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Product Reviews:
The Atlas of the Real World |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Great gift
Comments:
This book is a wonderful addition to any library. The graphs are clear and easy to read; giving you tons of information in a neat, concise space.
A sure hit for anyone that loves trivia and likes information on a variety of subjects. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: atlas for Christmas
Comments: This atlas was a big hit at Christmas. My daughter had asked for it, however all the family enjoyed the takes on mapping. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Points of view
Comments: The Atlas of the Real World
I found it fascinating to see the world through different eyes. The author shows how the world really appears with charts, diagrams and maps drawn to new scales.
The Atlas appeals not only to those of a geographical bent however to statisticians and eman.
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Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Insightful
Comments: A interesting approach to raw data, the maps may be hard to decipher at times however its a fantastic synthetic view of our world and how it works, I began to wish there were more maps on more topics. Origninal way to see how nations invest, how people live what impact policies may have. It highlights unobvious patterns and trends that can then be studied in greater depth. Strongly endorseed. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Cartograms - Reality maps
Comments: These 391 maps are cartograms - intentional distortions proportional to what is being represented and in relation to e other area. This is valuable because it shows what geography is about, spatial and temporal. Politicians may argue and we may perceive ourselves as "bigger, longer, wealthier, better fed, better educated or lower, longer and poorer." The cartograms show things in proportion.
The US thinks of itself as highly educated, however map 247, "Growth in Secondary Education Spending" shows the US as alalmost all nonexistent in proportion to other countries. The highest is western Europe, India, China, Japan and Brazil. For wealth China is about to come full circle by 2015 and exceed the US in wealth. At a glance you see the net importers and exporters of greats and services. The Middle East stands out for fuel exports while the US is the largest fuel importer. These are all cartograms, there is no need to look at a data table. Through color and distortion, you know, immediately, who is larger, smaller, richer, poorer, and more.
There is a significan not quote on each page for each topic. 'At City Toys Ltd, . . . . Shenzhen, youngsters worked 16-hour days,7days a week.' The cartogram shows China far and away the largest exporter of toys. Deaths from Cholera overwhelm Africa and India while the rest of the world shrinks away.
www.worldmapper.org is a site that compliments the text and makes the information all the more accessible and useful. It gives you a full, cross-referenced index and makes the information in all the maps easily accessible. The 400 page text (28 * 24 cm) is too big to carry around, the web site makes the information accessible alalmost all anywhere.
l use the text and the web site in the Human Geography, Geomorphology and Meteorology courses I teach. Students love the colors, shapes and easy access to data. This sets a high standard for other map - data combinations. |
