zoomable

Can get closer

Zoomable describes something that can be zoomed—magnified or reduced in view.

The term appears most often with digital images, maps, and interfaces: a zoomable satellite map, zoomable PDF.

A zoomable display lets users adjust scale to see more detail or more context.

interface

touchscreen

Input-sensitive display panel

double-tap · swipe · interactive · responsive · controls · slider · toolbar · pan · drag · cursor

magnification

enlarge

Increase in size

microscope · telescope · binoculars · lens · optics · eyepiece · diopter · inspect · examine · close-up

imagery

resolution

Formal decision or determination

sharp · detailed · panorama · gigapixel · tiled · seamless · progressive · lossless · vector · raster

mapping

pan

Shallow cooking vessel

satellite · aerial · cartography · atlas · topography · geography · geospatial · overlay · layers · boundaries

visualization

chart

Data shown visually

infographic · hierarchy · network · flowchart · treemap · dashboard · data · analytics · drill-down · overview

Categories
Opposites
scalability/resizability

zoomableunscalable

Impossible to climb

locked · rigid · static · fixed

interactivity

zoomablestatic

Without motion or change

non-interactive · fixed · unresponsive · passive · immutable

Family

zoom, zooming, zooms, zoomed, zoomer, unzoomed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G