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From: mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Map CDev (was CloseView)
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Date: 1 Jul 88 15:08:50 GMT
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In article <2835@utastro.UUCP> werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes:
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>I suspect the algorithm for calculating the time-zone is too simplistic
>as it doesn't coincide with reality;  I suspect that it's simply assuming that
>every 15 degrees longitude the next time-zone starts ...
>
...
>does anyone know a way to exchange and import data into the MAP?  I'd like to
>educate the country about Texas.... (-:

I agree! The time zone data had Dallas in the Eastern time zone
when in reality parts of Florida are west enough to be in the central time
zone (I always told people Dallas was not IN Texas :))

Houston (the 7th largest metro area) didnt even rate inclusion!

BTW there should be a zoom button/bar in the cdev to control the map scale
instead of the option-open trick.



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Mark Interrante   		Software Engineering Research Center
mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu		CIS Department, University of Florida 32611
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