[snip] Sharing my results from a Roman Map of the World calculator that I put together using Global25 scaled coordinates based on a map designed by Roman geographer Pomponius Mela in 43 CE. [/snip]>Roman Map of the World Calculator
Seed Of Israel | 819 subscribers | 283 views | November 5, 2021
"I wanted to take my wife back to her birthplace in Wales, for old times' sake, to Bangor."
Interesting map.
What is interesting is that at that time they could build huge wonderful buildings, the aqueducts I imagine were about that time, etc.
I suppose whatever map projection he used is something that is unfamiliar to me - but the map sure seems far off from what I am used to looking at. But I imagine the map is just not very accurate. I suppose it is one thing to measure from a known reference for a building or an aquaduct, and another thing entirely to map on another continent.
I suppose they didn’t even have the means to measure distances - it was done by sketching a drawing??
At my engineering school we had the original survey notes from the 1800’s. One party surveyed from St. Louis, MO to Denver. IIRC they were only a few tenths of a foot off from what we can measure today.
Included stuff like using big boulders and large trees as monuments. Often a sentence or two about stopping the survey for days due to bad weather or Indians.
Sort of odd east west orientation to the map, then you realize compasses were not yet in use, so I guess there would be little reason to orient a map toward North.
