NAVIGATION
It is easy to navigate on the map with the main bar ,
the mouse or the keyboard.
1. The mouse
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To move the map, place the mouse cursor on the edge of the Amiglobe window:
the mouse cursor changes to an arrow (
on the right). Then, just press the left mouse button and the map will
scroll in the direction you chose. Alternatively, if you have a mouse with
3 buttons, keep the middle mouse button pressed while moving the mouse
cursor (which changes as a hand 
):
this will drag the map.
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To zoom on the map with a wheel mouse, like the Microsoft Intellimouse,
roll the wheel forward to zoom in, and backward to zoom out.
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By right-clicking on the map you can quickly access to more functions of
Amiglobe
You can set the source or target point on the mouse cursor (see Source
and Target point)
Add a user defind city on the location pointed by the curssor (see
Add User Defined City)
Get information about the country that you point to (see The
Information Window)
Or get data and photos about the nearest city (see Selecting
City or Mountain). Not all the cities have photos, only those which
have this symbol 
have photos. Also, this symbol appears only after zooming.
2. The keyboard
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To move the map, use the arrow keys, or the numeric keyboard keys.
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To zoom the map, use the '+' and '-' keys
3. The Main Bar
With the main bar you can navigate on the Amiglobe
map.
1. Arrow 
Change the cursor to an arrow (default). The arrow cursor
permits country selection.
2. Hand 
Change the cursor to a hand .
Press the left mouse button, move the cursor and release the mouse button
to drag the map.
3. Zoom in selected area 
Zoom in the map. Draw a rectangle on the map by
pressing down the left mouse button, then move the mouse, and release the
left mouse button. The map will be redisplayed according to the new zoom
level.
4. Zoom in 
Zoom in the map. The map will be redisplayed according
to the new zoom level.
5. Zoom level selector 
Select the desired zoom level with this slider.
6. Zoom out 
Zoom out the map. The map will be redisplayed according
to the new zoom level.
7. Reset 
Reset the zoom level to the entire world.
8. Info 
Display information about the current selected country.
The info window shows more than 160 different
data about each country. Click
here
9. Map projection 
Select the map projection to choose how the map
will be displayed. There are 4 projections:
flat or "plate carrée": Coordinates of each
point (longitude, latitude) are converted by homothety, in screen coordinates.
Lambert: The latitudes are converted into screen
coordinates by calculating the sinus of the angle latitude 0 - Earth's
centre - considered point's latitude.
Mercator: The Mercator Map was developed in 1569
by cartographer Gerhard Kremer, whose surname (meaning "merchant" in English)
becomes Mercator in Latin. It has since been used sucessfully by sailors
to navigate the globe since and is an appropriate map for this purpose.
spherical: The Earth as it would appear from space
10. Back/Forward
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The backward button shows the map with the previous
zoom level. For example, if you were browsing Europe, and you zoom on Germany,
the back button will show the Europe map. The forward button will show
the Germnay map again.
11. Map comparison 
Toggle map comparison on/off. When on, the countries on the map will be
painted according to the result of the data comparison. For more information,
see data comparison.