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http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...cl=1&encType=1

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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.

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...
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

OT - the joy of computerised mapping
 

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?

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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

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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".

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David Cantrell | Hero of the Information Age

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-- 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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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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OT - the joy of computerised mapping
 

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, John Rowland wrote:

wrote:
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).

The name "Winter Road" is a bit of a giveaway... the roads are only open
when the rivers and lakes are frozen.

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS!!

tom

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Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of
indirection. But that usually will create another problem. -- David
Wheeler

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"John Rowland" wrote in
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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).

The name "Winter Road" is a bit of a giveaway... the roads are only
open when the rivers and lakes are frozen.