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Free Vector Maps for PrettyMap and PrettyEarthThis pack contains the most popular vector maps for PrettyMap/PrettyEarth. PrettyMap is a shareware GIS program, which lets you view vector and raster maps and images (such as country boundaries, world cities, rivers, buildings, streets, satellite photos, digital elevation models and topographies), search in geographically-referenced data, visualize and analyze spatial information, extend your knowledge with the educational quiz, and edit your own simple maps. It also supports GPS, can record GPS tracks and provides online tracking services.Click here to learn more about PrettyMap and download a trial version.This free pack contains the following vector maps:Country boundaries (political: 251 countries described by 4 database features: name, FIPS code, area, population)Low resolution country boundaries as above, but less detail1996 country boundaries (political: 239 countries described by 7 database features: name, capital, population, continent, ISOnumber, ...)World cities (nearly 50,000 cities described by 4 database features: name, country, population, elevation)Major lakes (33 lakes described by 4 database features: name, area, surface elevation, depth)Time zones (38 zones described by 1 database feature: time offset)Canada regions (12 regions described by 7 database features: name, type, ...)USA states (51 states described by 51 database features: area, population, statistical information, ...)US airways (2126 airways)US airports (6734 airports described by 1 database feature: name)Lunar landing sites (22 locations described by 3 database features: mission name, landing area, mission details)6 more maps of the Moon (craters, mountains, rilles, seas, lakes, bays, wrinkle ridges)PrettyMap has a versatile quiz option which lets you define properties that will be given as clues, and select a feature that you will be asked for. You can use these maps to learn geography. The teacher mode will focus on the areas you have problems with.

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Format:Software
Date:Feb 2006Version:4.4
License:Purchase
Platform:Mobile
System Req:PalmOS 5.0
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