A Personalized National Atlas of the United States

Authors

  • Joel Morrison Assistant Division Chief for Research at the United States Geological Survey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14714/CP20.894

Keywords:

atlas, national atlases, digital atlases

Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey published the National Atlas of the United States of America in 1971. Since then times have changed, and the technological revolution in cartography today makes it mandatory to take a close look at the concept of a national atlas. This paper focuses on two concepts related to national atlases: the popular conception of a national atlas and the notion that a comprehensive national atlas would contain information on the United States that most commercial atlases would not include. Ideas are presented that describe what a future, comprehensive, digitally produced national atlas for the United States (CD-NAUS) might look like.

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Published

1995-03-01

How to Cite

Morrison, J. (1995). A Personalized National Atlas of the United States. Cartographic Perspectives, (20), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP20.894

Issue

No. 20 (1995)

Section

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