world atlas
Global geography book
A world atlas is a book of maps showing countries, continents, oceans, and other geographic features of the Earth.
Atlases typically include political boundaries, physical terrain, and often supplementary information like population data or climate zones.
The term comes from Atlas, the Greek titan condemned to hold up the sky, whose image appeared on early map collections.
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- gazetteerDictionary of locations
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- map projectionFlattening Earth for charts
- continentLarge connected landmass
equator · scale · compass rose · cartography · mountain range · index · prime meridian · legend · table of contents · contour lines · river system · coordinates · globe · demographic data · Mercator · pages · climate zone · physical geography
- mapsroad map, atlases, street map, regional map, street maps
- atlases
- geography booksgeography textbook, physical geography, gazetteer, human geography, economic geography
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- Referencedictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, almanac, handbook
- World Referenceencyclopedia, reference book
geographic scope
world atlascity map
Street layout diagram
street map · neighborhood map · town plan · campus map · floor plan