Interesting Maps

Brief_Lives · 07-05-2020 04:43PM

Who did the 3D render? any link? Great image.

quickbeam · 08-05-2020 08:23AM

^^ Now my desktop picture. Lovely stuff.

Wondered what that Island up the NE was. Checked Google Maps and it's actually Scotland (Mull of Kintyre). I'd never realised just how close Great Britain was to the island of Ireland.

Shedite27 · 08-05-2020 09:50AM

Brief_Lives wrote: »

Who did the 3D render? any link? Great image.

Looks like @geo_spatialist on Twitter is responsible. Per Twitter, he's currently redoing it in high-res

BonnieSituation · 08-05-2020 09:55AM

quickbeam wrote: »

^^ Now my desktop picture. Lovely stuff.

Wondered what that Island up the NE was. Checked Google Maps and it's actually Scotland (Mull of Kintyre). I'd never realised just how close Great Britain was to the island of Ireland.

If you go to Tor Head in North Antrim you can see Scotland on a clear day.

Seth Brundle · 08-05-2020 09:57AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

If you go to Tor Head in North Antrim you can see Scotland on a clear day.

It's actually a lovely part of the world up around there!

BonnieSituation · 08-05-2020 10:00AM

Seth Brundle wrote: »

It's actually a lovely part of the world up around there!

Aye it is. The Glens are stunning.

Also, driving down the laneway through the farmyard to the head is something else as well!

quickbeam · 08-05-2020 10:01AM

Yeah, I had a wander around on Street View there this morning

smacl · 08-05-2020 10:27AM

Brief_Lives wrote: »

Who did the 3D render? any link? Great image.

Sean Conway, see https://www.linkedin.com/in/conwaysp/ He does some really fantastic work.

NIMAN · 08-05-2020 10:34AM

No sign in to get past that link.

That would be a lovely piece to buy for the house.

NIMAN · 08-05-2020 10:36AM

quickbeam wrote: »

^^ Now my desktop picture. Lovely stuff.

Wondered what that Island up the NE was. Checked Google Maps and it's actually Scotland (Mull of Kintyre). I'd never realised just how close Great Britain was to the island of Ireland.

Actually just over 19km at the closest points.

08-05-2020 06:52PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Actually just over 19km at the closest points.

And this is a good thing. Otherwise we’d have those Russian Bear bombers flying down the Irish Sea rather than having to go to the west, which is “High Seas Airspace”. A strange concept, I know!

Victor · 08-05-2020 07:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

And this is a good thing. Otherwise we’d have those Russian Bear bombers flying down the Irish Sea rather than having to go to the west, which is “High Seas Airspace”. A strange concept, I know!

Actually, as they would be flying from one piece of international airspace to another, they would be able to do it legally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Black_Sea_bumping_incident However, there are reasons they don't do it - they would be subject to air navigation rules, spying is a no-no, they may be carrying weapons and it would be an escalatory measure being that close to the exit from Faslane.

09-05-2020 06:49AM

Victor wrote: »

Actually, as they would be flying from one piece of international airspace to another, they would be able to do it legally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Black_Sea_bumping_incident However, there are reasons they don't do it - they would be subject to air navigation rules, spying is sa no-no, they may be carrying weapons and it would be an escalatory measure being that close to the exit from Faslane.

Ooh I never knew that. Thanks. I really do learn something every day!

cnocbui · 10-05-2020 01:23AM

Victor wrote: »

Actually, as they would be flying from one piece of international airspace to another, they would be able to do it legally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Black_Sea_bumping_incident However, there are reasons they don't do it - they would be subject to air navigation rules, spying is a no-no, they may be carrying weapons and it would be an escalatory measure being that close to the exit from Faslane.

Russia thrives on escalatory provocations, they give out medals for them.

cnocbui · 10-05-2020 01:33AM

Loved that geology map but the white balance was doing my head in.

igCorcaigh · 10-05-2020 02:00AM

cnocbui wrote: »

Loved that geology map but the white balance was doing my head in

Seems almost fungal.

Is that a spliff coming off Antrim?

mr_fegelien · 10-05-2020 02:53AM

dan1895 · 10-05-2020 08:46AM

https://twitter.com/club_affairs/status/1259143606742507520?s=19

Quantum Erasure · 10-05-2020 05:53PM

^ Scotland, lol

Spoiler

SPFL - A civil war of Shakespearean proportions and Monty Pythonic nature between clubs

Oops! · 10-05-2020 05:56PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

^ Scotland, lol
Spoiler
SPFL - A civil war of Shakespearean proportions and Monty Pythonic nature between clubs

A joke of a league really, always has been.

Capt'n Midnight · 11-05-2020 12:00AM

Capt'n Midnight · 11-05-2020 12:04AM

BonnieSituation · 11-05-2020 12:12AM

Maine, no data

Maine, the Greenland of the US

Ted_YNWA · 11-05-2020 09:20AM

Never knew there was wild gorillas to be feared while in Hawaii,

quickbeam · 11-05-2020 09:35AM

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Never knew there was wild gorillas to be feared while in Hawaii,

Didn't know about gorillas either, but there are polar bears wandering around Hawaii to be feared.

mzungu · 11-05-2020 11:09PM

Map of territorial changes in Europe after World War I (as of 1923).

Capt'n Midnight · 11-05-2020 11:38PM

And here is a link to Google maps so you can see how how other countries do ribbon development
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sułoszowa,+Poland/@50.2709564,19.7205516,2007m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4716fc23351d970f:0x753a538a104a0690!8m2!3d50.2674103!4d19.7330258

Ipso · 11-05-2020 11:43PM

Is that a map or 70’s porno set wallpaper?

forgottenhills · 12-05-2020 01:14PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

And here is a link to Google maps so you can see how how other countries do ribbon development
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sułoszowa,+Poland/@50.2709564,19.7205516,2007m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4716fc23351d970f:0x753a538a104a0690!8m2!3d50.2674103!4d19.7330258

That's a fairly bizarre layout of agricultural fields in long strips directly behind each house. What is the historical background for this? Did a collective farm get broken up and awarded in long strips to each household along the road?

greenttc · 12-05-2020 03:15PM

forgottenhills wrote: »

That's a fairly bizarre layout of agricultural fields in long strips directly behind each house. What is the historical background for this? Did a collective farm get broken up and awarded in long strips to each household along the road?

Id say it is all to do with something similar to the Irish obsession with "frontage". It is desirable to have land along side a road for accessiblity, this was an equitable way for farmers to have land but for them all to have access to a main thoroughfare that could potentiallly have services linked to it eg electricity, communication, water etc.

It was also easier to mark land boundaries. I think much of Poland is covered in ribbon farms such as this.

That is a cool picture though!

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