National Geographic Family Reference Atlas of the World, Third Edition

Informationen zum Autor National Geographic cartographers bring more than 90 years of mapmaking experience and cutting-edge technology to bear on every atlas product. Over the last decade! techniques used in digital mapping have undergone remarkable changes. Today! satellite and digital imaging technology! GPS! and GIS technologies provide cartographers with new tools to map and animate the Earth. Leveraging these emerging technologies to build smart! well-designed! functional! informative atlases is one of the great strengths of National Geographic. Klappentext Boasting more than 1,000 maps, illustrations, and photographs; 400 charts and tables; and 30 global thematic spreads, this modern, clearly organized atlas provides facts and figures on everything from biodiversity to global Internet connectivity. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive index makes it easy to pinpoint more than 40!000 locations all over the globe. Need to know the population of Brunei! what the weather’s like in San Juan in March! or how to use metric conversions? These answers and thousands more are at your fingertips.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: National Geographic, National Geographic, National Geographic Society, John M National Geographic Society (U. S.)/ Fahey
• Verlag: Random House USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 27.10.2009, verspätet
• EAN: 9781426205439
• ISBN: 978-1-4262-0543-9
• Seiten: 384
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Allgemeines, Lexika; Reise > Karten, Stadtpläne, Atlanten