pointWORLD World Knowledge Database - Extend your knowledge of the world by playing pointWORLD!
Get the key information about all countries of the world in an instant!
Explore the blue planet with pointWORLD. Move across the world map and get the key information about all countries of the world in an instant. Just point on a country in the map and get the information you need.
But pointWORLD is not only an advanced world time system and knowledge database for Palm OS devices, it's also great edutainment for you and your kids! It offers nearly unlimited possibilities to test your knowledge about flags, capitals, areas and biggest cities of the world. Every quiz is generated out of hundreds of thousands possible questions.
High and low resolution versions for all devices
High quality color or grey graphics
Animated national flags
For the largest countries the outline of the country is indicated and a yellow square indicates the position of its capital
two analog clocks realized in anti-aliasing technique
For intuitive reading: Depending upon time of day the clocks are shown in different colors
Navigate in the city map and the world map by using the 5-way navigation of your PDA
High score list
Test before you buy! pointWORLD will run without any restrictions for 7 days.
Share your knowledge of the world: Beam pointWORLD to your friends!
The world time system
Information you get about every single country with pointWORLD
position of the country displayed in the world map
animated national flag
capital
total area
total population
toplevel Domain
international area-code
all the cities of the world with more than 1 million inhabitants
actual position of the sun
time and date of your own time-zone
time and date of the current selected country in the world map
time and date of each city worldwide with more than 1 million inhabitants
the daylight saving time for every country is integrated
Global Find for each country and city with more than 1 million inhabitants
Global Find
Use pointWORLD as a reference application. Switch from every application on your Palm OS Organizer to a country oder a city in pointWORLD just by using the Global Find functionality (lens symbol).
Watch the date line
Time and date as well as all other country specific facts change by moving over the map with your stylo. It's a nice feature for watching the date line.
Compare the countries of the world with your home country
You see also two pairs of bars for comparing surface and population with a second country as well as the rank list place of total area and total population of a country in the world-wide comparison.
The Quiz
Learning all countries of the world, their capitals, flags, total area and and biggest cities is a tough task, but pointWORLD makes it easy! Before you begin with the quiz, select the categories from which the questions will be chosen. You will be asked 10 multiple choice questions. If you answer all the questions correctly in the first try, you receive 10 more questions.
Evaluation
Question answered correctly in the first try: 100 points
Question answered correctly in the second try: 50 points
Question answered correctly in the third try: 20 points
Selected "don't know" in the first try: 25 points
If you have answered one question, you can change into another area and continue the quiz later. In the new area the country to which the current question refers is automatically selected.
Beam pointWORLD to a friend
Start pointWORLD and select Beam from the menu.
Check if you learned something by playing the pointWORLD quiz!
Each game can be stored with result and be repeated with exactly the same questions at a later time.
This is what enthusiastic pointWORLD users say
I had been looking for a user-friendly geography program, and I was so pleased to discover the pointWorld/USA bundle. I love the graphics and the world clocks. And I especially love the different ways you can access the state/country information - either by pointing at the map, scrolling through the list of names, or even using my Zire joystick to scroll through the entries. The screen layout is very efficient with lots of interesting info packed into a small area, and it doesn't take up too much memory. It's a wonderful educational program for the price.
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Supported operating systems:
Palm OS 4.x, Palm OS 5.x
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