Some figures given for area are actually land area and
do not count lakes or reservoirs as part of the total.
I'm not sure what the Census used in the tables you
referenced, but this discrepancy has surfaced in the
past.
Jim Kierski
Sr. Market Analyst
--- Talkofsky GS09 Stuart H
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> I am a user of Mapinfo 6.0. I used the US County map
> to determine the sizes
> of some county via the area. Someone else looked up
> maps based on the U.S.
> Census and got a different area size for the same
> areas. What does the
> Mapinfo map take into consideration that say, the
> Census doesn't. Why should
> the area be different. I hope I asked the question
> correctly.
>
>
> Stuart Talkofsky
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> United States Marine Corps
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> Phone # 516-228-5976
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