Good atlas program (not GPS)?

[spikedesmith]

I am looking for a good atlas application; I am not interested in GPS or looking up street addresses but rather a general purpose world atlas, e.g., I want to see a map of the six countries that were affected by the recent tsunami ... anybody have any experience with any atlas or encyclopedia applications, preferably color and OS 5 capable, even better full-screen.

Thanks,

[dwinget]

You might want to look at the CIA World Factbook. I actually compiled a free version for Plucker. Here are some links:

Plucker: http://www.plkr.org

CIA World Factbook 2004 for Plucker:

http://www.memoware.com/?screen=doc_detail&doc_id=16071&p=category^!Law~!&start=25

[spikedesmith]

Thanks,

I will look into the CIA World Factbook as you suggest ...

[NickGB]

The newly released Worldwyse might be worth a look.

[cyclinghermes]

has a nice version of the CIA World Factbook. Costs a little dough but it sure is nice.

-CH

[spikedesmith]

Thanks for the suggestions; both the CIA Factbook and WorldWyse+ products are the types of applications in which I have interest. They both appear to fit the bill.