----------------------------Original message---------------------------- If this is the same as the Bertelsmann 'Der Grosser Atlas der Welt' then it is quite an impressive, but very expensive, production. It essentially combines a lot of satellite images with the typical RV roadmap style of map pages. It is all in a large format book and on very glossy paper. Personally I think that the overall style and integration of the material could have been a lot better. The images are really only there because they look pretty, and I do not much like the RV style of cartography - it is rather brown/gray in overall appearance. As a reference item for a library, though, I guess it could be very usefull. regards, Tim Rideout P.s. The above are strictly my own views and not those of my employer.