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Personal World Travel Map

Fun site I was directed to this morning that allows you to create a world map with all the places you’ve visited. Give it a try:http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountriesCan’t be wholly accurate, I tried it myself and because I’ve dipped into a couple of places in the States, it shows Alaska as well!
Certainly brings home how much of the world still to see.

Nigel Moore ● 6808d21 Comments

South is still South Jim, but who says North has to be on top?Interesting site on the subject: http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/

Nigel Moore ● 6805d

Like the painter Nigel! LOL.Well, the Forum is much busier with postings than it used to be say 2 years ago and more..but I suppose people run out of subjects to talk about...especially with the local elections over!!  But it does seem that there are many visitors to the Website during the course of daytime..and that's a good sign.Maybe they get bored with serial posters like me...but let's say we're trying to stir the Brentford Porridge!!Not sure who was able to attend the Area Meeting tonight..wondered who the three were who were co-opted on.  Many deserving candidates I gather.Anyhow, why is South Africa so called ..when it is obviously in the north!  By the way did you know that the front face of Table Mountain actually faces the UK and not Antartica!Really!wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Jim Lawes ● 6806d

It IS disappointing that more TW8'ers haven't posted their maps Jim. It would have been fascinating to see whether between us we couldn't have painted the whole world red! And the underground map is a good start Jim! Clever.

Nigel Moore ● 6806d

Is this how you see the local Underground Map Nigel!

Jim Lawes ● 6807d

Jim Lawes ● 6807d

All the replies have been jolly..why haven't more viewers ticked the boxes in that world chart..and submitted to us all for inspection!Thanks for the URL Nigel..and be assured its been passed on to a few friends.  In the meantime ,I thought that Phil made many good points. I must try Portugal and Ireland sometime.Here is Phil's Reagan Map..hopefully..right handles?http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/Reagan-digitised-poster_PNG.png/800px-Reagan-digitised-poster_PNG.png

Jim Lawes ● 6807d

Agreed.Marvellous idea about Brit-centred map, but shouldn't we take it further? I remember those posters of eg New York with the city hugely dominant in the foreground, with the rest of the world shrinking rapidly behind it. Maybe someone could produce a "Brentford - centre of the world" image? We might even let Isleworth peek out from behind us.Meanwhile in response to Jim's earlier quip:

Nigel Moore ● 6807d

This mapping thing seems to me to be most unfair.  Visit Hong Kong for a holiday and you get a huge area the size of Europe coloured in red.  Make a business trip to New York and even Alaska gets shaded in.Those of us who have spent weeks and months touring France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Spain and Portugal however get a red smear from a one-bristled brush which suggests that we have barely ventured outside our front doors.  Visit Malta and nobody without the aid of a micrscope would be any the wiser!I think the map should be redrawn in the style of the famous Ronald Reagan map of the world, with all the countries given prominence according to their importance (in the eyes of us Brits) as opposed to their actual physical size.The Americans have gotten the proportions all wrong, of course, but it might be a good starting point from which the map could be redrawn.  What do others think?The following link refers:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Reagan-digitised-poster_PNG.png

Phil Andrews ● 6807d

Sorry about the explanation bit, don't know what happened there! Maybe there's a conspiracy to keep simple processes artificially arcane.I'll try again: When you have a url address for a picture out there on the web, it can be brought up automatically by the addition of "handles" either end. You need on the right. Immediately after the first < you need to put img src=.

Nigel Moore ● 6807d

Here we go Colin:Put at the end of it.

Nigel Moore ● 6807d

And I obviously don't know how to do this.

The Pseudometer ● 6807d

I suddenly feel quite parochial.http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/worldmap?visited=CAUSMXAGCUJMLCVCTQARMAADBEQICZDKFRDEGRIEITLUMCNLPTESCHUKVACYTRCNSGAU

The Pseudometer ● 6807d

Amusing Jim, but no. My map should look like this, with Australia at the centre of the world! -

Nigel Moore ● 6807d

JimI'm intrigued that on your travels the two countries in Western Europe which you would appear to have avoided are Portugal and Ireland.  They happen to be two of my favourite boltholes.You should pay them both a visit, you won't be disappointed.

Phil Andrews ● 6808d

Actually, I prefer to look towards Europe..and you can see I prefer to turn left and go towards Scandinavia!So "My" world travel map looks like this:

Jim Lawes ● 6808d

Nigel,Shouldn't your map look like this?  ;0)

Jim Lawes ● 6808d

Something missing Jim? I want to see your map! Must be quite a few other posters with places we haven’t been to.

Nigel Moore ● 6808d

Staying in Hong Kong for three days..and then four days in Moscow..seems to reward one with lots of red marks!
create your own visited country map or check our Venice travel guide

Jim Lawes ● 6808d

I'm afraid I seem to be rather unadventurous by comparison:
create your own visited country map or check our Venice travel guide

Phil Andrews ● 6808d

Ici le URL Monsieur Nigel...pour de  COPY et PASTEEcrire les boxes!.. Click Et Voila!http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries

Jim Lawes ● 6808d

Don't know why the map didn't come out here, it did on Wandsworth.

Nigel Moore ● 6808d