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#31078: I've submitted 3 errata now but I listed the book version as P1.0. However the actual version in my book is "2007-7-13" (First printing Oct 2...more...
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29-Feb-08
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#31099: "ogr2org" should be "ogr2ogr".--Daniel

 P1.0
02-Mar-08
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#31064: Specify that you're using ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (latest rev is 3.2.3) -- the non-Education version (latest is 9.2) doesn't ma...more...
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28-Feb-08
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#31065: Seems like edcftp.cr.usgs.gov is no longer a free source of data? I get 403 Forbidden trying to access the links, e.g. footnote 12.

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28-Feb-08
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#29895: The zip file in footnote 10 is downloadable, but when unzipped it doesn't seem to be a directory. It shows up as a document named "co08_d00.e0...more...
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17-Nov-07
39

#29894: Caption for Figure 2.7:

...displaying the both the states...

The first "the" should be deleted.--Pauline McNamara

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17-Nov-07
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#29896: Step 1 in section 2.13: there's no link called Administrative Boundaries under the Data drop-down menu. Looks like it's called "Geopolitical B...more...
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17-Nov-07
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#29897: The highways that I downloaded (following the link in footnote 14 and instructions on this page) seemed to fit in fine. They were immediately ...more...
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17-Nov-07
46
#29876: in pdf version: this copy is (First printing, October 2007) First paragraph under Globes, last sentence: "... an typical city" should be ...more...
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12-Nov-07
68
#31077: Put "(Area of Interest)" in parentheses after "AOI". You defined it in a prior chapter and this is the only other time it's used in the book,...more...
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29-Feb-08
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#29396: It would be nice if the EPSG code showed up somewhere in the WTK, BTW, it was nice meeting you at FRUGOS all that time ago. Too bad we don...more...
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11-Aug-07
70
#29397: UTM 13 N based on NAD83 is EPSG:26915. It's 26913, actually. I lived in zone 13 (Northern CA) for some years, 26713 and 26913 are indeed "s...more...
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11-Aug-07
72 60
#29804: The following text (starts the last paragraph of this page) appears twice in this paragraph: "This perfectly illustrates the ideas I first ...more...
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30-Oct-07
74 62
#29898: Section 4.2, second paragraph, and link under footnote 2: Don't be modest, go ahead and give us the title of your book. ;-) It's nice for whe...more...
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17-Nov-07
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#47452: In the paragraph starting "The fifth and last parameter...", a sentence reads "If we needed to store points that also had elevation data (X Y ...more...
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26-Aug-11
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#39376: pgsql2shp fails
fe_sendauth: no password supplied--Douglas

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09-Jun-09
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#29398: We can reproject the points from degrees into meters using our trusty UTM 13 N projection. Recall that the SRID for UTM 13 N is 26915: Ac...more...
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11-Aug-07
242

#47472: The first paragraph, second sentence refers to the website "Vactionworld". This should be "Vacationworld".--James Preston

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30-Aug-11