mapit20

MAPIT 2 - World Mapping with something for everyone. Features include:- View every part of the world at 1:1,000,000 scale, about the samedetail as US state maps.- Coverage includes coastlines, islands, major and minor lakes, rivers,ocean bathymetric data, plate boundaries, fracture zones, magneticlineations, major roads, railroads, and airports of the world, manyutility lines, US radio and TV towers, national boundaries, first andsecond level internal administrative boundaries for many countriesincluding US counties, and outlines of populated places.- Databases contain 150,000 US cities, 50,000 international cities,place names, countries, states and provinces, counties, US ZIP Codes,many US area codes and telephone exchanges, and international dialingcodes.- Royalty-free - Import maps into your word processing documents, plotcustomized maps.- Zoom to any level of detail and navigate around the world withcomplete flexibility, precision, and ease.- Record and track information with 100 foot precision. Geocode anddisplay external data.- Enter great circles, measure distances, calculate azimuth angles, plotrange curves, and calculate various types of lines-of-sight.- Track real-time GPS positions with moving markers.- Simulate, in accelerated real-time, the motion of objects fromuser-written scripts. Make orbital predictions for circular motioncorrected for the earth's rotation.While MAPITsupports a variety of serious applications for home, school, and fun,perhaps the most entertaining and impressive is its ability to simulate,in accelerated real-time, a variety of user-entered data. The web pageincludes examples as diverse as real-life Canada Geese migrating southfrom Hudson Bay, scheduled US Air traffic into and out of The GreaterPittsburgh International Airport on a May morning, and orbitaltrajectories originating at Cape Kennedy