mjmooney Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 minute ago, bickster said: Anyway, back to population density maps... Complete coincidence but I saw this one of Switzerland today That would be great in a pub quiz as a "What does this represent?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, limpid said: It's not government or military secret. We just call it the secret drone testing facility. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 3 hours ago, limpid said: My favourite holiday spot and my employer's secret drone base are on this map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted November 29, 2020 Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2020 58 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Was gonna post that myself, but couldn’t be arsed to go through my attachments, so thanks Mike. edit. I just did, and found where you saw it perfect! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 29, 2020 Administrator Share Posted November 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: I usually go by train, but we're way off topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted November 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, bickster said: Anyway, back to population density maps... Complete coincidence but I saw this one of Switzerland today Interesting how easy it is to see the path of the Rhone on both this one and the Europe one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I imagine people on this thread might enjoy some of the comments to this Twitter post: I was aware of some of these border anomalies, like the town split between Belgium and the Netherlands with loads of exclaves, but some of the replies were oddities that were new to me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2020 28 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I imagine people on this thread might enjoy some of the comments to this Twitter post: I was aware of some of these border anomalies, like the town split between Belgium and the Netherlands with loads of exclaves, but some of the replies were oddities that were new to me. The Lower Level Covid Area boundaries, certainly in my locality, make zero sense at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 14 minutes ago, bickster said: The Lower Level Covid Area boundaries, certainly in my locality, make zero sense at all I have no idea how those are decided to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I have no idea how those are decided to be honest. I have no basis for this other than a suspicion that they have tried to equalise the populations loosely based on council wards but its a nonsense and sometimes really bears no relation to geography and peoples habits or movements from that area There's one area called Ford in Sefton which obviously doesn't fill whatever criteria they've used, so they've added bits from Thornton and Crosby. The people flow in Ford would generally be between Netherton and Bootle. Between Ford and Crosby / Thornton is a mile or so wide green space (and a canal through most of it). The people flow from Thornton and Crosby is generally to Crosby. Then because they've taken a chunk out of Thornton, they've thrown in Sefton Village to that area, guess what, the major people flow there is to Maghull That is just one of many I've seen. The whole thing is brainless They really should have had an expert who knows where people travel to and from assist them drawing these up (I'd happily volunteer as I pretty much am that expert for most of Merseyside) as the general flow of people and knowing that is vital to combating this in any more localised lockdowns that may be required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, bickster said: I have no basis for this other than a suspicion that they have tried to equalise the populations loosely based on council wards but its a nonsense and sometimes really bears no relation to geography and peoples habits or movements from that area There's one area called Ford in Sefton which obviously doesn't fill whatever criteria they've used, so they've added bits from Thornton and Crosby. The people flow in Ford would generally be between Netherton and Bootle. Between Ford and Crosby / Thornton is a mile or so wide green space (and a canal through most of it). The people flow from Thornton and Crosby is generally to Crosby. Then because they've taken a chunk out of Thornton, they've thrown in Sefton Village to that area, guess what, the major people flow there is to Maghull That is just one of many I've seen. The whole thing is brainless They really should have had an expert who knows where people travel to and from assist them drawing these up (I'd happily volunteer as I pretty much am that expert for most of Merseyside) as the general flow of people and knowing that is vital to combating this in any more localised lockdowns that may be required. I'm pretty sure there was a new system of local area labelling brought in recently, which is not completely contiguous with council wards? Perhaps that's what's going on here? I'll have a look later and see if I can find what I'm talking about. EDIT: Ignore me, I'm just being confused. I've got confused with the project to give names to Output Areas, which isn't relevant. Edited December 3, 2020 by HanoiVillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2020 @HanoiVillanNow the dashboard has had its daily update... this is the area I was on about. Useless... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 On 29/11/2020 at 10:44, mjmooney said: This. We've done loads of holidays in France, absolutely love the place. And yeah, Paris might as well be a different planet (great city, mind, but like London, a bit too intense for more than a couple of days, imo). Based myself in Lyon for the Euros in 2016. Its a great town, probably even better without thousands of footy fans! The food is great. Sorry no map. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2020 Just looking at Solihull Retail Park in Google maps and noticed that Currys PC world has and internal map of it's store on there with the location of each item they sell. I thought it was interesting, you possibly might too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted December 4, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 Britain and Ireland’s rivers including the Thames (purple) and Severn (blue) have been mapped in precise detail by Robert Szucs. From https://twitter.com/ProfMacpherson/status/1334325531727323138 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 16 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Based myself in Lyon for the Euros in 2016. Its a great town, probably even better without thousands of footy fans! The food is great. Sorry no map. and me, made it across to st etienne for the england game too (one for the piss me off thread...) and it was a good little city, especially the old town, avoided all the trouble from the russians, had some great days with random fan groups (albanians were incredible) and the whole infrastructure around the stadium was great and then i went to the nantes game in which ever coastal town that was held in...absolute shit hole, full of words removed, asshole police and it was bad enough to put me off travelling to France for the rest of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: and me, made it across to st etienne for the england game too (one for the piss me off thread...) and it was a good little city, especially the old town, avoided all the trouble from the russians, had some great days with random fan groups (albanians were incredible) and the whole infrastructure around the stadium was great and then i went to the nantes game in which ever coastal town that was held in...absolute shit hole, full of words removed, asshole police and it was bad enough to put me off travelling to France for the rest of my life See also Villa fans' experiences in Madrid, as compared with Bilbao. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2020 6 hours ago, TheAuthority said: Britain and Ireland’s rivers including the Thames (purple) and Severn (blue) have been mapped in precise detail by Robert Szucs. From https://twitter.com/ProfMacpherson/status/1334325531727323138 That's stunning I'm ashamed to say I had no idea there were that many rivers in the UK (and Ireland) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 One of my plans is to travel the length of the Thames from the Bristol Channel. I'd like to do it on bike but it's not technically allowed Walking it would take a couple of weeks I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted December 4, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 47 minutes ago, darrenm said: One of my plans is to travel the length of the Thames from the Bristol Channel. I'd like to do it on bike but it's not technically allowed Walking it would take a couple of weeks I think. I know this sounds stupid and facetious, but wouldn't it be easier in a boat? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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