Geography-Based (Atlas) Maps

Geographic ‘space’ is one of the fundamental concepts that we humans have invented for making sense of, and mentally & physically structuring, our world and everything in it. Indeed for over 2,000 years we have been perfecting the art & science of cartography to record what things of particular types exist where within a defined space, both for ourselves and so we can easily communicate it to others.

Our atlas knowledge maps provide an alternative visual framework to ‘traditional’ geographic maps for visually recording & communicating what ‘geographically defined things’ of a particular type exist in the real world, and the relationships between them – be they at global, international, national or local level. However they also serve as both an index of, and a virtual portal to, all the definitive / official / plain old useful knowledge resources that currently exist about these ‘things’ in the public domain, and so can be freely accessed with a couple of mouse clicks.

With potentially 1000’s of branches – each of which can have multiple attached hypelinks & tags, or embedded images and data elements – they are information rich, visually engaging, intuitive to navigate, and retain the ‘big picture’ context. They are also more versatile and much easier to adapt & share ‘on the hoof’.

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Explore our Atlas Map Categories and Featured Map below. New to our knowledge maps? Explore our Map Guide to find out about the anatomy of the different map elements and how once they are combined they are more than the sum of the parts, the 2 different file formats, using HTML maps for beginners, the user benefits of our maps and the background of how we came to create them and offer them to the world in this Map Store 🙂

Countries Of The World - Base Atlas

A visually structured framework of rich knowledge seed branches of UN Macro Geographic Regions & Sub-regions and ISO3166-1 Countries of the World (including multiple links to up to ~30 core general and geographic knowledge resources) that is the base for all our global atlas maps.

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Countries Of The World - General & Geographic Knowledge Atlas

As per the Base Atlas plus collections of sub-branches with single links to ~44 official / definitive / 'plain old useful' General and Geographic knowledge resources about each ISO3166-1 country of the world.

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Countries Of The World - International Travellers Knowledge Atlas (General Edition)

As per the Base Atlas plus collections of sub-branches with single links to ~40 official / definitive / 'plain old useful' knowledge resources for international travellers to each ISO3166-1 country of the world.

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Countries Of The World - International Travellers Knowledge Atlas (GB Edition)

As per the International Travellers Atlas (General Edition) but with an additional sub-collection of links to ~5 official knowledge resources created specifically for United Kingdom (GB) citizens / organisations.

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Countries Of The World - International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development Knowledge Atlas (General Edition)

As per the Base Atlas plus collections of sub-branches with single links to ~87 official / definitive / 'plain old useful' knowledge resources about international trade, aid & sustainable development in each ISO3166-1 country of the world.

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Countries Of The World - International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development Knowledge Atlas (GB Edition)

As per the International Trade, Aid & Development Atlas (General Edition) but with an additional sub-collection of ~36 links to official knowledge resources created specifically for Scottish and other United Kingdom (GB) citizens / organisations.

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Countries Of The World - Knowledge Atlas BUNDLES

Our Map Base+ BUNDLES start with the Base Knowledge Atlas then adds either one other (Base+1) or all three (Base+3) of the other Atlas maps in our catalogue, saving up to 25% on thec ombined cost of the individual maps.

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Featured Knowledge Map Resource

The full description of a classic example of one of our Geography-Based (Atlas) knowledge maps. Read what it's all about as well as instantly view a sample version (opens in a new browser tab).

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As well as being the definitive list of the different 'building blocks' of our world, our knowledge maps are a visually structured, curated by a human, comprehensive index of – and ‘discover within the big picture context, minimal click’ portal to – all the official / definitive / plain old useful knowledge resources to be found about them that are freely available in the public domain. All in a single shareable, archivable file. THe HTML version is viewable on any any modern browser, on any device, without the need for any plugins, or indeed an internet connection to view it once it has been downloaded (so it can be viewed offline, in remote locations with no signal).

Angus McDonald

Scotland The Map Project Director and Knowledge Mappers Founder & CEO

And as every MindMaanger user knows, as well as the map being your single source of truth at any time, it is just the starting point, which will grow with you as your knowledge grows, through every step of whatever process you are applying it to.

Angus McDonald

Scotland The Map Project Director and Knowledge Mappers Founder & CEO

Do not only go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Philosopher and Transcendentalist

A map is the greatest of all epic poems. It's lines and colours show the realisation of great dreams.

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

'Father of Photo-Journalism' & 1st Full-Time Editor Of National Geographic Magazine

By 're-casting' the every day tools we use to manage our world - such as atlases and calendars - in the form of visually structured, multi functional, digital knowledge maps, we can more easily connect with existing international, national & locally produced knowledge resources. This helps us, our communities and organisations avoid re-inventing wheels, better connect with each other, and do what we need to do quicker, easier and with a lot less stress 😉

I am managing IT global projects with team members and stakeholders in different countries / continents. This calendar [knowledge map] application enable at a glance to see bank holidays / national / religious events with an explanation in addition. Those explanations are a great facilitator to develop team spirit during our virtual meeting as I can exchange with each attendant on her/his national event.

Great to have all the links in the Travellers Knowledge Atlas in a single file. I downloaded it to my phone so I can look at it whenever I need to. I can also connect with the basic info I need with one click from the map rather than wading through google search results, especially handy when internet connection is limited. Have used for work stuff too.

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Countries of the World - International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development Knowledge Atlas (GB Edition)

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Our Countries of the World – International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development Knowledge Atlas (GB Edition) is a visually structured, curated by a human, comprehensive index of – and ‘discover within the big picture context, minimal click’ portal to – over 44,100 official / definitive / ‘plain old useful’, public domain knowledge resources about the international trade, humanitarian aid & sustainable development situation in each of the 249 ISO3166-1 defined ‘Countries & Territories of the World’, and the UN Geoscheme (M49 standard) defined Macro Geographic Regions and Sub / Intermediary Regions within which they sit.

In this GB Edition the collections of sub-branches with single links to country-specific knowledge resources about the International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development situation of the General Edition….

International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development Knowledge Resource Links Collection

There are ~87 resources in this collection for each ISO3166-1 Country of the World, including….

United Nations System Bodies resources supporting trade & sustainable development such as the UN Regional Economic & Social Commissions, the UN Development Program (UNDP), the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicators, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD) (General & Maritime Trade Profiles), various World Bank profiles & portals (for projects, general open data & climate change), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organisation (including Regional Trade Agreements) the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) (including the Global Health Observatory profile), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO); as well as humanitarian aid such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) (and some of the information portals it operates such as the UN Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS), Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), Reliefweb & ReliefWeb Response) , the World Food Program (WFP) (including Food Security Analysis & LIVE World Hunger Map), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

European Union (EU) System Resources supporting trade & sustainable development such as the EU member state’s ‘official country profile or the EU Delegation to the country’s mini website if not a member, the EU-Country Trade Relationship profile and the local supporting resources and partnership opportunities provided by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions to help them innovate and grow on an international scale.

Wikimedia Projects resources such as the country’s Wikipedia Outline, the Main Article and sub-categories & main articles on it’s Economy, Education and Health.

As well as the CIA World Fact Book & Country Facsheets, the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) World Chambers Federation (WCF) Network; tempered by the reports on Business Risk & Corruption and human rights from Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch, and environmental degradation & climate change from near real time tracking platforms like the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), Climate Trace Emmission Tracker and the World Research Institute (WRI)’s Global Forest Watch.

….are supplemented by 2 additional sub-collections of ~11,600 resources specifically produced by the UK Government and devolved Scottish Government for the benefit of their citizens, businesses and organisations interested in the international trade and / or humanitarian aid and / or sustainable development situation within each of the 249 ISO3166-1 defined countries and territories of the world…

United KIngdom (GB) International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development Knowledge Resource Links Sub-Collection

There are ~20 resources in this collection for each ISO3166-1 Country of the World, starting with the UK Government World Location page with listings for all UK Embassies, Consulates, High Commissions (Commonwealth countries) & Government Houses (UK Overseas Territories, as well as Trade Missions, along with country-specific resources produced by the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) (such as Export Market Guides, Overseas Business Risk Guides & Live Export Opportunities), the UK Science & Innovation Network, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) (such as the UK-Country and Regional Development Partnership Summaries, the Development Project Tracker, the International Development Funding Finder Tool & the Research for Development Outputs Library), and the British Chambers of Commerce International Network.

Scottish (SCO) International Trade, Aid & Sustainable Development Knowledge Resource Links Sub-Collection

There are ~16, mostly general, resources in this collection (much around international policy is reserved to the UK Government), starting with the Scottish Government’s International Policies for International Development, International Relations (helped by a global network of International Offices & specific engagement strategies for selected countries) and International Trade & Investment, supported by the agencies of Scottish Development International (with it’s global network of offices) and Scottish Enterprise (with it’s support to Scottish companies to begin / increase exporting to international markets, through export opportunities), and business support networks like GlobalScot, the Scottish Business Network and Scottish Chambers of Commerce.

It’s All About That Base

As in all our ‘atlas’ knowledge maps about the countries of the world, the country seed branches that these sub-branch collections of knowledge links are ‘built out on top of’ (ie. are sub-branches off of) are part of the base visual knowledge framework provided by our Countries of the World – Base Knowledge Atlas, which is comprised of knowledge seed branches for each country – as officially defined by ISO-3166-1: Codes For The Representation Of Names Of Countries – arranged as sub-branches within in an ‘org-tree’ base framework of seed branches for every UN defined Macro Geographical (Continental) Region And Sub-Region that form the ‘bigger picture’ visual & logical framework within which they sit.

Both ‘Region’ and ‘Country’ seed branches have a rich range of contextual knowledge elements visibly embedded within them or attached to them (most of which are unique to MindManager)…

Outline shape shows the nature of the country’s borders with it’s equivalent neighbours (‘island’, ‘land-locked’ etc.).

Images of thumbnail location maps & country flags.

Title text is the country’s official ‘Short’ and ‘Full’ names and 2 and 3 letter and numeric codes (as listed on the country’s entry of the official ISO3166-1 Online Browsing Platform) in variably formatted (‘rich’) text.

Single data fields of contextual geostatistical data such as geographic area & population (taken from official United Nations Data and CIA World Factbook sources).

Index marker tags add contextual knowledge, enable ‘geo intelligent’ map filtering as well as the invokation of ‘smart rules’ to conditionally format some elements (eg. the outline shape of the branch).

Internal hyperlinks enable quick navigation ‘jumps’ between related map branches, such as between the country seed sub-branches and their parent region as well as with the ‘Quick Links’ branch.

External hyperlinks to almost 30 of the most important official / definitive / plain old useful public domain general and geographic knowledge resources about the countries and macro-geographic regions of the world – such as the UNdata, CIA World Fact Book, Factsheets & Foreign Governments (‘World Leaders’) Directory and many Wikipedia Categories, Main Articles, Portals, Outlines & Lists.

See the MAP LEGEND branch in the map for a full description of all the different types of branches, and all the knowledge elements embedded within them or attached to them.

This Countries of the World – International Trade, Aid and Sustainable Development Knowledge Atlas (GB Edition) map then is an invaluable ‘thumb & brain friendly’ desktop (or even ‘in the field’) research tool that will enable you to spend less of your valuable time getting lost down internet search rabbit holes so you can spend more of it actually assimilating & applying the world’s best knowledgebases about the international trade and / or humanitarian aid and / or sustainable development situation in any of the countries and regions of this big old beautiful world of ours for the benefit of your own personal projects and / or those of the teams, organisations & communities of which you are part. Especially if (like us) you are based in Scotland, or one of the other ‘home nations’ of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB – GBR – 826)

HTML Map User Tips

Alhough the HTML5 (.html) map is read only, it still has all the content – and most of the interactivity – of the original MindManager map (from which it has been exported), and it can be viewed by anybody, in any modern web browser software, on any digital device, without the need for any software plugins, as stand-alone files or embedded in web pages, on(or off)-line (once downloaded).

Reference resource – The primary purpose of this HTML map is as a visually structured, curated by a human, comprehensive index of – and ‘discover within the big picture context, minimal click’ portal to – core, public domain official / definitive / ‘plain old useful’ general & geographic knowledge resources – as well as to those in the specialized sub-branch collections – about any and all of the countries and territories that make up this big old beautiful world of ours :-).
Shareable resource – If you are viewing this HTML map via a URL generated by MindManager’s powerful Publishing platform – not only can you share that URL of the map as a whole, but if you right click a branch you will get a ‘Link to this topic’ option. If the link generated is subsequently clicked, the map will open in the browser tab focused on that branch! (how cool is that? 😉
Interactive resource – Explore the interactive features eg. perform a map filter using attached tags to hide/show particular branches and then screenshot / print the results.

Next level – Once you are proficient with using this read-only HTML knowledge map and feel you want to take things to the next level by editing or amending it any way (or even start making your own maps!), you can start by working with the original MindManager (.mmap) map file that was also part of the product download, in conjunction with the free 30 day trial version of MindManager at any time.

MindManager Map User Tips

As well as ‘full featured viewing and interactive querying & filtering, you are free to edit, add to, adapt and/or re-purpose this map in whole or in part, and/or use it as a source of content that can be added to your own existing maps. For example…

Create a living research document – Record the important information from the listed resources in the map – as a note or sub-branches – ‘in-situ’ as you discover it to create a ‘single source of truth’ for your research project that’s always up to date.
Use the content in other maps – Copy and paste a ‘GEO’ tag group to an existing map, assign to branches as appropriate, and interactively filter using your new found ‘geo-intelligence’ 😉
Create your own Territory Maps – Tag individual team members to specific Region / Country branches to create a virtual sales / operational territory map with built-in links to the world’s best public domain general and geographic knowledge resources (or physically re-arrange the region / county branches to form the territories).

Note we advise you to save this map under a different name when you start a new project, that way you will not accidentally alter this original version.

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40,171 Hyperlinks to public domain knowledge resources, about international trade, aid & development in the...
249 ISO3166-1 defined countries and territories of the world, distributed between the...
6 UN defined Macro geographic regions, 2 intermediate & 22 sub-regions

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Sample Maps

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