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Software : Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas of GB 5th Editionfrom: Focus Multimedia Ltd
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: The Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas of Great Britain CD-ROM is now in its fifth edition and features many new extras including 83 town centre plans, ten airport plans and more than 500 photos of places of interest. In addition there are five "fly-throughs" which turn the contours of an ordnance survey map into 3D images--admittedly they don't last long and you can't control how you move through them, but they are neat nonetheless. There are also two quizzes. The Great Britain Topic Quiz has been augmented so that it covers eight topics including cities and towns, mountains and hills, places and people and countries. The Around Britain Quiz has you answering questions that make up a virtual journey from John o'Groats to Land's End in five minutes. But it is the map coverage that will draw people into this CD-ROM. The whole of Britain is covered at 1:250,000 and there are "layers" you can add and subtract to overlay a whole range of mapping features from railways to the Meridian line and places of interest. In addition, the second CD contains 100 map extracts at 1:50,000 and 100 at 1:25,000 that cover popular areas like National Parks and are idea for walkers and cyclists. You have to install the second CD separately to get access to these, but there is no trouble in doing so. Printing is easily done from most map views. Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas of GB 5th Edition is relatively inexpensive software that map lovers will enjoy. --Sandra Vogel Average Rating:
 Rating:  - beware the * on the front coverThis is the most pointless product I've ever wasted money on. The front cover states that it is 'ideal for walkers & cyclists' yet it does not detail public footpaths or bridle paths. The bitmaps are unuseable and the interface is clunky and non-standard for a windows product. Spend the extra £20 & buy a product such as Anquet maps. Rating: - Interactive Atlas, fifth editionNot worth the money. Better to have a paper atlas and buy genuine OS maps. CDs need to be inserted each time to use. Interactivity poor and chart detail basic, except for detailed extracts which are too limited. Rating: - Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas of GB 5th EditionThe 1:250,000 mappings are useful, with some handy features to allow you to get to customise your view. However the 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 map segments are too small to be of any use, except so that you can see what a map looks like. As someone who uses maps a lot this has little to offer. Rating:  - Educationally very useful - and cheap!For teachers, the OS Interactive Atlas 5.0 is not only useful for teaching the basics of scale, compass directions, grid references and so on, but it is a great way for them to familiarise themselves with the geography of the UK at a variety of scales (although you will need to design your own resources!). The second main advantage of the CD-ROM is its cost, complete with a site licence. Drawbacks include the fact that its key isn't easy for many younger secondary level students ... Read More Rating: - Very pretty, but not much practical useIf you expected this to be a substitute for your Landranger or Explorer maps, think again. It's okay for motorists I suppose, and quite easy to use and navigate around, but for walkers it is useless. The 100 extracts at 1:25000 cover such miniscule areas, that you wonder why they bothered. For instance, what if you wanted to use the maps to do a walk in the Yorkshire Dales; the Three Peaks say? Er, no. 'Fraid not. It would have been nice to be able to print out the relevant ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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