TL;DR – We map the carnage over four days of July in 1996 on Independence Day.
Mapping Independence –
Well, I had been feeling off, and when that happens, one of the best remedies is to go back to one of your comfort films. While everyone has their own list of comfort films, mine include Ever After, 10 Things I Hate About You, and today’s focus Independence Day.
As I was watching the film, I wondered what the global extent of the attack would be because the film’s focus is America, but it was an international event, given what we can see in snippets throughout the film. I went through the original movie with a fine-toothed comb and any references in Independence Day Resurgence to get the locations here. However, this only painted part of the picture, and the novel of the first film differs from the movie in places, so that is an issue.
TL;DR – Every single feature of Civilization 6 (at time of posting) in one map, this time with Lakes, Seas, and Oceans
Article –
This week we got the latest update to
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, and along with the boosted Industrial Zones
and several pages of patch notes there was the announcement of the game adding
water features to its growing list of geographical features. We have mapped Civ
VI in the past as part of our Map-It Project, and I
am always a completionist, so I thought it would be quick to add in a couple of
lakes. Well three solid days of work later and it was not the quick job I
expected, but it was a rewarding one as I got to learn more about the geography
of the Earth while brushing up on my Māori.
Now as always, a couple of notes before
we start, first the Civilization boundaries on the map are based more on
clarity than anything else, so in most cases, they conform to their modern
counterparts. We have also worked using the commonly implemented political
borders, not necessarily what nations claim, and this means making some
judgement calls which you will see below. Also, while all attempts have been
made to make sure that everything is accurately placed, putting this together
meant working from multiple different sources, and map projections, and as
such, no matter how much you try there might be some slight discrepancies here
and there.
We will be mostly going over the new additions and changes to the map in this update, if you want to learn more about some of the location choices that we made you can find more detail in our First Full Civilization Big Map and out Gathering Storm Update Map.
Finally, after the break there will be a lot of large images, so now is the time to check that you are on WiFi and are not using Mobile Data. Also a quick shout out to sonicmyst, God of Kings, Eagle Pursuit, Zaarin and SeelingCat over at the Civfanatics Forum for helping me with some of the obscure lakes I was having trouble locating.
TL;DR – This is a fascinating
series exploring the food and people that make up some of the most interesting
cities in Asia.
Score – 4.5 out of 5 stars
Review –
If you have read my reviews in the past you could probably tell that I am a
sucker for a good food documentary. A documentary that explores the origins of
a dish, or the people that make it, or the cultural context it exists in. Well,
today we get a show that does all three with Street Food. When you think of street food, what first comes to mind?
Well for a long time for me it was that kebab shop that is open to late in the
morning or that one chip store I found in Sydney that one time. However, as I have
started to travel I have found it is much, much, much more than that, and this
is what we will be exploring today.
So to set the scene, today we delve into the street food cultures of eight different
cities across Asia. Some of these locations are quite well known like Bangkok,
Osaka, Delhi, Seoul, and Singapore, as well as some less well-known places like
Chiayi, Yogyakarta, and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). We see the foods that mark
each of these cities and the people that make them. We discover the Fish-head
Stew of Chiayi, the Crab Omelette of Bangkok, or the Putu Piring of Singapore.
But more than this we explore the cities, their history, their relationship
with food, and what it means for the people who make/eat it.
TL;DR
– Every single feature of Civilization 6 (at time
of posting) in one map
Article –
This week, well two days ago at the time of writing, the new and second expansion for Civilization VI called Gathering Storm was released. It added new Civilizations, City States, World Wonders, Natural Wonders, and most interestingly Geographical Features (see all new features HERE). With that in mind, I knew I had to immediately jump in and update our Full Civilization VI Map.
Now as always, a couple of notes before we start, first the Civilization boundaries on the map are based more on clarity than anything else, so in most cases, they conform to their modern counterparts. We have also worked using the commonly implemented political borders, not necessarily what nations claim, and this means making some judgement calls which you will see below. Also, while all attempts have been made to make sure that everything is accurately placed, putting this together meant working from multiple different sources, and map projections, and as such, no matter how much you try there might be some slight discrepancies here and there.
Finally, after the break there will be a lot of large images, so now is the time to check that you are on WiFi and are not using Mobile Data.
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