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OT - the joy of computerised mapping
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(John Rowland) wrote: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...6~-0.130463&st yle=r&lvl=12&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=15559499&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&en cType=1 Huh? Did you mean the pop-up picture which is obviously not near Charing Cross? It doesn't stay visible for long here. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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wrote in message ... In article , (John Rowland) wrote: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...6~-0.130463&st yle=r&lvl=12&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=15559499&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&en cType=1 Huh? Did you mean the pop-up picture which is obviously not near Charing Cross? It doesn't stay visible for long here. Thanks. Complete cock up on my part. Should have been http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...cl=1&encType=1 |
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In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote: wrote in message ... In article , (John Rowland) wrote: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...6~-0.130463&st yle=r&lvl=12&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=15559499&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&en cType=1 Huh? Did you mean the pop-up picture which is obviously not near Charing Cross? It doesn't stay visible for long here. Thanks. Complete cock up on my part. Should have been http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...68.658054~-135. 115356&style=r&lvl=9&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=15559499&phx=0&p hy=0&phscl=1&encType=1 Mackenzie? -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, John Rowland wrote:
Thanks. Complete cock up on my part. Should have been http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...cl=1&encType=1 Wrong colony, i know, but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA I had a quick check, and the none of the Mississipi, Ganges, Irrawaddy and Nile deltas, all of which are similar in geography, are annotated like that. Presumably they're famous enough to have received some manual tidyup. Also, none of them have a reindeer depot. tom -- if you can't beat them, build them |
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On Mar 6, 4:53*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
I had a quick check, and the none of the Mississipi, Ganges, Irrawaddy and Nile deltas, all of which are similar in geography, are annotated like that. Presumably they're famous enough to have received some manual tidyup. Also, none of them have a reindeer depot. If you zoom in near the "reindeer depot", you'll see that Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road and Aklavik Winter Road wander around in the river/lakes. Is this a function of poor cartography, or that for part of the year the roads are submerged? (Serious question, I am intrigued). PhilD -- |
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The name "Winter Road" is a bit of a giveaway... the roads are only open when the rivers and lakes are frozen. "Dennison's Ice Road" by John McPhee is the classic book about them. They exist all over the Arctic, and often seem to be permanent enough to get marked on maps I think the Americans have now built one to the South Pole. Does Patagonia have any? or doesn't it get cold enough Jeremy Parker |
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On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:37:00AM -0600, wrote:
In article , (John Rowland) wrote: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...6~-0.130463&st yle=r&lvl=12&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=15559499&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&en cType=1 Huh? Did you mean the pop-up picture which is obviously not near Charing Cross? It doesn't stay visible for long here. No, I think he means "To use this feature, open Live Search in Windows Internet Explorer version 6 or 7". -- David Cantrell | Hero of the Information Age Us Germans take our humour very seriously -- German cultural attache talking to the Today Programme, about the German supposed lack of a sense of humour, 29 Aug 2001 |
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