Who likes looking at maps?

[Furtho]

John Spilsbury's Europe Divided Into Its Kingdoms jigsaw map, 1766. Bigger version here.

[NHH]

Ah, those were the days when qualification for the World Cup was easy.

[Furtho]

John F Kennedy's personal 'victory map' of Cuba, used during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It's up for auction, accompanied by a "detailed letter of provenance". Info here.

[Ginger Yellow]

Roman roads mapped to modern development:

[Furtho]

If you fancy a mooch round an interactive map of the European electrical grid from ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, there's one here.

[ad hoc]

All roads lead to Rome http://roadstorome.moovellab.com/map.../#3/46.78/9.23 (explanation and background here http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/a...d-to-rome.html)

(I have to say that on the local level their algorithm is not perfect as it shows routes through the mountains where I live which nobody would ever take)

[Furtho]

Map showing the shortlived states to emerge following the Russian revolution. Big version here.

[tee rex]

Fascinating, bewildering. Let's spare a thought for the flag manufacturers ... "Another bulk order, boss - cash in advance this time?"

[San Bernardhinault]

I love Furtho's map so much. Particularly the flags, and the description of the states as ephemeral.

That's not to cast any shade on ad hoc's lovely and fascinating Rome map. But the Ephemeral States map just has so much to it.

[jdsx]

Wow - you can't help but love the 'Soviet Republic of Soldiers and Fortress-Builders of Naissaar' somehow. And that North Caucasian Emirate flag....did that really get through the flag committee? Or did the Emir just smile and wave it through...?

[San Bernardhinault]

Ha! I hadn't noticed that. The Emirate of Smileyface.

[Furtho]

Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters, aka a scroll of the Mississippi, 1866. Zoomable version is here.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

Ha, something in that North Caucasian Emirate flag makes me think they'd underestimated the challenge of fending off the Red Army.

[Furtho]

Map showing Beeching, before and after. Big version here.

[Arturo]

It's always a bit sobering when you see a British Railway 'then and now' comparison after Beeching. I think there had been a series of cuts even before the post-1963 decline, so god knows how full the map would have been a decade or so before.

The saving grace is that some heritage lines and reopened stations have filled some of the gaps, but there are still big swathes of land (especially in the South West, Wales, East Anglia and Northern England) which haven't really recovered. Interesting how London and the North West (around the powerhouses of Liverpool and Manchester) don't look vastly different.

[ursus arctos]

Coalfields and 2015 Election Results

[Lang Spoon]

That’s brilliant.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

I hope I'm not too late to say that I think Beeching was a prize cunt.

[Diable Rouge]

Mapping the North-South Border crossings:

[Nefertiti2]

anyone been to Boho?

[Levin]

What is going on with all those bits of motorway?

[Diable Rouge]

What is going on with all those bits of motorway?

Presumably awaiting the yearly budget allocation.

[Lang Spoon]

Notice no motorway to Dublin. I’ve been here long enough to remember when the Nordie bit of the Dublin to Belfast road was the best section. Now it’s laughable once you Cross Over, might be sufficient for Dundee to Aberdeen having a dual carriageway, but the two biggest cities in the island? The train is even worse, but that’s a Both Sides issue.

[Diable Rouge]

anyone been to Boho?

Undoubtedly the winner of the inverse population to length of Wikipedia entry ratio award:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boho,_County_Fermanagh

[Furtho]

"Most popular sauce, topping or condiment for chip shop chips in the UK." More info here.