I think that the problem is that there is a potential for misunderstanding when referencing North America. For many, North America consists of Canada, USA, Mexico and the countries of Central America. For some, Central America is excluded. For others, only Canada and USA are considered because Mexico is thought to be part of Latin America. Lastly, when I spent time in Uruguay, they always referred to me as "norteamericano" even though I--being uncomfortable with the ambiguity myself--always introduced myself as "estadounidense." I don't think Google is trying to "diss" Canada or any of the other countries in North America; I think they are just trying to avoid confusion. After all, all you have to do is choose the individual countries in North America that you wish to target; it's not like Canada, Mexico or the others are excluded completely.
That's just my best guess. -- Michael Block http://www.wpromote.com On Jan 13, 3:14 pm, h3 <[email protected]> wrote: > I just started working with the map chart API for a client-side plugin > I'm creating and the first thing that dumbfounded me was the lack of > North America .. > > http://code.google.com/apis/chart/types.html#maps > > I would really like to understand the motivations behind the decision > to *not* use established standards. > > It's been a while since my last junior history class but back then > Americas were composed of South America AND North America .. not > South America and U.S.A. > > Did I miss the ceremony where North America was replaced by the U.S.A > or maybe I just didn't get the memo ? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas > > With your API it's possible to set the area to any continent *except* > North America. We can only get the U.S.A, which exclude Canada. This > makes no sense at all. > > It's also a bit frustrating that the 50 states are available for the > U.S but not the seven provinces and three territories composing the > Canada. > > Regards. > > -- > M. Haineaulthttp://haineault.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Chart API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
