Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 May 1998.
Map of the world
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 5 May 1998 - 25 May 1998
I'm not sure if anyone has tried to do this before, but it sure took me
a while ...
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Hmm. Not enough space in 72 columns to fit in the vertical border. Never
mind.
In the next few weeks I'll start doing a series of drawings of national
flags, and I'll get around to finishing version 1.1 of the FAQ (at
last).
Adios, asciiers ...
-- __
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>Message-id: <354...@spamfree.land> > >-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- > . _..::__: ,-"-"._ |7 , _,.__ > _.___ _ _<_>`!(._`.`-. / _._ `_ ,_/ ' '-._.---.-.__ >>.{ " " `-==,',._\{ \ / {) / _ ">_,-' ` _ > \_.:--. `._ )`^-. "' , [_/( __,/-' > '"' \ " _L oD_,--' ) /. (| > | ,' _)_.\\._<> 6 _,' / ' > `. / [_/_'` `"( <'} ) > \\ .-. ) / `-'"..' `:._ _) ' > ` \ ( `( / `:\ > \ ,-^. /' ' > `._, "" | \`' \| ?_) {\ > `=.---. `._._ ,' "` |' ,- '. > | `-._ | / `:`<_|h--._ > ( > . | , `=.__.`-'\ > `. / | |{| ,-.,\ . > | ,' \ / `' ," \ > | / |_' | __ / > | | '-' `-' \. > |/ " / > \. ' > > ,/ ______._.--._ _..---.---------._ > ,-----"-..?----_/ ) __,-'" " ( >-.._( `-----' mt-2`- >-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- This is **really* nice... copied into my files!!! -joan -- * . . . . * . * * * .-. * * . ( ( * . * '-' ,\//,.\//\/. ,\/, ,\/.//, . //o\\/o//o\\ ,.,., //o\ /o\\o\\ * . | | | /###/#\ | | | . * | | | |' '|:| |`=.='| | jgs^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^""""""""""~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ joan stark spu...@juno.com ascii art gallery: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/
In article <199...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, spu...@aol.com
(Spunk1111) writes:
|> >Message-id: <354...@spamfree.land>
|>
|> >
|> >-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----
|> > . _..::__: ,-"-"._ |7 , _,.__
|> > _.___ _ _<_>`!(._`.`-. / _._ `_ ,_/ ' '-._.---.-.__
|> >>.{ " " `-==,',._\{ \ / {) / _ ">_,-' ` _
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|> > `=.---. `._._ ,' "` |' ,- '.
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|> This is **really* nice... copied into my files!!!
|> -joan
Yes it is nice and with a little more work it could be useful as well.
I would suggest that longitude numbers be added to the grid at the grid
at the top and bottom and make the +'s accurate. Then a latitude grid
can be added at the left and right. Finally the whole thing can be
posted to sci.geo.satellite-nav and perhaps a few other news groups that
may need a map for talking purposes... Good job.
--
_ _ Dale DePriest San Jose, California
/`) _ // dal...@Cadence.COM voice: (408) 428-5249
o/_/ (_(_X_(` ISO 9000 Program Manager fax: (408) 894-3484
I _said_ I turned off automatic linewrapping, and I _thought_ about
doing it
but did I, in fact, _do_ it??? No! :P
New try:
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Map 1998 Matthew Thomas. Freely usable as long as this line is
included.
--
:) Irebavpn Xneyffba \ /_ _ _ _ . _ _ Zl bgure fvt vf n Cbefpur
( r93...@fz.yhgu.fr \/(-| (_)| )|(_(_| uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/ )
Matthew Thomas wrote: > [ 8< ] > Well, thanks :-). It actually did have latitude/longitude on it when I > was drawing it, but I trimmed them off to fit it into 72 columns. Here > is my original version, with the numbers (you may need to turn `Wrap > Long Lines' or whatever off to see it properly): > > 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 > | | | | | | | | | | | | | > 90N-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-90N > | . _..::__: ,-"-"._ |7 , _,.__ | > | _.___ _ _<_>`!(._`.`-. / _._ `_ ,_/ ' '-._.---.-.__| > |>.{ " " `-==,',._\{ \ / {) / _ ">_,-' ` mt-2_| > 60N-+ \_.:--. `._ )`^-. "' , [_/( __,/-' +-60N > | '"' \ " _L oD_,--' ) /. (| | > | | ,' _)_.\\._<> 6 _,' / ' | > | `. / [_/_'` `"( <'} ) | > 30N-+ \\ .-. ) / `-'"..' `:._ _) ' +-30N > | ` \ ( `( / `:\ > \ ,-^. /' ' | > | `._, "" | \`' \| ?_) {\ | > | `=.---. `._._ ,' "` |' ,- '. | > 000-+ | `-._ | / `:`<_|h--._ +-000 > | ( > . | , `=.__.`-'\ | > | `. / | |{| ,-.,\ .| > | | ,' \ / `' ," \ | > 30S-+ | / |_' | __ / +-30S > | | | '-' `-' \.| > | |/ " / | > | \. ' | > 60S-+ +-60S > | ,/ ______._.--._ _..---.---------._ | > | ,-----"-..?----_/ ) __,-'" " ( | > |-.._( `-----' `-| > 90S-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-90S > Map 1998 Matthew Thomas.|Freely usable as long as this|line is included.| > | | | | | | | | | | | | | > 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 > A diddle to make it more narrow: 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-90N-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | . _..::__: ,-"-"._ |7 , _,.__ | | _.___ _ _<_>`!(._`.`-. / _._ `_ ,_/ ' '-._.---.-.__| |>.{ " " `-==,',._\{ \ / {) / _ ">_,-' ` mt-2_| + \_.:--. `._ )`^-. "' , [_/( __,/-' + | '"' \ " _L oD_,--' ) /. (| | | | ,' _)_.\\._<> 6 _,' / ' | | `. / [_/_'` `"( <'} ) | +-30N \\ .-. ) / `-'"..' `:._ _) ' + | ` \ ( `( / `:\ > \ ,-^. /' ' | | `._, "" | \`' \| ?_) {\ | | `=.---. `._._ ,' "` |' ,- '. | +-000 | `-._ | / `:`<_|h--._ + | ( > . | , `=.__.`-'\ | | `. / | |{| ,-.,\ .| | | ,' \ / `' ," \ | +-30S | / |_' | __ / + | | | '-' `-' \.| | |/ " / | | \. ' | +-60S + | ,/ ______._.--._ _..---.---------._ | | ,-----"-..?----_/ ) __,-'" " ( | |-.._( `-----' `-| +-90S-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Map 1998 Matthew Thomas. Freely usable as long as this line is included. I couldn't fit the "60N" in anywhere, but I think it is easy to see where it should have been... Experiments in alt.test show that for me to be able to send it I have to turn off automatic line wrapping... Hmm.... can it be shrunk even furhter? (without damaging it too much?) Here's an attempt to remove one '-' from each "+-----+", turning them into "+----+": 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 | | | | | | | | | | | | | +90N-+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | . _.::_: ,-"-._ |7 , _,._ | | _.__ _ _<_>!(_`.`-. / _._ `_ ,/ ' '-._.--.-._| |.{ " " `-=,'._\{ \ / {) / _ ">,-' ` mt-2| + \_.:-. `. )`^-. " ,[_/( __,/-'+ |'"' \ " _L oD_,-' ) /. (| | | | ,' _)_.\._<>6 _' / ' | | `. / [_/_' `"( <'} ) | +30N \\ .. ) / `'"..'`:._ _) ' + | ` \ ( `( / `: > \ ,-. /' ' | | `., "" | `' \| ?_) {\ | | `.---. `._._ ' " |' ,- '. | +000 | `-. | / :`<_|h-._ + | ( > . |, `=.__.`'\ | | `. / | |{| ,-,\ .| | | ,' \ / ' ," \ | +30S | / |' | __ / + | | | '-' `' \.| | |/ " / | | \. ' | +60S + | ,/ _____._.-._ _..-.--------._ | | ,----"-..?--_/ ) _,-'" " ( | |.._( `----' `-| +90S-+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ Map 1998 Matthew Thomas. Freely usable as long as this line is included. (I hope I haven't squished too many countries in the process... :-] ) The same with the numbers on the outside of the border: 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-90N | . _.::_: ,-"-._ |7 , _,._ | | _.__ _ _<_>!(_`.`-. / _._ `_ ,/ ' '-._.--.-._| |.{ " " `-=,'._\{ \ / {) / _ ">,-' ` mt-2| + \_.:-. `. )`^-. " ,[_/( __,/-'+-60N |'"' \ " _L oD_,-' ) /. (| | | | ,' _)_.\._<>6 _' / ' | | `. / [_/_' `"( <'} ) | + \\ .. ) / `'"..'`:._ _) ' +-30N | ` \ ( `( / `: > \ ,-. /' ' | | `., "" | `' \| ?_) {\ | | `.---. `._._ ' " |' ,- '. | + | `-. | / :`<_|h-._ +-000 | ( > . |, `=.__.`'\ | | `. / | |{| ,-,\ .| | | ,' \ / ' ," \ | + | / |' | __ / +-30S | | | '-' `' \.| | |/ " / | | \. ' | + +-60S | ,/ _____._.-._ _..-.--------._ | | ,----"-..?--_/ ) _,-'" " ( | |.._( `----' `-| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-90S Map 1998 Matthew Thomas. Freely usable as long as this line is included. Hmmm... Maybe one could shrink just a few of those "+-----+"? It would look slightly wrong, but it might be more _usable_..... This one has the same width as my sig... (so it should be narrow enough) And that is with just a couple of columns missing...: 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 | | | | | | | | | | | | | +90N-+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | . _..::__: ,-"-"._ |7 , _,.__ | | _.___ _ _<_>`!(._`.`-. / _._ `_ ,_/ ' '-._.---.-.__| |.{ " " `-==,',._\{ \ / {) / _ ">_,-' ` mt-2_| + \_.:--. `._ )`^-. "' , [_/( __,/-' + |'"' \ " _L oD_,--' ) /. (| | | | ,' _)_.\\._<> 6 _,' / ' | | `. / [_/_'` `"( <'} ) | +30N \\ .-. ) / `-'"..' `:._ _) ' + | ` \ ( `( / `:\ > \ ,-^. /' ' | | `._, "" | \`' \| ?_) {\ | | `=.---. `._._ ,' "` |' ,- '. | +000 | `-._ | / `:`<_|h--._ + | ( > . | , `=.__.`-'\ | | `. / | |{| ,-.,\ .| | | ,' \ / `' ," \ | +30S | / |_' | __ / + | | | '-' `-' \.| | |/ " / | | \. ' | +60S + | ,/ ______._.--._ _..---.---------._ | | ,-----"-..?----_/ ) _,-'" " ( | |.._( `-----' `-| +90S-+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Map 1998 Matthew Thomas. Freely usable as long as this line is included -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
*GRRRRR!*
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Map 1998 Matthew Thomas. Freely usable as long as this line is included.
--
:) Irebavpn Xneyffba \ /_ _ _ _ . _ _ Zl bgure fvt vf n Cbefpur
( r93...@fz.yhgu.fr \/(-| (_)| )|(_(_| uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/ )
Dale DePriest wrote: > > In article <199...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, > spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) writes: > |> > Message-id: <354...@spamfree.land> > |> >... > |> > |> This is **really* nice... copied into my files!!! > |> -joan > > Yes it is nice and with a little more work it could be useful as well. > I would suggest that longitude numbers be added to the grid at the > grid at the top and bottom and make the +'s accurate. Then a latitude > grid can be added at the left and right. Finally the whole thing can > be posted to sci.geo.satellite-nav and perhaps a few other news groups > that may need a map for talking purposes... Good job. Well, thanks :-). It actually did have latitude/longitude on it when I was drawing it, but I trimmed them off to fit it into 72 columns. Here is my original version, with the numbers (you may need to turn `Wrap Long Lines' or whatever off to see it properly): 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 90N-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-90N | . _..::__: ,-"-"._ |7 , _,.__ | | _.___ _ _<_>`!(._`.`-. / _._ `_ ,_/ ' '-._.---.-.__| |>.{ " " `-==,',._\{ \ / {) / _ ">_,-' ` mt-2_| 60N-+ \_.:--. `._ )`^-. "' , [_/( __,/-' +-60N | '"' \ " _L oD_,--' ) /. (| | | | ,' _)_.\\._<> 6 _,' / ' | | `. / [_/_'` `"( <'} ) | 30N-+ \\ .-. ) / `-'"..' `:._ _) ' +-30N | ` \ ( `( / `:\ > \ ,-^. /' ' | | `._, "" | \`' \| ?_) {\ | | `=.---. `._._ ,' "` |' ,- '. | 000-+ | `-._ | / `:`<_|h--._ +-000 | ( > . | , `=.__.`-'\ | | `. / | |{| ,-.,\ .| | | ,' \ / `' ," \ | 30S-+ | / |_' | __ / +-30S | | | '-' `-' \.| | |/ " / | | \. ' | 60S-+ +-60S | ,/ ______._.--._ _..---.---------._ | | ,-----"-..?----_/ ) __,-'" " ( | |-.._( `-----' `-| 90S-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-90S Map 1998 Matthew Thomas.|Freely usable as long as this|line is included.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 180 150W 120W 90W 60W 30W 000 30E 60E 90E 120E 150E 180 After a quick skim of sci.geo.satellite-nav I'm not too sure whether they'd be interested -- they seem to be mostly discussing the pros and cons of various types of GPS receiver. But it may be useful for them and some other sci.geo.* groups; I'll leave that up to Dale and others to decide. Bye for now -- __ /_/\ Matthew Thomas, of the Land of the Long White Slash Characters _\_\/_ My real address is mpt26 @ student . canterbury . ac . nz /_/\/_/\ (Maori for NZ is `Aotearoa', the Land of the Long White Cloud) \_\/\_\/ THE ASCII ART FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
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