Very nice - I was also surprised to find "America" on the map, given that Waldseemüller lived only to 1522 ... Maybe at some time someone will capitalize on the map and offer a do-it-yourself-globus kit.
Michael On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Carl von Einem wrote: > I just spotted an article (in German, sorry) about a really old diy globe: > <http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/kartenschatz-in-unibibliothek-muenchen-entdeckt-wie-wikipedia-den-fund-zum-sensationsfund-machte-1.1400326> > One of Martin Waldseemüllers > (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Waldseem%C3%BCller>) original maps has > been found in the Bavarian State Library here in Munich. This is a work from > the 16th century (this one was created after 1507). > > On the article's second page is another photo... the assembled work (based on > a copy of that original map :-) ) > <http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/kartenschatz-in-unibibliothek-muenchen-entdeckt-wie-wikipedia-den-fund-zum-sensationsfund-machte-1.1400326-2> > > Here is another globe by Waldseemüller: > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waldseem%C3%BCller-Globus.jpg> > > btw. his family name literally means "miller from the lake of the woods" > > Carl > > Carlos Eduardo G. Carvalho (Cartola) schrieb am 28.06.12 20:36: >> 2012/6/28 Bruno Postle <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> On 28 Jun 2012 01:29, "Carlos Eduardo G. Carvalho (Cartola)" >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Yeah, I also found it very cool, and now even more cool has been >> to see that Bruno Postle already used to do things like that in 2001: >> > >> > http://www.bruno.postle.net/2001/ip-slicer/ >> >> wow, that long ago! Now I would use the gores technique from the wiki. >> >> > Bruno, how did you glueded the gores together, did you use a >> solid sphere as a base? I am thinking about using one. >> >> I made them hollow, and stuck together with lots of small bits of >> sticky tape behind. >> >> The last seam is quite tricky, but you can usually get it to work. >> >> I do a lot of this kind of 'papercraft' stuff these days, though now >> they tend to be a bit bigger. >> >> >> And for those who want to try, bigger ones are (until a certain limit, >> of course) easier to mount. That one I made was really too small. Any >> little mistake would be bad and it was difficult to deal with the paper >> with my "big" fingers. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Carlos E G Carvalho (Cartola) >> http://cartola.org/360 >> http://cartola.org/panoforum > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
