3D World Map v1.2
Copyright 2001-2002 Longgame Software . All Rights Reserved.
 
   Description 

     With 3D World Map you can browse the earth in 3D,and get some information of 269 countries and entities,locate and compare 30000 cities in the world,compute distance between any two points on the earth,and more.

The earth model is real 3d,you can amplify the altitude to see how the earth looks like.also you can run the program as screensaver,with the amazing earth displayed on the screen.

There is an mp3 player for listening to music during you browse the world,it will pick a number of songs randomly from several directories or from all files according your settings every time the program starts.

Almost everything is costomizable in this program,you can change the color of the earth,the color of any button or any windows and the text,if the text is too small or big,just zoom in/out by left and right drag together. 

Main features:

Real 3D model of the earth 
Locate and compare more than 30000 cities in the world 
Built in mp3 player with spectrum analyzer 
Mp3 playlist editor 
Compute distance 
Password protection support(screensaver) 
Camera control(screensaver) 
   Minimum Requirements 

    OS: Windows98/2000/XP,DirectX 8.0 or later
    Display Card: Direct3D compatible 3D accelerated card with 16M display memory
    CPU:Pentium II 400 or higher with 128M system memory 

   Install 

Unzip the files,Run setup_3dwmap.exe.

   Enter Regcode 

When the 3D World Map is running,press F2,click Enter Regcode Button to enter Regcode.

   Uninstall 

From Control Panel run Add/Remove Programs,select 3D World Map.
Or Start Menu/program/3D World Map/uninstall 3D World Map.

   Settings 


General Settings 
Altitude Color--Set color according altitude. 
Display Settings for screensaver--Set display resolution and color depth,this will take effect for screensaver only,if select automatic,it will use the desktop settings if your card support. 
Shade Land--Enable shade of land. 
Shade Ocean--Enable shade of ocean. 
Longitude Latitude Opacity--The Opacity of longitude and latitude grid,if set it to the smallest,no longitude and latitude grid displayed. 
Ocean Opacity--The opacity of land. 
Land Opacty--The opacity of ocean. 
Amplify Altitude--To amplify the altitude above the sea level. 
Camera settings for screensaver--You can select from three types of camera moving mode. 
Near Point--The nearest point of the camera to the center of the earth. 
Far point--The farthest point of the camera to the center of the earth. 
Speed--The moving speed of the camera. 
Save as--Save the current settings in other name. 
Delete--Delete the current settings. 

Mp3player Settings 
Enable Mp3 Player--Enable/Disable Mp3 Player. 
Maximium files to play--If your mp3 files exeed this number,the player will pick this number files to play. 
Spectrum Analyzer--Enable/Disable Spectrum Analyzer and Playback Buttons. 
Randomize at start--Randomize the mp3 list when start the program. 
Top--Move the selected mp3 files to top of the list. 
Up--Move the selected mp3 files up a step. 
Down--Move the selected mp3 files down a step. 
Bottom--Move the selected mp3 files to bottom of the list. 
Add directory--Add a mp3 directory,not include subdirectories. 
Add Files--Open mp3 files and add them to mp3 playlist. 
Remove--Remove the selected mp3 files from the list. 
Remove All--Clear the playlist. 

   Controls 


Left Drag--Move a button,window or the earth. 
Left Right Drag togehter--Zoom in/out a button,window or the earth. 
Right Click--Right click a button or window will bring up a window to change colors. 
Locate a city--Click a city on the earth,the city list window will scroll to this city,click a city in the city list window,the earth will turn around to the city. 
Compute Distance--Click Distance Button,click source point,then click target point,the distance will be displayed.Right click to clear the distance,you can display 16 sets of distance the same time. 
City Button--Open /Close city list window. 
Country Button--Open /Close country list window. 
Day/N Button--Toggle On/Off Day/Night area. 
Terr Button--Toggle On/Off draw territory. 
Distance Button--Toggle On/Off distance mode. 
Infor Button--Open/Close country information window. 
Center Button--Center the globe and make the north always up. 
Help Button--Open/Close the help window. 
Exit Button--Exit. 
Esc--Exit. 

Popup Menu 
Show Tool Bars--Show all tool bars. 
Hide Tool Bars--Hide all tool bars. 
Clear--Unselect all selected cities and country,clear all distance lines. 

   Register 

you can purchase by several payment options including check, credit card, money order. 
Purchase 3D World Map($19.95)

After register,a high quality globe is available for download. 

   Important Notes 


The data used in 3D World Map are all public available data,most data have been taken from: the gtopo30,the Micro World Data Bank,the World Gazetteer,The CIA World Fact Book 2001. you can use the data and screenshots produced with the 3D World Map freely. The cities's altitudes have been computed out from the gtopo30,because the resolution of gtopo30 is only about 1 km,so you can not surpose the altitudes are always accurate. 
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT ---------- You may use the share version as long as you like,and you are free to distribute it. You may not alter this software in any way. THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU AGREE THAT YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT SHALL LONGGAME SOFTWARE OR DISTRIBUTOR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER RESULTS ARISING OUT OF USE OR MISUSE OF THIS SOFTWARE. Installing and using this program you must accept these terms and conditions of the license.If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must remove it from your computer and cease to use this product. 

 
For more information about the program and other products, please visit our website at:
http://www.longgame.com
If you have any questions, suggestions or comments feel free to mail us at:
webmaster@longgame.net
