Read more atlas stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7809/atlas.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 10:37:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/146694/meet-a-man-who-has-been-to-all-3143-us-counties.htmlEvann Gastaldo<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=884244&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20120524143009' border='0' />Apparently visiting all 50 states wasn't enough for Reid Williamson: The 64-year-old is one of just 32 "completers," Extra Miler Club members known to have visited all 3,143 US counties. Washington Post columnist John Kelly takes a fascinating look at Williamson's quest, which started at age 14 after he...http://www.newser.com/story/146694/meet-a-man-who-has-been-to-all-3143-us-counties.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 14:30:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/129290/maldives-no-our-country-isnt-underwater.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=841798&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110923064943' border='0' />Atlas makers have decided to omit the Maldives from future editions because global warming threatens to submerge the island nation, a climate-change skeptic Telegraph writer claimed in a satirical column . Sound ludicrous? Not to some newspapers and opposition politicians in the Maldives, who took the bogus story seriously and demanded...The president of the Maldives held a 2009 cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the danger climate change poses to his country.http://www.newser.com/story/129290/maldives-no-our-country-isnt-underwater.htmlFri, 23 Sep 2011 02:43:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/10786/onion-atlas-redraws-the-world.htmlJane Yager<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=41782&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401030338' border='0' />You may never look at the world in quite the same way after reading the new atlas from the Onion , says a Newsweek reviewer. Our Dumb World is the best parody in 30 years, writes Malcolm Jones, with its mix of laugh-out-loud goofball humor and darker satire. The Iraq map,...In "Our Dumb World," parody maps mix light-hearted mockery with more pointed political satire. http://www.newser.com/story/10786/onion-atlas-redraws-the-world.htmlSat, 03 Nov 2007 15:15:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4873/online-maps-give-personal-view-of-world.htmlHeather McPherson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=14637&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401033739' border='0' />Taking a page from Wikipedia, Internet users are harnessing the collective knowledge of millions and applying it to maps. On the rapidly growing "GeoWeb," surfers create custom atlases using mapping technology by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others. The user-generated maps can highlight anything from stores to previously unavailable maps of...%u201CYou can%u2019t buy these maps, because no one has made them,%u201D said April Johnson, of Nashville, who used a G.P.S. device to create dozens of customized maps for personal usage.http://www.newser.com/story/4873/online-maps-give-personal-view-of-world.htmlFri, 27 Jul 2007 14:16:20 CDT