Talk:Africa
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Did you download the ps versions of these maps? I'd like to see if they are outline maps so maybe I could improve on them visually a bit. -- Mark 13:56, 12 Sep 2004 (EDT)
- I got them from http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/. Professorbiscuit 13:58, 12 Sep 2004 (EDT)
- Yeah, that's what I meant. It says there that each map it generates comes with a PostScript version, which I'm hoping is a vector graphic. -- Mark 14:22, 12 Sep 2004 (EDT)
[edit] Country Removal
An anon user removed a bunch of countries. I can't figure out a legit reason for it, so I rolled it back. For a second I thought it might be a trim to remove some countries which are listed in subregion articles... but it was inexplicable to me that Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa were removed but smaller countries like Gabon and Rwanda were left in. -- Colin 18:46, 30 Jan 2006 (EST)
[edit] Cities
Huh? Is there a reason we don't have a cities list here? Or did we really just forget? --Peter Talk 20:06, 16 January 2008 (EST)
- It's a continent, like Asia and North America. None of them have a city list --Nick 00:12, 17 January 2008 (EST)
- Does not surprise me, it a common mistake that happens to the best of us from time to time; I think it's called the Miss Teen South Carolina syndrome. Does not matter how many atlases and maps there are on the planet, people in general seem to have a mental image of Africa as a small country. Tourists visit the Kruger National Park and think they have seen all that Africa has to offer, civil war breaks out in Rwanda and friends in Europe will urge me to flee Africa and move there, drought and famine occurs 7000km away in Ethiopia and people want to start sending me food packages. --Nick 02:22, 17 January 2008 (EST)
[edit] Rwanda & Burundi
I know this will require a bit of annoying tweaking of maps, but I really feel that these two should be included in East Africa, not Central Africa. I know they are both sometimes considered part of either one, but for the sake of the traveler, they will most certainly be visited as part of an East African itinerary rather than a central one. Any opposition? – cacahuate talk 06:28, 1 June 2009 (EDT)
