Unless they tell you the scale, don't trust the numbers. Its a fractal problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, rem zamora <[email protected]> wrote: > Parang tanong lang sa Miss Universe ah :) > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:58 AM, tutubi <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Eugene, >> >> land area may vary, depends whether it was measured during high tide or >> low tide too >> >> :) >> >> >> --- >> I explore, therefore I blog! >> >> http://www.backpackingphilippines.com >> >> http://www.facebook.com/backpackingPhilippines >> http://www.twitter.com/backpackPH >> >> On Apr 25, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think most of you already know that the Philippines is supposed to have >> a land area of 300,000 km². This is what is stored in the United Nations: >> http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2009-2010/Table03.pdf >> >> However, the National Statistical Coordination Board says its 343,448.32 >> km²: http://www.nscb.gov.ph/view/geography.asp >> >> Confusingly, the Philippine Information Agency used to say it its website >> that the area is 299,764 km². >> http://web.archive.org/web/20090302131341/http://www.pia.gov.ph/philinfo/default.asp?fi=about&i=geography >> >> :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> > > > > -- > Rem Zamora > Photojournalist > +63-917-592-74-33 > -link to my photos- > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
