The Maps and Geography Thread

[frank ryan]

191.

Missed Sao Tome, Igaria, Nauru, Kiribati, and Bhutan of all places.

Gave up with 2 minutes left.

The hard part was having to spell them right. Took several tries for many of them.

Igaria? Never heard of it

[CardiacCoug]

191.

Missed Sao Tome, Igaria, Nauru, Kiribati, and Bhutan of all places.

Gave up with 2 minutes left.

The hard part was having to spell them right. Took several tries for many of them.

Nice job. Really amazing.

[CardiacCoug]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

174/196 just now. No cheating.

That's amazing. I got 101.

[Levin]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

174/196 just now. No cheating.

191.

Missed Sao Tome, Igaria, Nauru, Kiribati, and Bhutan of all places.

Gave up with 2 minutes left.

The hard part was having to spell them right. Took several tries for many of them.

[wuapinmon]

A map that T.E. Lawrence apparently drew to show how to partition the Ottoman Empire.

[clackamascoug]

Lost island in the Pacific http://www.strangerdimensions.com/20...e-lost-island/

I was in that area (studying) about a month ago, and had read about that "lost" island. Very interesting. The islands of the Pacific have occupied histories dating back 3,000 years. Of course that's not near as long as the Aboriginal Australians. I find this stuff more than interesting.

[frank ryan]

Lost island in the Pacific http://www.strangerdimensions.com/20...e-lost-island/

[Tim]

Maps and geography are some of my favorite topics in the world. This thread should be awesome.

[wuapinmon]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

174/196 just now. No cheating.

[FMCoug]

MAPS is a very useful tool.

[All-American]

It's a bit stereotypical that we orient our maps with the north on top. Apparently, it was not always so; ancient maps tended to be oriented to the east, whence came the sun. Once we figured out the importance of Polaris as a fixed point in space, we started orienting our maps to the North.

See, e.g., this map, with the east on top, and Jerusalem in the center:

[Katy Lied]

Someone in my family just got a mission call to Micronesia. He won't be going to the Northern Marinara's, tho.


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[clackamascoug]

Via Google Earth, I've been studying the islands of the Pacific. I've grown particularly fond of Pagan Island, in the north Marinara's. Once an outpost of the Japanese during WWII, it is covered with cement bunkers, downed aircraft, and tunnels dug. As far as uninhabited islands go, it's at the top of my list for a visit.

[frank ryan]

Here's my beach house in Saudi Arabia

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=najma...rabia&t=h&z=19

Jihadist!

[Indy Coug]

Global precipitation map.



http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=1841