Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jtr4wjbH1qz4yloo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Cable & Wireless Giant Circle Map of 1945, photographed by <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/post/20009494648/for-blech">iamdanw</a>.</p> <p>There’s a <a href="http://blog.refractal.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/giantcirclemap.jpg">neater version</a> at “<a href="http://blog.refractal.org/2008/10/23/along-what-dimension-is-cyberspace/">Along What Dimension Is Cyberspace</a>”, a post on what looks at a quick glance to be the fascinating (if slightly neglected) <a href="http://blog.refractal.org/">refractal</a> site. (Again, thanks to Dan W for the pointer.)</p> <p>It’s interesting comparing this decorative, slightly off-centred polar azimuthal map to the <a href="http://notes.husk.org/post/20009217267/pan-am-world-routes">Pan Am route map</a>, made just twenty years later, that I posted earlier. For example, the Empire and Dominions (as they then were) are shown in red, whereas Pan Am leaves the entire world off-white, and there’s far more labelling. Of course, both have the handy property of showing great circles (other than the Equator) as straight lines. </p>http://notes.husk.org/post/20012404863http://notes.husk.org/post/20012404863Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:38:00 +0100azimuthal projectioncable &amp; wirelesscablesimagemapreblogtelecommunications1940ssubmarine cablebritainbritain the world centre