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1) TUNISIA, SLOVAKIA, LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA
Now you can discover some nice pictures ofTunisia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

2) EURATLAS PERIODIS EXPERT IS IN PROGRESS
Computers are like old gods; lots of rules and no mercy (Joseph Campbell)

The final details of a program are consuming as much time as its core. The fact is that Euratlas Periodis Expert is delayed. However you will find here 18 screenshots with explanation, of this program. Thus, you will be able to discover its powerful functionnalities. We are about to issue the final version but we need to be certain that the program works fine and at the satisfaction of every user.
Existing customers of the present Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe Expert and of the Euratlas Periodis Basic will be entitled to a discount on the price of Euratlas Periodis Expert.

3) EURATLAS WEBSITE INTERFACE
We are improving the Euratlas website. Our aim is to give a clear view of the whole website and to allow an easy access to each section from every web page. Thus, we will make a wide use of cascading style sheets (CSS). For the time being, our home page, the World Atlas and the Europe Photos are ready for an easy navigation but eventually the remaining sections, especially the History of Europe pages, will be designed on the same way.

4) PHYSICAL WORLD ATLAS
We have updated the World Atlas with more recent population and lifeexpectancy data. What's more, we have added the major rivers andmountains of the world. Now, you can click on a river or mountain range name and make appear this feature on the planisphere. You will notice also the the main data are underlined by color bars whose lenght varies with the size of the element. That means that long rivers and high mountains, for instance, are underlined by long blue or green bars.

Euratlas Periodis Expert is still in progress and we hope to issue it soon. In the meantime, enjoy a nice Autumn Euratlas - C. Nüssli, October 2009

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1) NETHERLANDS: PHOTOS AND MAPS
Here are some nice pictures of Amsterdam and Dutch paintings and landscapes that you will be able to download in high-resolution. We have also added two A4 printable maps of the Netherlands adapted for school tests. The first map is labelled vith the Dutch provinces and the main towns and the second one is mute.

2) EURATLAS PERIODIS BASIC
We are pleased to announce that Euratlas Periodis Basic replaces the previous Periodical Historical Atlas Basic. Amongst several improvements, we have to mention:
- a new drawing of all the Ottoman sanjaks and hereditary, mainly Kurdish, lordships, of the Spanish provinces, the French gouvernements and of the early British states,
- maps in vector format so that enlargement is possible without quality loss,
- Adobe Reader (PDF) document readable under any operating system: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux etc.
Now you can test this new version and purchase it at the promotional price of
24.90 euros, valid until October 1st 2009. Thereafter the normal price will be
29.90 euros. Site licenses are available at attractive price, for instance 200 euros for 29 work stations.
Existing customers of the previous Basic version are entitled to a discount of 14 euros on the promotional price until September 1st. If you are a customer and you haven't yet received a coupon code, write us, before July 14th, and mention the date of your purchase.

The Euratlas Periodis Expert version, with display, editing and print options as well as mountains and more inhabited places will be ready in September or October.

3) HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL MAPS OF THE MODERN AGE
Hisatlas is still progressing. The author, Joaquín de Salas Vara de Rey, has revised some maps and added new ones of New England, Morocco, China and Spain. Most of the new maps are in PDF (Adobe Reader) format so that much more details are displayed.
Hisatlas 0.97 includes now 266 detailed historical maps and this new version costs 24.90 euros. If you are an existing customer, send us, until July 14th, your name and purchase date and we will give you a free download link for this new version.

4) WORLD RAIL ATLAS 8
An A4 landscape soft-back publication. The 1st section gives, country by country, a historical summary of rail development, with section opening / closing and electrification dates, metro and tramway details too. The next section of 72 colour maps shows in detail all railway systems that have ever existed in the region, followed by a full index of stations. Volume 8 - The Middle East and Caucasus - came first and the gaps will be filled as the maps / history is completed. The series will be the definitive guide to the world’s railway networks with valuable contributions from most railway companies around the world.

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1) PORTUGAL: PHOTOS AND MAPS
Henri the Navigator, Ferdinand Magellan, boats, bridges and sea, there is now a Portugal chapter in Europe Photo. Moreover, as a member Euratlas-Info, you can download a printable map of Portugal, blank or labeled, in color or grey shades, in English or French. This map is adapted for school tests and shows the districts of the country, the main rivers and mountain ranges.

2) GEOREFERENCED HISTORICAL VECTOR DATA
Now the Euratlas Georeferenced Historical Vector Data licences are ready for 21 centuries. Let us recall these historical databases include the shapes, long form names, short form names, political status and dependencies - i. e. owner and holder entities - of all the known European countries for each century from year 1 until year 2000. Moreover, all the known first and second level administrative divisions are provided and the databases include also nearly 3000 places and towns, with their importance degree and local name of the time, to help location. These data allow you to modify and organize spatially your own map and are particularly adapted for:
  - historical, archeological or cultural researches,
  - creation of exhibition or museum wall maps,
  - textbooks or national historical maps,
  - educational or strategy games.
In the Euratlas Shop, you will find for each century a .zip archive containing a sample file, and a link towards the bibliography and, on the same page, a small summary map.

3) PROGRESS OF THE NEW PERIODICAL ATLAS OF EUROPE
The new versions of the Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe are still in progress. The new Expert version will be a dedicated program with excellent zoom and powerful search options and several display choices. It will be possible to create customized maps by choosing which information to display or not: countries, rivers, mountains, provinces, cities, short names, long names, political dependencies etc.

The new Basic version will be a simple .pdf document with high resolution maps, 10 000 pixels wide. Here you can download a slightly reduced map from this version: the map of the Balkans and Western Anatolia in year 1300, just before the Almogavar campaign, with the Turkish beyliks and the Latin states in Greece.

Of course, all existing customers of an Expert or Basic version  will benefit of an upgrade price for the new equivalent version.

4) PHYSICAL MAP OF EUROPE 2009
A new version of the Physical map of Europe is available now for Corel Draw and Illustrator users. In addition to the 200 m., 500 m. 1000 m., 2000 m. and 3500 m. contour lines and to the rivers and to 2600 populated places, you will find in it the shapes of the European countries with their borders of 2009.
The vector files are provided in 24 layers but Corel Draw users need only 18 layers as the towns names and the long and short form names of the countries are available as ObjectData. Moreover, the first level administrative divisions (regions, states or communities) are given for the United Kingdom, for France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy and Greece.

5) ANTIQUE MAPS
The map of the Carolingian Empire in 814 from the Victor Duruy Atlas historique de la France, the map of Italy about the 5th century B.C. from the Drioux & Leroy Atlas universel de Géographie and a World map of 1808 from the Atlas historique et géographique by Las Cases alias Lesage can be downloaded in high resolution by all Euratlas-Info subscribers.

6) EURATLAS-INFO & EURATLAS SHOP
Documents and products mentioned above are in the new Euratlas-Info and Euratlas Shop pages. These pages have been revised to become more ergonomic and are now easier to navigate.
Euratlas-Info has 7 sections:
  - Europe Maps: blank or labeled printable maps of Europe,
  - Countries of Europe: blank or labeled printable maps of European countries,
  - World Maps: blank or labeled printable world maps,
  - History Maps: vector or raster Euratlas history maps,
  - Antique Maps: digitized old maps and prints,
  - Pictures of Europe: high resolution photos from the Europe Photo branch,
  - Back Issues: all previous issues of the present newsletter from nr 11.
As Euratlas-Info members, you can freely download all the maps and pictures listed above.

In addition, the Euratlas Shop has 4 sections:
  - Historical Atlases: Mitteleuropatlas, Germany 1789, Hisatlas etc.
  - Antique Maps: various digitized antique maps or atlases
  - Vector Maps: Georeferenced Vector Data and Map of Europe 2009
  - References: links towards third parties references books

We are still progressing in the process of creation and translation of the new versions, Expert and Basic, of the Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe and we hope that the new basic version will be available in June. Feel free to ask us any further question.

We wish you a nice spring

Christos Nüssli