I also wonder if one of your sources takes into account the added area from
hills and valleys, rather than just a "footprint" created by the county
boundaries? Seems I remember a discussion thread about that issue from
about a year ago...
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From: Jim Kierski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Talkofsky GS09 Stuart H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: MI County Maps
> 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
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
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