On Sep 3, 2:56 am, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I look at the actual contents of the Area column referenced there
> (in a downloaded sample shapefile), the value is a small decimal
> fraction that is not remotely close the number your site reports as
> square miles.  (I can't even tell what the units are supposed to be in
> the Census Area column.)  So somewhere along the line, someone may
> have done some conversion math.

Yes, at the time I created that mashup, I just found some factor by
trial and error, and multiplied that small fractional number with it.
As I said before, it's not mission critical, so I'm happy with it as
it is.

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