Earth Platinum
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Earth Platinum, published by Millennium House in 2012,Earth Platinum, Millennium House, February 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-921811-11-1}} is the world's largest atlas at {{convert|6|x|4.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}. It surpasses the famous Klencke Atlas at the British Library, which held the record of the world's largest atlas since 1660.{{cite news|author=Mark Brown|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/26/klencke-atlas-british-library-exhibition |title=Largest book in the world goes on show for the first time | Books |work=The Guardian |date= 2010-01-26|access-date=2012-05-25 |location=London}}
The atlas
Earth Platinum weighs {{convert|150|kg|lb}} and has 128 pages, each of which is so large it takes two hands (or people) to turn a page.{{cite web |url=http://technology.iafrica.com/science/678202.html |title=iafrica.com | cooltech | science & nature | Biggest book revealed |publisher=Technology.iafrica.com |date=2010-10-06 |access-date=2012-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304003228/http://technology.iafrica.com/science/678202.html |archive-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead }} The book is a mixture of maps and gigapixel photography. The maps include large orthographic maps of each continent (showing political and physical features), maps of the oceans, (including shipwreck locations) and poles, as well as very detailed regional maps. The book also includes a double-page 6 feet x 9 feet layout of the world's flags. Among its many spectacular images, Earth Platinum contains the world's largest image in a book, a photo of the Shanghai skyline. This image size is 272 gigapixels and made up of more than 12 thousand images tiled together.{{cite web|url=http://gigapan.org/gigapans/66626 |title=Shanghai Skyline - Stitched From 12,000 Pictures - 上海风景线 - 由12000张图片拼成 |publisher=GigaPan |access-date=2012-05-25}}
Libraries which hold a copy of the atlas include the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington and the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-25 |title=Giant Atlas - Mark Bagnall |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/20158601/giant-atlas-mark-bagnall |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}{{Cite web |last=State Library of New South Wales |first= |date=2019-04-17 |title=World's largest atlas |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/worlds-largest-atlas |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=State Library of NSW}}
Production
The atlas was conceived by Australian publisher Gordon Cheers and published in Australia, with the help of a team of over 88 cartographers from around the world.{{cite web|url=http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring11articles/extreme-cartography.html |title=Extreme Cartography - World's Largest Atlas Produced with ArcGIS | ArcNews Online |publisher=Esri.com |date=2012-03-09 |access-date=2012-05-25}}{{cite web |url=http://idealog.co.nz/news/2011/11/kiwis-leave-their-mark-worlds-biggest-atlas |title=Kiwis leave their mark on world's biggest atlas :: Idealog :: the magazine and website of New Zealand creative business, ideas and innovation |publisher=Idealog |date=2011-11-15 |access-date=2012-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505084912/http://www.idealog.co.nz/news/2011/11/kiwis-leave-their-mark-worlds-biggest-atlas |archive-date=2012-05-05 |url-status=dead }} The atlas was printed in Italy and hand-bound in Hong Kong; the cartography was co-ordinated by a company in New Zealand.{{Cite web |last=Easton |first=Paul |date=2011-11-22 |title=Atlas offers giant window on the world |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/6008545/Atlas-offers-giant-window-on-the-world |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Stuff |language=en}}
Published 20 February 2012, Earth Platinum follows publication of the "smaller" Earth BlueEarth Blue, Millennium House. {{ISBN|978-1-921209-14-7}} and Earth Gold, both 2 ft x 18 inch, 30 kg, and both limited editions.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/10/05/1223145249363.html |title=Even Charles Atlas might have thought this a weighty tome - World |publisher=Theage.com.au |date=2008-10-06 |access-date=2012-05-25 |location=Melbourne |first=John |last=Huxley}} Earth Platinum is priced at {{currency|100,000|USD}}; only 31 copies were printed.{{Cite journal|date=Spring 2015|title=World record|journal=SL Magazine|volume=8:3|pages=5}}{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-19/world-largest-book-atlas-display-state-library-nsw/6557960|title=Earth Platinum: World's largest book on display at State Library of NSW|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2015-06-19|access-date=2015-06-19}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.millenniumhouse.com.au Millennium House Official Site]
- [http://www.geographx.co.nz Geographx Cartography]
- [http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring11articles/extreme-cartography.html World's Largest Atlas Article]
- [http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/giant-atlas-kiwi-connection-video-4555417 Giant Atlas Kiwi Connection Video]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101010012551/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5htoXqKoxdgrhs6pJZN0vf8cg03yQ?docId=CNG.a011390503465583bd2b96a866cc2135.2d1 'World's Biggest Book' Launched At Fair]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120304003228/http://technology.iafrica.com/science/678202.html Biggest Book Revealed]