- explore the
world and navigate through a dynamic,
interactive model of the earth. zoom from
satellite maps to detailed street -level maps of
more than 50 cities worldwide.
- immerse
yourself in geography and culture with over
6,000 comprehensive articles and 5,000 multimedia
images, music, sound and clips.
- easily find
over 1.2 million places with a world atlas
four times more detailed than any printed world
atlas available.
- the
sensation of flying lets you experience
the sensation of literally flying over geographic
landmarks and terrain (e.g. grand canyon, greece
and western turkey, andes).
- over
9,000 web links to sites specially
selected by our editors.
a built-in browser lets you view these sites
directly from the encarta virtual globe
interface.
- the new name
that place game lets you learn about the
world in fun and challenging way. set your level
of difficulty and answer questions about names of
places and locations of cities, countries and
continents.
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