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Subject:
eBook: Physical Geography Glossary of Terms
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Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:35:46 -0400
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I would like to make the following announcement to your members. Please note
that it is not commercial and intended for educational use.

thanks ... Michael

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I would like to announce the availability of Physical Geography Glossary of
Terms version 1.1.  Physical Geography Glossary of Terms is a FREE eBook
that runs on Macintosh and Windows computers with Adobe's Acrobat Reader or
Acrobat eBook Reader software or handheld computers using the Palm operating
system (it does require the viewing program iSilo which costs $12.50 US).
This hyperlinked eBook contains approximately 1800 definitions of commonly
used terms in Physical Geography. See the following URL for associated files
and information:

<http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/glossary/>

The PDF version of Physical Geography Glossary of Terms eBook works on
Macintosh and Windows computers with Adobe's Acrobat Reader or Acrobat eBook
Reader software. Hardware requirements for Acrobat Reader or Acrobat eBook
Reader software is posted on Adobe's website. Please review Adobe's site to
see if Acrobat Reader or Acrobat eBook Reader will work on your personal
computer.

Physical Geography Glossary of Terms eBook works on handheld computters
(Personal Digital Assistants - PDAs) that have Palm Operating System 2.0 or
greater and 2 megabytes of memory. In other words, it works of many types of
Palm PDAs, all Handspring Visors, TRGpro, IBM's WorkPad, and on Sony's Clie.
It also requires the program iSilo to view the various definitions. A full
working demo version of iSilo is included in the download file for Physical
Geography Glossary of Terms. This demo version of iSilo will only function
for 30 days. A registered version of iSilo costs $12.50 US. To purchase
iSilo go to the following website:

http://www.iSilo.com/

The viewing program iSilo and the data file for Physical Geography Glossary
of Terms require about 400K of memory to run on your PDA.


__________________________________

Michael Pidwirny
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Okanagan University College
3333 College Way
Kelowna, British Columbia
CANADA   V1V 1V7

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