Maps & Atlases: Atlases, Topical

What is an atlas?  An atlas (another source of information if you are using maps to research or study a particular place) is a collection of various maps bound into book form.  Atlases may show not only geographic features, but can also be on subject matter dealing with the environment, politics, religions, economic and social statistics, and historical events.  

There are also road maps, digital maps, fire insurance maps, tourist maps, zoning maps, pictorial maps, and oceanography maps.