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Article: New CD-ROM Version of Oregon Atlas Puts State on Computer.
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2002
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Byline: Greg Bolt
Nov. 6--People say the world is getting smaller, and geographers at the University of Oregon are doing their part to make sure Oregon is part of the trend.
After bringing the state down to the size of a coffee-table book with the prize-winning second edition of Atlas of Oregon, the team has shrunk the state to the size of two computer discs with a CD-ROM version that adds even more information about the Beaver State. And just as the print version carved new ground among state atlases, the disc version already is turning heads in the world of geography.
"This has really raised the bar for other states," said professor emeritus ...