National Geographic Maps: The Complete Collection
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be able to find one in a Historical Atlas of that area. Google maps is also a good option. I can't recommend this product because it won't help.
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These maps are hardly in doubt when it comes to their value. The collection claims to include 535 maps published by National Geographic magazine as far back as the 19th century. This is a very valuable collection in its own right. * However, there is a low degree of software implementation of this treasure. Despite its robustness, the software is slow and glitchy, prone to crashes and is prone to There is only one window for the main interface, which is relatively small at 640x480 pixels. However, the maps can be zoomed to full screen. Working with this software is like working with old software on a Windows 95 computer. A compass, a book, and a videotape are displayed on the working interface. Looking for a map to start your search? If you guess, it means there are no text labels, no text tool, nothing there to help you guess We don't have drop down menus or tips. A toolbar is present with tools such as The tips are obvious, but the text labels are not. If I could have chosen a plain-looking one, I would have I prefer a vanilla menu to a faux-vanilla menu A series of elegant images that left me speechless. A total of eight CDs are included in the set. In spite of the fact that the program is capable of running with any CD, the discs will be swapped a lot. There is no way to copy the CD data to your hard drive, which would have been helpful for larger drive users. It would also have been nice to be able to at least start the search engine without a disc in the drive. Maps appear to be scanned images of the paper version from National Geographic, complete with folds and marker outlines The dog's tail and the creases A single ear. They're not digital databases that generate maps as a result of user input, as is the case with tools such as Topo USA and I'm not describing any maps instead, these are photos of The maps are great, but in a digital application, the picture of a piece of paper is of limited use. A place might, for instance, be a A search for a particular name fails because the name does not appear in the index. There is no need to cite a map, even when the location appears on several. A common tool of map software, such as distance measurement or incremental zooming, is missing as well.
You can use the software to zoom in and out your map at five different levels. The first two levels of the thumbnails can be viewed as little more than thumbnails by themselves the remaining three levels can be zoomed in. When the zoom is set to the middle setting, it is still too small to read. Please name them. It would have been much nicer if some sort of incremental or fractional zoom had been available It is possible to zoom in a picture by a single percentage point on most image editing software. I would like to see a better quality scan. In high resolution, you can clearly see pixelization Especially in the text area there is fuzziness that looks blocky. In spite of this, there are over 500 non-profit organizations in North Texas In order to fit 8 CDs of maps, there needed to be some reduction in data. It doesn't seem like the map tools are advanced at all, but it is still convenient The imaging program allows you to zoom and pan, as well as copying selected regions to the clipboard (copied sections can be pasted into Paint or another
Despite all that, this 8 disc set delivers an extraordinary value for the money. The cost of a map is about a nickel, I estimate Value for money that can't be beat. History can be learned from the older maps in terms of Besides being incredibly high quality, these maps feature a tremendous range of "extras" on the backs (which are also viewable) and sidebars of the maps. Clearly there were some things that could have been done better with the software. The set looks good for the price, but I don't think it's worth paying full price.
It is a great product and I would highly recommend.
As far as I was concerned, I was getting an upsurge The file that I had already owned and would load is the same as the updated version.
The product is not compatible with my computer.
The best gift ever.
It's more appropriate to describe the situation as pathetic. Your monitor must be set to 480 x 600 pixels if you want to take advantage of your full computer screen. How can someone have a monitor with such a low resolution in this day and age? You can also get the best resolution on the maps with this setting. It is difficult to read maps with enough expanded detail to be able to read them. My opinion is that this is tragic. Please see below. In my opinion, the 500 "maps" in this package offer nothing worth using - It doesn't make sense to me, at least. If you could provide excellent maps at 3 times as much as now, I would make sure to pay for them. Due to the current low-priced environment If 5 cents were to be charged for this software release's resolution, I would not do it. With such a low resolution, I didn't find any use for the maps. Uninstalling the software was the right thing to do. The short of it is that I feel I was The price I paid was My opinion is that useless maps and useless software are of no use to me. From National Geographic, I did not expect this.
This collection has been mine since 2002 and I haven't encountered a problem until now The first time I put the install CD into my brand new XP setup, nothing happened but I got the dreaded pop-up message stating that National Geographic's Maps require Windows 95. I found the following on the NG website, which will help XP run programs developed for earlier versions of Windows
"XP has the Program Compatibility Wizard which allows it to run programs developed for previously released versions of Windows. ". This feature must be enabled in the following way The Start button is located at the bottom. Click it. Go to All Programs, and then go to Using the Program Compatibility Wizard, choose to check the CD drive. Choosing to run it in Windows 98/ME will make it look for the CD drive. A dual-use phone could also be made as an alternative This partition is used to boot the computer. "
I tried the first solution, and it worked, even without setting the resolution to a lower value when given the option. ". There are so many things I like about It is true that the maps have been I agree with you. The disk swapping is incredibly It turned out that the most recent version of the map of Britain I was looking for was from 1979. I was able to search through a couple of discs rather than spend time online earlier looking for a map, and then rejecting those I found because they were renamed or not detailed/low resolution etc. At least England's cities have not changed names.
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