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Re: Hey, why no GLOBAL politcal map? [message #3682]

Fri, 03 March 1995 10:34

rep2857
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In article <3j5ggv$sl8@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
Brian D. Schieber <schieb@shark.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> IDL is a world-wide company, right? So where is the global
> polical map? Version 5.0? ...
>

Well, not to dispute the need for it, but the upkeep on such a map
would be a project to itself. Recent fun and games around the world
would make a political map obsolete before it was ftp'd from their
site. Maybe it isn't that bad, but it makes a better story.

Does the CIA World DataBase provide political boundaries?

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