40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World «TwistedSifter
a few examples...
The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded (not shown: Sao Tome and Principe)
Map of ‘Pangea’ with Current International Borders
Where Google Street View is Available
Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country
Global internet usage based on time of day....
World Map of Earthquakes Since 1898
Average Age of First Sexual Intercourse by Country
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
My fetish...555
One thing about maps that really amazed me, is that Africa is smaller than it really on world maps..
Because of projecting a 3 demensional image 2 demensional, siberia/china/Australia and US/Canada seem bigger than they really are, and Africa seems smaller..
Love the internet activity map.. Amazing that activity goes down with the sun (bussiness activity).. I would have expected the activity in the West to be higher in the early evening...
Love maps , I've got a small collection of Antique maps of Jersey , got a few from the early 1600's
I always thought Canada and Russia look smaller when you see them on a 3 dimensional globe? Africa and others near the equator always look similar in size as they are on 2D maps?
SE - any Jersey maps you can share on here?
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
Supports my case doesn't it? Africa is bigger than you think... not smaller... ie... those countries further away from the equator are shown in 2D maps as much bigger than they really are... eg. Greenland always looks huge...Originally Posted by RakThai
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
Mine are in frames , but this is one I have
http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...sey/Blaeu.html
And another
http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...y/Hondius.html
Last edited by Stillearly; 7th September 2013 at 05:19.
Ok.. We mean the same... I guess my first post wasn't to clear..555Supports my case doesn't it? Africa is bigger than you think... not smaller... ie... those countries further away from the equator are shown in 2D maps as much bigger than they really are... eg. Greenland always looks huge...
The Peter's projection shows a different perspective to the traditional Mercator maps we see
Have some antique maps of Holland.. Some are metric, some are in "hours walk".. Maps really go strange, rivers and lakes get a complete different shape...
Have you always lived here SE?
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
Yeah I think we did... the way you described made me think we didn't... 555
That's a better representation....The Peter's projection shows a different perspective to the traditional Mercator maps we see
Now.... how do we get a world globe on this page... 555
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
Here's a starter for ten...
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
Yes , lucky enough to have been born here
Do you speak French as well?Yes , lucky enough to have been born here
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
The best early mapmakers were Dutch
A little , School french , the place names are mostly in French , but English has been the dominant Language here for a long time , the local patois , Jersey-Norman French is not spoken much
So do you feel English, British or just Jerseyman?
My only experience was in a pie making factory managing the gravy team
Guess they had to be... Every weeks some "water" had been turned into land... 555The best early mapmakers were Dutch
British first , a Crapaud second
English when it comes to sport
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