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245		0	_aAtlas of the world /
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bNational Geographic Society, _cc2005.
300			_a1 atlas (1 v. (various pagings)) _b: col. ill., col. maps _c47 cm.
500			_aContents: World - Natural world - Human world - North America - South America - Europe - Asia - Africa - Australia and Oceania - The Poles - Oceans - Cities - Space - Nations
520			_aWith this eighth edition of the National Geographic Atlas of the World, human interpretation and draftsmanship have been raised to an entirely new level by cartographic tools inconceivable to former mapmakers. Satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS) and a steady stream of other satellite data allows to generate amazingly precise and details portraits of the planet, without ever touching a pen to paper. Powerful new computer software programs called Geographic Informaiton Sustems (GIS), selects, analyzes and layers data to depict the complicated, interlocking forces at work on the ground - from geologic conditions to human migration to environmental change. There were more than 15,000 updates to the map plates in this edition. They reflect the political, social, and environmental upheavals that have occured
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