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Atlas producers, now having to face the realities of the cost of paper publishing and associated distribution costs have embraced the Web as a means of providing atlases of countries and regions. Many different configurations have been assembled, from the very simple to the more complex.

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World Atlas of Biodiversity (external link) Global coverage of biodiversity.

Renewable Energy Atlas of the West
(external link) A resource for policy makers, advocates, landowners, developers and others interested in furthering the production of electricity from renewable wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energy resources.

Maps of the world: Immigration
(external link) Small GIF maps of the countries of the world, added to this site, one at a time, in order of demand

Agriculture Atlas of the USA (1997)
(external link) Shows agriculture statistics from the US 1997 Census in Map format

Australian Bird Atlas (external link) Map viewer for the species, location, breeding locales and migratory flight paths

National Atlas of Sweden (external link) SNA is the official thematic atlas of Sweden.

Czech Atlas (external link) Atlas of the Czech Republic

National Atlas of Canada (external link) The Atlas of Canada Web site contains a collection of maps and related information about Canada, with tools for users to access them.

Baltic Environmental Atlas (external link) This interactive map service presents environmental factors that primarily have an impact upon the loads of nutrients entering into the Baltic Sea, such as land use and population distribution. The data represents that status approximately at the end of the 1990s

Tirol Atlas (external link) The Tirol Atlas is co-financed by the regional governments of Tyrol, South Tyrol and the European Community, carried out by the Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck. Project area comprises North, East and South Tyrol as well as surrounding regions within a buffer of about 20 km.
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Berlin Digital Environmental Atlas
(external link) The Environmental Atlas is a presentation of eighty topics and more than 400 maps are organized under the soil, water, air, climate, land use, traffic, noise and energy. They focus on pollution and dangers emanating from them, as well as existing positive qualities and development potentials.

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World Atlas of Biodiversity (external link)	Global coverage of biodiversity.
Renewable Energy Atlas of the West (external link)	A resource for policy makers, advocates, landowners, developers and others interested in furthering the production of electricity from renewable wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energy resources.
Maps of the world: Immigration (external link)	Small GIF maps of the countries of the world, added to this site, one at a time, in order of demand
Agriculture Atlas of the USA (1997) (external link)	Shows agriculture statistics from the US 1997 Census in Map format
Australian Bird Atlas (external link)	Map viewer for the species, location, breeding locales and migratory flight paths
National Atlas of Sweden (external link)	SNA is the official thematic atlas of Sweden.
Czech Atlas (external link)	Atlas of the Czech Republic
National Atlas of Canada (external link)	The Atlas of Canada Web site contains a collection of maps and related information about Canada, with tools for users to access them.
Baltic Environmental Atlas (external link)	This interactive map service presents environmental factors that primarily have an impact upon the loads of nutrients entering into the Baltic Sea, such as land use and population distribution. The data represents that status approximately at the end of the 1990s
Tirol Atlas (external link)	The Tirol Atlas is co-financed by the regional governments of Tyrol, South Tyrol and the European Community, carried out by the Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck. Project area comprises North, East and South Tyrol as well as surrounding regions within a buffer of about 20 km. USES SVG
Berlin Digital Environmental Atlas (external link)	The Environmental Atlas is a presentation of eighty topics and more than 400 maps are organized under the soil, water, air, climate, land use, traffic, noise and energy. They focus on pollution and dangers emanating from them, as well as existing positive qualities and development potentials.