How-to

Cartografía

The cartography tool, Cartografía provides multiple types of maps, including physical, political, population, economic, and climate. Researchers can narrow down selection by world, continent, or country view.


Access

You can find Cartografía in the feature bar at the top of the homepage, indicated by the lime green compass icon.

feature bar

You can also find the Cartografía feature listed further down on homepage, indicated by the matching green compass icon.

homepage

Search and browse options

There are three ways to explore the hundreds of maps available on aulaPlaneta: by the Mapamundi (world map), by continent (continente), or by country (país).

search options

Mapamundi (world map)

First, use the world map to click and explore.

world map

Zoom in and out using the zoom function in the top left corner.

zoom

Click on a continent to see more options. Click ampliar selección to zoom in on that continent. Click ir a resultados to view the results for that continent.

continent

You can continue zooming in by clicking on a country. You can also click the information button in the top right corner to view all of the clickable options on the map.

info button

Choosing an option from the information menu will bring you to those results.

info menu

Continentes (by continent)

Choose a continent and see results for all countries on that continent.

continents

Países (by country)

Or, search for a country and see all results for that country.

countries

Results

Regardless of how you search or browse for content, the results page will look the same.

results

Click on a map to preview it, including an enlarged image and a title.

preview

Click again to fully open the map. This page will also include links to related results.

results
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