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The latest version (0.4) is up. It has all the sections, and lots of errors. I will upload a corrected version later tonight, and probably another couple versions over the weekend. This one is just for the early adopters.
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04-05-2009, 12:36 AM | #17 |
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I am ready to upload the Epub and LRF versions at 0.5. I think they are finally good enough that I could stop. I will of course continue to refine the ebook, but don't expect me to update the Epub and LRF ebooks nearly as often as the Kindle version. The conversion to Epub has already hit 16 minutes and is using all of my system resources.
I will upload the files as soon as they are converted. |
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04-05-2009, 01:37 AM | #18 |
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I can't upload the files yet. The conversion failed. I don't think calibre can handle such a big file.
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04-07-2009, 05:48 PM | #19 |
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The latest version is up. Thanks to Joshua Tallent's book it is much prettier than before.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43704 There is no real reason to update; the data hasn't changed. But I think the added formatting makes it easier to read. At this point I'm really just doing it for myself. I want to have something that looks like a real reference book. |
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Australia is no longer a continent
The seventh continent is now called Oceania, and it is basically the chunk of Pacific Ocean south and west of Hawaii. Am I the only one who sees the absurdity of calling a body of water a continent?
I'm not going to delete references to it. While it's not a continent, I do think it's a useful geographic term. But I did edit some of the country listings to fix a redundancy like: Quote:
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As I say, in my classification: Great Britain is Europe, Greenland is America, Japan is Asia, Australia and Fidji are Oceania, the Canary islands and Madagascar are Africa... |
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As for Europe and Asia, I agree. The division between the 2 is arbitrary. You could just as realistically divide Asia along the Himalayan Mountains. It makes about as much sense as a division at the Ural Mountains. |
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I vaguely remember being taught that America was both one and two continents - although I should probably clarify that I was taught these at different times!
I also recall being told at various times that the continent Australia and New Zealand belong to is variously Oceania or Australasia, but never just Australia. And one geography teacher consistenly referred to Europe and Asia as Eurasia. Greenland may be on the American continental plate, but it's definitely in Europe politically. When I was very young I always thought it odd that places like Greenland "belonged" to countries they physically weren't next to. For reference point, I'm in the UK and went to primary school in the 70s and secondary school in the 80s. |
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Also, we tend to see US-people calling their country "America" and themselves "Americans" as a rather arrogant attitude, since for us America extends from Argentina to Canada. But I understand it's just a habit and there's usually nothing arrogant in it, I consider it more a case of "false friends" between languages. From our Europe-centric view, Asian countries and cultures were so different and alien that they couldn't be considered the same "area", I believe that's the main reason behind the division between Europe and Asia. |
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04-11-2009, 02:01 PM | #27 |
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Version 0.7 is up. This one has searchable indexes and it will work as a dictionary on most Mobipocket devices.
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04-14-2009, 11:59 AM | #28 |
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Version 0.7.3 is up. Some of the changes include:
an improved search page. You can now search by country, flag, and keyword. The keyword search mainly covers the contents of the appendices. I am slowly expanding it to the rest of the pages. new links added to the flag pages. If a second flag is referenced (for example) as being similar, I linked to the corresponding flag page. new lower quality reference maps that should work on older versions of MobiReader. I've checked, and I can just barely see the difference in quality. Please note that the resolution has not changed. |
05-08-2009, 10:32 PM | #29 |
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The next version of the WFeB will include a number of new maps, including but not limited to Kashmir, Australia, Central Asia, Southern Asia, and Southeast Asia. I think I might also add a second Asia map. The current one isn't all that good.
It will take me a while to add all the links. |
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It's up. I also fixed the appendices formatting.
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