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2. Atlas - Wikipedia

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   An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today, many atlases are in multimedia formats.

3. List of atlases - Wikipedia

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   Atlas Mira (Russia, 1937–present) Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas (United Kingdom, 1938–present) Gran Atlas Aguilar (Spain, 1969/1970) Historical Atlas of China (Taiwan, 1980) The Historical Atlas of China (China, 1982) National Geographic Atlas of the World (United States, 1963–present) Pergamon World Atlas (1962/1968) Times Atlas of the ...

4. Portal:Maps - Wikipedia

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   Wikimedia Commons includes the Wikimedia Atlas of the World. Entries available in the atlas. General pages commons:Atlas – commons:Historical atlas - Index of the Atlas - Names in native languages. The world and its continents and oceans General maps of the world - Historical maps of the world - Old maps - Africa - North and South America ...

5. World map - Wikipedia

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   Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.

6. United Nations geoscheme - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification . [ 2 ]

7. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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   Similar is Balthasart with standard parallels at 50°N/S and Tobler’s world in a square with standard parallels around 55.66°N/S. c. 1850: Central cylindrical: Cylindrical Perspective (unknown) Practically unused in cartography because of severe polar distortion, but popular in panoramic photography, especially for architectural scenes.