AO has keyboard shortcuts for moving around the map and changing how it's displayed. Click the map first so it has focus: shortcuts don't work while you're typing in a box. Use lowercase letters, so check that Caps Lock is off.
Moving around
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| W / S | Move forward / back in the direction you're looking. Looking straight down, they zoom in and out. |
| A / D | Move left / right |
| N | Zoom out to an overview, looking straight down with north up. Press again to zoom out further. |
| Hold Ctrl and drag | Tilt and rotate the view |
| Hold Shift and drag | Draw a rectangle over project dots to open several projects at once |
| Middle-click | Move the view to above the point you click |
| Esc | Turn off the tool you're using (not the Swipe Tool) |
Terrain and display
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| V | Exaggerate the terrain's height: 1.25×, 1.5×, 1.75×, 2×, 2.5×, 5×, 7×, 10×, then back to 1×. You see the effect with 3D terrain on. |
| 1 | Hide data that is below the base terrain. Press again to show it. Data below the terrain shows by default. |
| 2 | Make the base terrain see-through: 75%, 50%, 25% and 0% opacity, then back to solid |
| I | Switch to the next base imagery source, if the background imagery doesn't load or looks wrong |
| O | Show or hide the water effect on the ocean |
NOAA nautical charts have no key. Open Layers, expand Global Layers, and choose the 
eye icon beside NOAA Charts under Base Imagery.
If the map is slow
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| R | Change the rendering resolution. From the default 2×: 1×, 0.5×, 0.25×, 0.1×, 1.5×, then back to 2×. Lower is faster, higher is sharper. |
| M | Change the terrain detail. Each press steps through four levels; less detail draws faster. |
| P | Show or hide a frames-per-second counter |
| E | Show or hide the camera height |
Related: Map tools · Layers window