| Mapnet |
| item | help info |
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| Show/Hide Map (button) |
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toggles the background map on and off
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| Show/Hide OffScreen Links (button) |
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toggles the display of pipes that are connected to nodes that
are not currently visible on the map (as when the user has
zoomed in to a smaller map area)
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| View (selection menu) |
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allows the user to select a specific part of the world to view
(the view will automatically recenter and zoom to view the
selected area)
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| Clear the Map (button) |
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unselects all selected backbones, removing them from the display
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| Line Size (selection menu) |
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allows the user to select a relative line drawing size
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size 1 is the default, larger numbers give thicker lines and larger nodes
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| Color by ISP/bandwidth (selection menu) |
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allows the user to toggle between display coloring schemes
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"Color by ISP" paints backbones according to their corresponding colors
in the Backbone List text box (lower left), and "Color by bandwidth"
colors pipes (and cloud connection points - represented by squares)
with colors corresponding to bandwidth - a color key is displayed
on the left side of the displayed image in this mode
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note that
in both color modes, nodes are either green (no peering),
or orange (peering information provided in the lower right text
box)
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| Mode (selection menu) |
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Select Mode (default)
allows the user to add ISP's to
the display, and view information about the pipes, nodes and
clouds displayed by moving the cursor over them
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note: if you need to scroll the Info text box to see more
information about the selected item, select
the item and hold the left mouse button down while moving the
cursor down to the scroll bar (maintains the same selection)
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Move Mode allows for the user to move the center of the map
(select a new map center with one mouse click)
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Zoom In Mode allows the user to zoom in on a particular
location on the map
(select the center of the area to zoom in on
with one mouse click)
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Zoom Out Mode allows the users to zoom out again
(select the new map center for zoom out
with one mouse click)
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| Federal/Commercial Backbones (selection menu) |
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allows the user to select Federal or Commercial (or both)
providers to be displayed (user must click on a provider/backbone
in the lower left text box to display it)
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| Backbone List (text box) |
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a list of currently viewable backbones
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click on one to display it or to remove it from the display
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if selected, the color of the
backbone pipes/nodes will be added to the left of the backbone
name (colors apply to "Color by ISP" mode only)
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| Selected Item Info (text box) |
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information about the currently selected item (pipe(s), node
or cloud connection point)
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select an item by moving the
cursor over it - note: to scroll the Info text box, select
the item and hold the left mouse button down while moving the
cursor down to the scroll bar to maintain selection
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users may find it easier to
find or select items if the Size selection is on one of the
larger numbers (wider lines, larger points/squares)
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