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Fig. 5 Map example from the Statistical Atlas of Switzerland (population density, 2011)

Table 6 European countries with a current statistical atlas on the national level (January 2014)
Country Country Country Country

Albania X Finland Luxembourg San Marino

Andorra X France X Macedonia Serbia

X Austria X Germany Malta Slovakia

Belarus Greece X Moldova X Slovenia

X Belgium Hungary Monaco X Spain

Bosnia and H. Iceland Montenegro X Sweden

Bulgaria Ireland X Netherlands X Switzerland

Croatia X Italy Norway Turkey

Cyprus Kosovo Poland Ukraine

X Czech Republic Latvia X Portugal X United Kingdom

Denmark Liechtenstein Romania Vatican City

X Estonia X Lithuania Russia

already 25 out of 126 offices possessed a mapping interface and some even an atlas
application (in 2002). After certain pioneers, like the Atlas of Canada (digital:
1987/Online: 1999) and the Statistical Atlas of the United States , also several
European NSIs issued web atlases with statistical data shortly after the beginning
of the new millennium (Germany, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, United King-
dom, Sweden etc.). Table 6 shows the current offer of statistical atlases by 47 -
European countries (study conducted by the author in January 2014). Today, more
than one third of all countries call a Statistical Atlas on the national level their own
(18 nations), and one to two countries can be added to this list every year, which is a