National Geographic's TWO Newest Atlases
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- After a recent video, someone from the National Geographic Society reached out to give me an updated set of their atlases. Today I open them up to see if there's anything new worth seeing.
National Geographic wrote YOU about your geography channel?! That's like Santa writing YOU a letter.
That’s what I was thinking. I woulda lost it.
😂😂😂
Nothing can compare to getting a letter from Santa. He sends me letters a few times a year and those are always the sunshine days.
Couldn't have said it better myself. That senior cartographer is a genius, I already wanna buy those books and I only just looked at them. Think they sell globes?
Also on Dogger Bank, what is funny about it, is that Nat Geo is the one that really got it more into the mainstream with an entire magazine dedicated to Doggerland.
I forget if Atlas Pro covered this, but I mostly know about Dogger Bank due to Russian naval incompetence during the Russo Japanese War.
@@jimland7176D O Y O U S E E T O R P E D O B O A T S ?
A lot of British people will be aware of it from the BBC Shipping Forecast: "Dogger, Fisher, German Bight..."
@@rogink Atlases for the British market often have a map of all the thipping forecast zones. It's one of those little things that has burrowed its way into the national subconscious. Blur had a song about it in the 90s. The salience of goes Dogger Bank has risen; there were some interesting archaeological finds and the realisation that it was a populated area at the end of the ice age, and now its a big part of our energy infrastructure with multiple GW of offshore wind turbines already operating and many more planned.
@@bimblinghill Yes - that's my point. But I'm a little surprised that a US UA-camr would find it interesting!
maybe you can do an interview with the senior cartographer of National Geographic.
That would be interesting!
@@Einulf_ Yea, thats an awesome idea, since you already made contact
Seconded. Over here, Geoff Marshall (Transport channel) is becoming "known" to the movers and shakers in the UK transport industry, producing some superb and informative interviews.
@@TheHoveHereticWhat does that have anything to do with what was commented?
perfect
That's cool from National Geographic to have done that. Always been a fan as well since my childhood, National Geographic made me dream of exploring this wild world.
Same
W National Geographic
Was just going to comment the same thing
@@mathiasmueller9693 lol
It doesn't surprise me that the biggest changes to the atlases were for underwater features. There's still a lot about the ocean that we don't know, and it makes sense that the oceanography section lags a bit compared to the sections describing surface features.
Yes I wish we would do more deep sea exploration rather than space. I have no problem with space exploration but I feel there should be a better balance. How many times do we need to go to the moon when much of the sea is unknown to us?
Map the sea floor 2030.
Indeed, that seems to be a global thing at the moment. The brazilian geography institute recently released a new national atlas that shows our ocean territory for the first time on the main map of the country
@@carstarsarstenstesennThe amount of unexplored ocean is highly misleading. For example 80% metric is direct human observation and doesn’t include other things like sonar mapping and the such. And not to mention the fact that all the interesting areas are pretty well mapped out even the difficult ones.
Like for instance we have a pretty good idea on the life and geography of the marina trench even if getting that is extremely difficult. But what accounts for the vast majority of actual unexplored ocean is open ocean. Vast expanses of sea with nothing interesting about them. What is the point of directly mapping say 5% of the ocean floor per space launch if the 5% if likely going to be completely unremarkable.
@@kylezdancewicz7346 You really wrote all that without being able to figure out why it's important to explore our planet lol. It's simply because life is still being discovered. That's enough reason right there. Multiple new octopus species were discovered only in 2023
my favorite part of the video was when atlas pro talked about the atlases
Yo same
And then Atlas Pro Atlas'd all over us
*atli is the correct plural
jk
Pro same
Right? I think this guy really knows a thing or two about atlas
I recently started a job fishing out on George’s bank and whenever I’m asked I’ve had to vaguely point to that patch of ocean and say roughly here so cool that it’s finally been added to the maps. Also I had no idea it was so recently above water. Thanks for the info and well done on another great video.
And yet, it seems to have been disappearing throughout the 1800s. Since the areas formerly under the last glacial maximum's ice cap have been rebounding continuously ever since the glaciers left those lands, you would think that it would be rising yet higher, making larger islands. This suggests that sea levels have been rising since before the Industrial Revolution and that it has been an ongoing process since Doggerland was above water and occupied by ancient peoples.
@@thomasmacdiarmid8251The question is, when was the last time George's bank was under an ice shelve?
13:20 - Baiting them to send you the 6th Edition I see 🤣
Always a pleasure to see you’ve posted
I don’t think Zealandia will ever be a designated feature in such atlases. Simply because there is a much more important feature above water right in the middle of it: the islands of New Zealand. Instead of draping the name Zealandia or Zealandian Plateau right over the island chain and its surrounding plateaus, it would be way more effective to just mark New Zealand and its surrounding plateaus. Just like the European Continental Shelf is not designated as such, but broken up into the North and Baltic Sea, the English Channel, the Irish Sea and so on and so forth.
Great and interesting point! I guess the counter to that would be that New Zealand as part of Zealandia is smaller than what Europe is to the European continental shelf Making the submersed portion more prominent there than compared with any other continental shelf. But I think I still agree with you.
From a geography nerd on UA-cam to possibly one of the most influential people in the international geographic community
Chill out bro.
I checked in with the international geography community and they disagree.
Those trumpets at the end, core memory unlocked.
I love that having old, slightly outdated geographic/world atlas' is something every Gen Z experienced. They're a snapshot of the world before the Digital Age
National Geographic gave me 2 World Atlases for winning my state's Geography Bee twice in 1995 and 1996 (as they did to every state winner). I ended up winning 3rd at the National Geography Bee in 1996. I've thought they were the best World Atlases ever since! They were the most up-to-date atlases available at the time, too, but I knew I'd eventually need to get them updated. If only I could afford new ones now!
I’ve forgotten how much fun we had going through the family atlas as kids. It’s time to get one to share with my grandkids!
OMG I'm so happy for you Caelan that's awesome! NatGeo did see you!
I used to work at the Rand McNally store in San Francisco where we sold lots of different atlases and later was a product manager for Rand McNally. I found that different atlases have a perspective that they do best, as it's hard to include everything geographic in one book. There are a lot of cost/benefit problems to resolve such as level of detail vs legibility, scale vs page count, primary purpose vs addl information, and more, all of which has to be balanced against desired cost. So an atlas is measured against how well it is able to manage those equations to achieve an acceptable balance.
My preference has always been Nat Geo because I did grow up with Nat Geo atlases and my Dad was an avid subscriber of the Nat Geo magazines since the 1950s. I'm used to Nat Geo's cartographic style as being the gold standard.
Your dad must have boxes and boxes and stacks and stacks of nat geo mags!
@@sforza209 yes! He had shelves built to hold them all, each year was in a bookcase box (I think Nat Geo sold them) so that they would keep their shape.
These videos seriously reactivate that little kid in me that used to love just reading any dictionary, encyclopedia, or atlas I could get my hands on regardless of what they covered.
I own an Italian Atlas from the mid 90s and it features both Dogger Bank and Georges bank.
This is so awesome! I'm glad some folks over at Nat Geo have discovered the channel! I'm going to make sure to put some money aside to buy that comprehensive Atlas of the World. Looks incredibly detailed.
Nat geos devious plan has come to fruition. (I’m also going to buy one of those new atlases).
When he posts i know its going to be a good day
We also had a National Geographic World Atlas when i was a kid. Ours was from the late 70’s or Early 80’s. I wore it out looking at it so much, but it got even more damaged from some hurricane flooding later on. My mom bought a brand new one about 10 years ago and i kept the old beat up one. I have been removing some of my favorite pages and framing them around my apartment. Like my bathroom is Moon themed and so i framed the pages about the moon and the universe to hang up in there.
4:22 - Dogger Bank is relatively well known in the UK, and lends its name to one of the Shipping Forecast regions; Dogger.
This has broadcast on BBC Radio 4 several times a day for nearly a century.
I am sure you all watched „The North Sea Tsunami“ on Geographics, where live and death on Dogger then Island is covered 😌. Thx for another wonderful video 😊👍
I have also seen that one, plus some others
Thank you so much for making this video, im 17 and new to geography and really wanted to buy my first atlas but didnt know which one I should buy so this video helps me a lot!
Your excitement makes me excited. I think I want to pick up both of these. I’ve traveled to many places on earth and I love seeing them mentioned on maps. My wife and I have a NatGeo wall atlas and we’ve pinned our adventures on it. It’s quite the pin cushion. It’s currently in storage in the US while we’re on travel and awaiting a long needed update!
I can’t wait to explore these books too
Your previous video inspired me to get the atlas you just got (Nat G's AOTW 11th Ed), so I was pretty stoked to see it on your table! Still making my way through it slowly - every page is a discovery.
Badwater more like Backwater (of Martian atlasing heh) (No but FR: jokes aside, please make room for more extraplanetary "geography" in future, its both such a GIANT realm criminally underexplored AND also simultaneously just way up your cosmic alley ❤)
Thank you for your videos. Every single topic you have discussed is in my geography classes at University, it’s so awesome getting all this additional information!!
When you purchase a publication from National Geographic you aren't "buying a book" - you're acquiring a possession.
Okay.. on that note I just relinquished my possession of a turd into the toilet.
Atlas Pro is my favorite UA-cam channel, and I will definitely categorize myself as a UA-cam aficionado / addicted 🤓 Every thing about the videos is just so well done 🙌 If you ever want to make more videos or content, I think you have a whole community that would help and support you all the way 🔥(or at lest I would😂)
You should have a video where you go visit the National Geographic cartography department. Bet they’d be down for a visit. And it would be like a kid in a Candy store for you. Also, I am a huge National Geographic fan. And Atlas fan. I would spend hours as a kid staring at the pages of different maps. I love your channel, and I
Love how you’ve grown as a content creator. There are lots of us geography nerds out there. And we need places to unite and find people that validate our communities interests. Thank you sir!
Love atlas content from UA-cam’s foremost atlas professional🤩
Love that they reached out to you! Keep up the great work!
When I see a new Atlas Pro video, I click xD
Those atlases look awesome!
Great ! I love the way you describe maps and geography in general. I too am a great admirer and fan of possessing Atlases and am planning to actually buy a book which shows topography in 3D or in detail. I think This Nat Geo Atlas will be something I will plan for. Thank you so much for this channel and I am happy I bumped into this. I will look into your other videos to learn so much more about the Earth.
Funny, your video describing your use of the nat geo’s 3rd edition family atlas is the reason I went and bought the 5th edition. Fun to see you using it now.
Meanwhile, the intro alone had my jaw on the floor🤯! How cool!
Like you, I had also bought the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (2018), as well as the NatGeo Atlas of the World, 10th Edition. I completely agree with your reviews - the NatGeo atlas is in a whole different league. There is absolutely no comparison. It's not just place names - NatGeo is much easier to read, the maps look much better, and the infographics are actually readable (in the Times it's almost impossible to spot the small countries due to the smaller size of the prints and the lower quality). Thanks for making these videos! I can't wait for NatGeo's 12th Edition, which I hope will come out this year (though no sign of it yet).
I’m surprised this is the first Atlas you found that mentions Dogger Bank.
I have an Italian atlas from the mid-90s that mentions it.
My atlas also mentions George’s Bank, the Salas y Gomez Ridge, the Saya de Malha Bank, and the Yarlung Zangbo Canyon.
No Hudson Canyon, Zhemchug Canyon, or Zealandia though.
So rad. I subscribed to Nat Geo a few years ago and they’ve still got it, man! I may have to invest in that Atlas of the World. Nothing like learning from a book that’s so clearly been a labor of love for a bunch of smart, curious people.
I love the enthusiastic geekiness of this channel
I decided a few months ago that maybe i needed to get a new atlas, since i was still using my 1963 atlas. Since then, continents have shifted. Then i watched this, and ran out and bought the new national geo. Atlas. I no longer have handwritten notes telling me what south Rhodesia is called now. It is amazing to see all the changes that 60 years brought.
I really appreciate that you decided to objectively review these, to the point of pointing out shortcomings and omissions.
Way to go man. Well deserved. I have a copy of the earlier editions of both with me. So your previous video and this video made it really good to watch.
I'm a huge cartography fan, I'm a Land Surveyor & have been interested in maps, boundaries & physical geography all my life. Your channel is amazing! I can take your macro view & translate it exactly to the more local micro view. My home in the southern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is filled with mountains, caves, amazing physical features! Yet there's very little out there to describe it all. Just locals who know the land having explored it all their lives. This fascinates me. Knowing mapping on a macro scale means knowing its most intimate features on a micro scale! One day perhaps I'll create a cartographic map of my area, a local atlas so to say, hehehe! Something more than boilerplate, something with local knowledge & names of local features. We have some incredible geographic features here, most remain hidden & unknown on private property. I get to see them as a Surveyor.
Thanks for your videos & your love of atlases!!!
That’s is awesome! That is really cool of Nat Geo, and I really proud of/for you. Keep up the great work!
I know my comment is pretty late in the video's cycle but channels and information like this are so cool. Just a bunch of random stuff that most people wouldn't think of, but it's still really cool to learn about regardless. I know it may not be the most popular thing ever, but it's very appreciated for the big niche group that watch you consistently.
Oh man, that's so cool of NatGeo to reach out! Even I feel giddy and I'm not even involved xD
I 1000% look forward to your future videos, keep up the great work!
Plus I might have a new idea for a wish for a birthday present now...
Marketing is insidious, NatGeo accessed the probability of your video as highly likely and so sent you product with no strings attached. Good job NatGeo and soft sell tactics. I'm left with a positive brand association for the part of my brain labeled "Atlas" and I can't unthink that.
Marketing doesn't have to be a bad thing😅
Great intro. So genuine. Love you homie.
Another awesome video! Keep up the good work.
Hey @AtlasPro (long time watcher, first time commenter) we were wondering if you would be interested in reading the world atlas we wrote?
(If not yeah I get it, I might not respond to a random comment in my comment section either )
Our atlas is called "The World A Comprehensive Guide to Geopolitics"
It has breakdowns for over 1,400 geographic regions covered. Every continent, every UN member, every partially recognized nation (Taiwan, Kosovo, Palestine etc.), every autonomous region, every external territory. We even included breakdowns for every known base camp in Antarctica, by both summer and winter populations.
It has over 440 colorized maps.
And over 490 colorized flags.
And we even included a geography section full of facts such as the largest rivers, lakes, deserts, the lowest elevations, highest altitudes, longest mountain ranges, most northerly and southerly nations just to name a few.
It took us almost 2 years to make. I'm proud of it.
We finally published on June 12, 2024. Almost 2 and a half months ago.
Either way...love your channel man, keep up the great work! Always look forward to new videos!
❤❤ amazing work.. love your videos
Nice to see National Geographic appreciate your services to cartography. Now, if you can just get the attention of a manufacturer of quality bookcases ......
Always love your output, especially the frequently unexpected directions your clips can take. 👍
I, also, love National Geographic and have every copy if the magazine from the time that i was born (87) up to around 2005 when i turned 18. My wife still complains about how much room they take up, even though weve been together for over 20 years. Lol!
If anyone does the math, yes, we've been together since highschool and I married my highschool sweetheart. Lol
I love atlases so much and I cannot express to you how vicariously excited I was that they were mailing you free copies
It's always good to witness enlightened professionals helping each other be better and better.
The real reason Zealandia isn't being recognized is purely because of politics. Recently, countries have been allowed to include submerged continental shelf into their borders, which makes their Exclusive Economic Zone much larger, and gives them more oil to drill. Acknowledging Zealandia could potentially make New Zealand an economic powerhouse.
That took me back the old early 90s Australian Nat Geo TV promo. I used to love their shows on the weekends.
Another banger. Keep them coming man
great video! I really enjoyed your enthusiasm. What an honor to be contacted by NG!
Damn I need to buy these Atlases
ive been waiting for this video! so excited for more videos like this! love your work man
Another fantastic video as always. Never owned an official Atlas before despite my love of Geography but I might have to looking at that new one, looks amazing.
Real cool of them to send you two of their newer edition books!
Looking forward to your videos in the future :D
You should do a video about fictional world maps and biogeography and stuff. By the way, I like your background.
I love National Geographic. Yes, to programs and photographic images. We learned about the larger world with magazine in our doctors office in the 60's.
But, I also love having a large solid book to peruse. I have been a mental traveler 😊🎉.
Great gift to give and receive. Inspirational, we may run out of electricity.
Love your videos! But would you mind setting the volume a bit higher when you export them? Your videos are a bit quieter than most other UA-cam videos.
I love National Geographic maps. Since you have done a video on the geography of Mars, I'm curious to know if you have any plans to do a similar video on the geography of Venus?
I would love an interview with the NatGeo cartographer about the making of the atlas and how decisions are made on what stays and what goes
Thank you so much for uploading! Love your videos great job as always ❤❤❤
Your research and videos always amazes me. Keep up the good work 👍
I can take a lot more discussion about Doggerland and Zealandia before even beginning to tire of the novelty of them. So much more we can learn. Keep up the good work, there or elsewhere!
This video is making me the reason why I love to collect the atlas books, but unfortunately, I didn't have any NAT GEO atlas that was I want to have it.
I didn't watch you every videos, but I love to watching every your atlas videos. Sound like the atlas geek watching, right?
Sawasdee, Greeting from Thailand.
This feels like MatPat getting sponsored by Diet Coke.
All these references to past videos is sending me on a spiral of further viewing. And that is no bad thing.
My favourite part is the Atlas Pro's Blue Jumper
I'm in Nova Scotia, and I couldn't help but notice that the Bay of Fundy, home of the world's highest tides, is absent.
Very cool that they reached out to you and sent you those.
I would sell my soul to get my childhood atlas back...Nat Geo was wise to send you their new ones, you probably made them thousands in sales! That 11th edition is especially gorgeous, and I'm totally ordering one 👍
Its amazing that you are showing us picture books on youtube. Your enthusiasm makes it fun.
I miss this guys videos
proud of you man, i couldn't imagine NAT GEO reaching out to me. my aunt always bought me a subscription every year and i read and collected every single one. they really are the ultimate science mag.
I love the hubris of saying now that you've covered badwater now natgeo will pick it up. not that you're wrong, just the kind of founded confidence you love to see
I still have all the paper maps that came with the many National Geographic monthly issues my maternal Uncle passed on to me as a young teenager in the mid-sixties. It is only now I realise what a great favour he did me. As he has now passed, I will never know what his motive was, but I was a curious (in both senses :-) lad who greatly benefited.
At that time I also had a half dozen of my paternal Grandfather's mid-forties issues. Again, I wonder how I got them, and realise people were looking out for my developing mind.
Thinking back on it, I am touched.
I want more of these atlas review videos
After your previous video I ended up buying the newest family atlas after looking for some of those places in several different atlas'. I also got the world atlas because of the space and universe stuff. These make great coffee table books and I love looking at maps to learn things.
I can't believe such a giant geography geek like you never had the Nat Geo World Atlas before. It is the gold standard.
Have you considered doing a video on Gazetters (geographical index or dictionary) ? I recall spending a lot of time paging through an 'old' one and thinking about what had changed.
Life goals!! 😱 Different atlases, same childhood 😂😁
Love your videos! However, they have been consistently very quiet when compared with other video (whenever an ad plays, my ears die). Just letting you know. Keep up the great work!
National geographic cartographers watching Atlas Pro videos: write that down! (also, gee, I wonder why a company would refuse to recognize a significant feature in TIBET)
I found the latest family reference edition today new for $20usd at a book warehouse sell. Jumped on it.
I wonder if Zealandia may have been mentioned in either books plate tectonics section
1:45 HELL YEAH! 😂 for some reason that literally made me laugh out loud just the look of pure joy on your face when you were like hell yeah. I’ve always liked Nat Geo too
Also, I’m a little bit older than you and I also remember my family had the world encyclopedias, pre Google . I would spending hours looking at them as a child. This is awesome I think I definitely want to buy a set of these.
Doggerland: I had a Map of Europe my Dad has already owned before in my Bedroom. The Map was from the 80s and already included Doggerland when i remember correctly.
New Atlas Pro videos about to absolutely go off
Professional cartographers watch your channel and are sending you swag. You've finally made it!
well now you need to find new obscure things that aren't in the Atlas so the next version can have those things too
I still subscribe to Nat Geo and Nat Geo History magazines. I love them ._. super excited to watch this video!!