Chronoscope World is a time machine to explore the history of the world, browsing maps from the 13^th until the 20^th century. More than 3,000 high-resolution maps can be displayed in a maps application on the correct geographic location.

Cheat Sheet

Tutorial

New features of Chronoscope World 2.9

Table of Commands and Functions

Keyboard shortcuts is time travel on steroids.

Navigation
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
O	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	2 finger swipe up and down	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
AltShift1 - 3	clear bookmark		shift
P	Pin map - show permanenteley
Shift P	Pin all maps
Alt P	Unpin all maps
B	show previous maps – (b)ack
Chrono Bar
	Chronoscope home page
L	show/hide layout of all maps and filter for year and signature
AltR	autopilot – endless random old maps
F or K	search maps that fit the current view and display map table
J	sort map table by year
1 - 7	select map from map table (also if map table is clodes)
A	show atlas on map table
W	next map of atlas
AltW	autopilot for atlas
Q	previous map of atlas
Shift A	open all map segments
< and >	focus next map	tap to focus a map	click map to focus the map Alt click to send map to back
E	show next edition of map
H	map’s home position (or former view)	map title	map title
V	enter geoURL
			drag’n’drop geoURL on Chronoscope; e.g. Google Maps URL or coordinate links from Wikipedia
R	random rocket flight
	open quick tips
City Maps
C	show city maps on map table
1 - 7	select city map	chrono bar	chrono bar
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
D	show/hide dark background
S	show/hide satellite view
M	show/hide mountains
Y	Quick Filter: limit intervall toauf +/-10 years (experimental in layout mode)
ShiftQ ShiftW	shift interval in layout mode
I	show/hide info layer
Z	time pendulum, i.e. automatic change of transparency
8 9 0	transparency	Slider	slider
(spacebar)	show/hide map
ChronoCursor
	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 Deutsch
	copy ChronoLink to clipboard
Alt on opening the menu	copy IIIF manifest URL / iFrame code / geoJSON code / Chronoscope DB record to clipboard
	jump to map source
	show map at ChronoAtlas
	open containing book
	show map in full scale at a new browser tab
	search maps that fit the current view and display map table
	Geo Services
	open new Chronoscope; only while Chronoscope inside iFrames
	jump to Apple Maps
	jump to OpenStreetMap
	jump to OpenSeaMap; ChronoCursor need to touch water
	jump to Microsoft bing Maps;
	jump to google maps
	Ausschnitt in Google Earth öffnen
	jump to google Earth Engine; for satellite view and zoom level 13 or lower
	jump to GeoPortal Hamburg
	jump to Denkmalkartierung Hamburg
	jump to Baugenehmigungsexplorer; not for Safari
	jump to Starkregengefahrenkarte; in Hamburg for zoom level 15 and below
	jump to FIS-Prortal Berlin
	jump to Geodatenzentrum; only for satellite view
	jump to Sonnenverlauf; zoom level 13 and above
	jump to Windfinder; zoom level 13 and below
	jump to Rail Map in the UK
	jump to TomTom; zoom level 9 to 15
	jump to EO Browser; only for satellite view, zoom level 13 and below
	jump to ESRI World Imagery Wayback; only for satellite view, zoom level 8 - 16
	jump to GeoHacks
	Photos and Info
	jump to google streetview; zoom level 13 and above
	jump to eFoto 2.0 beta and show old photos of Hamburg; zoom level 13 and above
	jump to sMapshot and show old photos of Switzerland
	jump to PastVu and show old photos; zoom level 13 and above
	look up info on a Stolperstein; light map mode, Hamburg only, for monument marker or street label
	show Wikipedia.de near by
	show Wikipedia.com near by
	jump to twitter for this city or district name
Keyboard	Function	Smartphone/Tablet	Mouse or Trackpad

System Requirements

Chrome

WebGL

A note for Chrome users: Chronoscope requires WebGL, which is disabled by default. Follow these steps to enable WebGL for Chrome

1. Go to chrome://settings and Click the button + Show advanced settings
2. In the System section, enable Use hardware acceleration when available (You'll need to relaunch Chrome for any changes to take effect.)
3. Then go to chrome://flags
4. 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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