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Subject:        Re: [SPAM *12.000] MAPS-L: Reference Question?
Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:08:31 -0500
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>





David,

When I read this note the first thing that popped into my head was some set
of statistics on the number of airline flights between the U.S. and the cities
you specified might provide an indication???

Paige


At 12:01 PM 2/28/2006, you wrote:
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>Subject:        Reference Question?
>Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:45:45 -0500
>From:   David Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
>To:     [log in to unmask]
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>Folks -
>
>Just when you think you've heard it all --- one of our students has an
>interesting question regarding cultural interaction. Specifically, they
>wish to "measure" the amount of contact that the people of one city have
>with the rest of their country and world? More specifically, they are
>looking at this relationship for Tirana, Albania; Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria;
>Indore and Jabalpur, India? My instinct tells me there is some indirect
>relationship here to central place theory but am wondering if others may
>have some ideas -- all appreciated no matter how abstract. Thanks.
>
>David Cobb
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