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Jan 13, 2014 14:34:58 GMT
Post by mossie on Jan 13, 2014 14:34:58 GMT
That is very useful Bixa, my youngest lives near Guildford but thankfully is well clear of any floods.
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Apr 6, 2014 5:00:39 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Apr 6, 2014 5:00:39 GMT
Over 20,000 historic maps have been made available on line by the New York Public Library: link
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Oct 1, 2015 14:54:17 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2015 14:54:17 GMT
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Oct 2, 2015 5:50:27 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 5:50:27 GMT
I got 10 out of 13.
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Oct 2, 2015 10:45:29 GMT
Post by whatagain on Oct 2, 2015 10:45:29 GMT
9.
Missed SF, Mexico and Vancouver where I've yet been, and got right Grammichele - where the heck is that city ?
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Oct 2, 2015 10:47:26 GMT
Post by patricklondon on Oct 2, 2015 10:47:26 GMT
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Nov 19, 2015 0:54:05 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 19, 2015 0:54:05 GMT
As a US citizen who probably could not label all 50 states correctly, I probably shouldn't mock, but ......... Some of you may have seen the news story about Ben Carson's campaign posting an incorrect map of the US on Facebook and Twitter. This is deeply satisfying on two levels: I loathe Ben Carson and the map was in service of one of his loathsome stances. Didn't the map look wrong to them? (Also note that he used a grammatical clunker in his subject statement. *smirk*) Apparently, really bad map boo-boos on the grand scale aren't that uncommon: www.vox.com/2015/2/18/8056325/bad-maps
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Nov 19, 2015 2:03:48 GMT
Post by questa on Nov 19, 2015 2:03:48 GMT
When the Sydney Olympics were held on the east coast, CNN broadcast a map showing Sydney located at Perth Western Australia. This is a 4000 miles west, across an empty continent.
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Nov 19, 2015 3:14:08 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 19, 2015 3:14:08 GMT
Picky picky ~ at least it was the correct continent.
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Nov 19, 2015 4:21:31 GMT
Post by questa on Nov 19, 2015 4:21:31 GMT
Yes, small mercies...mustn't grumble...
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Dec 3, 2015 2:41:47 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2015 2:41:47 GMT
Check out these beauties and oddities ~ Leo Belgicus, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612 Portolan chart of the Pacific coast from Mexico to northern Chile, 1500 The great Qing Dynasty's complete map of all under heaven, 1890 source
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Dec 3, 2015 3:29:26 GMT
Post by questa on Dec 3, 2015 3:29:26 GMT
Aren't they exquisite! You wouldn't trust your trade goods to a navigator working from these maps, but they are lovely.
I would love to take the map makers of old to see our modern map making facilities and maps. 'Twould blow their minds.
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Dec 3, 2015 8:11:49 GMT
Post by mossie on Dec 3, 2015 8:11:49 GMT
How right you are Questa, but the modern systems cannot reproduce the sheer beauty and decorative qualities of the old maps and charts.
All the same I am glad I had a modern map and chart to wrestle with when the chips were down.
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Dec 3, 2015 8:32:50 GMT
Post by questa on Dec 3, 2015 8:32:50 GMT
Areas on the ancient maps that had not been surveyed or charted were sometimes annotated with the phrase, "and here be Dragons".
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Dec 3, 2015 16:38:05 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2015 16:38:05 GMT
The amount of work to update those maps is mind-boggling. Click on the source button to see how much more accurately the new world was depicted in 1702 compared to 1633.
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Sept 4, 2016 3:24:23 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Sept 4, 2016 3:24:23 GMT
This map of Anglo-Saxon London is nifty, not least because so many of the names on the map are recognizable despite their changes through the centuries ~ Here is just one section of the map, with its caption: Central London was once largely marshland. The first major Anglo Saxon settlement was Lundenwic (now Covent Garden/Aldwych). Later, King Alfred re-established a town within the old Roman walls, known as Lundenburh.Click here for the full-resolution Anglo-Saxon map (3.2 MB).
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Dec 16, 2016 4:04:44 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Dec 16, 2016 4:04:44 GMT
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Dec 16, 2016 5:08:32 GMT
Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2016 5:08:32 GMT
Fascinating!
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Dec 16, 2016 15:07:31 GMT
Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2016 15:07:31 GMT
When my brother recently got married I "batted my brains out" to try and figure out what to give to he and his bride.
My husband and I finally settled on an antique map of Long Island and it's surroundings from 1842.
The frame job actually cost more than the map (because of the special glass to protect the map from light etc.) which was not cheap either.
It was a tough call because they have a well appointed very nice home with every amenity imaginable.
I knew my brother has an affinity for maps but, I wasn't sure about his wife.
She assured me that she loved it.
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Jun 5, 2017 10:45:35 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jun 5, 2017 10:45:35 GMT
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Jun 7, 2017 11:30:06 GMT
Post by lagatta on Jun 7, 2017 11:30:06 GMT
casimira, did it include "The Hamptons"?
bixa, I love sites like that and have never once watched a makeup tutorial. I do confess to watching a hair tutorial, because I have curly-kinky hair that is difficult to tame. Didn't learn anything; a few minutes of my life forever lost when I should have been petting cats.
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Aug 19, 2017 15:53:05 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Aug 19, 2017 15:53:05 GMT
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Jan 9, 2019 6:14:45 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2019 6:14:45 GMT
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Jan 9, 2019 6:36:55 GMT
Post by bjd on Jan 9, 2019 6:36:55 GMT
Nice to read that. We still have a box of paper maps, and always carry a road atlas in the car even though I have Waze in my phone.
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Jan 9, 2019 8:02:40 GMT
via mobile
Post by mickthecactus on Jan 9, 2019 8:02:40 GMT
I keep one in my car as well.
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Jan 10, 2019 7:33:46 GMT
Post by kerouac2 on Jan 10, 2019 7:33:46 GMT
It's funny how paper maps have absolutely never gone out of fashion in France (perhaps because people like the Michelin ones so much?), while it is nearly impossible to find even the simplest paper road map in so many other countries.
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Jan 10, 2019 9:13:34 GMT
Post by mossie on Jan 10, 2019 9:13:34 GMT
I can never go anywhere without studying a 'proper' map and always have one with me when travelling.
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Jan 10, 2019 13:59:24 GMT
Post by lagatta on Jan 10, 2019 13:59:24 GMT
Hardly surprising for a navigator!
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Jan 10, 2019 15:40:48 GMT
Post by mossie on Jan 10, 2019 15:40:48 GMT
And in my subsequent career I was for ever having to drive to new places, some of which, like the new towns being built in the '60's, I had never heard of.
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Jan 10, 2019 16:34:40 GMT
Post by questa on Jan 10, 2019 16:34:40 GMT
There were stories of the army map makers in the 1940-50s who were sent to map the sparse outback regions of Oz. They would be given aerial photos and told to fill in the details. After a few weeks of slogging through the dust, flies and heat they found a better way. They would sit in the local pub and ask the local farmers, truckies and mail drivers for help. These blokes knew every track, bridge, dam, boundary fence, windmill and trig point in the district. The beer flowed and the stories of incidents attached to the mapped points helped the locals remember the details. Years later the proper surveyors remarked how accurate the first maps were.
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