-----Original Message----- From: James R. Frysinger +ADw-metric+AEA-knology.net+AD4- To: U.S. Metric Association +ADw-usma+AEA-colostate.edu+AD4- Date: January 31, 2002 11:09 Subject: +AFs-USMA:17795+AF0- National Geographic - Antarctic map
We recently received the latest issue of National Geographic and I found that it contains a very nice two-sided chart of the Antarctic. This was meant to accompany an article in the previous issue but the events of last September threw their planning of articles into a dither The chart is obviously metric-based. There are two distance scales +ADw-SNIP+AD4- What about the National Geographic magazines in the UK and Canada? Just looked at a 2000 issue of NG at the dentist's this AM (Canada). An article on mountain climbing in southern Chile entirely ignored SI for distances, elevations etc. I intend to write them +AFs-again+AF0- on the theme that it is less than honest to use old units in this way (ie. without some admission that the units used in the piece were derived from the SI units actually used 'on location'). Duncan
