Interactive World Atlas Online -- put the World at your finger tips
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The evolution of world Atlas has helped mankind benefit in many ways. With the help of world maps one can depict various geographical data and statistics with ease. Colourful maps gives us a very beautiful and user friendly portrayal of the details. Various companies and enterprises use interactive world maps on their websites to help users get various information. Use a combination of Flash, HTML and backend database to create highly compatible and functional interactive maps, which are frequently used by visitors.

The name Atlas came from the great ruler called King Atlas, who once upon a time ruled the land of Mauritania. King Atlas was a great philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer who was the pioneer in creating the celestial globe. Another popular belief is that Atlas was the son of Oceanid Asia and Titan Lapetus. This Greek mythological character was asked to carry the burden of the globe on his shoulder by Greek God of Zeus. The first version of world Atlas dates back to the 150 A.D. As time passed by the world map has evolved in a much user friendly form and now it is used for various other purposes and not just to depict geographical boundaries.

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In this century, world maps are used by various corporate bodies to represent their various offices. Say for example one needs to know the exact location of the regional office of certain establishment. This information can be easily found in the interactive maps installed on the website by just a click of the mouse. Real estate industry, tourism and travel industry, political bodies, world banks, education bodies, and various other organizations have fast picked up the art of using world maps.

The world is divided into seven continents (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America) and four oceans, each continent is again divided into countries. Further divisions of countries include states, cities, towns and even villages.

In a map, one can go deep down to the smallest level of micro - depiction of even roads and buildings in a map. Such a vast sphere cannot be easily depicted on one single map. By the use of Flash the user can penetrate deep down a continent and reach an exact destination of his choice.

If one is looking for tourist information about a certain part of the world, one can easily locate all requisite information by just a using a map. Not just geographical depictions. One can even get hold of various other information which are of high importance. A statistician can easily find any statistical data of the world through the use of maps. Instead of having a dull note on which country has what kind of soil; one can use a colourful map to depict various types of soil found in the world through the use of maps.

The entire visual impact is far better than that of a note. Thus, with the evolution of maps, the world which is actually on paper a vast gigantic area, can be made to look just a small place easily accessible to all. Sitting in Japan, one can get to know all the buildings, roads and cities of Argentina, which is far west from Japan. This is exactly why the use of world maps have become such a craze!

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