Cannot locate 'Gulf of Carpentaria' on Google maps.

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Cannot locate 'Gulf of Carpentaria' on Google maps.

Post by deadedith » Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:38 am

Is it between northern Australia and Indonesia?
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Re: Cannot locate 'Gulf of Carpentaria' on Google maps.

Post by deadedith » Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:45 am

Ah - East side of the Norman River, right there on the coast (Gulf - maybe that was a hint :-))
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Re: Cannot locate 'Gulf of Carpentaria' on Google maps.

Post by GregL » Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:05 pm

Hi Dave,

If you flip the USA over, top-to-bottom, so that Florida is at the top right of your screen, then northern Queensland (Cairns, Cape York Peninsula, Townsville) = Florida, and Gulf of Carpentaria = Gulf of Mexico.

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Re: Cannot locate 'Gulf of Carpentaria' on Google maps.

Post by deadedith » Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:11 pm

Greg - I got vertigo, but I see what you're talking about :-)
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Re: Cannot locate 'Gulf of Carpentaria' on Google maps.

Post by woodrat » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:09 pm

Greg you are a great geography teacher! :D
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Re: Cannot locate 'Gulf of Carpentaria' on Google maps.

Post by GregL » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:47 am

Thanks John! My day job is GIS (Geographic Information Systems) so I've seen lots of maps in lots of different orientations!

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