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Note: Information Updated from the CIA WorldFactbook 2004Description:Pocket Atlas is a mini atlas that you can load into your pocket pc and carry it with you wherever you go. It allows you to have all the countries information, maps, flags and even time handy whenever you need them. Pocket Atlas shows for every country a map( you can zoom in and out and compute distances), the country name, capital, current time, geography (coordinates, location, bordering countries, coastline, time zone, area and climate), people(population, growth rate, religions, languages, literacy, ethnic groups, nationality, sex ratio), government(official country name, capital, administrative divisions, government types, national holidays), economy(imports ,exports, fiscal year, currency, currency code), communication(telephones, cell phones, international country code, country code, internet country code, internet users), transportation(ports and harbors, airports and heliports) and tourist attractions. Pocket Atlas also draws a day/night plot for the whole world, provides a comparison screen to compare different features for five countries simultaneously and also has a quick facts screen with some interesting facts about the world countries.Features:Pocket Atlas provides the following features: 1. Country Selection You can select a country from the list provided on the main page which divides the countries by region or just gives you the whole list. You can also click on any of the world maps regions (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America and South America) to get a more detailed map of the region and then tap on the country of your choice. 2. Country MapOnce you get the country map screen, you can scroll through it horizontally and vertically, zoom in and out and drag a line between any two points to compute the distance in both kilometers and miles. 3. Country Info country flagcountry capitalcurrent tomeA menu of categories to choose from. The categories are (geography, people, economy, government, communication, transportation and tourism) A set of features for each category. For geography (coordinates, location, bordering countries, coastline, time zone, area and climate), people(population, growth rate, religions, languages, literacy, ethnic groups, nationality, sex ratio), government(official country name, capital, administrative divisions, government types, national holidays), economy(imports ,exports, fiscal year, currency, currency code), communication(telephones, cell phones, international country code, country code, internet country code, internet users), transportation(ports and harbors, airports and heliports) and for tourism(tourist attractions). 4. Day/Night Plot with current time in three different countries of your choice5. Compare different parameters for different countries. For example you can compare the population of any five countries of your choice. 6. Some quick world facts like the largest country in the world, the most visitedetc7. A Help screen for each feature
