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  1. The Real Height At Which A Hill Becomes A Mountain, According To Data
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    nzherald.co.nz/world/the-real- <-- shared media article
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    “From California to Colorado, one universal experience defines growing up in the American West. It’s not the wide-open skies. Or the deer and the antelope. It’s not even the lack of humidity, blissful as it may be. It’s taking your first trip Back East, visiting a national park and turning to your friends to say, “They call this a mountain?”..."
    #spatial #mapping #elevation #definition #mountain #hill #slope #topography #classifaction #landform #USGS #GeographicNamesInformationSystem #GNIS #ruggedness #terrain #slope
    #USGS | #GlobalMountainBiodiversityAssessment

  2. Apple Maps Übernimmt „Gulf of America“ – Bald Weltweiter Rollout
    Nach Google Maps hat nun auch Apple Maps den Namen des Golfs von Mexiko für Nutzer:innen in den USA auf „Gulf of America“ geändert. Die Anpassung erfolgt nach einer Exe
    apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/appl
    #News #Services #AppleMaps #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveOrder #GeografischeNamen #GNIS #GolfVonMexiko #GoogleMaps #GulfOfAmerica #KartenUpdates #Mexiko #USA