Reviews, Quotes & Honors

Atlas of Oregon, 2nd Edition & 
Atlas of Oregon, CR-ROM Version
   
"Maps have never been so cool."

Chicago Tribune

(January 30, 2003)

The Atlas of Oregon, in its new CD-ROM format, has again won two top awards in the international Map Design Competition for 2002 conducted by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM).  Like the book, the CD version won the "Best in Show" and "Best of Category" awards (in the "Book and Atlas" division).

"The University of Oregon has put its popular Atlas of Oregon (featuring maps, graphs, charts and information on geography, recreation, economy, people and everything else you ever wanted to know about the state) on a CD-ROM. Wow."

Willamette Week
2002 Holiday Gift Edition
Winner of two top awards in the international Map Design Competition for 2001 conducted by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). The judges of the competition were unanimous in their award of the Atlas of Oregon as the "Best in Show." The atlas also took "Best of Category" honors in the "Book and Atlas" division.

"The Atlas of Oregon (second edition) by William Loy, Stuart Allen, Aileen R.Buckley, and James E. Meacham is superb, ranking among the very best atlases ever. It has intense 3-dimensional resolution in exquisitely detailed maps (in the elegant style of Stuart Allen's Raven maps). The statistical displays are detailed, clear, often fascinating, and up-to-date. And the entire atlas is beautifully designed and produced.  I include The Atlas of Oregon ... among my very favorite atlases."

Edward Tufte

author of Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information,
and The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

“There’s no better snapshot of Oregon in 2001, and none more beautiful…So much information, so intelligently presented—the labor, and the love, is obvious on every page.”

                                                                                                           The Best Books of 2001

                                                                                      The Oregonian (December 30, 2001)

"The Atlas of Oregon, Second Edition, is a tour-de-force in cartography and design. Packed with fascinating information, it's also a feast for the eye, full of meticulously executed maps aglow with color and enhanced with vivid graphic detail. This book will be admired and imitated for years to come for its scholarship, utility, and beauty.”

                                                                                         Allen Carroll, Chief Cartographer

                                                                                                 National Geographic Society

“This is an amazing achievement. The Atlas of Oregon, with its wealth of information made accessible through beautiful maps, joins a short list of essential reference texts for our state. I plan to keep mine close at hand."

                                                                                             Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield

“The first edition of the Atlas of Oregon was a masterpiece of its genre. The second edition is that and then some. Atlas of Oregon II constitutes a new benchmark for state atlases. For atlases of all kinds, it sets daunting standards for beauty and quality in cartographic and graphic presentation. The second edition's content is simultaneously penetrating and comprehensive; its structure is coherent and instructive; its maps and diagrams are simply stunning. The team led by Loy and Allan has produced a cartographic classic.”

                                                                                                                  Ronald F. Abler

                                                                                                              Executive Director

                                                                              Association of American Geographers

". . . an astonishing tribute to our region . . . . I hope that this Atlas finds its way into the home of every Oregonian."

                                                                                     Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber

“Every map is produced digitally. . . . . The result is richer colors, greater detail, more information and more dramatic shading.”

                                                                                     Jeff Barnard, The Associated Press

                                                                                                                 The Seattle Times

“ For all those who love Oregon and seek to understand the state better, Atlas of Oregon is as essential as a pocket knife while camping--but far more sophisticated. . . . The book . . . doesn’t tell you about Oregon, it shows you Oregon.”

                                                                                                           Bob Welch, columnist

                                                                                                The Register-Guard, Eugene

“The best book on Oregon . . . . This new atlas is much more than a gallery of artful maps. It’s an incredibly detailed and wonderfully accessible look at Oregon’s human, economic and physical geography.”

                                                                               Jonathan Nicholas,” pdxtra” columnist

                                                                                                      The Oregonian, Portland

“The advent of computerized cartography and data-collection techniques has ushered in a golden age of mapmaking whose glories are on full display in the revised edition.”

                                                                                                                               Editorial

                                                                                                The Register-Guard, Eugene

“This indispensable reference book will help breathe new life into the study of geography in Oregon and beyond.”

                                                                                 Associate Professor Susan Hardwick

                                                                University of Oregon, Department of Geography

                                                                           As quoted in The Register-Guard, Eugene

“In this age of electronic map display, with all its exciting characteristics and serious shortcomings, it is refreshing to find a new Atlas of Oregon arising from the best of electronic processing and the best of the traditional printed medium.  The Atlas is exquisite and will please the most discriminating map user.  Let's hope the new Atlas of Oregon leads another wave of high-quality atlases that will inform us in the new millennium.”

                                                                                                     Professor Judy M. Olson

                                                                                                   Department of Geography

                                                                                                  Michigan State University

“Many [maps] are as much works of art as geographic representations.”

                                                                                                                             Greg Bolt

                                                                                               The Register-Guard, Eugene

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