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Have the United States maps been updated in the 22nd edition of Goode's World Atlas?

capitalist.pig — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:00:04 -0800

Have the United States maps been updated in the 22nd edition of Goode's World Atlas? I'm wondering if anyone here knows if the U.S. maps have been updated in the new, 22nd edition of Rand McNally's Goode's World Atlas. (The 22nd edition was released in July 2009. I haven't been able to find it in any local bookstores, nor are there any book previews online.)

Where to Buy Geographia 5 Borough Street Atlas?

jimmyjimjim — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:01:43 -0800

Has anyone seen the Geographia 5 Borough Street Atlas for sale anywhere in Queens or Long Island? I could order it from Barnes&Noble, but I'm in a big hurry (and fwiw all their stores are "out of stock"). To make this of interest to more than just myself, I'll note that Geographia's atlas is vastly better than the much more common Rand MacNally one (though it's also sorely in need of an update).

We need an atlas, a guidebook (maybe) and some travel tips.

MithrilMongoose — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:05:13 -0800

Where should we go on our impromptu roadtrip in Western U.S.? We've decided to take advantage of the gas prices and go on a road trip. We'll be in the Western U.S.-ish. Will include the Yukon when we leave Alaska, Montana as we come over the border from Canada, then Portland to visit a buddy, and ending in Taos. Not sure which other states/locales. A couple questions:

1) Any suggestions as to where we should stop on our tour?

2) What is the awesomest atlas and guidebook (separate or conjoined) that will help us have a great trip? This way we can hit up one of the relatives for a Christmas gift that doesn't involve a sweater.

About us: Two young people with their golden lab, doing traveling right in a 1975 yellow Dodge Tradesman campervan. We like progressive, funky places, and aren't afraid of the cold. Centipedes can be a problem, though. We're into hiking and natural phenomena. (Although, heck, if you know of some supernatural phenomena feel free to send us that way, too). Also very into cultural stuff like museums, ethnic food, Americana, and mimes. Especially crazy ones. We're not on any particular time table. Oh, and we're on the shoestring budget. Neither of us has properly explored this part of the country before.

Advice? Suggestions? Sensations?

Looking for a historical US atlas

BradNelson — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:35:22 -0800

Can you recommend a good historical atlas of the United States? I'm looking for a book version of this. But with more detail and more maps.

I do not necessarily need maps of battles/wars, the underground railroad, and presidential elections, et cetera, but I would not mind having those. I guess the ultimate tome is this book but I do not want to spend $145.

Also, I would much prefer a book that has all matching (custom-drawn) maps, not a mishmash of maps hand-drawn 150 years ago.

Vietnam: 196x, The VC are creating trouble in Vinh Binh . . . How do I get there?

MasonDixon — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:48:35 -0800

Following up from this question, are there any good historical Atlases of Vietnam? Indochina? The Vietnam War? South Vietnam? The one Atlas on Vietnam at Amazon seems to have mixed reviews.

Is there anything else? My google-fu finds nothing. Combining Google Maps with the online msn encarta one is the best solution I've come up with so far. Flipping back and forth is not not particularly convenient. They are also contemporary maps and I don't fancy reading in front of my computer all the time.

Is Atlas Shrugged meant to be Ironic?

complience — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:22:33 -0800

Is Atlas Shrugged meant to be Ironic? My political views are liberterian with leanings towards mutualism. A friend recommended I read 'Atlas Shrugged' by the Queen of the liberterian movment Ayn Rand.

However I found the book so laughable I couldn't finish it (first time ever not finishing a book). The main premise of the book seemed to be that the second law of thermodynamics had been broken and a man had invented a perpetual motion machine.

I understand liberterians don't like the second law of thermodyanmics, because it means the statement of "all property is theft" by the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is true. But to resort to the childish scientific idea of perpetual motion as a solution to this beyond belief.

Did i leave the book too early? I started to think was it meant to be ironic? I noticed ayn rand repeatly used the phrase "motive power" a term often used in thermodynamics.

Altas pain?

Big_B — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:12:18 -0800

Is my "Atlas" really out of whack? Have you heard or experienced NUCCA upper cerivical realignment? I got a massage the other day, and I was talking to my masseuse about the wierd lightheadedness problem I have that won't go away and she suggested that my "Atlas" may be out of whack and to see her upper cervical guy. I have heard a few horror stories about chiropracters, and this guy is not on my list of providers so I am a little leery of going. That said my neck/upper back has been hurting all week and I still somewhat have the lightheaded thing going on, and headaches too.

Does anyone have any experience with the Atlas and/or upper cervical realignment (NUCCA)? Also I am curious as to costs involved, although if someone could make me feel normal again I would gladly devote a portion of my paycheck to them!

I read some of the other chiro threads, and the general consensus seems to go either way on the quakery aspect.

Is Jack Vance hoaxing me? Does "The Lonton Times Historical Atlas" exist?

grumblebee — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:51:49 -0800

Is there such a book as "The London Times Historical Atlas"? Google and Amazon are clueless. In an interview published in 1986, Jack Vance stated that "the best way to teach someone to be a writer is to force them to read twenty books I would set out for them": he then names, in addition to Wodehouse and Baum, Cervantes's Don Quixote, Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, Richard Adams's Watership Down and The London Times Historical Atlas ("my favourite book - I don't know of anything more clutching for the imagination"). -- Wikipedia [emphasis added]

Are there any current visual fact books about the United States?

daninnj — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:24:50 -0800

Are there any current visual fact books about the United States? I have this book which features many topics concerning the US shown in colorful maps and charts, much like the cover. Some of the topics include immigration, abortion, AIDS, gay rights, capital punishment, taxes, religion, the media, poverty, farming, trade routes, etc. It's very interesting and fun to read, but it's from 1994 and outdated.

I've looked online and the publisher has a more current one about the world out, but not the US. It looks like they are publishing one about the US but it seems it's more about how the US affects the world and not on issue of the US itself.

Are there any current books out there like this one?

Starkville, MS to Yellowstone.

nile_red — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:18:09 -0800

I'm planning a road trip to Yellowstone NP from Starkville, MS. Tips, suggestions of roads to take and places to stop, stay, eat, and see (we're tent camping, and we're talking spring break one year from now), we'll be in my 2006 Sentra. I've checked the archives, and read the Must See at Yellowstone NP and Tent camping for newbies. I'm just sure there are things I haven't thought of yet. We'll have four college seniors going one year from now, with tents, money, and an atlas. Only two of us have experience tent camping, and for my part that's always been with more experienced family.

I need a map on which I can plot lat. and lon. coordinates

pantufla — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:56:10 -0800

Hi all, I am looking for an website that will let me enter in Latitude and Longitude coordinates from various countries and plot them on a map interactively. Failing that, I'd like a map that I can print out and plot coordinates on with rough accuracy. Thanks!

Best dead-tree atlas?

selfnoise — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:47:23 -0800

What's the best dead-tree world atlas you can buy? My wife wants one for her birthday. There seem to be a fair number for the taking. Any recommendations or personal favorites?