Jyust by doing some quick eyeball comparisons with the maps in 06tkot and 08tjoh, I'd say the numbers on the scale for this map need to be doubled. (So make the tick marks 100, 200, 300 miles instead of 50, 100, 150.) That seems to make the distances between Phoena, Tharro, and Syada in rough agreement, for instance.
Ben On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Jonathan Blake wrote:
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:14 AM, Ingo Kloecker <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Let's see. On my monitor the distance between Holona and Tenzha is 1.3 cm (if you prefer inch, then mentally replace cm by inch and wonder how large my monitor is ;-) ) and the distance between Tenzha and Chod is 3.2 cm. According to the signpost the distance between Holona and Tenzha is at most 70 miles. So 1.3 cm (beeline) on the map correspond to 70 or less miles. This means 3.2 cm (beeline) corresponds to 172.3 (~= 3.2/1.3x70) or less miles. So unless the road to Chod is extremely twisty (which does not seem to be the case given that the road follows the river) it is indeed very unlikely that the distance between Tenzha and Chod is about 270 miles.That's the kind of scientific rigor for a fantasy setting that I've come to expect from the group. :) Is anyone up for verifying the scale on the maps by comparing common distances? For example, the distance from Toran to Holmgard is shown on several maps. Measure the distance based on the scales on the different maps and compare the results. -- Jon ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon
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