Document (#19890)

Author

Jascó, P.

Title

¬The world at your fingertips : CD-ROM atlases in 1998

Source

Computers in libraries. 18(1998) no.1, S.63-66

Year

1998

Abstract

Reviews 3 multimedia CD-ROM Atlases: Microsoft's Encarta Virtual Globe (http://encarta.msn.com); Rand McNally's New Millennium World Atlas (http://www.randmenally.com); and Creative Wonders' 3D Atlas '98 (http://www.3datlas.com) and compare them to printed and online atlases. All three CD-ROM atlases offer a variety of maps from topographical to political to statistical and all 3 map collections can be integrated into atlases. Describes the map personalization features, statistical data available and the many textual and multimedia enhancements of the CD-ROMs. All of them also have links from the CD-ROM to their Web sites for updating

Form

Karten

Object

Encarta Virtual Globe
New Millennium World Atlas
3D Atlas '98

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