About
Use the About page to find out more information about GEODE.  It lists the latest GEODE News item and provides a link to subscribe to GEODE News so that it will be sent to you by email.  If you have tried to follow the directions and you still have difficulty subscribing, look on the FAQ page to see if anyone else has had the same problem.  If the FAQ page is no help, feel free to contact us.

Explore
Use the Explore page to launch the GEODE applet.  From the Explore page you can choose which map you would like GEODE to start up with.  To do this you can do one of three things.  You can click on one of the white areas on the map, select a map from the dropdown menu, or read a more detailed map description.  To start GEODE from a detailed map description, click on the image of the map.  REMEMBER:  You should go through the setup page to make sure the presence of Java Runtime Environment Plug-In and Permission Files on your machine before accessing the applet.  If you have a on the setup page, click on the sign and it will take you to the Setup Wizard.

Setup
Use this page to confirm that your machine fulfills basic requirement to successfully run GEODE.  Click on the to follow the instruction on how to fulfilled any requirement that your machine fails.

Using the Applet
The applet has its own help pages.  You can access them by going to the Help menu in the applet or clicking on the title of this paragraph.

More Help
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