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Subject: Re: webs sites]
   Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:34:00 -0500
   From: "James R. Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks for the information.  I checked out the  nationmaster.com  site
and played around for a few minutes.  I checked on areas of countries
and see the U.S.A. ranks fifth, after Russia, Antarctica, China, and
Canada.

But then I clicked on the United States and looked at Geography.  Lo, I
found:  "world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and
Canada)"

Hmmm.  Do they use their own data?

When I tried   mapsarea.com  I got an exotic page.  I found that
www.mapsarea.com   makes a difference and takes one to the place Rich
intended us to go to.

Jim Carter


At 6/4/03, you wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: webs sites
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 10:56:35 -0400
> From: "Boardman, Richard" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I saw two web sites lately that seemed really useful (I don't recall
> seeing
> these on the list before but if so, a good reminder):
>
> 1. nationmaster.com
>
>              great for world statistics. you can pick and choose which
>
> areas
> and statistics you want to compare.
>
> 2. mapsarea.com
>
>              very good links to all sorts of maping, place names, map
> sources, etc.
>
> Rich Boardman
> Free Library of Philadelphia

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