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Index of Subjects Please allow an old cartographer to comment on the issue of map punctuation. Maps are most often complex graphic images and there is far more information available to place than is available on the given page. The cartographer has to resort to dots, small circles and a variety of other devices to symbolize information which otherwise could not be shown. Therefore it is good cartographic practice never to use any mark that could be mistaken for a map symbol. Periods are never shown and the apostrophe is not used to indicate possession - thus Pikes Peak would be correct! The apostrophe is used only to conform to correct legal spelling, such as O'Keefe Lake. The hyphen is also only used to conform to the correct legal spelling. Our practice was always - if in doubt, leave it out. (just another way to say KISS or Keep It Simple Stupid - the holy grail of cartography). John Belbin - Kingston
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