The World HD 4+

WORLD ATLAS with Retina Maps

Opicury Software

Designed for iPad

    • 4.0 • 36 Ratings
    • $4.99

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Description

THE PREMIER IPAD ATLAS - with RETINA VECTOR MAPS

The World HD is unique in the app store because it includes both a complete set of country maps AND the largest world fact book. These enable it to answer questions which Atlases and fact books cannot: Atlases show you where countries are located, but have very little information about them; fact books tell you about each country, but their maps leave you guessing about where places are located.


___________ HOW IT WORKS ___________

The interface is animated and interactive. Touch a country on the world map and the Retina vector country map opens while the factbook slides onto the screen, each topic neatly organized as tiles along the edge of the map. Touch a factbook tile and it zooms out to reveal detailed information about that topic. Not sure where a country is located? Select it on the drop-down list and The World HD zooms in on it then opens the map and factbook.

The zoomable world map is not just the fastest way to select a country it also enables you to visualize and understand entire regions. It is so intuitive and easy to explore that once you get started it's hard to stop!


___________ FEATURES ___________

RETINA VECTOR MAPS
** Includes high-resolution Retina vector maps for EVERY COUNTRY built-in! Unlike the other atlases, these maps remain in focus at all magnifications so you can easily see even the smallest detail. These aren't the CIA maps found in the factbooks, they are used in printed atlases.

MORE INFORMATION
** Contains geopolitical and demographic information on 300 countries and regions.

NO INTERNET CONNECTION is required
** Except for live Wikipedia content, all data and maps are built-in

INNOVATIVE FACT BOOK PANEL
** Presents each section of the fact book as tiles enabling you to quickly find what you need, while keeping the country map in view.

HIGHLY ANIMATED INTERFACE
** Responds to your touches and gestures so you can quickly find the information you are looking for.

CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
** This trusted source of current country information is built-in for every country, including sections on: introduction, geography, people, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

WIKIPEDIA
** View the live, community-written Wikipedia content for each country, island, and remote region within the app.

SHOWS YOU where countries are located
** Not sure where a country is located? Select it on the country list and The World zooms to it on the world map and opens the Fact Book Panel

DESIGNED FOR YOUR IPAD & IPHONE
** Thoughtfully uses the whole screen to present maps and data

What’s New

Version 4.7

Updated the CIA Factbook and fixed dark mode display issue.

Ratings and Reviews

4.0 out of 5
36 Ratings

36 Ratings

Ardeet ,

Decent atlas - read the tips in the Info section top right

In a field that seems astoundingly thin - iPad and iPhone atlases - “The World HD” is a refreshing stand out.

Clear, crisp and easy to navigate.

KalangBello ,

Best of a bad bunch

Why is there not ONE decent World Atlas in the App Store? I know cartography is particularly difficult for computers but the current offerings for world atlases are simply pathetic. Most seem to lack levels of detail and even large towns and cities are often missing. The National Geographic Atlas used to be quite good but, in recent years, it appears to have been stripped of much of its former detail and now works slowly (I have a fast computer and decent internet connection). Heaven knows why. Such a move is baffling. This is a serious blight on the National Geographic brand.
Google Maps and Google Earth do a quite reasonable job but they are not really atlases.
World HD is probably the best of a bad bunch even though it, too, lacks a lot of detail.
What is going on? You'd think a proper world atlas would be one of the first apps produced, like a good dictionary. Most of us would be quite happy to pay for one, as we have done for proper dictionaries.
It seems that the programmers and software engineers have been defeated by the amount of up to date detail required in a proper world atlas.

eljefitodos ,

ElJefitoDos

Terrific! I'm some sort of atlas freak. Have two or three others on my iPad. This one tops them all. It's easy to use. Colourful. Maps are excellent. The in-built fact book has info of the type seen in a fair number of other apps, but here, in this app, it is very well organised, easy to access and read. You always take a punt on iPad / Pod / Phone apps (given that you usually cannot try before you buy) -- your money's good on this one. Trust me. Go for it!

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Data Not Collected

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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