I'm watching this thread without taking part, because of time pressure;
but I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
#I would really like to see/make a map of Dragaera. Tolkein's map of Middle
Tolk<ie>n, that is; and it rhymes with "scene", not "sign".
#My reason for the "straight line" hypothesis is that we have three
#triangulated distances again, so we can attempt to make a triangle, only it
#won't work. The best we can do is a straight line:
#
#Nacine (N) to D = 70 or 80 miles
#
#B to N = 15 miles
#
#B to D = 50 miles
#
#No side of a triangle can be longer than the other two combined,
True on a plane, and true for these travel distances. For distances on a
sphere where the curvature of the surface becomes significant, not so;
so be careful if you start calculating the size of the continent.
Let's have some fun.
F'rex, let N = the North Pole of Earth, A = the intersection of the
Equator and the Greenwich Meridian (0 deg N, 0 deg W), and B = 0 deg N,
90 deg W. This is an equilateral triangle (AN=AB=BN) with all right
angles.
Now move B westward 90 degrees to B' at the Equator and the
International Date Line (0 N, 180 W [=180 E]). AB' = 2AN = 2B'N.
Now move B another 90 degrees west, to B'' at 0 N, 90 E. AB'' = 3AN =
3B''N.
Heh!
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