A brief manual
Timetravel’s Guide
to the ChROnoScOpE
Deutsche HilfeChronoscope World is a time machine to explore the history of the world, browsing maps from the 13th until the 20th century. More than 2,000 high-resolution maps can be displayed in a maps application on the correct geographic location.
Contents
- Table of Commands and Functions
- System Requirements
Table of Commands and Functions
Keyboard shortcuts is time travel on steroids.
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| Keyboard | Function | Smartphone/Tablet | Mouse or Trackpad |
| ◀ ▶ ▲ ▼ | pan the view port | swipe | drag |
| + or ß | zoom in | double tap or spread gesture plus-button |
double click mouse wheel plus button |
| - or ´ | zoom out | pinch gesture minus button |
shift and double click mouse wheel minus button |
| new rect | – | shift + drag | |
| shift◀ and shift▶ | rotate | 2 finger rotate gesture | drag with second mouse button (or control drag) |
| N | north up | tap the compass | click the compass |
| center on your current location | tap the target button | click the target button | |
| center on your current location an turn map to north | tap the target button and keep the device horizontal | – | |
| shift▲ and shift▼ | tilt map pane | long touch the map and turn your mobile device till iOS10 - does not work at the moment | drag with second mouse button (or control-drag) |
| N N | no tilt angle | – | |
| Alt1 - 3 | bookmark current map and view | - |  |
| Alt1 - 3 | recall map and view | - |  |
| overwrite bookmark with current map and view | alt |
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| AltShift1 - 3 | clear bookmark | shift |
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| B | show previous maps – (b)ack |  |
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Chrono Bar |
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| Chronoscope home page |  |
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| R | random rocket flight |  |
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| AltR | autopilot – endless random old maps | ||
| K | search maps that fit the current view and display map table |  Chrono-Cursor und Zoom-Stufe bestimmen den Kontext der Suche |
Chrono-Cursor und Zoom-Stufe bestimmen den Kontext der Suche |
| J | sort map table by year |  |
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| 1 - 7 | select map from map table (also if map table is clodes) | ||
| A | show atlas on map table |  |
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| W | next map of atlas | ||
| AltW | autopilot for atlas | ||
| Q | previous map of atlas | ||
| E | show next edition of map |  |
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| H | map’s home position (or former view) | Kartentitel | Kartentitel |
| V | enter geoURL |  |
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| Drag&Drop einer Geo-URL auf das Chronoscope; z.B. von Google Maps oder aus der Wikipedia | |||
| open quick tips |  |
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City Maps |
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| C | show city maps on map table |  |
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| 1 - 7 | select city map | chrono bar | chrono beiste |
| nummer of selected map 1 - 7 // again or N NN |
home position of map // and back to detail |
tap selected year at chrono bar // again |
click selected year at chrono bar // again |
View |
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| D | show/hide dark background |  |
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| S | show/hide satellite view |  |
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| M | show/hide mountains |  |
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| L | show/hide layout of all maps and filter for year and signature |  |
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| Y | Quick Filter: limit intervall toauf +/-10 years (experimental in layout mode) | ||
| ShiftQ ShiftW | shift interval in layout mode | ||
| I | show/hide info layer |  |
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| (Leertaste) | show/hide map |  |
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| 8 9 0 | transparency | Slider | Slider |
| Z | time pendulum, i.e. automatic change of transparency |  |
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ChronoCursor
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| ChronoCursor position | Tap the map or drag the ChronoCursor | Click the map or drag the ChronoCursor | |
| Open Victoria’s menu | Tap the ChronoCursor | Click the ChronoCursor | |
Victoria’s Menu
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| jump to map source |  |
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| show map at ChronoAtlas |  |
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| show map in full scale at a new browser tab |  |
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| copy iFrame code to clipboard |  |
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| copy ChronoLink to clipboard |  |
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| search maps that fit the current view and display map table |  |
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Geo Services |
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| open new Chronoscope; only while Chronoscope inside iFrames |
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| jump to Apple Maps |  |
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| jump to google maps |  |
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| jump to google Earth Engine; for satellite view and zoom level 13 or lower |
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| jump to OpenStreetMap |  |
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| jump to OpenSeaMap; ChronoCursor need to touch water |
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| jump to Microsoft bing Maps; |  |
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| jump to GeoPortal Hamburg |  |
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| jump to Denkmalkartierung Hamburg |  |
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| jump to Baugenehmigungsexplorer; not for Safari |
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| jump to FIS-Prortal Berlin |  |
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| jump to Geodatenzentrum; only for satellite view |
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| jump to Sonnenverlauf; zoom level 13 and above |
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| jump to Windfinder; zoom level 13 and below |
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| jump to TomTom; zoom level 9 to 15 |
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| jump to GeoHacks |  |
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Photos and Wikipedia |
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| jump to google streetview; zoom level 13 and above |
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| jump to eFoto 2.0 beta and show old photos of Hamburg; zoom level 13 and above |
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| jump to sMapshot and show old photos of Switzerland |  |
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| jump to PastVu and show old photos; zoom level 13 and above |
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| show Wikipedia.de near by |  |
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| show Wikipedia.com near by |  |
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| Keyboard | Function | Smartphone/Tablet | Mouse or Trackpad |
System Requirements
Chrome
WebGL
- Go to chrome://settings and Click the button + Show advanced settings
- In the System section, enable Use hardware acceleration when available (You'll need to relaunch Chrome for any changes to take effect.)
- Then go to chrome://flags
- Ensure that WebGL Draft Extensions are enabled (You'll need to relaunch Chrome for any changes to take effect.)
(Info via superuser: How can I enable WebGL in my browser?)
Safari für iPhone/iPad
Location Based Services
- Location services need to be enabled on iPhone/iPad to focus the Chronoscope on the user’s current location.
Support and Background Info
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