National Geographic defines the North American road atlas with more maps, more map pages, more city insets and more National Park maps than ever before. Now completely updated for 2000, the National Geographic Road Atlas offers your customers all the style and reliability they expect from the world's most trusted name in maps and travel. -- New for 2000: includes National Geographic's exclusive 12-page guide to America's most breathtaking scenic drives. -- A durable, lay-flat spiral binding allows easy front-seat reference, and a handy placeholder flap helps motorists return to maps quickly. -- Packed with easy-to-read colorful road maps and wider coverage of downtown and metro areas.

This informative book helps students learn to follow a road map, including using the grid system, legend, and compass rose. Students are also taught to understand and use a scale on a map. Each topic arms students with useful knowledge about reading road maps. A follow-up activity encourages readers to use a map to write directions for a friend.

Addressed to professional cartographers interested in moving into multimedia mapping, as well as those already involved in this field who wish to discover the approaches that other practitioners have already taken, this book/CD package is equally useful for students and academics in the mapping sciences and related geographic fields wishing to update their knowledge of cartographic design and production.

The interdisciplinary uses of traditional cartographic resources and modern GIS tools allow for the analysis and discovery of information across a wide spectrum of fields. A Research Guide to Cartographic Resources navigates the numerous American and Canadian cartographic resources available in print and online, offering researchers, academics and students with information on how to locate and access the large variety of resources, new and old. Dozens of different cartographic materials are highlighted and summarized, along with lists of map libraries and geospatial centers, and related professional associations. A Research Guide to Cartographic Resources consists of 18 chapters, two appendices, and a detailed index that includes place names, and libraries, structured in a manner consistent with most reference guides, including cartographic categories such as atlases, dictionaries, gazetteers, handbooks, maps, plans, GIS data and other related material. Almost all of the resources listed in this guide are categorized by geography down to the county level, making efficient work of the type of material required to meet the information needs of those interested in researching place-specific cartographic-related resources. Additionally, this guide will help those interested in not only developing a comprehensive collection in these subject areas, but get an understanding of what materials are being collected and housed in specific map libraries, geospatial centers and their related websites. Of particular value are the sections that offer directories of cartographic and GIS libraries, as well as comprehensive lists of geospatial datasets down to the county level. This volume combines the traditional and historical collections of cartography with the modern applications of GIS-based maps and geospatial datasets.

"Updated road maps of all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico make it easy to find your way. Add a special Scenic Drives section featuring 20 of the top road trips in the country and you have the best atlas ever published for planning your own road trip of a lifetime."--Back cover

With beautiful maps and a bold, innovative design, National Geographic sets the standard in road atlases. Each National Geographic Road Atlas features rich, sharp colors and outstanding levels of map detail, legibility, and accuracy. Now available in three different editions...choose the price point and features that work for you.