Use the map controls in the bottom left corner to zoom in and out and move about, or you can use your mouse point to draw a square and zoom in on a specific area.

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There's also a way to Zoom in on just a small area of the screen.

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Vector-based graphics based on mathematical lines and points rather than pre-created bitmap graphics, making it quicker to zoom in and out of an area.

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The large, button-free touchpad offers plenty of surface area for intuitive scroll, flick, pinch zoom and pivot gestures.

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In Everyday mode, the optical zoom is limited to 3.5X, and the area in which refocusing works is fixed.

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As the name implies, it's all based around pressure: a light touch performs the usual commands, while squishing the thumb's wider surface area against the screen allows the equivalent of a multi-touch gesture, such as a pinch to zoom.

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