Closer makes use of a powerful Point-and-Zoom browsing system that allows you to reach instantly any level of detail. Thus with Closer viewing an image on Internet may result even faster than viewing the same image locally with your preferred image viewer.
Closer technical info

• Based on Macromedia's Flash MX 2004 technology present on more than 90% of Internet user's machines (source Macromedia).
• Support of images up to 200,000,000 x 200,000,000 pixels (or up to 40,000 TeraPixel images), depending on Image Server technology, without compromising performances on client's machine.
• Progressive image update.
• Optimized for low-speed connections.
• Context menu and keyboard support.
• Via-string customization through GET parameters.
• API support. With more than 80 among methods, properties and event-handlers.
• Configurable for virtually any Image Server.

Point-and-zoom
Allows you an extremely fast image browsing thanks to the support of the webscroll for zooming and of the middle mouse button for panning.
Survey window
Helps you understand which portion of the entire image you are watching.
Measure tool
Performs precise measurements from inside Closer's window.