World Watch

Abstract

World Watch is a nifty little software package for Windows which displays world and regional maps showing cities and the local time for various locations selected by the user. In addition, a dynamic illuminated pattern in the centre of the map shows those areas of the world currently experiencing daylight. The pattern highlights the progress of seasons, displays sunrise and sunset as they happen and automatically adjusts to summer or daylight saving time. World Watch also doubles as a very nice screen saver which utilises all the functions of the program. The package contains a 3.5″ disk and user manual (pretty good), and installing the program is simplicity itself — simply insert the diskette and follow instructions, and in an instant the program is ready for use and/or customisation. There is the possibility to use small fonts (as opposed to the Windows system fonts), though these fonts are not mentioned in the manual. Besides how to operate and customise World Watch, the user manual also provides some technical information on how the program works, a glossary of terms, and the coordinates and time relative to GMT of the cities included in the package.

Citation

Raitt, D. (1996), "World Watch", The Electronic Library, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 165-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045462