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[wispfox]

I am having _way_ too much fun with google's maps, to which ladytabitha linked. Among other people.

Even if it doesn't seem to have anything on their map other than North America. It's pretty, though! And it makes my brain very, very happy. I _like_ being able to zoom that easily. *plays with maps more*

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[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Two zoom easily things:

1) I can double-click anywhere and it goes there smoothly. Smoothness!

2) I don't expect to be able to drag the zoomy bar, so that pleased me, although it's entirely possible that I never tried before on other map sites.

Really, I'm just easily map-fascinated. :)

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

I'm used to single-clicking on interactive maps, which is why I didn't find the double-click (which I don't like) or the drag-around (which I actually do like a fair bit) ways to pan around the map until someone told me.

I don't think I've seen draggy zoom-bars that work quite like this, but I _have_ seen bars where one can click on any segment and it goes to that magnification, so the functionality is the same.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

The drag-around thing makes me feel like I can pick up the world and _SHAKE IT_!

I'm oddly pleased by this.

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

Warn us be for you do that, so I can grab onto something. :)

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

EARTHQUAKE!

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

MAPQUAKE!

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

But shaking the world is _fun_! And warning people is silly. ;)

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

*grin* True. You have seen this (http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/snowglobe.html) one, right?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Yep. :)