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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:11:14 -0000
From: "Cook, Andrew" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: Why is north "up" on globes/maps? <fwd>
Sender: "Cook, Andrew" <[log in to unmask]>



Yes, but who in the solar system has decided which way is 'up'?
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From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 February 2002 21:15
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Subject: Re: Why is north "up" on globes/maps? <fwd>
From: Roger L Payne <[log in to unmask]>

For maps, as has been elaborated, there are numerous variables such as
application, culture, etc.  For globes, I think it is simply that North is
the English word describing the upper half of the planet as it is situated
in the solar system.

Roger L. Payne

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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:18:10 -0700
From: Naomi Heiser <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Why is north "up" on globes/maps?
Sender: Naomi Heiser <[log in to unmask]>

Hello -
A local newspaper would like a simple lay-person's answer to this
question:  "Why is north always up on globes and maps?"

We did inform them that north is not always "up", and gave them an
example.  However, we could not find a easy, concise answer in any
reference sources about the history/convention of indicating north on a
globe or map.

Could anyone point us toward a good source, preferably on-line (but
paper okay)?


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