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Hey all, I just have a quick question about LEGOz. As some of you know I am working on the LUGMAP, (URL) am wondering what the best way to represent LEGOz is. Does LEGOz represent all of Australia or does it represent a smaller section of Australia (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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(...) Hi Eric! (...) LegOz (as opposed to LEGOz - too similar to LEGO and LEGOs) represents the whole of Australia. Whilst most (in fact all at this stage) of the action is taking place in Sydney + surrounds, we would like it to move nation-wide as (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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(...) Good work Eric, and a very timely idea. One question though, the map you use as a basis for your map has a very skewed projection in favour of the area towards the arctic circle. Greenland is not as big as South America ! Who commissioned this (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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(...) king (...) These are Mercator projections, I think (URL) Are there any maps about that show a true scale between continents ? Yes, there are other projections. One of my favourites (whose name I can't remember) preserves the relative sizes of (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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See (URL) for a variety of projection styles. (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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(...) We should just cut and paste the small Greenland onto the map used now. ;-) pete.w (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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