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	National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition National Geographic National Geographic, 2004 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 26 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Still, for me, I find myself picking up the National Geographic Atlas way more often. Why? Simply put, it's just the most enjoyable to look at and easiest and most fun to use. I like it better.

A great work.


An excellent or maybe the best altas!

This altas has state-of-art satellite maps on continents, detail urban maps of countries, states and provinces as well as an excellent index. This is a very educational and informative book. As a geographer and a map lover, I really like this altas.

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High Quality Maps

After some years, this edition of the NGS's Atlas is still a solid entry. In addition to the usual extensive political maps, this edition also contains some very nice extra selections which include: Moon and Solar system maps, Galaxy maps, lessons on tectonics, and a history of maps. Also very useful to a student of economics, demographics, energy resources and other statistical topics is a section that shows these subjects across the globe in a very easy to understand format (color coded with some pictograms). On the topic of the much advertised satellite maps of each continent that National Geographic boasts in this edition: although interesting, I was hoping for more of the satellite maps- for instance, maps of cities and ports. Now that the traditional atlas has to compete with the amazing "Google Earth" and other map programs online and off, National Geographic will have to provide us with much more in this regard to justify the price we pay.

This Atlas is great to use if reading about far off places where names are not familiar. The index and paging system provides an easy to use reference system, so you can find where you're looking for by name, or by geographic region. Just as useful if reading about Zagreb, Croatia in Spokane, Washington as it would be to read about Spokane in Zagreb. For actual travel and navigation, you'll still need to go to AAA or the gas station and get a real driving road map however. I would put this atlas on the shelf of any student in history, international affairs, politics or military affairs.

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this Atlas is one of the best I ever have seen.

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National Geographic retains its reputation.

National Geographic retains its reputation as one of the finest mapmakers of the world with the seventh edition of their atlas of the world. The maps look the same as the sixth edition, but a fully updated section of urban area maps has been included. Again, color usage is very sparse, but the relief shading has improved. What really makes this atlas more valuable than its predecessor is the thematic part. A large number of topics are elaborately treated. With the 140,000+ index, this atlas remains in the top 5 of best atlases ever produced.

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