Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Plate Tectonics and Lat/Long boundaries<br/>
Date: Nov 13, 2003 @ 23:37<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-939210875">Jim,<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;The two (2) letter designation of a country normally follows the name of <br/>
&gt;the country in that nation&#39;s language.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>For most countries using the Latin character set, the local name will not <br/>
be too far removed from the English or French name (the official languages <br/>
of ISO) which is normally used as the basis for the alpha code. However, it <br/>
is necessary to use either the English or French name for countries that <br/>
use non-Latin characters (e.g. .jp, .kr).<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;  If, however, the name of the country (for example - Hungary as <br/>
&gt; Magyarorszg) in its official language is very different that how it is <br/>
&gt; called throughout the rest of the world, then the two letter designation <br/>
&gt; follows the international name.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>There are actually very examples of the local name being used where it is <br/>
very different to either the English or French name.<br/>
<br/>
Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>