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Subject:        Re: Does your city have a nickname?
Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:18:03 -0400
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Good luck with the problem of multiple cities sharing the same nickname!

My hometown of Seattle is known as the "Emerald City" but that same
nickname has been taken on by others...

Paige

On 8/30/2011 9:15 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
> forwarded from cartosoc
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [carto-soc] Does your city have a nickname?
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:35:26 +0100
> From: Steve Chilton <[log in to unmask]>
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> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> CC: Nathaniel V. Kelso <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Nat Kelso is collecting nicknames for big cities, want to help? From the
> Windy City (Chicago) to Hotlanta (Atlanta), LND (London) to SF (San
> Francisco). We should be able to type these nicknames into a place
> search and have the right result come back without fuss. And nicknames
> are fun. Results will be rolled back into Natural Earth in a future
> update.
>
> Add your city to the Google Doc: kelso.it/x/18s
>
> Cheers
> STEVE
>
> Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow
> Educational Development Manager
> Centre for Learning and Teaching Enhancement
> Middlesex University
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