[Clipart] Screenshot uploaded: Kiribati Flag

Jarno jarno at huittinen.com
Mon Aug 1 06:51:52 PDT 2005


> Jarno wrote:
>
>> I don't think that "The Flags Of The World" website is most accure
>> place on web. Example the Finlands state flag is incorrect by stars
>> of "coat of arms of the state" that is in middle on flag.
>
> There are no stars, unless you mean the rosettes.  The rosettes seem
> to be about right, however.  On the other hand, the sword at the top
> appears to be wrong, judging by the picture on the Finnish goverment
> website:
>
>   http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/tpk/eng/institution/ensign.html
>

Look at those rosettes ... they should be at same line at vertical and the
bottom rosette is also in wrong place.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fi.html

>> I would use the factbook that was mentioned.
>> http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
>
> Please don't use that - it's horribly inaccurate as far as flags go.
> For example, the flags of South Korea, China and Australia are all
> wrong.
>
> Can you cite a single example of a flag that the CIA World Factbook
> gets right that Flags Of The World gets wrong?  (The CIA World
> Factbook doesn't show the Finnish state flag.)
>
> --
> Stephen Silver
>
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