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OT - the joy of computerised mapping
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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