Manufacturer's Description
Every household should have this essential multimedia reference atlas with its detailed mapping of the world. All the countries of the globe can be explored and are illustrated with explanatory text, facts and figures, beautiful photographs, recordings of languages and pronunciations and top-quality video. Control the features on the maps that you want to see by selecting from the various layers of information, and change their colours to give your very own customised atlas. Ideal for reports and presentations. Pan and zoom around the 1:1 million mapping system and use the gazetteer to find any of over 150,000 placed and geographical features.
Every country of the world is summarised in facts and figures, and its flag shown. Compare the statistics of two or more countries. Explore information on endangered animals, their habitats and the forces that threaten them. This unique software development allows you to navigate from the spinning globe on the menu bar to any feature in less than eight seconds. Hyper-links from the map take you to a wealth of multimedia information.
Over 1,200 photographs, numerous informative articles and recordings of the world's major languages bring far-off places to life. Top-quality videos illustrate our dynamic Earth.