Interactive World Atlas for World Heritage

User Guide

Okapiland Map is an interactive world atlas for culture heritage guide and nature guide, where information on world heritage, nature and geography can be seen on map. Information navigator for culture heritage, nature and geography in the world. The sites are displayed as icons with a link on the map, and you can see the sites and the geographical information while moving on the map. The sites of each country or region are listed in a sidebar, and you can move to a site selected among the list. Not only the sites, but also you can see the geographical information, e.g. mountain, by the right button click. Various information in the document explanation, the image, and the video is being offered.

is the cetner of the map.

is the cetner of the grab cursor.

Navigating in Okapiland Map

Pan

You can move your view in two dimensions in any Okapiland Map. To move the map, do one of the following:

Drag the map to move in two dimensions. (Fig.1 or Fig.2)
Drag the overview map of right side bottom. (Fig.3 or Fig.4)

Zoom

There are two layers in Okapiland Map. The first layer is a reduction map (Fig.1) and the second layer is a expansion map (Fig.2). To pan, do one of the following:

Change the cursor and click to zoom in the map into the expansion map. (Fig.1 to Fig.2)
Change the cursor and click to zoom out the map back to the reduction map. (Fig.2 to Fig.1)
Double click to zoom in the map into the expansion map. (Fig.1 to Fig.2)
Double click to zoom out the map back to the reduction map. (Fig.2 to Fig.1)

Fig.1 Reduction Map

Fig.2 Expansion Map

Fig.3 Overview Map

Fig.4 Overview Map

Site List

You can select a country or region. To select a country or region, do one of the following:

Push the button and select the country or region on a popup window. (Fig.21) The sites are listed in the sidebar. (Fig.22)
Change the cursor and click the country or region on the map. The sites are listed in the sidebar. (Fig.22)
Click a place with a right button (context menu) and select "List sites here". The sites are listed in the right sidebar (Fig.22).

Fig.21 Index

The index on a popup window to select a country or region. The sites are listed in the sidebar. (Fig.22)

Fig.22 Sidebar

The sidebar at right side to list the sites. Clicking the link, the map is zoomed in and moved to the marker of the site.

Geographic Information

You can show the geographic information on the map. To show the information, do one of the following:

Change the cursor and click the name on the map. The image tooltip appeares. (Fig.32)
Click a geograpical name or symbol with a right button (context menu), e.g. mountain, and select "Geographical info here". Info window (Fig.24) appears to display the geographical information.

Fig.35 Context Menu

right double click and select the context menu ⇒

Fig.36 Image Tooltip

Image tooltip appeares when you click a geographical symbol or name with a right button and select the context menu. The following items are displayed with the symbol and the name.

City, Town
River, Lake
Island
Nation, State
Airport, Seaport
Mountain, Volcano
National Park, Wildlife Conservation
Glacial

To close an info window, click

Site Information

Fig.31 Marker

click the link ⇒

Fig.32 Image Tooltip

Image tooltip appeares when you click the link, and disappeares when you click the close button.

Context Menu

Fig.11 Context Menu
Fig.12 Context Menu

About Site Marker

Site Marker (small version)
Markers appear in Okapiland Map to show sites (Fig.1,Fig.5). The following describes the color classification (outline and inner) of the marker.

Culture site Nature site Mixed site

Site Marker (regular version)

Markers appear in Okapiland Map to show sites (Fig.2, Fig.6). The following describes the color classification (outline) of the marker.

UWH site

UWH tentative list site

other site

The mark

on a marker, e.g.

, shows that the site is World Heritage in damage.

The marker itself is a link to display the site information. To erase the markers, click

. Types of markers include:

Culture Heritage

city town	village small town
church monastery	mosque islam building	temple	sacred place
historical building	castle/citadel fort/fortress	palace	arch gate	tower
pyramid	tomb mausoleum	statue monument
ruin	stone circle megaliths	rock art	stone age site
garden	park	open space public sqaure
modern building	factory mining	bridge aqueduct	railway station	road
wine production	coffee production	ceramics chinaware	rose water rose oil
other culture site