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Guys i need some help, i'm an indian guy and i don't know much about this. I need to know the name of this type of house wich should be i texas, thanks
i know the photo is a bit grany but is all i have
Hey,
we’re collecting signatures for safe and accessible abortion in the eu: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#/screen/home
And we’re trying to create a map! :(
I need tips on how to make it better!
Here's the info I want to portray: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000004_en
And here's my attempt.
Hi all -
I am searching for maps made or commissioned by the East India Company, especially spice route or early India maps. Siam also interesting.
I know I've seen a few around, but cant seem to find them. Does anyone have any tips or ideas about this?
thanks!
Could someone have came across any adventure map for USA, Like include all the worth visiting spots and other details their is one I have for UK but doesn't seem to be able to find one for the USA.
Thanks
I've read about the navigation techniques of the Polynesians—some of the best, if not the absolute best ocean navigators of premodern times. If you look at a map of the Pacific, it seems like the islands are microscopic needles in a vast blue haystack. But the navigation techniques of these intrepid explorers made the "effective size" of these islands much larger. One figure I've heard is that an island could appear to be as much as 200 miles "larger" than it actually was on account of these techniques. What I'm looking for is a map that showcases this effect by expanding all of the islands out by 200 miles. In other words, draw a straight line 200 miles from every point along an island's perimeter, connect them, and that's the new boundary of the island.
Could someone make a map of the Pacific in this way? I'm especially interested in possible Polynesian-American contacts, so if you could apply this effect to not just all the Pacific islands, but also to the Western coast of South America (or even both Americas), that would be greatly appreciated.
In fact, even if you don't have the time to do this—if someone can just give me some pointers on which data and code libraries to use, as well as how to go about this in general, I would happily do this myself. (I imagine the easiest way to do this is with some code and GIS data, and I know how to code, but not really how to make computer images "by hand.")
In terms of the projection, ideally it would be something that best maintains size, for obvious reasons. I'm pretty sure the map I linked above is Mercator, which preserves lines of true bearing or heading, but not so much size, so not that. I am unsure which projection to use, so again if you're able to provide pointers on that, even if you can't provide the sort of map I am looking for, that would help me make it myself.
Thank you very much in advance.