Publisher's Description:
From Lucien Buercker
The language of the user interface of Lucy's Globe and the language of the data (language which is used for the labels on the globe and in the different tables) can be chosen independently of each other.
At this time the following languages are available:
- User interface language: English, German, Spanish
- Data language: English, German, Spanish, French
Nevertheless, the administrative parts the parts used for changing the data only exist in English.
With Lucy's Globe you can improve your geographical knowledge and at the same time not only learn the corresponding vocabulary in English but also in Spanish, German and French. An this, you do it while playing because the globe transforms into a geographical puzzle as soon as you choose the corresponding puzzle globe mode: All countries get the same color and all the labels disappear. At the same time a list opens which contains the states or their capitals which are sorted according to the criteria you have chosen: surface, population, population density, alphabetical or random.
Now the task consists in choosing a state or capital in the list and to click the corresponding state on the globe. If a state has been selected which is composed of several parts, you can click on each part in the case of France for example you can click on French Guyana or on French Polynesia... Each time when a state has been found, it will be repainted in its specific color and its name and the name of its capital appear. At the same time, the state or capital name disappears from the list.
Some states are so tiny that they appear only as point or as several points. This cannot easily be clicked on. For this reason a magnification glass is available, which can for example be selected after having clicked the right mouse button. But the real problem are not the tiny states of which you know the position but the tiny states for which you do not yet know the position. In this case the magnification glass is of no use. Clicking randomly also will not be of much help. If you don't know where is Singapore for example, then there is no other choice than to choose the menu item "States/Territories" and then the subitem "States/territories table...". In the dialog which opens, you have just to search for sing. Then the globe turns so that Singapore comes into the middle, which is also shown by blinking circles.
Now you can use the magnification glass to make Singapore visible in order to click on it.