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There's just something grim about that /favourite star/ icon used by USGS to indicate the quake's epicentre on the map.


"Favourite star" icon? Sorry but stars have been used as landmarks since forever.


To be fair, it's not terribly common, especially to use a gold colored star. Usually a black star or a white star with a black outline is more common.

However you're right, it's not without precedent. Here's a very similar star being used by the US Government in one of their maps: http://www.usgs.gov/state/images/maps/AK.jpg


I read the comments first and I assumed you may be exaggerating a bit. Certainly it's fine to use a "*" on the map to distinguish from cities?

It could only be worse if they had chosen a smiley emoticon.




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