Let's bring back the map thread

[bolverk 29734]

There for a while, it was one of my favorite threads on TOS. If you find a cool map, post it here. To get things started, I'll post this article with an interactive map showing every building in America.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/12/us/map-of-every-building-in-the-united-states.html

(Friendly reminder: NYTimes has a limit for the number of views allowed a month. To avoid it, right-click the link above and open in incognito mode.)

[South Austin 52632]

See, here's the thing about maps . . . .

 

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

1 hour ago, bolverk said:

There for a while, it was one of my favorite threads on TOS. If you find a cool map, post it here. To get things started, I'll post this article with an interactive map showing every building in America.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/12/us/map-of-every-building-in-the-united-states.html

(Friendly reminder: NYTimes has a limit for the number of views allowed a month. To avoid it, right-click the link above and open in incognito mode.)

 

Awesome, comparing the urban sprawl of NY and LA to the rest of the country are pretty mid blowing if you take the map out far enough. 

[Beau Vine 54466]

[Guest]

One of my Pennsylvania coworkers was bitching about how far it was from Erie, PA to Philly. 425 miles or so...  From the NW corner to SE corner of Pennsylvania.

I started laughing and told him I drive 530 miles to go see dear ole Mom. I then pointed out that there is 130 more miles of Texas to our east and  I could drive 3 hours past Lubbock to the north and still be in Texas.  Folks in those rinky dink states have no idea...

[Red Six 131]

Get out the Map

Edited October 12, 2018 by Red Six
JFC... how do you embed a video?

[Wally Fairway 5590]

Here is my favorite site to order maps http://www.odtmaps.com/

I've bought several these for people, usually people who I think don't have an understanding of the concept of perspective or "point-of-view"

[RPM 26360]

26 minutes ago, Red Six said:

Get out the Map

 

[miguelito 11314]

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

True size map- move countries over other parts of the world to see adjusted size-

https://thetruesize.com

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13528]

Rhode Island to Houston:

[Hate 20146]

50 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

Here is my favorite site to order maps http://www.odtmaps.com/

I've bought several these for people, usually people who I think don't have an understanding of the concept of perspective or "point-of-view"

So you "help" them by getting them an upside down map?  

[Leeroy Jenkins 2416]

[deadshank 24653]

 

[Samson's Wig 3194]

1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said:

Here is my favorite site to order maps http://www.odtmaps.com/

I've bought several these for people, usually people who I think don't have an understanding of the concept of perspective or "point-of-view"

Get that Australian propaganda outta here!

[Mitch Cumsteen 18593]

[NeverMarryAStripper 21947]

I've bought several these for people, usually people who I think don't have an understanding of the concept of perspective or "point-of-view"

Cartographers for Social Equality

[Brisketexan 105446]

[Bama Chick 28596]

Big Block of Cheese Day!

I love that episode.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13528]

Live wind maps are cool especially when it comes to cold fronts and hurricanes:

http://hint.fm/wind/

[mulletpelini 5216]

Perfect place to talk about addresses....

[Bash Riprock 1695]

[SA-KC_Horn 1295]

4 hours ago, Leeroy Jenkins said:

Damn, I never realized that the majority of rivers have an upward direction. Shouldn't have skipped that day of school. 

[Aqua Buddha 14624]

 

 

 

[Player 4576]

[TtomTerrific 200]

this thread is fantastic.

 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

14 hours ago, SA-KC_Horn said:

Damn, I never realized that the majority of rivers have an upward direction. Shouldn't have skipped that day of school. 

I never realized the rivers in the southwest were day glo green

[Newdoc 3453]

[Guest]

That map of the buildings is badass.  Great perspective changer...

[Fudge Nuggets 19227]

On 10/12/2018 at 7:49 PM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Rhode Island to Houston:

RI is so shitty.  They should have their statehood revoked.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21947]

We should just merge Rhode Island with Connecticut and Make the US Virgin Islands a state.  We wouldn't even have to change the flag. 

[bolverk 29734]

Current satellite image of Canada.

[DoobieWah 1467]

On 10/12/2018 at 3:14 PM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Live wind maps are cool especially when it comes to cold fronts and hurricanes:

http://hint.fm/wind/

Similar but with more...

 

LINK

 

[Brisketexan 105446]

Waiting for someone to link to UinherB for a map of Hawaii.

[bolverk 29734]

Absolutely fascinating series of satellite photos showing seven square miles of different points on earth. Here's a preview:

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/10/seven-square-miles/573169/

 

[Rusty Shackelford 414]

 

All the faces and shapes you can find in this one, crazy!

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

[Telegraph_it 3359]

5 hours ago, bolverk said:

Absolutely fascinating series of satellite photos showing seven square miles of different points on earth. Here's a preview:

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/10/seven-square-miles/573169/

 

This is great. I've kayaked to Upsala glacier. Awesome to see it from space and compare 7 sm to manhattan or DC. 

[gsoda3 3283]

3 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

what am i looking at.

[Anwar Namtut 344]

The great lakes in eastern Europe?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21947]

I think that's the map that Miss South Carolina was talking about

[Deej 76957]

On 10/12/2018 at 3:00 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Cartographers for Social Equality

Maps for Armybrat. 

[NorthLoop 14253]

6 hours ago, Anwar Namtut said:

The great lakes in eastern Europe?

I see India, Florida, Hawaii, New Zealand, and maybe Antarctica in there... might be Australia 

Edited October 23, 2018 by NorthLoop

[Rockwell Torrey 1302]

14 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

I think it is "Europe" formed by putting together the outline of countries from other parts of the world.   UK is New Zealand, Scandinavian countries are India and Sri Lanka, Western UK is Hawaii, North Africa is an upside down Eastern Asia (China, Korean Peninsula), Italy is Florida, Island in Central Med is Hispaniola (Dominican and Haiti), Denmark might be Greenland, and I can't figure out what Spain is.  Great lakes are obvious, but unclear on what they represent.  Black Sea might be the Baltic...not real sure.

Anyway, my $.02...that may all be BS, but sort of what I see. 

[Rockwell Torrey 1302]

1 minute ago, Rockwell Torrey said:

I think it is "Europe" formed by putting together the outline of countries from other parts of the world.   UK is New Zealand, Scandinavian countries are India and Sri Lanka, Western UK is Hawaii, North Africa is an upside down Eastern Asia (China, Korean Peninsula), Italy is Florida, Island in Central Med is Hispaniola (Dominican and Haiti), Denmark might be Greenland, and I can't figure out what Spain is.  Great lakes are obvious, but unclear on what they represent.  Black Sea might be the Baltic...not real sure.

Anyway, my $.02...that may all be BS, but sort of what I see. 

North Africa could be Antarctica, walking back the East Asia claim on that one.

[Guest]

Russia is getting a facial...

[Guest]

Spain is Spain...they just removed Portugal... and the addition of the Pyrenees Canal  LOL.

[SimonBolivar 10960]

Just what the world needs two Greeces.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

3 hours ago, Rockwell Torrey said:

I think it is "Europe" formed by putting together the outline of countries from other parts of the world.   UK is New Zealand, Scandinavian countries are India and Sri Lanka, Western UK is Hawaii, North Africa is an upside down Eastern Asia (China, Korean Peninsula), Italy is Florida, Island in Central Med is Hispaniola (Dominican and Haiti), Denmark might be Greenland, and I can't figure out what Spain is.  Great lakes are obvious, but unclear on what they represent.  Black Sea might be the Baltic...not real sure.

Anyway, my $.02...that may all be BS, but sort of what I see. 

Well done.  I don’t know what Denmark is though.  Don’t think Greenland.  

[Wally Fairway 5590]

On ‎10‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 3:12 PM, Hate said:

So you "help" them by getting them an upside down map?  

Send me your address - you seem like you could use some perspective

On ‎10‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 3:40 PM, Samson's Wig said:

Get that Australian propaganda outta here!

Interesting comment about an Africa centric map

18 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

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WTF - why is Michigan in Eastern Europe?