Versamap Micro World Database (VMWD)

Version 2.03, released 10 January 2007

The Versamap Micro World Database (VMWD) consists of 5 digital world maps, Vmap1.map (220,000 points) through Vmap5.map (9,000 points).  The registered version of the Versamap 3 mapping program includes all 5 digital maps.  The shareware version of Versamap 3 includes only Vmap4.map (21,000 points).

Enhancements to the Versamap Micro World Database include:

• Borders for the new countries which have formed from the Soviet Union; for Eritrea, Slovakia, and the Yugoslav Republics; for Australian States, for Canadian Provinces; for Mexican States.
• More detail for U.S. State boundaries.
• Improved coastlines for Mexico and the United States.
• Increased detail for the borders of Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
• Removal of the borders between East and West Germany, and between the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
• Many new islands and lakes.

VMWD contains the following 10 geographic features:

• Coastlines
• Islands
• Lakes
• Rivers
• Countries
• Australian States
• Canadian Provinces
• Mexican States
• U.S. States
• Other provinces or states

Sample maps drawn using the Versamap Micro World Database:

The following maps were exported from Versamap 3 as Windows Bitmaps (BMP) and as Windows Metafiles (WMF).  To reduce file size, each BMP image was converted to portable network graphics (PNG) format with Microsoft Paint.  WMF images are vector graphics files and can be enlarged and reduced without loss of detail, whereas BMP and PNG images are bitmapped files and do not enlarge or reduce well.

• To download the following maps in bitmapped PNG format, right click on the image, and choose Save Image As... or Save Picture As..., depending on your browser.
• To download the following maps in Windows Metafile (WMF) format, right click on the links labeled (WMF, NNN KB), and choose Save Link As... or Save Target As..., depending on your browser (NNN is the size of the image).

The following world map (WMF, 981 KB) was drawn on an Equirectangular projection, using Vmap1.map (220,000 points), the most detailed digital map in the Versamap Micro World Database.  The map shows all geographic features present in the database.

The following map (WMF, 475 KB), was drawn on an Orthographic projection, using Vmap1.map (220,000 points), the most detailed digital map in the Versamap Micro World Database.  The map shows all geographic features present in the database.

The following map (WMF, 45 KB) of Korea and Japan was drawn on a Hammer equal-area projection.  The map shows all geographic features present in the database.

The following map (WMF, 20 KB) of Cape Hatteras was drawn on a Equirectangular projection.  The map shows all geographic features present in the database.

Statistics of Versamap Micro World Database files:

VMWD consists of the following 5 files, each of which is a complete world map.  The index N in the VmapN.map files represents the number of points included in the file.  As the index gets smaller, the number of points in the file increases and the distance between points on the map decreases.

The registered version of the Versamap 3 mapping program includes all 5 digital maps (Vmap1.map through Vmap5.map) in the Versamap Micro World Database.  The shareware version of Versamap 3 includes Vmap4.map.

Amount of detail in Versamap Micro World Database files:

The following maps of the East Coast of the United States, show the amount of detail in each of the VmapN.map digital maps.

Acknowledgments:

The Versamap Micro World Database is an enhanced version of Micro World Data Bank II, a digital map database containing 179,000 points, placed in the public domain by Fred Pospeschil and Antonio Riveria.