Re: [MapHist] Gdansk · Danzig

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + I have a copy (unfoprtunately not the original, I only wish it was!), of 'Danzig - from Homanns Srtadt Atlas, 1739, can scan

Re: [MapHist] Smallest world map ever

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Amazing achievement - at this scale the Sun would be 16 cm away - but the nearest star would still be 30 kilometres distant, its

[MapHist] Use of maps as / in shapes / symbols

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + www.boemerangutrecht.nl/.../Schoolplan%20De%20Boemerang%202009-2013.doc Google 'Boemerang Utrecht' and you should get this

[MapHist] where to buy maps in Utrecht?

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + OK, a bit OT, but can anyone recommend a good map shop in Utrecht - I am looking for some detailed street maps of both Utrecht

[MapHist] Netherlands maps

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Many thanks to all those who replied on where to buy maps in Utrecht. In the event the Selexyz Broese shop, near the town hall,

Re: [MapHist] Need help with ancient map of Normandy and the Neustrian site of Abilant

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + The double shoreline is likely tobe a tidal area. Below the word 'Ambibari' on your map is what corresponds to Cape Carteret on

[MapHist] recent cartograms

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + For UK members, two nice cartograms out today 1) The Times, (main section), p.21, map of Red Sea as Middle east protester 2) The

Re: [MapHist] Atlases

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + I've often wondered 'what is a map'? What is its maximum scale? Of course there's the story of the 1:1 map, but can we go larger

[MapHist] Google Streetview - any repeat surveys?

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Does anyone know if Google Streetview ever intends to repeat its pan-street photographs (for the UK, images captured in 2009 or

Re: [MapHist] Japan's Reshaped Coastline as Seen From Space

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Interesting - I was expecting the Japanese land mass to have got bigger as the result of tjis quake. After all the tremor was the

[MapHist] Belgian 1;40,000 map scales

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + I have a selection of medium scale sheet maps from various countries, analogous to the UK's O/Smaps at 1;50,000, 1;25,000.

Re: [MapHist] Belgian 1;40,000 map scales

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Hi George, They look Belgian - the inscription at the bottom of the Anvers one says Leve et nivele en 1863...Redige et grave in

Re: [MapHist] FW: People believe subway maps over reality [Wash. Post]

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + I have heard similar stories of mis-interpretaing real space due to maps. My favourite is the story of 19th century 'negotiations'

Re: [MapHist] Looking for a map with a specific kind of reliability diagram

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Many thanks for this - I'd never really (had to) think about magnetic declination, not being a hiker, other than being aware that

[MapHist] misleading maps, global warming

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039807/New-Times-Atlas-pulped-climate-change-exaggeration-row.html?ITO=1490 The power of

Re: [MapHist] personification of Egypt

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Perhaps the idea of Egypt as lust derives from Biblical allegory. In both the Old and New Testaments, Egypt is used not just as a

[MapHist] railway maps

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Today's Independent', part II, pp.20-21, nice illusttrations of railway maps from various countries - my favourite is the East

Re: [MapHist] Philobiblon Monthly Notice October 2011.doc

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + The way we're moving to GPS, mobile-phone maps, satnav etc etc, I'm now making a booking for the event of October 11 2021...'The

Re: [MapHist] The cartography of Twitter

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Interesting - on a national scale people seem to twitter in their national language )despite the regions shown, Europe and N

[MapHist] wierd landscape in W China

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + 43 13`52 n 91 03`07 e Paste these co-ordinates into Google Earth and you are taken to a remote region of N W China. Zoom in

Re: [MapHist] End and Restart of Maphist

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + I also agree with this viewpoint. If someone's too lazy to tick 'delete' against all the mailbox subject headings they aren't

Re: [MapHist] FW: Bistritsky

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Have you thought of contacting Jewish congregations in London synagogues; try East End (a few Orthodox remain there) or Golders

[MapHist] Cartogram; Greece as a crumbling cliff

This is a MapHist list message. This list will close soon. Please continue the discussions at the MapHist Forum: http://www.maphist.nl/forum o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + http://www.economist.com/node/21542824 The image of the map of Greece and