Subject: Re: gvivli<br/>
Date: Apr 03, 2002 @ 18:08<br/>
Author: granthutchison (&quot;granthutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-813206025">Michael:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; that global explorer seems such a great new toy & a distinct <br/>
&gt; advancement on the state of our african data generally <br/>
&gt; so i wonder if we couldnt use it to do a similar job on any of the <br/>
&gt; other african tripoints just to illustrate them & perhaps <br/>
 </span></blockquote>crosscheck <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; the most problematic of the remaining brownlie data<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Global Explorer&#39;s data are a good ten years old now, as that teensy <br/>
copyright notice in the corner of the generated map reveals.<br/>
Delorme, in their wisdom, replaced it with EarthA, a hugely inferior <br/>
product with shaded relief (but no contours) and lower resolution, <br/>
but the exciting options to animate helicopter flights or to hear a <br/>
travelogue from a noxious animated parrot called &quot;Floyd&quot;. Gah.<br/>
In the past I&#39;ve found the registration of the various features in GE <br/>
to be slightly (or occasionally seriously) adrift - as witness the <br/>
fact that Mont Nimba isn&#39;t quite plotted precisely on the border. <br/>
However, it&#39;s a handy resource, and I&#39;ll happily trawl both progs for <br/>
any specific examples you care to name.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; also cant help wondering if delorme improves on the depiction of my <br/>
&gt; old favorite the darien road gap<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I&#39;d have a look, but I&#39;m not sure precisely where I should be looking!<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>