Nice Reference Site(s)

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!
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3-D Star Maps

Also -- check out their sisterpage Atomic Rockets
 

Doctor What

Global Gazetteers

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
 

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

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/
 
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Big Tex

Wolf said:
Why does UT have such a good collection of maps?
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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. :rolleyes:
 

Wolf

Big Tex said:
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. :rolleyes:
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Can I presume in Ameriwank that the situation will be reversed?
 
MrP

MrP

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All sorts of things about Verdun (in French): http://orkide.club.fr/index.htm
And another about uniforms in English: http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Uniforms/Uniforms_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.
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Includes such highlights as a colourised picture of the proposed 1911 replacement for the old uniform.

Proposal%20Uniforme%20001.jpg


All sorts about the French Army (in French): http://grandeguerre1418.unblog.fr/tag/planches-duniformes-dandre-jouineau/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

MrP

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ryackov said:
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.
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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

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

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