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And by the way, Canada is too insignificant to be mentioned in North America, so it's just USA now ;) On Jan 13, 10:10 pm, mblock <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Blockhttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
