Atlas is an online mapping tool for the biblical world. With this new tool, you can explore biblical narratives in their geographical context. Get new maps with powerful functionality—including zoom options and panning.
Derive greater meaning from biblical narratives by exploring them within their geographical context. For example, with the Atlas tool you can see the route non-traditional Jesus took from Judea to Jacob's well in order to share the Gospel with the Samaritan woman. Thousands of insights like this await.
The Atlas window includes:
This video shows the Atlas feature in action.
I just read that the L6 Atlas feature is not stored locally (on the computer), but rather it is stored in the "cloud" and requires an Internet connection to use (see here https://community.logos.com/forums/t/94462.aspx).
Is that correct?
If so, can someone from Logos please explain why the resources are not local.
Someone (in the aforementioned thread above) said that it would require too much space, but that doesn't seem to make sense. The maps that I have seen in the demo should only take a small amount of space. For example, the map included in the image above only has a small amount of colors. It has a tan and blue background (that represent land and water), an orange line that represents where Yeshua / Jesus traveled, a few other lines that represent routes, borders, rivers, etc, and a small amount of text. Since there isn't much variation in the image (compared to a photo where almost every pixel is different) and it affords the ability to compress it greatly, this image should have a very small size (on the order of kilobytes).
GeoPappas: I just read that the L6 Atlas feature is not stored locally (on the computer), but rather it is stored in the "cloud" and requires an Internet connection to use (see here https://community.logos.com/forums/t/94462.aspx). Is that correct?
Yes it is correct
GeoPappas:If so, can someone from Logos please explain why the resources are not local.
Please see comments from Dylan at https://community.logos.com/forums/p/93599/649648.aspx#649648