On map of Indonesia

Indeed, my World Map, the Oosthoek-Time Wereld Atlas, edition 1973, shows Kota Bonjol located dead on the Equator as Rahmat Febrianto stated in his letter Map madness (The Jakarta Post, Sept 27, 2003).

Padang lies far south of it. This sloppiness and inaccuracy of the maps (indicated) may indeed negatively influence any sovereignty claims Indonesia intends to forward. Both now and in the future.

J. MORAAL
Surabaya.