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Placename Search

Getting started

Placename search is a search function that shows placenames which appear from the original text, and table of contents, mapped on the actual map. Like the picture below, the user can change the center point of the map at the left of the screen, or extend/contract the map, to search the article in the area in the circle. The result will be shown at the right panel of the screen.Like the picture below, the user can change the center point of the map at the left of the screen, or extend/contract the map, to search the article in the area in the circle. The result will be shown at the right panel of the scree.If user wants to do placename search, follow as below

  1. Click Total search > Placename search(tab), or click the menu icon at the top of the screen, then click Placename search.
  2. Map is at the left side of the screen, and the search result appears at the right side of the screen.
  3. Move the center point by double clicking, dragging, extension/contraction the map.
  4. The article located in the circle based on the center point of the map appears at the right panel of the
  5. screen.
  6. If a user wants to see the specific database, click Select DB tab at the right panel of the screen, choose
    database, and click Apply.

* Placename is based on administrative district of Japanese colonial period(1914, Do/Pu/Kun).



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