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What is it?
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.
How does it work?
Contextualize Scripture and better understand its stories. Atlas puts biblical narratives in context with elegant maps. Get dozens of new maps, created by a professional cartographer, that offer 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.
In fact, scholars have hand-selected which ancient cities to feature based on how integral they are to the biblical story. Trace Jesus’ journey from baptism to temptation in the wilderness and explore Paul’s missionary journeys.* Get a colorful view of the kingdoms ruled by David, Saul, and David, pinpoint sites fortified by Solomon, and follow the journey of the Ark. With a click, send maps straight to your next presentation in Power Point or Proclaim.
The Atlas window includes:
- A map
- Fit- and full-screen buttons and zoom control
- A map-style drop-down menu: satellite, topographic, etc.
- A side-panel search bar that can be toggled on and off; when no search is active, it lists every map available
- Map-scale overlay, which automatically chooses the best scale for your screen
- CTRL + drag to measure the distance between two sites
- Available Logos media, which can be shared via Visual Copy
Where can I learn more?
This video shows the Atlas feature in action.
How do I get it?
This feature is included in Core Crossgrade; Atlas-compatible maps start in Bronze-level packages and higher. Shop all packages that include this feature.
A recent forum thread where several of us were trying to get reasonable results out of the atlas https://community.logos.com/forums/p/123228/805071.aspx reminded me of why I rarely use this tool and the degree of incompleteness still in it.
The Atlas isn't finished yet. The Exodus period is covered by volume 3 of the Atlas, which hasn't been delivered yet. So we only get the big overview map for that period, we don't yet have the individual event maps which would provide the detail we need.
I suspect that the Atlas as advertised (and sold) meets the heart of this request - therefore the votes are best spent elsewhere. But you are free to have other opinions.
However, this does bring up a bigger issue of the promised tagging vs. the actual tagging ... and the visibility of the gap. I happen to have some pet peeves on this issue that are probably not widely shared. However, there are serious questions re: dropping features before the tagging necessary to replace them is completed e.g. Topic browser I personally don't mind schedules sliding as much as I mind being in the dark re: whether the "catch up" tagging in actively being worked on ... or in this request the Atlas.
