Add short and long descriptions

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diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-octave/octave-forge-pkgs/octave-m
 Package: octave-mapping
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},${octave:Depends}
-Description: FIXME
+Description: geographical mapping functions for Octave
+ This package is simple mapping toolbox for Octave, a numerical
+ computation software.  It includes functions for computing angular
+ distances and displacements between points on a sphere, as well as
+ the great circle azimuth.
  .
  This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.