# Map

Map provides a map of the current world giving information on terrain, important locations, & transport networks. It also provides a way to move game-view around world.

Click on map-icon at top of game-view or press [m] to open Map, which can be re-sized or minimised. The left/right-arrows, on the titlebar, close/open in stages: map options, a min-max colour scale that shows activity level for some of the options, & a key to colours of industry seen on the map.

The map has three different scales: right-click on Map (or point cursor & use mouse-wheel) to cycle through scales. If whole map is not visible then change the map scale, or re-size Map, or move map to see required portion: right-click-drag map (or use slider-bars at sides).

On the map, water is blue & lower land is darker than higher land. Part of world in game-view, is shown by a white-square outline in Map: top of game-view corresponds to top-left-side of white-square (North is at top of map, North-West is at top of game-view). If the white-square falls off the map, water is seen in game-view for corresponding area.

To move game-view across large distances in world, left-click on map at required point or left-click-drag white-square.

Point mouse-cursor at an industry on map, to see name & a white line linking customer(s) which flash; hold down [Shift] first to show a red line to supplier(s).

On the map (when not using the options): urban areas, attractions, tunnels, ?canals appear dark grey; roads, black; rail & tram tracks, medium grey; bridges, light grey; Stops,?red/yellow; ; monorail/maglev track, ?orange; airport areas, ?off-white; & vehicles, yellow.

Click option-buttons to show/hide details on map of:

Cities: names of urban areas.

passengers: catchment area for passengers by Stops.

Mail: catchment area for mail by Stops.

Freight:level of goods & passengers on roads & track (use min-max scale).

Stop status: colours indicate operation of Stop with regards to how overcrowded it is. The same colour is shown in status-colour-bars in Station List & Stop Information & Line Management and is the same colour displayed in the colour-bar above the name of a Stop in game-display).

Service: level of goods & passengers using a Stop(use min-max scale).

Traffic: level of vehicles on roads & track (use min-max scale).

Origin: level of goods & passengers that start journey at Stop (use min-max scale).

Destination: level of goods & passengers terminating journey at a Stop (use min-max scale).

Waiting: level of goods & passengers waiting for transport at a Stop (use min-max scale).

Tracks: rail & tram tracks & signals; tracks, bridges & tunnels are shown as white (red if electric) & signals are shown as yellow.

Speed Limit: road & track is shown by maximum speed allowed (use min-max scale).

Powerlines: power transmission lines (use min-max scale to see supply level at time Map was opened).

Attractions: level of passengers that tourist attractions generate (use min-max scale), option also emphasizes attraction on map.

Factories: emphasized industry; highlights consumers & suppliers on map.

Depots: emphasized depots. ?Colours indicate transport type: ship, yellow; road, orange; rail, red; aircraft, green; trams, blue; and monorail, grey.