In message <1168321422.370012.146520_at_11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com>, Neo
<neo55592_at_hotmail.com> writes
>What important things should a hierarchy of the world store? I am
>thinking of adding planets, continents, countries, US states, most
>populus cities, oceans, longest rivers, highest mountains and most
>spoken languages for starters. Can someone suggest other items they
>would find interesting? Or websites similar to http://worldatlas.com
>for such data?
Grid reference. Each cell in the grid refers to a particular area of the
surface. In the UK the surface is mapped down to areas 1 metre square,
but that's an arbitrary value. And there are multiple co-ordinate
systems which are almost but not quite congruent.
--
Bernard Peek
back in search of cognoscenti
Received on Tue Jan 09 2007 - 13:17:43 CST
