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What is geoGraphia

Before you reject the name of this website, let me explain how I came up with it. Geography comes from the Greek word Geographia. It is composed by the two words gea (which means earth) and grafi (which means writing). Therefore the word encapsulates what is written about earth. Of course through the years, the meaning of the word has changed, to include further more writtings, all related to the Earth in some way.

The attempt here is to create a useful website for my studies in Geography. As a result, I tried to put online the things that I studied, as well as the projects I have completed or I am working on right now. This are by no means perfect, or of noteworthy academic value. But I believe they can be useful to others following my path.

Site Information

This website was built manually by me, using a text editor and no fancy applications that seperate the user from the content. I attempted to use all the latest technology available to me. This includes HTML 4.01 as well as CSS. All the standard specifications were used, making this website completely compliant with all browsers following the W3C specifications.

The lack of images is attributed to the fact that most users that will view this website will do so through Internet Explorer. The problem is the handling of images and the failure to follow standard's specifications as defined by various organizations. Specifically, I am referring to the PNG, an open specification adopted by the ISO, but not by Microsoft's products yet, as it is not propriety and therefore "dangerous" to their profitable plans (go figure).

References

Ragget, David (ed). "HTML 4.01 Specification". World Wide Web Consortium. 24 December 1999. Available online at <http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/>. Last Accessed: April 4th, 2003.

Randers-Pehrson, Glenn (ed). "PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification Version 1.2". Available online at <http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/spec/PNG-Contents.html>. Last Accessed: April 4th, 2003