Interesting Maps

lawred2

Bambi wrote: »

GAA pitch or GAA club? I'm pretty sure its not accurate either way, but note the darklands above in Mordor

Capt'n Midnight

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

France and the Netherlands share a border.

https://www.st-maarten.com/index.php/island/history-overview-st-maarten-st-martin/border-legend-sxm

Legend has it that over 350 years ago, the Dutch and the French wished to draw a border on the island in a civilized manner. It was decided that a race should be held to determine how much land each nation could claim.

The French competitor had to follow the coastline to the North, the Dutchman had to walk South. Once they circumnavigated the island and met again, a line would be drawn between the starting point and the meeting point to define the border.

Both men choose beverages according to their culture: the Frenchmen a bottle of Red Wine, the Dutch a bottle of Genever (Dutch Gin). Obviously, quenching one's thirst with Gin will have a more significant negative impact on one's athletic performance than sipping some wine. The Dutch soldier discovered this when he met his more sober French competitor again: His gin induced slow-down cost the Dutch quite some territory. French St. Martin covers now two thirds of the 37 square mile island.

No matter what the legend, the 'Treaty of Concordia' is a reality and the oldest, still enforced international treaty

stopthevoting

KevRossi wrote: »

Euro surely?

No, that wasn't a typo. It was intended to read as guilders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antillean_guilder

Victor

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

St James Gate in Dublin is named after the starting point of the pilgrimage Camino de Santiago leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

Are there was me thinking it was named after the former city gate, on James Street (about where the Bank of Ireland is now) in the parish of St. James, whose church is now a distillery, which in turn was named for one of about 10 people known as St James.

BonnieSituation

Bambi wrote: »

GAA pitch or GAA club? I'm pretty sure its not accurate either way, but note the darklands above in Mordor

Meath has plenty of pitches

Capt'n Midnight

cnocbui

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

https://www.st-maarten.com/index.php/island/history-overview-st-maarten-st-martin/border-legend-sxm

A doctor once told me that alcohol can be quickly absorbed and turned to sugars, and so can quickly provide energy, so The level of impairment must have been the deciding factor, as the gin might have provided a boost, in moderation.

IAMAMORON

The " Ireland Way" walking trail. It has crossed my mind and is on the bucket list.

MY BAD

A lot of that "trail" is public roads. Its not that suitable for walking in many places in my opinion.

cnocbui

MY BAD wrote: »

A lot of that "trail" is public roads. Its not that suitable for walking in many places in my opinion.

Personally, I wouldn't want to walk that sort of distance in wellies, with a pair of wire cutters, which is the alternative.

IAMAMORON

MY BAD wrote: »

A lot of that "trail" is public roads. Its not that suitable for walking in many places in my opinion.

cnocbui wrote: »

Personally, I wouldn't want to walk that sort of distance in wellies, with a pair of wire cutters, which is the alternative.

I hike a lot. There is always roads as in Ireland access laws are prohibitive.

It is no biggie and would certainly not get in my way of attempting the walk. It essentially comprises many existing national walking trails.

Most walking trails which include main public roads are in the back arse of nowhere, you would be lucky to meet a tractor - never mind a car.

storker

cdeb wrote: »

American geography not my strong point, but I think Maryland and Kansas are two. And is there two Dakotas? They're both missing.

Edit - actually, Maryland is top right (MD); I just didn't know where it is. Don't see Delaware though.

New Mexico is missing.

JupiterKid

Direct to scale comparison between the built up areas of Tokyo and London.

Notice how much more consolidated the pattern of urban development in Tokyo is compared to London, largely a function of land use planning policy, topography and cultural differences between Japan and the UK.

chooseusername

JupiterKid wrote: »

Direct to scale comparison between the built up areas of Tokyo and London.

Notice how much more consolidated the pattern of urban development in Tokyo is compared to London, largely a function of land use planning policy, topography and cultural differences between Japan and the UK.

When you consider the population of Tokyo is about four times that of London
you realise how crowded Tokyo is.

ohnonotgmail

Generate your own street maps of any city. Uses OpenStreetMap data

https://anvaka.github.io/city-roads/

Seth Brundle

https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/1347131496797253637

Seth Brundle

https://twitter.com/gillianmobrien/status/1088382988080087040

Seth Brundle

https://twitter.com/QUBSC/status/1333375700083077120

Seth Brundle

Last tweet...

https://twitter.com/BLMaps/status/1242716372901265408

Mimon

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Last tweet...

https://twitter.com/BLMaps/status/1242716372901265408

Thanks, lead me to this, definitely worth a look.

https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V1/HOC_VOLUME1_gallery.pdf

ohnonotgmail

a map of poland post ww2. None of the countries bordering it exist today

1874

Lithuania, Germany?

Barna77

1874 wrote: »

Lithuania, Germany?

Soviet Union, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
All gone

IAMAMORON

Map of Kings County


Queens County

Charles Babbage

1874 wrote: »

Lithuania, Germany?

These did not exist in 1945, they were the USSR and DDR.

IAMAMORON

The Barony of Philipstown

BonnieSituation

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Map of Kings County


Queens County

Ah Philipstown and Maryborough...:D

sligojoek

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Map of Kings County

Queens County

You wouldn't have one of Tipperary by any chance?

dennyire

sligojoek wrote: »

You wouldn't have one of Tipperary by any chance?

Or of Kerry?

IAMAMORON

sligojoek wrote: »

You wouldn't have one of Tipperary by any chance?

dennyire wrote: »

Or of Kerry?

I am doing a personal study of the Cromwellian invasion and I came across them then. I am also looking for a town plan of Banagher before and after if possible, the search continues.