On Nov 17, 1:13 pm, "warden [Andrew Leach - Maps API Guru]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 17, 12:03 pm, marcelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What's the point of prepending "Former Yugoslav Republic" to the name > > of Macedonia? > > It was done because Greece lays claim to the name "Macedonia" as part > of Greece, so the UN accepted the need to distinguish between the > present sovereign Republic of Macedonia and anything else which could > be called Macedonia.
But Greece has a province called "Macedonia", (Capital Thessaloniki), so it is just like many other places in the World where names are the same as somewhere else. By the same measure, the UN should find a way to distinguish England,UK from England,AR http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=England,+AR&sll=34.544006,-91.969146&sspn=0.04864,0.087547&g=England,+AR&ie=UTF8&z=14 ;-) -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps 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-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
