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Web Cartography
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Web Cartography

by Ian Muehlenhaus
December 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
262 pages
8h 5m
English
CRC Press
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57Map Elements
that pop up on the screen when people roll over a country on your map
with a mouse) is generally a good idea and gives map users the feeling of
empowerment.
Videos
Many of the same caveats for images also apply to videos. These are best
embedded in info windows. In the info windows, videos are ideally styled
to integrate with the information being shared. On your map itself, videos
are best displayed at small sizes so they can be played within an info win-
dow. Even better, users might have the option of clicking on a thumbnail of
a video to load the video in a separate Web browser window. (This is eas-
ily done using an online video streaming service like Vimeo or YouTube.)
As with images on your map, be careful to avoid letti
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