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Subject: RE: Does your city have a nickname?
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:02:35 -0500
From: Geoff Forbes <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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Dear Steve and Nat,

The following Wikipedia article gives nicknames for hundreds U.S.
cities, with source citations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States

Geoff

Geoffrey A. Forbes, M.S.
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LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping LLC
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> -------- 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]>
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> 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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