Surprising (hint*) geography trivia

[jostenmeat]

1) If you are in Miami, and you fly directly south, which two South American countries would you fly over?

Would they be Brazil and French Guiana on the east?
Or Ecuador and Peru on the west?





2) Which are closer to each other?

Detroit and Los Angeles?
Or South America and Africa?





answer to #1

Spoiler

Ecuador/Peru

answer to #2

Spoiler

South America & Africa

 

[adwilk]

answer to #1

Spoiler

Ecuador/Peru

answer to #2

Spoiler

South America & Africa

I'm very fascinated with the spoiler tags...

 

[jostenmeat]

I'm very fascinated with the spoiler tags...

I give to props to AH.

I once complained about all of the "spoilers" in the movie reviews here (it just takes a few bad apples). There were enough incidents that I eventually didn't read any of them. In my complaint I requested a spoiler tag, and they promptly implemented one. Unfortunately, many people still didn't realize the tool was available, kept on spoiling, and so now I read a few here and there, but mostly on the movies that I either know nothing about, care little about, or have already seen.

 

[Alex2507]

... people still didn't realize the tool was available ...

Maybe that's why I'm just sitting here ...

Geography trivia:

If you flip the state of Texas 'up' it lands in Canada.

If you flip it 'left' it lands in the Pacific.

If you flip it 'right' it lands in the Atlantic.

 

[adk highlander]

Cool geography trivia. I'm a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Manager in my day job so I'm into stuff like this. Here is a little graphic about where I live.

The 6 Million acre Adirondack Park is unique in that in all the National Parks everything within the boundaries is protected public land where in the Adirondack Park we have a unique combination of public and private land.

 

[jostenmeat]

Maybe that's why I'm just sitting here ...

OK, you're joking right. In case you aren't, and for anyone else who might be confused, just click on the spoiler, and the answer appears.

Geography trivia:

If you flip the state of Texas 'up' it lands in Canada.

I actually doubt this part. Not the other two lines, however. I doubt the first line as far as mainland Texas, and I do not know how many islands stretch significantly further south than the mainland, into the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks though.

Cool geography trivia. I'm a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Manager in my day job so I'm into stuff like this. Here is a little graphic about where I live.

Neat. Have there been any crazy breakthrough technologies for mapping in recent years? They used to use multiple cameras from airplanes before I suppose, and now perhaps it's all satellite?

The 6 Million acre Adirondack Park is unique in that in all the National Parks everything within the boundaries is protected public land where in the Adirondack Park we have a unique combination of public and private land.

That IS huge. Hah. I haven't been to Glacier, but have been to the others. Impressive.

 

[Adam]

Here's one that I've had in my head since this morning.

Which is larger: Africa or Greenland?

Spoiler

Africa is about 14 times the size of Greenland.

 

[adk highlander]

Neat. Have there been any crazy breakthrough technologies for mapping in recent years? They used to use multiple cameras from airplanes before I suppose, and now perhaps it's all satellite?

Well there have been major software changes the last couple of years but I don't know if I would call it a breakthrough. The move to .NET based programming is significantly slower than the old command line scripting.

As far as remote sensing yes. No one uses any film based sensors any longer. The imagers on the planes are similar to what is on satellites and can capture a wider part of the spectrum (UV to Thermal IR) than film. I am waiting now for the latest release for our part of the state. We will receive .5 meter resolution with the ability to view the image in either true color or color IR.

 

[Alex2507]

OK, you're joking right. In case you aren't, and for anyone else who might be confused, just click on the spoiler, and the answer appears.

I was joking but it sort of flew by you and I wasn't aware of the click trick.
I always highlighted the spoiler.

I actually doubt this part. Not the other two lines, however. I doubt the first line as far as mainland Texas, and I do not know how many islands stretch significantly further south than the mainland, into the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks though.

Hmmm, I see what you mean. It was something a Texan told me.
It might have been a TEXAS SIZED LIE.

 

[bandphan]

Hmmm, I see what you mean. It was something a Texan told me.
It might have been a TEXAS SIZED LIE.

Please keep up, Ill need you to explain things to me later.

 

[skers_54]

Well there have been major software changes the last couple of years but I don't know if I would call it a breakthrough. The move to .NET based programming is significantly slower than the old command line scripting.

As far as remote sensing yes. No one uses any film based sensors any longer. The imagers on the planes are similar to what is on satellites and can capture a wider part of the spectrum (UV to Thermal IR) than film. I am waiting now for the latest release for our part of the state. We will receive .5 meter resolution with the ability to view the image in either true color or color IR.

Hyperspectral imaging is really cool. I used it in undergrad to nondestructively analyze steak tenderness and noninvasively assess tissue samples for malignancies in the NIR region. The amount of data is rediculous and takes forever to process, but can give you really pretty pictures