The Atlas is a large-format book comprising regional maps, chronologies for the seven published novels, local maps and drawings of " Hall, Hold, and Weyr ", thematic maps on a world canon, a list of reference works, and an index of place names.
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A Notes section categorizes maps by location / topic, and an Index of Place Names is also included The Selected References section details Donaldson's novels, personal interviews, and several non-fiction books ( and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Department of Geography's cartographic equipment ) used to create the tonal line drawn maps ( Black, Gray, White, and Rust ).
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Ptolemy's eight-volume atlas " Geographia " is a prototype of modern mapping and GIS . It included an index of place-names, with the latitude and longitude of each place to guide the search, scale, conventional signs with legends, and the practice of orienting maps so that north is at the top and east to the right of the map an almost universal custom today.
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