Re: Alas Alaska....
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- Subject: [mg83257] Re: Alas Alaska....
- From: dr DanW <dmaxwarren at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:29:41 -0500 (EST)
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On Nov 14, 3:50 am, David Reiss <dbre... at gmail.com> wrote: > Are there any mathematica 6 users on this group from Alaska? If so > have you noticed that you are not properly represented? > > CountryData["NorthAmerica", "Polygon"] // Graphics > > It seems that the data for Alaska is missing from the coordinate > representation of North America... this has been reported to Wolfram > Bugs. The great thing about the curated data is that this sort of > thing can be corrected directly through the Wolfram server once it is > fixed and updated at their end. > > -David > A WorkLife FrameWork > E x t e n d i n g MATHEMATICA's Reach...http://scientificarts.com/worklife/ Try Graphics@CountryData["NorthAmerica", "FullPolygon"] The "Polygon" property only returns the main shape of the country; the lower 48 for the US. "Full Polygon" gives you everything. If you look at the FullPolygon of the US, you even see the US Virgin Islands.