World Atlas HD - mapping application from National Geographic

Apple almost all device sets Maps application. The application is very comfortable and functional. And, perhaps, the only thing that is missing in it - it is informative. The absence of reference information for cities and countries do Maps.app application primarily for search and geolocation. It is intended to remedy this situation World Atlas HD.

Application developer which acts Society National Geographic, contains information on all countries and their capitals. of countries, the data open in a separate tab. Supplemental information reflects the geographical and socio-economic data as well as data on the demographic situation and religious views in each of the countries of the world. It is also very interesting to compare, for example, life expectancy in different countries.

It is necessary to note the speed application updates, also resulting in updated and on countries. For example, the emergence of a new country - South Sudan, where independence was declared in May 2011, is already reflected in the World Atlas HD card.

To navigate you can use the search bar, or a more traditional way - by moving with the card. In the latter case, in order to display information about a specific country's enough double tap on the territory. Increase or decrease the size of the card is performed by standard gestures - "pinch" the screen and stretching. One has only to add that you can rotate the globe in all directions.

In addition, for more convenient navigation, the screen is always reflected scale bar, and a schematic representation of the globe. These elements allow you to always be aware of what part of the world you are studying.

World Atlas HD supports geolocation feature, and if you happen to have forgotten what country or city you are in, the app will remind you about it.

The World Atlas HD implemented four viewing modes - Executive, Classic, Satellite, Road. The last two modes use Bing data, and therefore, they are useful for Russia only in large cities.

Reflecting a number of cards, the default application does not store anything on the device - all data is requested from the Internet. However, if desired, in the section Map Library, you cmozhete download maps on the iPad, to be able to view them offline. Dimensions cards vary greatly when loading some of them, Annex I personally took off a few times.

You can also add your favorite country in the list of favorites in order to be able to quickly return to them at any time.

World Atlas HD - this is a great application that uses a mapping service National Geographic Society and Bing, which will be interesting to anyone who is interested in geography and want to know a little more about the world around us.

Link to the App Store: World Atlas HD
cost of: $1,99
Publisher: National Geographic Society
System requirements: iPad