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src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" height="15" class="MapSizeText">Map Size </td> <td width="15"><img alt="" width="15" height="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td align="center" valign="bottom" id="ZoomTextCell" class="zoomText"></td> <td height="1"><img alt="" width="10" height="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5" height="1"><img alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> <td width="20" height="26"><a name="map_frame"></a><img alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/globe.gif"></td> <td width="5" height="1"><img alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> <td align="center" width="150" style="table-layout:fixed;"><font> <select id="MapStylesList" name="MapStylesList" class="MapStylesList" style="width:150px;height:19px;border-bottom:solid 1px #639C00;text-align:left;" onchange="ChangeMapStyle();"> <option value="Comprehensive" selected="selected">聽聽聽聽Comprehensive</option><option value="">聽*聽Outline</option><option value="">聽*聽Political</option><option value="TimeZones">聽聽聽聽Time Zones</option><option value="">聽*聽Languages</option><option value="">聽*聽Religions</option><option value="">聽*聽Population</option><option value="Ecology">聽聽聽聽Ecology</option><option value="">聽*聽Climate</option><option value="">聽*聽Precipitation Annual</option><option value="">聽*聽Precipitation January</option><option value="">聽*聽Precipitation July</option><option value="">聽*聽Temperature January</option><option value="">聽*聽Temperature July</option><option value="">聽*聽Tectonic</option><option value="">聽*聽Earth By Day</option><option value="">聽*聽Earth By Night</option><option value="">聽*聽The Moon</option><option value="N/A">聽_________________________</option><option value="">聽*聽Available only with</option><option value="">聽聽聽聽MSN Encarta Premium </option> </select> </font></td> <td width="20" id="MapSizePaddingLeft"><img alt="" width="20" height="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="8"><a href="javascript:ChangeMapSize("Small",true);"><img id="SmallMapSizeIcon" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/active.gif" alt="" border="0" height="8" width="10"/></a></td> <td width="4"><img alt="" width="4" height="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td width="14" height="12"><a href="javascript:ChangeMapSize("Medium",true);"><img id="MediumMapSizeIcon" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" alt="" border="0" height="12" width="14"/></a></td> <td width="4"><img alt="" width="4" height="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td width="19" height="18"><a href="javascript:ChangeMapSize("Large",true);"><img id="LargeMapSizeIcon" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" alt="" border="0" height="18" width="19"/></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="15" id="MapSizePaddingRight"><img alt="" width="15" height="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="30" id="ZoomToolTable"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr><td><img width="16" height="16" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/zoomout.gif" alt="Click to zoom out from the center of the map"></td><td width="5"><img width="5" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z0" id="Z0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/active.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z1" id="Z1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z2" id="Z2" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z3" id="Z3" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z4" id="Z4" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z5" id="Z5" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z6" id="Z6" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z7" id="Z7" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z8" id="Z8" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z9" id="Z9" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td><td width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td width="5" height="18"><img border="0" vspace="0" name="Z10" id="Z10" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/passive.gif" width="5" height="18" onmouseover="ChangeHoverState(this);" onmouseout="ChangeHoverState(this);" alt=""></td> <td align="left" width="5"><img width="5" height="18" alt="" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td><td align="left" width="16"><img width="16" height="16" border="0" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/zoomin.gif" alt="Click to zoom in to the center of the map"></td></tr></table></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="10" id="ToolsRightPadding" height="1"><img alt="" width="10" height="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" height="1" width="100%" bgcolor="#669900"><img alt="" height="1" width="100%" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"><img alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="9"><img alt="" width="9" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td valign="top" id="MapTitle"><h1>Map of The World</h1></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr>  <tr> <td width="450">  <table width="445" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="13"><a href="javascript:Navigate(-1,-1,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/northwest.gif" id="PanNW" width="13" height="17" border="0" name="PanNW" alt="Click to spin globe northwest"/></a></td> <td colspan="2" width="405" align="center" id="NorthImageCell"><a href="javascript:Navigate(0,-1,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/north.gif" id="PanNorth" height="17" border="0" name="PanNorth" alt="Click to spin globe north"/></a></td> <td width="13"><a href="javascript:Navigate(1,-1,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/northeast.gif" id="PanNE" width="13" height="17" border="0" name="PanNE" alt="Click to spin globe northeast"/></a></td> <td width="100%"><img alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="javascript:Navigate(-1,0,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/west.gif" id="PanWest" width="13" height="320" border="0" name="PanWest" alt="Click to spin globe west"/></a></td> <td id="MapImageCell" align="center" style="cursor:pointer"><img alt="" style="vertical-align:middle" width="16" height="16" id="LoadingImage" name="LoadingImage" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/ArtContents/page_loading_white.gif"><img id="MapImage" galleryimg="no" onclick="MapClick(event)" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif" alt="" border="0"/></td> <td><iframe frameborder="0" width="0" height="0" name="MapIFrame" id="MapIFrame"></iframe></td> <td><a href="javascript:Navigate(1,0,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/east.gif" id="PanEast" width="13" height="320" border="0" name="PanEast" alt="Click to spin globe east"/></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="javascript:Navigate(-1,1,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/southwest.gif" id="PanSW" width="13" height="17" border="0" name="PanSW" alt="Click to spin globe southwest"/></a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center" id="SouthImageCell"><a href="javascript:Navigate(0,1,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/south.gif" id="PanSouth" height="17" border="0" name="PanSouth" alt="Click to spin globe south"/></a></td> <td><a href="javascript:Navigate(1,1,0);"><img src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/southeast.gif" id="PanSE_NoSR" width="13" height="17" border="0" name="PanSE_NoSR" alt="Click to spin globe southeast"/></a></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="20"><img alt="" width="100%" height="20" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr>  <tr> <td> <table width="445" id="MapLinksTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="175" height="34" align="left"><img id="ScaleImage" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/maps/scale--1.gif" alt="" border="0" height="34" width="175"/></td> <td width="9" height="34"><img alt="" height="34" width="9" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td width="1" height="34" bgcolor="#999999"><img alt="" width="1" height="34" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> <td width="63" height="34" id="LegendCell" align="center" class="MapLinksText"><a href="javascript:Legend();">Legend</a></td> <td height="34" width="1" bgcolor="#999999"><img alt="" height="34" width="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> <td width="83" height="34" id="PrintCell" align="center" class="MapLinksText"><a href="javascript:PrintPreview();">Print Preview</a></td> <td width="1" height="34" bgcolor="#999999"><img alt="" height="34" width="1" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> <td width="100" height="34" id="GetDirectionsCell" align="center" class="MapLinksText"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081206000813/http://local.live.com/default.aspx?wip=2&v=2&style=r&rtp=~&&msnurl=DirectionsFind.aspx?%26redirect%3dfalse&msnculture=en-US">Get Directions</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" height="1" width="100%" bgcolor="#999999"><img width="1" border="0" alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" class="VirtualEarthText"> Were you looking for a street map? Try <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081206000813/http://local.live.com/">MSN Virtual Earth.</a> </td> <td width="100%" align="right" height="20" class="ZoomOnMapClickText" id="ZoomOnMapClickCell"> Zoom on Map Click<input type="checkbox" style="vertical-align:middle;" onclick="javascript:ChangeMapImageAltText();" name="ZoomOnMapClickCheck" id="ZoomOnMapClickCheck" value="on"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr>  <tr> <td width="445" height="17"> <img alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="padding-left:5px;" align="left" class="MSNTermsOfUseText"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081206000813/http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/webservice/terms.mspx">MapPoint Terms of Use</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="445" height="18"> <img alt="" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#669900" width="4"><img alt="" width="4" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td align="left" height="20" width="445" style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(gradientType=0,startColorStr=#C5DCB6,endColorStr=#FFFFFF)"> <img alt="" height="20" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"><img alt="" width="10" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"><img alt="" width="10" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" id="MoreAtlasResourcesCell"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="180" align="left" height="150"> </td> <td valign="top" width="15"><img alt="" width="15" src="/web/20081206000813im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="100%"> <table 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