Complete National Geographic- Every Issue Since 1888
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Software Summary
Manufacturer: Topics EntertainmentBrand: National Geographic
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown)
Format: CD-ROM
Published: 2009-10
Release Date: 2009-10-09
Platform: Mac OS X, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: 96352
Product features:
- The Complete National Geographic includes every printed page--every article, photograph, advertisement--from 1888 through 2008
- Browse special "readlists" from National Geographic stars or personalize your archive by creating and saving your own lists of favorite articles
- Test your knowledge of subjects with a trivia game and reference hundreds of the magazine's classic maps
- Geobrowse helps you easily find articles, photographs, and maps about the location you choose
- Includes bonus DVD with videos documenting the history of the National Geographic Society and National Geographic magazine
Software Reviews of Complete National Geographic- Every Issue Since 1888
Customer Review: $70 is worth it. But could've been better
Summary: 4 Stars
Pros: contains every page of every issue since the birth of this great magazine until 2009. Not just the texts, but photos, and even advertisements (granted that earlier issues from 1880's were free of photos). It will take you a long time to read them all. All for a reasonable price of ~$70
Cons:
1. The curse of software is that as soon as it comes out, it is obsolete. And in the case of the CNG, regular updates only improves the software, but not the data because it ends in 2008. It remains unknown if they will release incremental additional discs that start in 2009. More often than not, companies release only the complete version that always starts from the beginning, frustrating early collectors. But we won't know the answer until at lease a decade later, and by then, DVDs are probably no more useful than 8-tracks.
2. NGM is known for its awesome photos. However, in the digital version, all pages are scanned with sub-par qualities. When viewed at 100%, there are annoying artifacts around texts and the photos are posterized. Also the resolution is too low, especially on these map inserts, small fonts are almost unintelligible.
3. Every page is a picture, making it impossible to copy and paste, and thus you will have to live with the compression artifacts, and are unable to do things like copying and pasting to a word processor to view it with real fonts.
4. The software framework is not every intuitive. It has a lot of features, but no documentation on how to use them. So all I do is browse by year/browse issues and read each issue from the first page to the last, just like I do a real magazine.
5. The software is poorly built. The software frequently screws up. When you switch from one issue to another, it frequently fails to load the new one and shows a blank screen. You will have to restart the software.
So it could've been done better, and I would be more than happy to pay double the price if they doubled the resolution and the number of discs. But for $70, it is still well worth it.
Description of Complete National Geographic- Every Issue Since 1888
The Complete National Geographic. Every Issue since 1888. Explore 120 years of amazing discoveries fascinating maps and the world's best photography with The Complete National Geographic. This definitive collection of every issue of National Geographic magazine digitally reproduced in stunning high resolution brings you the world and all that is in it. WIN/Mac compatible 5 DVD-Rom's plus bonus DVD. ISBN 9781426296352Explore 120 years of amazing discoveries, fascinating maps, and the world's best photography with The Complete National Geographic. This definitive collection of every issue of National Geographic magazine, digitally reproduced in stunning high resolution, brings you the world and all that is in it. Use the advanced interface to explore a topic, search for photographs, browse the globe, or wander on your own expedition.
The Complete National Geographic
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Click to enlarge. | Rediscover every printed page--Every article, photograph, advertisement--from 1888 through 2008 on 6 DVD-ROMs |
| Browse special "readlists" from National Geographic stars or personalize your archive by creating and saving your own lists of favorite articles. |
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Click to enlarge. | Use Geobrowse--a visual geographic search tool--to find articles, photographs, and maps about the location you choose |
| Test your knowledge of subjects including exploration, the environment, geography, history, cultures, and more with a trivia game that links to related articles Reference hundreds of the magazine's classic maps digitized as part of the magazine's archive for the first time |
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Click to enlarge. | Includes a bonus DVD with tips on how to take better photographs, an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how National Geographic Magazine is put together, and interviews with NGM photographers revealing the backstory behind their famous photographs. |
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