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National Atlas of Mexico 2022. Generalities. FAQs
1. NATIONAL ATLAS OF MEXICO 2022
National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Institute of Geography.
With inter-institutional and interdisciplinary
collaboration.
GENERALITIES OF ATLAS
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2. What is the National Atlas of Mexico 2022?
The National Atlas of Mexico 2022 is a scientific document that synthesizes and describes the current state of
resources and Mexico's main changes and challenges.
3. What is the main challenge of the National
Atlas of Mexico 2022?
It makes people excited to explore and understand the country where they live and inspires them to collaborate
with essential changes in their habits and decisions, from their home, parcel, farm or from the school,
company, institution, or community to which they belong.
4. Who makes the National Atlas of Mexico 2022?
This Atlas is integrated by the UNAM Institute of Geography and is generated by inter-institutional and
interdisciplinary national and international collaboration.
5. Who will be the audience of the National
Atlas of Mexico 2022?
The National Atlas of Mexico 2022 is for all people who need to know the relationships between environmental
phenomena and human activities, including Mexico's historical evolution and participation in the world.
6. How many topics will the National Atlas of
Mexico 2022 present?
The National Atlas presents approximately 90 themes generated by nearly 300 authors through 600 maps of
various scales.
7. What are the stages of the National
Atlas of Mexico 2022?
There are six key stages.
• Maps design (February 2022).
• Data integration (April 2022).
• Maps editing (November 2022, including peer reviews).
• National Atlas printing (October 2023, approximately).
• Geoportal building (November 2023, approximately).
• Launching of National Atlas of Mexico 2022 (December 2023).
8. What is the cartographic basis of the
National Atlas of Mexico 2022?
The basis is on a combination of traditional and digital mapping techniques and the growing
knowledge resulting from more precise measurements and more robust and better-connected big
data.
More specific information is in Technical summaries for each National Soil Maps.
9. What will be the formats and scales of the maps in
the National Atlas of Mexico 2022?
This Atlas combines static and dynamic maps, for which it can have three formats: printed, digital (PDF), and
geoportal format. The latter means that some maps can consult on a map server, including their methodologies
and georeferenced and documented data.
For the printed document, the scale of the maps is 1:10 million, 1:20 million, 1:5,000,000, and in extraordinary
cases, a more detailed scale. For the geoportal version, scaling is more flexible.
10. What is the length of each theme in the printed
version of the National Atlas of Mexico 2022?
The extension depends on the scale of the maps and can be from 4 to 32 maps for each theme. There are
eight tabloid-size pages for maps and 16 additional letter-size pages for supplements (texts, photos, graphics).
There is a maximum of 6,000 words per theme.
11. Why is the National Atlas of Mexico 2022
essential for its authors?
The Atlas is an excellent opportunity to integrate and disseminate the knowledge generated by different work
teams and schools, which can sometimes analyze the same phenomenon, but under a different approach and
extension.
Each author in the Atlas can support his narrative and rely on the assigned cartographers to ensure that his
information has clarity and depth of communication.
