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




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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 ,
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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 ,
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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.

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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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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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