Re: Alaska
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- Subject: [mg126349] Re: Alaska
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 04:36:40 -0400 (EDT)
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Thanks David, I am surprised that it hasn't been fixed, especially since Wolfram is touting all this sort of data base stuff. Not much documentation on it either. Kevin On 5/1/2012 2:59 PM, David Reiss wrote: > It is a reported bug... and I have been nudging them for a long time > to fix this. > > On May 1, 5:24 am, "Kevin J. McCann"<Kevin.McC... at umbc.edu> wrote: >> Apparently Alaska is part of the World, but not of USA or NorthAmerica!! >> Try: >> >> Graphics@CountryData["USA", "Polygon"] >> Graphics@CountryData["NorthAmerica", "Polygon"] >> Graphics@CountryData["World", "Polygon"] >> >> I know that Wolfram has defined the Pound to be a mass rather than a >> force, but to miss Alaska ... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Kevin > >