On Nov 23, 11:51 pm, David Buttery wrote:
Brian Wakem wrote :

And they only show the temperature in the "towns and cities". It's
all part of their GW agenda.

Or possibly because that's where most people live. I think the great
expanses of blue colouring on the map make it pretty clear that it's going
to be cold! Don't get me wrong, I agree with Bonos Ego (and a lot of other
people!) that the BBC graphics are poor in many regards... but not
everything the BBC does has a sinister political motive. Really!

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

The areas coloured blue does not tell me whether the temperature is
-1c or -10c.

Also, Fog appears the same colour as Snow. On the old graphics they
had FOG in capital letters on the map, which clearly tells the viewer
there will be FOG, and not Snow.

Good graphics clearly communicate the information/message to the
viewer without the need of running commentary from the presenter.
Obviously the presenter cannot mention every UK location in a 1min
slot, and that is why the graphics should communicate the message
rather than relying on the presenter to do so.

I take issue with most people living in cities, with there being circa
60 million in the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Using the main UK cities

London = 7.5m
Glasgow = 0.5m
Edinburgh = 0.4m
Cardiff = 0.3m
Belfast = 0.3m
Birmingham = 1.0m
Manchester = 0.5m (Inc Salford)
Liverpool = 0.4m
Sheffield = 0.5m
Newcastle = 0.3m

That leaves 48.3m living in the rest of the UK