Subject: The Geographical Centre of Europe<br/>
Date: Nov 04, 2001 @ 16:16<br/>
Author: Jan Krogh (&quot;Jan Krogh&quot; &lt;jakro64@yahoo.no&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-720104672">I have received a fact-sheet from The French National Geographical Institute<br/>
on how they made the calculations of the centre of Europe. The copy was not<br/>
able to scan, so I typewrote all the text and published it on<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.litauen-nytt.org/prosjekter/geo_europe.htm">http://www.litauen-nytt.org/prosjekter/geo_europe.htm</a> (there might be<br/>
misspellings!) Further I auto-translated it according to a tip from Harry on<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://babelfish.altavista.com">http://babelfish.altavista.com</a> and got the result as enclosed.<br/>
As I am not speaking French, maybe somebody of you can check the translation<br/>
(it may include some funny parts). I have in mind, if I get permission from<br/>
the IGN, to publish this English text on my GeoSite.<br/>
<br/>
According to the paper, the IGN recognises the Canary Is. as a part of<br/>
Europe. (I would say they clearly are a part of Africa?!)<br/>
They have also omitted Novaja Zemla of Russia and Malta, but included the<br/>
Norwegian Svalbard Is.<br/>
<br/>
I also received an 11 page technical text (on paper) &quot;Les centres de la<br/>
France ... et d&#39;ailleurs: aspects techniques et médiatiques&quot; (which is not<br/>
translated). If somebody is interessted in a copy, please contact me!<br/>
<br/>
Jan<br/>
Vilnius, Lithuania<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://home.no.net/enklaver">http://home.no.net/enklaver</a></div>