On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:03:04 +0100, Dave Ludlow wrote in

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I'm not sure about the science of it but I much preferred the old
contoured mapped averages. It's very hard for me to see the boundaries
between similar colours on these new maps (shades or red or blue),
particularly where are several colour changes in a small area.

I hadn't seen those maps until Philip referred to them two posts back. I
think the use of colours is ridiculous - I was constantly moving my eyes
between the map and key to match the colours and that wasn't always
possible. The colour boundaries look odd too. As you say - bring back
isopleth maps. I do think this is potentially a very useful source,
though, once such problems are ironed out.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 23/04/2004 07:32:01 UTC