Different views of the map/world

[wotan321]

I've noticed over many screenshots that the orange and blue bars over the cities changes in presentation in different pictures.

Is this due to various interface changes over development time, or is it because the map has different "views" for different things such as resources, politics, religion, culture, etc, or does the map interface change as you progress across history in the game? I see some screenshots that seem to show just the resources on the map with little icons for to point out the resources, others with the cities included. Can someone explain the various views?

 

[dc82]

u can toggle different views of the city - so if want to highligh resources, cities, units, etc. u also have a flat map and globe view available.

 

[SniperDevil]

I love the global view. Its beautiful.

 

[RoboPig]

Yeah, though some may be confused

 

[Darwin420]

Firaxis told us that we'd be able to see every last scrap of information from the main screen. I would wager a guess that means we'll have different toggles to view different things - like just resources, or just civ improvements-, or to also view EVERYTHING at once.

@SniperDevil: I agree. I think the global view is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!

 

[Akela]

"I've noticed over many screenshots that the orange and blue bars over the cities changes in presentation in different pictures. "





I'm not certain, but I think those bars are progress bars for building progress and city growth.