Description

. Introduction 

   "Virtual town" project is a internet service project and it is intended for virtual representations of clients objects for example: image, text, hreference, music, goods offer etc. Project is a "in-map" geo database  of such objects. All screen representations are time synchronized that is clients has a valid data state for any changes of objects for the same time. Client source was written in DELPHI and available for download. GPL licensed.

. Client using 

    At the beginning of using, you need to register yourself as user on server.  Press "register" button and fill the form required. At end of registration process, your information and user, password will be saved into the remote server database, and that server will be ready to work with you. After that you can enter to the client program using your account Username,Password.

  If all described above is done correctly you should get follow window:

 Select target map place for new creating object. Map navigation is through holding mouse right button using areas shown above. Next step select type of new object (house, road, etc) and press mouse left button (like shown below), ... New object is creating

For example after all described manipulations - object "Offer" is created (see below) . Now only you as new object owner can modify object properties or destroy object.  

Also you can insert additive properties of new object for example using following components:  "Description", "Image", "Shortcut", "Address", etc. This process you can see below:

before inserting: 

after inserting: 

. Common client work rules 

   I. Reflector control (i.e. window which represents a map) is through mouse only:

          1) Map object selecting - by left button;

          2) Navigation: Moving, Scaling, Rotating - holding right button, and move mouse in specific areas;

   II. Majority control elements has "context menu" for additive operations and that appear by mouse right button click on control surface;

   III. Objects or Components operations such as Copy, Cut, Paste is through "Copy" и "Paste" operations of "context menu".

Objects using

. object "Text"

   "Text" object is for placing text information into the map.

. object "Image"

   "Image" object is for placing image information into the map. Supported formats: BMP, JPG . Loading through context menu.

. object "Offer"

    "Offer" object is used for placing information about goods for sale of the seller.

. object "Music clip"

   "Music clip" object is for placing music (video) information into the map.

. object "hyper-reference"

   "Hyper-Reference" object is for placing reference to the www-resource into the map.

. object "Telephone service"

   "Telephone service" object is used for search any king of information about telecom clients.

. object "Goods service"

    "Goods service" object is used for search any king of information about goods to buy. 

 object "Transport service"

    "Transport service" object is used for transport scheduler. 

. object "Users service"

    "Users service" object is used for online users search, offline users search and search other information about project users.

. object "Find service"

    "Find service" object is used for finding information about object that inside of find-polyline of 2D map.

. object "Post box"

   "Post box" object is a E-Mail client analog in project for offline messages exchanging.

. object "Chat"

    "Chat" object is a chat analog for exchanging messages between project users which are in on-line.

End. For more detailed information about project internals see  description and screenshots.