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Re: MAP QUESTION! <fwd>
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Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Crotteau <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:42:15 -0500
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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:37:46 -0700
From: Mark Crotteau <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MAP QUESTION! <fwd>
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>>> [log in to unmask] 02/14/01 01:24PM >>>
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In other words, the lines we see running vertically on the map demonstrate
horizontal direction.  Similarly, the lines we see as horizontals on a map
measure vertical direction.
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Maybe that's why I invariably get them mixed up.  Dare I admit that to convince myself that I know which is which I think of the Jimmy Buffett song Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes.  I also have to imagine myself writing something to be sure which hand is my right hand.  I guess spatial orientation is not my strong point.

Mark Crotteau
Albertsons Library
Boise State University
Boise, ID  <[log in to unmask]>

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