November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference Educational Atlas of America, Spain and Portugal C. Romera, A. Coll, T. Albert, J. Espinoza, P. Sánchez-Ortiz, P. Murtagh, J. Araya, C. Camacho and C. Codjambassis

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Background  Definition  Methodology Design Production  Future developments  Conclusions  Summary

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Background  This project has been undertaken by the Cartography Commission of the Pan- American Institute of Geography and History and the National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN)  This project has a strategic significance since it is trying to gather standard basic geographical and historical information on American and some European countries to disseminate it on a large scale.

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Definition  The atlas is intended for pupils aged from 10 to 14.  Its objective is to popularize the knowledge of the sciences of the Earth as a complement to their academic formation.

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Methodology User needs General Composition Design Graphic design and Interface design Layout MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIONAL ATLAS Documents (text, animations, images, audio, etc.) Data collection PRODUCTION Application development DESIGN Interactivity and Animation Type Establishment of criteria Experts in Geography, Cartography and pedagogy Analyst and programmers

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Methodology: Design  Structure

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Methodology: Design

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Methodology: Design  Contents Interactive Maps Ilustrations Locutions Texts Animations Images

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Methodology: Production Flash technology It can be used in different execution environments: online / offline, on CD / DVD or through a LMS (Learning Management System) platform. It includes accessibility features to facilitate the use of this atlas by students with disabilities. Taking into account the most widespread standards in the educational community: Scorm, LOM, etc.

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Methodology: Production  Contents  Games PDA

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Future developments  Implementation of the Atlas on Web  Improvement in accessibility to fulfill the standard: AAA (W3C): With the attendance of the Accessibility Group for Educational contents of the Spanish National Association for Blind people.

November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference  Conclusions  The Educational Atlas of America, Spain and Portugal is an excellent work from a scientific and educational point of view.  The content is not fixed, or in other words, “the work never ends”. We are still working, processing new data and trying to improve it.  It will constitute an activity that can be used not only in Spain, but in all the Spanish speaking countries which extends the use of this application to all Latin America

13 Thank you for your attention Concepción Romera National Atlas and Thematic Cartography Department National Geographic Institute of Spain Phone: November 2009 XXIV International Cartographic Conference