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Subject:
Percentage the world that is geocoded
From:
"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:01:53 -0500
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Subject:        Percentage the world that is geocoded
Date:   Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:14:04 -0600
From:   Christopher Thiry <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi,

I listened to a speech the other day, and man said in 2005, before
Google Earth, etc., only 15% of the surface of the earth was mapped to a
geocodablelevel.

Question: what is the percentage today? How rapidly is the percentage
changing?

thanks in advance,

Christopher J.J.Thiry
Map Librarian
Colorado School of Mines
1400 Illinois
Golden, CO 80401
p. 303-273-3697
f. 303-273-3199
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http://library.mines.edu/

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