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Compass

Navigation widget: Compass.

Census Bureau

A map and compass is all one needs to navigate the world and the web.

When users click on any of the four cardinal points of the compass, the map page refreshes, moving the map view in the specified direction. Continue reading...

Compass around map

Navigation widget: Compass around map.

Yahoo! Maps

Move your map in all directions, one step at a time.

To move the map view, users click any of the navigation arrows along the edges and in the corners of the map. Continue reading...

Drag hand

Navigation widget: Drag hand.

National Geographic

Dragging mouse pointer: intuitive tool to move map view.

The NG MapMachine makes extensive use of the scripting language JavaScript to change the mouse pointer's behaviour beyond simply clicking. Continue reading...

Drag region

Navigation widget: Drag region.

Map24

Smoothly move map view using overview window.

The overview-detail interface neither inhibits the directions users want to move the map view towards, nor does it restrict the distance users move the map view. Continue reading...

Grid map

Navigation widget: Grid map.

Amsterdam Hotspots

Gridded overview map rare example of non-sequential panning.

Overview-detail interfaces present multiple views of a map where the detail window shows a detailed map view, while the overview window shows an overview map. Continue reading...