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Were you taught to read a map?
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... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...ay=179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. |
Were you taught to read a map?
"NY" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...ay=179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. Its completely stupid to have maps with no table of symbols or a page of symbols and to have to memorise the obscure ones that are hardly ever seen and to teach that in schools. I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. |
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Were you taught to read a map?
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... "NY" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...ay=179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. Its completely stupid to have maps with no table of symbols or a page of symbols and to have to memorise the obscure ones that are hardly ever seen and to teach that in schools. The paper maps do include a list of symbols. I wonder whether a modern one would include all the new symbols such as this one. The problem with online sites is that the map is "endless" rather than being divided into 40x40 km sheets each with all the marginal stuff like scale, instructions on how to work out a grid reference and what the symbols mean. But web sites like Bing and Streetmap should contain a link to a page of symbols. The one I found is one that is probably noteworthy enough to merit a symbol, and is a "thing" that is found more and more often nowadays. |
Were you taught to read a map?
On Fri, 22 May 2020 18:37:02 +0100, NY wrote:
wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf? x=354045&y=179145&z=120&sv=354045,179145&st=4&ar=y &mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=704&ax=354045&ay= 179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. Viewpoint? -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
Were you taught to read a map?
"NY" wrote in message ... "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... "NY" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...ay=179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. Its completely stupid to have maps with no table of symbols or a page of symbols and to have to memorise the obscure ones that are hardly ever seen and to teach that in schools. The paper maps do include a list of symbols. I wonder whether a modern one would include all the new symbols such as this one. The problem with online sites is that the map is "endless" rather than being divided into 40x40 km sheets each with all the marginal stuff like scale, instructions on how to work out a grid reference and what the symbols mean. But web sites like Bing and Streetmap should contain a link to a page of symbols. You should be able to hard press on the symbol and have the meaning pop up. The one I found is one that is probably noteworthy enough to merit a symbol, and is a "thing" that is found more and more often nowadays. Sacrificial altar ? |
Were you taught to read a map?
On Friday, 22 May 2020 18:37:34 UTC+1, NY wrote:
I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. Even looking it up, I'm not completely sure, but I have a very poor short term visual memory. Solar farm? There's a guide to new symbols here https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/08/04...y-map-symbols/ |
Were you taught to read a map?
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... "NY" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...ay=179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. Its completely stupid to have maps with no table of symbols or a page of symbols and to have to memorise the obscure ones that are hardly ever seen and to teach that in schools. The paper maps do include a list of symbols. I wonder whether a modern one would include all the new symbols such as this one. The problem with online sites is that the map is "endless" rather than being divided into 40x40 km sheets each with all the marginal stuff like scale, instructions on how to work out a grid reference and what the symbols mean. But web sites like Bing and Streetmap should contain a link to a page of symbols. The one I found is one that is probably noteworthy enough to merit a symbol, and is a "thing" that is found more and more often nowadays. I'm guessing "viewpoint" -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
Were you taught to read a map?
On 22/05/2020 21:14, wrote:
On Friday, 22 May 2020 18:37:34 UTC+1, NY wrote: I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. Even looking it up, I'm not completely sure, but I have a very poor short term visual memory. Solar farm? There's a guide to new symbols here https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/08/04...y-map-symbols/ :-) Perhaps more usefully https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc...ter-legend.pdf -- All political activity makes complete sense once the proposition that all government is basically a self-legalising protection racket, is fully understood. |
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Were you taught to read a map?
On 22/05/2020 23:18, Tim Streater wrote:
On 22 May 2020 at 21:04:26 BST, Bob Eager wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2020 18:37:02 +0100, NY wrote: wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf? x=354045&y=179145&z=120&sv=354045,179145&st=4&ar=y &mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=704&ax=354045&ay= 179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. Viewpoint? Not much of a view from there, I venture to suggest. Motorways, railways, sewage works. Wonderful. Looks like solar panels, but a strange place to put them -- The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. H. L. Mencken, American journalist, 1880-1956 |
Were you taught to read a map?
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 22/05/2020 23:18, Tim Streater wrote: On 22 May 2020 at 21:04:26 BST, Bob Eager wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2020 18:37:02 +0100, NY wrote: wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf? x=354045&y=179145&z=120&sv=354045,179145&st=4&ar=y &mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=704&ax=354045&ay= 179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. Viewpoint? Not much of a view from there, I venture to suggest. Motorways, railways, sewage works. Wonderful. Looks like solar panels, but a strange place to put them I cheated. ;-) https://goo.gl/maps/Q2kQ9yXYZ3JZSVoA6 Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
Were you taught to read a map?
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... Yes it means danger, ridiculously long web link ahead....:-) Sorry, Brian. I couldn't find a way to shorten it. The icon is roughly square, with a diagonal line from bottom left to top right, dividing it into two halves. In the top left segment there is a symbol of sun with "rays" radiating from it. The bottom right segment is all black, like an arrow head pointing south-east. It symbolises a solar farm - and indeed on the satellite photo on Google, there are rows of the solar panels covering a large area. It is situated between two motorways (M49 that goes over Severn Bridge, and M5 from Exeter to Birmingham) north west of Bristol, in a fairly insalubrious area of sewage works, industrial estates and trading estates, close to the Severn Estuary. |
Were you taught to read a map?
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... The Natural Philosopher wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2020 18:37:02 +0100, NY wrote: Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf? x=354045&y=179145&z=120&sv=354045,179145&st=4&ar=y &mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=704&ax=354045&ay= 179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. Viewpoint? Not much of a view from there, I venture to suggest. Motorways, railways, sewage works. Wonderful. Looks like solar panels, but a strange place to put them I cheated. ;-) https://goo.gl/maps/Q2kQ9yXYZ3JZSVoA6 You're allowed to cheat once you give up - that's what I did. I like the suggestion that it's a viewpoint, because that was my first thought until I realised that there wouldn't be much that you'd want to see. |
Were you taught to read a map?
On Sat, 23 May 2020 06:06:29 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote: "NY" wrote in message ... "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... "NY" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...ay=179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. Its completely stupid to have maps with no table of symbols or a page of symbols and to have to memorise the obscure ones that are hardly ever seen and to teach that in schools. The paper maps do include a list of symbols. I wonder whether a modern one would include all the new symbols such as this one. The problem with online sites is that the map is "endless" rather than being divided into 40x40 km sheets each with all the marginal stuff like scale, instructions on how to work out a grid reference and what the symbols mean. But web sites like Bing and Streetmap should contain a link to a page of symbols. You should be able to hard press on the symbol and have the meaning pop up. The one I found is one that is probably noteworthy enough to merit a symbol, and is a "thing" that is found more and more often nowadays. Sacrificial altar ? Summer solstice sunset? -- AnthonyL Why do scientists need to BELIEVE in anything? |
Were you taught to read a map?
On 23/05/2020 12:50, AnthonyL wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2020 06:06:29 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: "NY" wrote in message ... "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... "NY" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:17:54 UTC+1, Brian Gregory wrote: Does one just look at the map that's available and any key that's with the map and then one knows what's what? Not sure what aspect of it would need to be taught? That's part of what needs to be taught. It might be obvious to you and me. Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?...ay=179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. Its completely stupid to have maps with no table of symbols or a page of symbols and to have to memorise the obscure ones that are hardly ever seen and to teach that in schools. The paper maps do include a list of symbols. I wonder whether a modern one would include all the new symbols such as this one. The problem with online sites is that the map is "endless" rather than being divided into 40x40 km sheets each with all the marginal stuff like scale, instructions on how to work out a grid reference and what the symbols mean. But web sites like Bing and Streetmap should contain a link to a page of symbols. You should be able to hard press on the symbol and have the meaning pop up. The one I found is one that is probably noteworthy enough to merit a symbol, and is a "thing" that is found more and more often nowadays. Sacrificial altar ? Summer solstice sunset? Its a target. A solar farm. best place to detonate warheads -- when things get difficult you just have to lie Jean Claud Jüncker |
Were you taught to read a map?
On Sat, 23 May 2020 11:10:26 +0100, NY wrote:
"Tim+" wrote in message news:2109507376.611911786.702288.tim.downie- ... The Natural Philosopher wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2020 18:37:02 +0100, NY wrote: Without cheating and looking it up on Google, how many people know what this symbol is? https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf? x=354045&y=179145&z=120&sv=354045,179145&st=4&ar=y &mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=704&ax=354045&ay= 179145&lm=0 - the black symbol in the angle between the two motorways. I happened to come across this symbol which I've never seen before, and it took several attempts to find an Ordnance Survey Legend web page that included it. Viewpoint? Not much of a view from there, I venture to suggest. Motorways, railways, sewage works. Wonderful. Looks like solar panels, but a strange place to put them I cheated. ;-) https://goo.gl/maps/Q2kQ9yXYZ3JZSVoA6 You're allowed to cheat once you give up - that's what I did. I like the suggestion that it's a viewpoint, because that was my first thought until I realised that there wouldn't be much that you'd want to see. It's quite similar to the actual viewpoint symbol (which I knew already). The difference is subtle apart from the big black triangle, qwhich I assume was the way you'd want to 'view'! -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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