National Geographic Atlas of the World - Eighth Edition

No one does maps or atlases with as much panache and knowledge as National Geographic - Washington Post

Everything you have come to expect from the world's cartographic authority, plus:

• A fully integrated, password - protected, online component - the only atlas on the market with this feature
• A unique online address for each political map, which allows readers to update and even customize their maps
• Exclusive, new ArcGlobe^TM  animation technology that permits online viewers to zoom in from satellite imagery to details of selected world landmarks
• New world - thematic section addressing today's pressing global concerns , with topics such as World Economy and Conflict and Terror
• New section on Cities of the World, emphasizing key "megacities", featuring maps, photographs, and fact boxes
• Unique coverage of remote corners of the world and beyond, including the Poles, ocean floors, and space - as well as new and revealing information from Mars
• More than 15,000 updates and editorial changes and an index of more than 1,40,000 place names