On 17/02/2011 23:06, Peter Mayer wrote:
Hi Brent,
If you've not seen it before, you may enjoy the 'Universal
Corrective Map' (pinched from: www.odt.org/southupmaps.htm)
best wishes,
Peter
Hi Peter,
I do like that concept, especially because it would make
trips from
Dear Frank,
One thing I noticed when I moved from London to Brighton was the difference
in direction language. In London it seemed usual to say its on the left
of the street, but here on the coast, far more people say its on the east
side.
Best wishes,
Jackie
Jackie Jones
50° 50
Dear Jackie,
That is an interesting observation...
... I moved from London to Brighton...
In London it seemed usual to say it's on
the left of the street, but here on the
coast, far more people say it's on the
east side.
Next time I am in Brighton I shall test the
natives.
The natives
I like this corrective map.
http://www.insitumixing.com/website4/corrective-map.pdf
But I wonder if it would help if we also flopped it, so the
sun rises on the right, where we all know it does.
http://www.insitumixing.com/website4/corrected-corrective-map.pdf
Now we are getting somewhere.
The Catholic Encyclopedia has an interesting article on church
orientation, including a mention of St. Peter's: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_%281913%29/Orientation_of_Churches
.
-- Richard
On 19-Feb-11, at 11:47 AM, Frank King wrote:
Dear Jackie,
That is an
Hi Bret,
Thanks for your posting and interesting correction to the map.
However: do get out your globe again! If in your imagination you face
the southern pole, you'll then see that the sun arises on your _Left_!
That's why the hour numbers on dials in the Southern Hemisphere run
