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>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 15:31:43 -0400
>From: Pat Dunlavey <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: statement on inaccurate map on NPR interview
I heard this story as well, and was bothered also. It was clear to me that
this person would have had problems regardless of the quality of map he was
using! All in all, it was one of the weaker stories I've heard reported on
NPR in a while. That said, in fact the majority of USGS maps are badly out
of date, and of pretty limited value if you can't read "between the lines".
So maybe Robert Segal's comment, however ill-informed, is useful in
pointing this out!
-- Pat
Pat Dunlavey Cartographics
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>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:18:38 -0400
>From: Margaret Clifton <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: statement on inaccurate map on NPR interview
I went to the NPR site and listened to the interview; you are correct...Segal
says "his map was inaccurate." Vetterlein says, "I was reading my map wrong."
You can listen to it yourself, at
http://www.realaudio.com/contentp/npr/nc7s16.html
I wonder WHAT map he was using?
James R. Carter wrote:
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> On NPR All Things Considered Tuesday, September 16, Robert Segal
> interviewed a mathematician who was lost in a forest in Oregon for 16 days.
> Segal introduced the piece by noting His map was inaccurate.
>
> The lost hiker then spoke. He said his problem was that he misread his map
> and thought he had traveled further than he had. He said nothing about
> having a bad map.
>
> It seems to me that Segal injected the statement about an inaccurate map
> because he thought it sounded good. I don t think it sounded good at all.
> It insulted me.
>
> Did anyone else hear this interview? Did I hear what I think I heard?
>
> I am sending a note to NPR to express my feelings.
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> Dr. James R. Carter, Professor, Geography/Geology Department
> Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4400 USA
>
> Director, Laboratory for Integrated Learning and Technology
> at Illinois State University, and
> Chair, Map Use Commission of the International Cartographic Assocation
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Margaret Clifton
Catholic University
School of Library & Information Science
Washington, D.C.
"Nothing surprises me anymore. It's a perfect
time for anything to happen." -Bob Dylan, 1995
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