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Old May 24th 05, 12:56 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Edmund Lewis Edmund Lewis is offline
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General Von Clinkerhoffen wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/w...st/index.shtml

This is supposed to show the weather in Beds Herts & Bucks, half of
bucks is cut off, and I didn't know that Norwich and Boston we in my
local area!

I've complained but I'm not holding my breath.


Dave Liquorice wrote:
Oh dear they really are struggling with getting towns in the right
place aren't they. Be quick and take a look at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/weather...st/index.shtml

Berwick-upon-Tweed is, in reality, on the east coast to the ESE of
Edinburgh, roughly where the d of tweed is... Currently it's shown

as
somewhere near Lanark! Barrow isn't quite right either.

Has no one with a map checked the coordinates for towns in the

places
overlay? I notice on the TV the blobs weeble and wobble about a

pixel
her a pixel there as the view zooms about. Haven't they heard of
anti-aliasing?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/weat...st/index.shtml

Luton is now in Shropshire. As are Liverpool, Grimsby (or is that in
the sea?) and London.
Actually that's the same as the "Midlands" map I have come to hate for
omuitting everything west of the M6.

Edmund