Art/Geography Teacher APPLICATION

An application allowing you view portions of large (up to 1800 X 1800 pixel +)
jpegs has been developed AND you navigate to different parts of it by dragging 
a "magnifying glass" over parts of a miniature version of the display.  Good 
for close study of paintings and other art works, or for viewing maps, etc. 

A sample of the program can be viewed at:

http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/DeViewerN/deViewerN2b.html

and the following jpg images are there for you to try it out:

    * Winter.jpg
    * CCeiling.jpg
    * World.jpg


P.S. *** IMPORTANT NOTE *** : 
The large images take over a minute and maybe 2 minutes to download, 
AT 56K download speed.  So be patient after clicking the "black button". 
Also: The viewer should not be moved while waiting for the download.

A "horizontal" version  of the program also exists and can be viewed at:

http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/DeViewerH/deViewerH2b.html

and the following jpg image is there for you to try it out:

    * 2ceil_ve2.jpg

P.S. Again, the large images take over a minute and maybe 2 minutes to download, 
AT 56K download speed, so be patient after clicking the "black button". 
Again, also: The viewer should not be moved while waiting for the download.

Get these programs, by going to: 

http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/DeViewerN.zip

and

http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/DeViewerH.zip

respectively.

All that you need to know to use these is to put the jpgs in the same directory (folder) 
as the html and swf files that are the program itself.

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Art/Geography Teacher APPLICATION (new version)
(same as old N version, except allows access to remote domains)

A NEW VERSION of the application allowing you view portions of large 
(up to 1800 X 1800 pixel +) jpegs has been developed, allowing you to look at 
jpegs on any web site -- the jpegs no longer need to be on your web site. 
(You simply must fill in an extra textbox telling the application the domain 
 and subdomain (folder) you want to access a jpeg from and then you can 
 type in the full web address and look at an large jpeg on any domain where 
 you might find them.)  Saves the trouble of getting permissions to put a copy 
of jpegs on your own web site!

As with the other versions, you navigate to different parts of the big jpeg by dragging 
a "magnifying glass" over parts of a miniature version of the display.  Good 
for close study of paintings and other art works, or for viewing maps, etc. , etc. etc.

The zip file containing this version can be obtained by clicking this link:

http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/deViewerN3b.zip

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This application, below, is so good (modesty aside) that I feel I should do more to 
promote it; and, it is actually a bit easier to use than the directions indicate. 

This is an ideal application for viewing large, detailed maps or actual-size jpegs 
of paintings a piece at a time - specifically 1/35th at a time.  And, its usefulness is 
better than it looks at first blush.   After navigating to any particular small piece 
(1 of the 35 parts of the painting, or parts of the map) you can right-click and 
ZOOM to enlarge THAT portion so it takes up the entire screen; and then, you 
can right-click again and select Show All to return to seeing the entire 
application.   Now, let me describe how using it can be easier than the 
way you are told to do things in the directions (i.e. these alternate, more 
convenient, directions also work): 

   *  First, you can type almost the whole address of the remote jpg in the first 
       textbox (before clicking the first black button).  Specifically, with the example
       http://college-de-vevey.vd.ch/auteur/livres/decouverte/ (with the http:// part there) works fine. 
         In short you can just leave off the final part of the path (the file name) from the address.

    * In the second textbox you simply then type the whole path to the file (i.e. the 
      SAME thing, except with the file name tacked on at the end). In the example: 
      http://college-de-vevey.vd.ch/auteur/livres/decouverte/Renoir/385.jpg is what you type, before 
       clicking the second and last black button. (Go ahead and check out the kind of large painting, 
       real size, you can view by exploring the link without the application; of course, Internet 
       Explorer will shrink it down until you find the square with four arrows in the lower right-hand 
       corner and click that to see the real size -- go to that corner to make that square appear.)

Since you are not taking the maps or paintings, etc. from the remote sites, NO 
PERMISSIONS are needed PLUS such jpg's of maps and painting are plentiful 
and easy to find at http://images.google.com , complete with the great search 
facilities of Google!!   Try it, you will like it.

Art/Geography Teacher APPLICATION (another new version)
(like the version above, except allows for larger jpegs)

This NEW VERSION of the application allows you view portions of even larger 
(OVER 1800 X 1800 pixel +) jpegs has been developed, & allowing you to look at 
jpegs on any web site -- again, the jpegs no longer need to be on your web site. 
(You simply must fill in an extra textbox telling the application the domain 
 and subdomain (folder) you want to access a jpeg from and then you can 
 type in the full web address and look at an large jpeg on any domain where 
 you might find them.)  As with the version above, this saves the trouble of getting 
permissions to put a copy of jpegs on your own web site!  And, again:

As with the other versions, you navigate to different parts of the big jpeg by dragging 
a "magnifying glass" over parts of a miniature version of the display.  Good 
for close study of paintings and other art works, or for viewing maps, etc. , etc. etc.
(NOTE:  On this version it is kind of hard to keep track of the "magnifying glass".
 Please notice that the blue textbox -- which kind of looks like a flag -- disappears 
 when you are over the "magnifying glass" thingy and the cursor turns into a hand.)

The zip file containing this version can be obtained by clicking this link:

http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/deViewerN3c.zip

For fun (and to try this thing), after you download the zip file and unzip it, run the html page.
Read the directions at the top (so the instructions below make good sense) then:  

Try http://www.primap.com/en/ in the top textbox and hit the 1st black button 
then type: 

http://www.primap.com/en/Maps-Europe-Map-2400.jpg in the second textbox , 
and hit the second black button.  Walla!!  Here's another great one to try:

college-de-vevey.vd.ch/auteur/livres/decouverte/Renoir/  <-- 1st textbox, 1st button
(NOTE: Although the directions on the application's web page itself say to leave the http:// portion 
 of the web address OFF -- AS SHOWN ABOVE -- this has not been found to be necessary.  
 Leaving the http:// portion on makes the program more convenient to use, so you can leave it on. )

http://college-de-vevey.vd.ch/auteur/livres/decouverte/Renoir/385.jpg <-- 2nd textbox,button

Here is the link to try out this art/geography tool:

http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/deViewerN3c.html

By the way a great way to find BIG maps and images of paintings is to go to 
http://images.google.com and then do and "Advanced Search" for LARGE images 
only and for either, for example, "maps europe" or some particular painter's name... .! 

NOTE: If you have an old pc/mac and/or an old browser, you should go to 
http://mynichecomputing.org/digitallearning/deViewerN3c.html because this particular version 
of the program on THIS WEB SITE has a Flash version detector and will allow you 
to get an updated Flash Player from MacroMedia, if the one built into your browser 
is too old.  ALL USERS OF ANY OF THE FLASH PROGRAMS ON THIS WEB 
PAGE WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO VISIT THIS WEB PAGE, JUST TO 
GET THE VERSION CHECK ON THEIR FLASH PLAYER AND UPGRADE IF 
NEEDED.  If any of the Flash programs on this site do not work, it is just because you 
need a more modern Flash Player for your browser.  This link will get it for you.

By the way:  CCeiling.jpg is local to this deViewerN3c.html program and can be 
used to test it.  Since this jpeg is local, only the second textbox and button need be used.

Finally: You may feel the need to have the full "kit" for browser detection on 
your own web site.  It is in a zip file you can have by clicking THIS LINK. 
All 6 files in that zip (once extracted) of course would need to go on your web 
site.  Users would still run the program by going to 
http://[your domain].deViewerN3c.html -- which is one of the 6 files in the zip.