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Jorn Barger

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Aug 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM8/23/97
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This maps file is available at:
<URL:ftp://ftp.mcs.net/mcsnet.users/jorn/asciimaps.txt>


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|~~--__ | | Wyoming|____ |~~~~~|--| |__ /_-'Penn.{,~Conn.
| | ~~~|~~| | ~~\ Iowa/ `-' |`~ |~_____{/NJ
| | | '---------, Nebr.\----| IL|IN|OH,' ~/~\,|`MD
', \ Nev.|Utah| Colo. |~~~~~~~| \ | ,'~~\WV/ VA |
|Cal\ | | | Kansas| MO \_-~ KY /`~___--\
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'_ '\| | |~~~|Okla.| | Tenn._/-,~~-,/
\ |Ariz.| New | |_ |Ark./~~|~~\ \,/S Car.
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'-,_ | _____| | / | ,-'---~\
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Jorn Barger

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Aug 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM8/23/97
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In article <01bcafe6$70b23f80$168e...@flynnmh.voicenet.com>,
nomac <not...@noone.com> wrote:
>Very nice. Now what about Hawaii and Alaska?

Thanks. I pass on HI and AK...

> How long did these take to do?

Many hours, starting from a propersized tracing with feltpen on
plastic.


nomac

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Aug 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM8/23/97
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Jorn Barger <jo...@MCS.COM> wrote in article
<5tn0j4$ac3$1...@Mercury.mcs.net>...
:
: This maps file is available at:


: <URL:ftp://ftp.mcs.net/mcsnet.users/jorn/asciimaps.txt>
:
:
: ,__ _,
: \~\| ~~---___ , | \
: | / | ~~~~~~~|~~~~~| ~~---, _/, >
: /~-_--__| | | \ / ~\~~/ /~| ||,'
: | / \ |------| { / /~) __- ',|_\,
: / | |~~~~~~~~| \ \ | | '~\ |_____,|~,-'
: |~~--__ | | |____ |~~~~~|--| |__ /_-' {,~
: | | ~~~|~~| | ~~\ / `-' |`~ |~_____{/
: | | | '---------, \----| | | ,' ~/~\,|`
: ', \ | | |~~~~~~~| \ | ,'~~\ / |
: | \ | | | | \_-~ /`~___--\
: ', \ ,-----|-------+-------'_____/__----~~/ /
: '_ '\| | |~~~| | | _/-,~~-,/
: \ | | | |_ | /~~|~~\ \,/
: ~~~-' | | `~~~\___| | | /
: '-,_ | _____| | / | ,-'---~\
: `~'~ \ | `--,~~~~-~~, \
: \/~\ /~~~`---` | \
: \ / \ |
: \ | '\'
: `~'

Very nice. Now what about Hawaii and Alaska? How long did these take to do?

Geni

Donald Tucker

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Aug 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM8/24/97
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Jorn Barger (jo...@MCS.COM) writes:
> This maps file is available at:
> <URL:ftp://ftp.mcs.net/mcsnet.users/jorn/asciimaps.txt>

>[Cut USA maps. excellent work!]
>[Cut labelled world map]

>
>
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One of the most challenging things to do in ascii since people have
a clear idea of how it should look and its very complex.
The main problems are in the regions north of 60^. I tried tinkering
with it and made a revised version.

I made it into a map of the world 500 years ago


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Cheers
Donald

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