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Display Issues

There may be display issues with bavarikon.de when using older browser versions, especially older releases of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. We kindly ask you to always use the latest release of your web browser or to use alternative web browsers when experiencing such issues.

Overall Search

To start a portal-wide search on bavarikon.de, please use the search box on the starting page or activate the "Magnifier" symbol displayed on all other pages. Cf. the highlighted section of the following screenshot.

Expert Search

bavarikon.de offers separate expert searches for objects, locations and persons.

Objects

The object search allows the specific search for an object's originator, title and place of origin and in all metadata. You can also search through all books digitised in full text.

By using the search box "Refine search", search results can be further improved. Also, all search results can be filtered by using the check boxes on the left of the screen.

Locations

Here you can search for places, communities, districts, waters, forests and mountains in Bavaria today; also for places, communities and district offices in the Palatinate.

The search for locations is explained separately in bavarikon's location database . Not only official places and municipalities can be searched for, but also administrative districts and geographic areas in Bavaria.

Persons

bavarikon's person search facility allows to search specifically for entries in a variety of biographical resources. It is possible to search for surnames, first names and occupations, the latter currently only allowing German-language entries.

Special case : when searching for sovereigns, princes and people from the time before the introduction of fixed surnames, the "first name" has to be filled into the first search box.

Using the search box "Refine search", search results can be further improved. Also, all search results can be filtered by using the check boxes on the left of the screen.

Similarity Based Image Search

The help file for bavarikon's similarity based image search can be accessed here .

Bookviewer

In the book display, clicking on "About the object" in the upper right-hand corner allows you to obtain further information about the object.

Under the title display there are control buttons for the following functions:

Scroll back (arrow)
Scroll forward (arrow)
Zoom out (magnifying glass)
Zoom in (magnifying glass)
Close full screen (two arrows)
Open full screen (four opening arrows)
Turn page anticlockwise (circular arrow symbol)
Turn page clockwise (circular arrow symbol)
Open an overview of all pages
Open the table of contents
Show similar image segments (eye). This feature is only enabled (eye not crossed out) if a segment was actually identified.

An overview window opens below the control buttons, when the mouse is moved, which shows the position of the image section at higher zoom levels.

In the bottom third of the image view, the white bar indicates where you are in the book. Quick navigation is possible by moving the blue section.

Image viewer

The single image view only differs from the book view in that features specific to the book (scrolling, table of contents) are missing. Click "Similar images" to search for similar images.

Map viewer

Some of the maps are georeferenced. In this case you can switch to a special map viewer. Especially maps from the time before 1800 are distorted.

The map view is based on the Bavarian atlas from the Agency for Digitisation, High-Speed Internet and Surveying.

The details of the object are in the upper left corner. The control elements are located in the top right-hand corner.

3D-viewer

a) System Requirements

All 3D models on bavarikon.de are displayed using the WebGL API, itself being part of most modern web browsers. Thus to view our 3D models, update versions of your web browser as well as an adaequate video card are required. It may be necessary to activate the usage of WebGL in your browser, too.

Without WebGL, the 3D models are displayed as a rotating image.

b) WebGL-supported web browsers

  • Chrome (version 9.0 or higher)
    WebGL is activated in Chrome on all platforms from version 9.0 onwards.
  • Firefox (version 4.0 or higher)
    1. To activate WebGL, open a new tab window in your browser, type "about:config" in the adress bar and approve the warning message shown by Firefox.
    2. Search for "webgl".
    3. By doubleclicking on the line, set "webgl.disabled" on "true". It may be necessary to restart your browser to activate the new settings.

  • Safari (version 6.0.3 or higher)
    1. Open your Safari browser and choose "Preferences" in the "Safari" menu.
    2. Choose the "Advanced" tab and activate the checkbox for the "Show Develop menu in menu bar" menu.
    3. Open the now visible "Develop" menu and choose "Enable WebGL".

  • Internet Explorer (from version 11)
     Internet Explorer supports WebGL from version 11.
  • Opera
    Instructions can be found here.

c) Instructions

Information on the object can be opened top right.

The control buttons are located to the left of the viewer. The default setting displays the following:

  • Full screen
  • Zoom in
  • Rotate
  • Move

The selection can be extended by clicking the three dots.

The following are then displayed:

  • Change light incidence
  • Change to higher resolution
  • Change colour / surface structure (texture) display