Atlasi

Kwa matumizi tofauti ya jina hili tazama Atlas (maana)

Atlasi ni mkusanyiko wa ramani zinazounganishwa pamoja kwa umbo la kitabu. Siku hizi zinapatikana pia kwa umbo la elektroniki kwa matumizi ya kompyuta au kwenye intaneti.  

Kwa kawaida atlasi hua na ramani mbalimbali za nchi, bara au Dunia yote. Kuna pia atlasi za anga zinazoonyesha nyota. Neno linatumiwa pia kwa mkusanyiko wa michoro ya anatomia ikionyesha mifupa au viungo vya mwili.

Atlasi huonyesha ramani za aina tofautitofauti kama tabia za kijiografia, kisiasa au kiuchumi.

Mifano ya atlasi

Karne ya 17 na mapema
Piri Reis Map (Milki ya Ottomani, 1570-1612)
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Uholanzi, 1570-1612)
Dell'Arcano del Mare (Uingereza - Italia, 1645-1661)

Karne ya 18
Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Ufaransa, 1658-1676)
Britannia Depicta (London, 1720)
Atlas Nouveau (Amsterdam, 1742)
Cary's New and Correct English Atlas (London, 1787)

Karne ya 19
Stielers Handatlas (Ujerumani, 1817-1944)
Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas (Ujerumani, 1881-1939; pia katika Uingereza kwa jina la Times Atlas of the World, 1895)
Rand McNally Atlas (Marekani, 1881-hadi sasa)

Karne ya 20
Times Atlas of the World (Uingereza, 1895- hadi sasa)
Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano (Italia, 1927-1978)
Atlas Mira (Urusi, 1937-hadi sasa)
Gran Atlas Aguilar (Hispania, 1969/1970)
Pergamon World Atlas (1962/1968)
  National Geographic Atlas of the World (Marekani, 1963-hadi sasa)
Historical Atlas of China (China)

Viungo vya Nje

Vyanzo
Kuhusu asili ya istilahi "Atlas"

Atlasi kwenye intaneti
 Gheos Worldguide, world atlas with maps and statistical information from all countries of the world.
 Microsoft/Encarta/Expedia World atlas, world atlas, plus atlas for North America and Europe to street level.
 MapChart EarthAtlas, free online atlas with interactive maps about topics like demography, economy, health and environment.
 Multimap World atlas: on UK, US, Canada, Australia and Western Europe more detailed than the rest of the world
 world atlas by country
 Atlas of the World  A world atlas with hundreds of very detailed and elaborate maps
 Physical Atlas of the World Online world atlas with physical maps
 National Atlas of the United States  
 Geospatial One-Stop  geodata.gov
 Geography Network 
 National Geographic MapMachine 
 Tirolatlas An online atlas of North-, South- and Eastern-Tyrol (Austria), requires SVG capabilities in the browser.

Historia ya atlasi
 Atlases, at the US Library of Congress site - a discussion of many significant atlases, with some illustrations.  Part of  Geography and Maps, an Illustrated Guide.

Atlasi za Kihistoria katika intaneti
 Atlases at DavidRumsey.com includes many important atlases from the 18th-20th centuries, primarily from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.  The site also presents maps from several centuries.  About 13,600 high resolution images can be viewed and downloaded.
 Ryhiner Collection  Composite atlas with maps, plans and views from the 16th to the 18th century, covering the whole globe, with about 16,000 images in total, including title pages of atlases 
 1645 Latin edition of Blaeu's Atlas  at UCLA (partial copy)
 Historical map web sites list, Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas
 Charting North America, maps and atlases in the New York Public Library Digital Collection
 maphistory.info links
 A historical atlas from 1815 till today, in French
 Historical Atlas of Europe from AD 1 to 2000
  Centennia Historical Atlas
 World History Maps at KMLA
 Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age

Viungo vingine
 Live Maps: 2D and 3D interactive maps on live.com.
 Google Earth: a visual 3D interactive atlas.
 World Atlas 
 Atlas World:  a directory of atlases currently in print.
 NASA's World Wind software 
 One Planet, Many People  UN Atlas of the Human impact on the Environment
 Malaria Atlas Project 
  InstantAtlas Create your own interactive atlas for any area

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