count mexico in too
& possibly a few other latin countries i cant recall
it may even have originally been a roman thing
m
>From: "Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Voronoi borders
>Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 22:30:15 +1000
>
>
>
> >BTW Randy: At least one nation has a ready-made monument in its national
> >capital to measure distance from: in a park down by the river in Budapest
> >there's a large concrete zero on a pedestal. It's the official zero
> >milestone for the country - admittedly distances are measured along the
> >roads at present, but the principle is there!
> >
>
>Sydney has one too, though it isn't a national capital. Most other places
>use the GPO as the reference point.
>
>BW
>
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