Nice Reference Site(s)

[Wolf]

Another map database. Some maps are available right away while for others you have to shoot an email to the author.
http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/index.htm

[Doctor What]

"Hard" SF writers and interstellar game designers need reasonably accurate 3-D starmaps in order to set the stage. This webpage is a feeble attempt to assist those who lack the knowledge (or inclination) to do the work themselves. You don't have any excuse now, I've done most of the work for you!

3-D Star Maps

Also -- check out their sisterpage Atomic Rockets

[Doctor What]

A potentially useful research tool. This site combines various bit and pieces of info about many cities and towns (a few quite small) of pretty much every country in the world. It gives you a google map, locations of nearby towns, closest airports and even cloud cover and percipitation details.

For example -- this is for the town of Mvouara, Congo

Main site is : http://www.fallingrain.com/world/index.html


Another one is something called Traveling Luck World Index

It, too, combines a lot of different pieces of info into one page.

This is what I get when I search for Wobolenzi, Uganda

[MrP]

Just found this on a blog I read. Haven't read the PDF myself yet.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Airpower in the 1920 Revolt

Here's a link to a PDF of an RAF magazine that includes an article on airpower in Mesopotamia during the 1920 Revolt. It's also a good, short intro onto the revolt itself.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafi...178FBF3228.pdf

[Doctor What]

http://www.american-rails.com/index.html

American Railroads

It is my hope that American-Rails.com can be a beneficial guide for both those “railfans” out there like myself who may be wanting to know the detailed particulars on a subject (for instance, say, wanting to know about the demise of the Milwaukee Road) as well as someone with a passing interest looking for an answer to a common railroading question.

Pretty big site -- has links and maps and all kinds of stuff. Figure someone here might find this useful.

[Doctor What]

North Carolina Maps

http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/

When complete, North Carolina Maps will contain over 1,500 maps, ranging in date from the late 1500s to the 1970s, and will include detailed maps for each of North Carolina's one hundred counties.

[Sapiento]

Good site with many photos:
http://www.greatwardifferent.com/

[General Mung Beans]

http://www.religioustolerance.org/ Excellent resource on all religions and their positions on various issues though marred by a rather sickly-sweet political correctness.

[Joke Insurance]

Abandoned Railroads in the US:

Link 1 - http://www.abandonedrailroads.com/
Link 2 - http://www.abandonedrails.com/

Both are excellent sites. Check them both out.

[Doctor What]

Nice site -- basic all around info on everything with some nice links too

http://www.militaryfactory.com/

[Doctor What]

Internet History Sourcebooks Project


Fairly large and comprehensive site. Has links not only to Modern, Medieval and Ancient History but also breaks it down further into African, Jewish, Indian, Islamic, etc. There's even a section of how the various time periods have been depicted in films as well as Traveler's accounts.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

[MrP]

A ten-page PDF of Indian Regiments during WWI listing their locations and war service.

http://www.orbat.com/site/cimh/regim...ugh%2030th.pdf

A look at the Austro-Hungarian Army.

[Big Tex]

Originally Posted by Wolf

Why does UT have such a good collection of maps?

If the story (this story comes from my GIS class prof. who was always a little...not all there. I'm unsure if it was completle bull or true. Regardless it is interesting) is true it all stems from when we built our new library (well new relativley, it was early 90's). We included an entire map library on the second floor that was the largest map collection in the south...and in Texas.

Of course Texas characteristically got small d**k syndrom and went out and completley overhauled their map collection, which was already superb, and in the process put nearly the whole damn thing on-line, completley pioneering online map databases.

The rise of GIS came shortly after along with the net and soon Texas found its Perry-Castaneda Library at the forefront of online mapping, including the digital database of old maps that we all know and love.


At the end of the day almost everything in the world comes down to the battle between A&M and UT and various oil rich boosters throwing money around like its going out of style.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by Big Tex

If the story (this story comes from my GIS class prof. who was always a little...not all there. I'm unsure if it was completle bull or true. Regardless it is interesting) is true it all stems from when we built our new library (well new relativley, it was early 90's). We included an entire map library on the second floor that was the largest map collection in the south...and in Texas.

Of course Texas characteristically got small d**k syndrom and went out and completley overhauled their map collection, which was already superb, and in the process put nearly the whole damn thing on-line, completley pioneering online map databases.

The rise of GIS came shortly after along with the net and soon Texas found its Perry-Castaneda Library at the forefront of online mapping, including the digital database of old maps that we all know and love.


At the end of the day almost everything in the world comes down to the battle between A&M and UT and various oil rich boosters throwing money around like its going out of style.

Can I presume in Ameriwank that the situation will be reversed?

[Big Tex]

Originally Posted by Wolf

Can I presume in Ameriwank that the situation will be reversed?

You kiddin' me, by the time I'm done with A&M in Ameriwank we'll have the largest library in the galaxy

[Doctor What]

Military Index to the Internet

Not the most prettiest page on the internet but a ridiculous number of links to all manner of things military. A whole crapload of military strategy guides and historical documents are included. You can spend hours on this page and find all kinds of useful stuff.

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awcgate.htm

[MrP]

All sorts of things about Verdun (in French): http://orkide.club.fr/index.htm
And another about uniforms in English: http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Gre...niforms_00.htm

Here follow several of such collections of uniforms from 'La Guerre du Droit' (a multi-volume French history), 'Le Panorama de la Guerre' and 'L'Illustration' (both newsmagazines) as well as a small collection of advertisements of firms specialized in making uniforms of impeccable cut and taste for the well-to-do officer and gentleman.

Includes such highlights as a colourised picture of the proposed 1911 replacement for the old uniform.



All sorts about the French Army (in French): http://grandeguerre1418.unblog.fr/ta...uineau/page/3/

[ryackov]

I'm going to go though all the links here to find anything related to Tibet, but anyone know anything else good on Tibet?

Planning on a Tibetwank.

[MrP]

Originally Posted by ryackov

I'm going to go though all the links here to find anything related to Tibet, but anyone know anything else good on Tibet?

Planning on a Tibetwank.

1. If it exists, Doctor What can find it. Note that he may be busy for the next few days.

2. In Thande's TL the Gurkhas have just conquered Tibet.

[olla86]

Originally Posted by Doctor What

Came across this site while doing some research at work yesterday.

It's a site that basically combines all data about different countries onto one site.

Find all kinds of information on more than 100 countries listed in alphabetical order. Hundreds of stats for most countries grouped in 16 comprehensive categories, viewed by bargraph, scattergraph, maps. Cross variables, add parameters and you can even make your own graph for some of them.

Figure this would be useful for someone.

World Perspective

It is very useful for me and my family( we like to travell very much).Thanks a lot!

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