Cancer and Tobacco Atlases
Published Monday, July 10, 2006 by CCAer | E-mail this post
The
American Cancer Society has published two atlases,
The Cancer Atlas and
The Tobacco Atlas. Both
are available for sale and online in pdf format. The pdfs are, however, mostly broken out by page so that if you wanted to view the entire atlas you would have to download numerous pdfs.
The Cancer Atlas is broken into a number of sections, including risk factors, cancer economics and taking action. Within each section are a number of topics with each topic being given a two page spread that includes a map or two and a number of graphics and text.
The Tobacco Atlas is set up in a very similar manner, broken into sections covering such topics as prevalence, cost and the tobacco trade. Each individual topic in each section is also given its own two page spread. This is the 2nd edition of this atlas and it is also available as
an online atlas in Shockwave format. The interactivity is limited to zooming in and out and navigating from map to map is a little tricky.
The atlases were produced by
Myriad Editions which has also produced a few other globally themed atlases. Some upcoming titles include the
The Atlas of Climate Change,
The Atlas of Religion and
The Atlas of the American Empire. Some online atlases that are available for viewing include
Mapping Biodiversity for the
World Wildlife Fund (UK) and
Saying Yes to Children for
NetAid.
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