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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:48:18 -0500
From: Roger L Payne <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Why is north "up" on globes/maps? <fwd>
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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?
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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)?

Thanks in advance.

Naomi Heiser
Map Library
University of Colorado Libraries
Boulder, CO 80303
(303) 492-4966
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http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/map/frontpage.htm
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