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Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.– Terry Pratchett

Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.– Tobler’s first law of geography

You can be vague about the road to the Mountains of Mystery, but you need to know the way to the post office.– Streets of Ankh-Morpork Geo is coming.

– Marissa Meyer

Here be dragons

Location, Location, Location.

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Francisco Morazán Departamento Francisco Morazán

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Bergen Bergen auf Rügen bergen

[Pictures from Wikipedia]

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http://dbpedia.org/resource/Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondhjem

Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Trøndelag, Norge63°26’N 10°24’Ø

Midtbyen, Trondheim

TRD, VærnesGløshaugen

Trondheim, Norway

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondheim

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[Geocoding and Geoparsing are Easy, by Gary Galehttp://www.slideshare.net/vicchi/geocoding-and-geoparsing-are-easy]

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[http://maps.google.com/

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Francisco Morazán

Departamento Francisco Morazán

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