Special Notes ... |
Please note that some of the data sets are quite large. Making global scale maps of these data would take too long to display and they would not even be usable. For example, displaying all roads in a global scale map will not provide you any information, the map will be all black, and it will take long time to generate it. To prevent this type of problem, we restricted certain data sets from smaller scale maps. That is to say that even if you selected these data sets, they will not be plotted at small scales. They will be plotted once you zoom in on certain regions. The restricted data sets are: ISC seismicity, Roads, Main and Small cities, and Railroads. They will only be displayed if the scale you are making a map for stays above a certain limit. If you would like to make a global seismicity map, It is recommended that you use the IDC seismicity option. The number of events in this data sets are much fewer, and hence the output will look reasonable. |
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