NASA’s Terra spacecraft has come out with a map showing the elevation of almost all the places on earth. Scientists believe that this is the most complete map of the world till date.
Check here.
There is something fascinating about the word map. We had a wall hanging of a giant world map at home when I was in primary and middle school. A world map on your wall is a great investment. Compared to a globe, the map is better in the sense that you get a single snapshot of the whole world in one view (unlike in a globe where you get to see only a portion)*.
Most of us have never been to a world map after we left school. I suggest you try it out: get out an atlas or google for a high resolution picture of the political map of the world and study it. It can be a very consuming activity.
*Footnote: List the differences between a map and a globe.
3 comments:
I checked out the world map recently because I wasn't sure where exactly Netherlands was!!
A map is a torn globe :P
Quite informative da :)
I just happen to explore this
http://www.bing.com/maps/
just for change from googlmap and wikimapia, you can have a look on it too.
Actually NASA has a better elevation dataset - SRTM (shuttle radar topography mission) available for free for the last few years (leaving out very few areas in the world). Although this ASTER dataset covers the left-out portions, the resolution is poor when compared to SRTM.
I work in GIS and this post was just too tempting for me to give my 2 cents.
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