Talk:Atlas
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[edit] Note about redirect
Just previously till now, this page redirected to Talk:Atlas (disambiguation), which is clearly not correct. I removed the redirect, and have created this page. — Fudoreaper 04:42, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] BattleTech
I removed the following text from the page:
- In the popular board and computer games, Battletech, the Atlas is also the biggest and meanest 100 ton mech in exsistance. Armed with its AC/20, LRM 20 and medium lasers it is quite fearsome.
This text clearly does not belong in this article, which is about cartographic atlases. However, i have not been able to figure out where exactly this text should go. For now, i'm pasting it here, and hoping someone else has an idea. — Fudoreaper 04:44, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] German page
There's quite a bit more info at the German page ... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_%28Kartografie%29 flux.books 01:47, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Atlas families
Dear friend Flux.books, you wrote:
"Selected general atlases - the point isn't just to list them, but to tell the story of major atlas / families. so the 1895 Times an andrees, English begin 1922.)"
"To tell the (dramatic) story" – that's on the back of "Petermann's Planet", isn't it? I don't believe that the Espenhorst standard of "atlas families" makes bibliography transparent. But I don't establish standards here. Do you? Paul Drew 21:01, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- You're reading the quote in the comment too literally, especially the connection you've made to Espenhorst. The point is this: Cartography has a narrative around the communities of the people doing significant work, and their location over time - Italy, the Netherlands, France, Germany, the UK. The presentation should tell that important and useful story. The 1895 Times Atlas is the work of German cartographers, not British ones. And while the facts we include need to be accurate, that bigger story is far more important than bibliography, especially in this type of overview article. flux.books 22:16, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, that's your point of view, not mine. In the meantime I will rectify your mistakes – as long as I want to, of course. Paul Drew 11:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
- It's very much the consensus view. See for example the LOC article in the links, or the German wikipedia article cited above. flux.books 03:53, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Of course I know both articles. The German Wikipedia article is a conveniently arranged historical view on the subject and a splendid example of a what I meant with transparent bibliography. The article of the Library of Congress accentuates the early period too emphatically and is merely a recital of their own holdings. In closing, the English Wiki article consists mainly of links so one can't see the wood for the trees. Paul Drew 13:01, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Contradicting accounts of de/en
de.wikipedia.org says the first atlas, "Mapa Mondi," was made in Spain in 1375. We do not mention any such atlas. JayW 01:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wiki Atlas
Does a wiki-atlas exist, or a wikipedia project to create free public-domain maps? If not, we should start one.
[edit] mountains
February 2006 (UTC) Atlas is also a mountain range!!! Hope you already knew that and that's w hat we the homeworkers want to know about... Not only that but also the mountain range called the rockies, himalayas, hindu kush, andes, caucasus, great dividing range, py renees, southern alps, and also the atlas in pictures like the map thankyou.
Drusa
[edit] too short!
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