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  2. Cartography of France - Wikipedia

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    Cartography of France. The French Sanson family was a major contributor to cartographic maps from the 17th century onwards. Pictured above: Sanson and Jaillot's decorative map of the world on a double hemisphere projection from 1691. The history of French cartography can be traced to developments in the Middle Ages.

  3. Carte du Ciel - Wikipedia

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    The Sydney 'Star Camera' used in the Carte du Ciel project, original publication, 1892. The Carte du Ciel (French pronunciation: [kaʁt dy sjɛl]; literally, 'Map of the Sky') and the Astrographic Catalogue (or Astrographic Chart) were two distinct but connected components of a massive international astronomical project, initiated in the late 19th century, to catalogue and map the positions of ...

  4. Corsica - Wikipedia

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    French ( Français) is the official and most widely spoken language on the island. Corsican, the native language and an Italo-Dalmatian language, is recognized as one of France's regional languages. Corsica is the third-least populated region of France after Mayotte and French Guiana .

  5. GeoPDF - Wikipedia

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    GeoPDF. GeoPDF is a line of map and imagery products created by TerraGo software applications. GeoPDF products use geospatial PDF as a container for maps, imagery, and other data used to deliver an enhanced user experience in TerraGo applications. However, GeoPDF products conform to published specifications including both the OGC best practice ...

  6. Online public access catalog - Wikipedia

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    Online public access catalog. The online public access catalog ( OPAC ), now frequently synonymous with library catalog, is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the analog card catalogs previously used in libraries.

  7. Crowds boo as sixth Banksy taken down just hours later - AOL

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    Crowds booed as a new Banksy artwork of a stretching cat on an empty, distressed billboard in north-west London was taken down just hours after being revealed. The street artist posted a photo of ...

  8. French language - Wikipedia

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    French ( français, French: [fʁɑ̃sɛ], or langue française, French: [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz], or by some speakers, French: [lɑ̃ŋ fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul ...

  9. Why Jordan Chiles and Ana Barbosu should have both ... - AOL

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    Presented by Toyota. The reason she didn’t win originally is because the coach for American Jordan Chiles appealed the judges' degree of difficulty score, believing (correctly) that they failed ...