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A Problem Squared

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Geoscience Australia: Do You Include the Terrain in the Surface Area Calculation?

Geodata is the most confusing, bewildering data I've come across in my life. From looking at the data, there's no third dimension. There's no up and down. And thankfully, I could find out who owns that number. It's geoscience Australia. They do not include the terrain when they're calculating the surface area. So if this is standard practice, and I'm going to have to assume it is because they're the only organization I can get a national answer out of for a country,. It's the footprint of the country, not the actual surface area.

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