THE INFORMATION WINDOW
The information window shows more than 160 different data about the selected
country.
The selected country appears on the Amiglobe
status bar:
It is also painted in light green on the map.
There are several way to select a country. The simplest is to click
on the country, but you can select a country via the select/country
window, the select/flag window, the
data comparison window, etc... In fact, every Amiglobe window is synchronised,
this means if you change the country selection in the flag window, it will
also change in the others windows.
The information windows has several categories.
1. The general category
This category shows the map of the country itself, with its capital. There
is the local name too. If the country has or is a dependency, then you
can click on the country name to show them.
You can click on the
button to zoom the map on this country. The oval contains the automobile
country code, and below there is the flag, and a button to hear the national
anthem. On the bottom of the window, there are the essential data. The
currency used to show money figures can be changed with the Project/locale
preference window.
2. The geography category
This category shows data about the area, boundaries, etc...
If you select a numeric data, like total area, then you can
make a comparison with the list or map button. This will
open the data comparison window.
You can compare the selected country with the reference country. By
default, the reference country is your country, provided you gave proper
information in the Windows Regional Settings, and Amiglobe was able to
match your country name with a name known by him. To change the reference
country, you can use the Project/locale preference
menu, or click on the set button to set the reference country
to the selected country.
If you check the use button, then the information window will
show information about the selected country AND the reference country,
making comparison easy.
3. The history category
This category display a short text about the country history
4. The people, government, overview, economy, transportation and military
categories
people: population, ethnic divisions
government: capital, chief of state
overview: a short text about the country economy
economy: national product, exports, imports
transportation: telephones, roads, railways
military: military forces, military expenses