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From Wikipedia:

Gakugei-daigaku Station opened on 28 August 1927.
 It was named after the Tokyo Gakugei University, but the campus moved to Koganei in 1964. The Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School opened in 1954 remains near this station.

This explains the name, but not why they didn't rename the station to something more appropriate/helpful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1mubwd7/distribution_of_megalithic_tombs_in_ireland/

A bit of a trek for students enrolled at the time

It was not always the next stop on the line, there used to be a few stops in between

In case anyone is interested, here are a couple interactive maps of various archaeological features in Ireland.

You don't want to use GPS if you travel in back country areas of western North America, you are likely to get routed on forest service roads or worse that do travel in shortest distance from point A to B, but become undrivable for average cars at some point. I know of at least ten cases where people got stranded and in some cases perished because they believed GPS navigation. One recurrent problem is that some of the roads lead up into higher terrain that becomes snow covered and impassible. If a snowstorm hits just as the person realizes they are in that sort of area, they may not be able to get back out. This happened to a couple from Kelowna, BC travelling to Las Vegas by road in March of some recent year (about ten years ago) … they were routed through a mountain range on a dirt road, became stuck, and couldn''t reverse the vehicle. For some unknown reason, the man decided to try to hike the entire 35 miles they had intended to drive, and died of exposure about five miles further into the wilderness (a better idea would have been to hike back to lower elevations and nearby ranches). The woman stayed put, survived for six weeks into early May on snack food they had with them, until discovered by teenagers on all-terrain vehicles making a spring-time run up the road. She survived the experience. In another similar case, a couple froze to death after their car ran out of gas on a high altitude road between Palm Springs and coastal California in mid-winter conditions. It snows fairly heavily at altitudes above 7,000 feet in southern California when it's raining on the coast.

And I recall several other better outcomes, but by definition an isolated back road is not a place where you're likely to be found by random travelers. One couple were very lucky in southern Utah to be discovered after two days (their car broke down after 35 miles of backroad shaking) by a rancher who just happened along to check on a herd that had been left to roam the wilderness for the season. Another guy was pulled out by helicopter after managing to connect on his cell phone and report an approximate position in snow-covered back country near Death Valley National Park (the north end of which is a lot higher than sea level). If he hadn't connected by phone, nobody would have had any clue he had taken the snowed-in back road.

Sort of map related anyway. I have on occasion taken back roads myself but my rule is, never go to a point where a fit old man cannot walk out. Whether I am a fit old man or not has never been fully tested out.

Highest mountain by country

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1mw3gmg/from_rportugalcykablyat/

Aerial photo of Kilbarrack in 1971

I can't place that at all. Are there any current landmarks that i could use to anchor it? For instance where is the spot the train station is now