• To: "Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@a...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: The burning XML-DEV question of Where is Australia? (was Re: ANN: Namespace Routing Language)
• From: "W. Hugh Chatfield I.S.P." <hchatfield@u...>
• Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:32:09 -0400
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"Actually, there is a growing trend here to have
the South at the top of maps, rather than the North, to protect our youth
from northern-centricism or slights to our continental dignity.

Over here, our rough mental geography is probably less based on hemispheres
and
more based on oceans:"

Rick...Brings to mind Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion World Map showing the
planet as one island in one ocean.

see http://www.bfi.org/map.htm

Although Australia seems to be stuck off in one corner.. the map can be
redrawn with any coordinate at the centre. North/South is not an issue on
this map.

Cheers...Hugh

W. Hugh Chatfield  I.S.P.
CyberSpace Industries 2000 Inc.
XML Consulting & Training
http://www.urbanmarket.com/csi2000
See also:  http://www.all-about-perth.com  [not Perth Australia: Perth
Ontario]

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