the foo.na4 file the map data is stored as characters. A sample of an output file is given below:
MAPTONA4 HEADER TITLE ISOMORPHOUS DIFFERENCE PATTERSON FOR TEST DERIVATIVE 3.0A. AXIS Z X Y GRID 36 64 48 XYZLIM 0 18 0 32 0 47 SPACEGROUP 4 MODE 2 CELL 35.720 62.990 44.760 90.000 102.400 90.000 RHOLIM -930.269 7562.85 1.75892 133.812 INDXR4 0 10 END HEADER SECTION 0 RWhWJ22J5OF4xfIBybD004hXzWQIzTmXzzyKznCQzmSO0dcw15Z30ORyzfn+zess03FS0Jeb0D0szlqt zZc0039e0X290SXD0GRI0SXE0X29039ezZc0zlqt0D0s0Jea03FSzesszfn+0ORy15Z30dcwzmSOznCQ zzyKzTmXzWQI04hWybD0xfIB5OF4J22I HonnElom4qWlxB-Uxjd9zscIzl9KzQx4zyP308ij09XB0r8C1Okh0rq1zy8AzjOj07ZY0VAT0Vhg07hE zmXZzw0F0+lh04nF00iA0P980iDZ0FlVzeVczfaq01L-02HezmoNzZ3AzVBjzsLK0NVC072ezE1QzInp 08Kg02SQzaxv04fLzT5wxIhIziUY-IcH
The maximum error is relative to the largest absolute value in the column so in general you will have an error of about 1 in 10**7, which is not likely to cause any problems.
maptona4 mapin mir.map mapout mir.na4 maptona4 mapin mir.na4 mapout new_mir.map