MAIN BAR

With the main bar you can navigate on the Amiglobe map.

 1. Zoom in

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.

 2. Zoom out

Zoom out the map. The map will be redisplayed according to the new zoom level.

 3. Reset

Show the entire worls on the map

 4. Info

Display information about the current selected country. To select a country, click on this country on the map.

The info window shows 9 topics:

  • general: the map of the country itself, with its capital city. On the left there is the automobile country code, the flag, and eventually a button to hear the national anthem. Click here to listen to the anthem
  • geography: this topic, like the others, display 26 out of 160 data about this country. Some of them can be compared with data of other countries. Click on total area, then on 'compare in list' to make a comparison.
  • history
  • people: population, ethnic divisions government: capital, chief of state
  • overview: a description of the economy
  • economy: national product, imports, exports
  • transportation: railroad, highways, airports
  • military

    •  5. Map projection

    Select the map projection to choose how the map will be displayed. There are 4 projections:

  • flat or "plate carrĂ©e": 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

    •  6. Back/Forward

    Move forward and backward in the former view of the map.

     7. Arrows

    Move on the map.