1. The mouse

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.
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.

2. The keyboard

To move the map, use the arrow keys, or the numeric keyboard keys.
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 /

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.