maps for this territory · 2006-12-20 19:08
Nintendo just launched the Weather Channel on the Wii – and it’s pretty ace. You can spin, rotate and tilt the world, and easily change between current weather and temperatures, and the forecast. It means you can make rarely seen views of the world, in real time.
The globe has momentum, which is nice. Some have complained about the lack of detail when zoomed in – but this isn’t meant to be Google Earth. My only complaint is that there isn’t an auto mode, moving through the forecast, or spinning the globe without any interaction.
Now to find out if the stars displayed are in the right places (update: looks like they’re not).
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Reminds me strongly of Norman Davies’ maps of Europe, where he turns the continent on its side, with West and the top and North on the right. I think reasoning is that it helps erase the modern political context, and highlights the function of the northern plain (modern day France, Germany, Poland, Russia, etc.) as long, river-punctuated ladder over which warring tribes push each other back & forth.
— Michal Migurski 21.12.06 #