Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by emamd » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:57 PM UTC

Travel the path of the solar eclipse
washingtonpost.com

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by chippy » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:16 PM UTC

The description in the article says Google Earth (not Google Maps) and that they were exported (not screenshotted). So not at all like the heavily editorialised title.

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by iaw » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:21 PM UTC

Original title: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by dpflan » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:31 PM UTC

This is a nice idea. NASA has created copious maps too using various resources to ensure accuracy. You can traverse and explore the path too. Interactive maps seem nicer than a linked list of screenshots in my opinion.

> https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

> https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-maps

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by hnau » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:38 PM UTC

the orientation is horrible. why is north right-ish? just no.

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by jmhobbs » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:40 PM UTC

Not a journalism piece, but this is a great map for getting details along the path;

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017...

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by cwmma » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:46 PM UTC

hnau wrote: post #5

the orientation is horrible. why is north right-ish? just no.

because it's mapped the convention of scrolling down on a web page and mapped the path of the eclipse onto that and because you don't always need north to point up just like you don't always need a compass rose or a scale bar.

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:46 PM UTC

hnau wrote: post #5

the orientation is horrible. why is north right-ish? just no.

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Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by cwkoss » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 6:49 PM UTC

Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1868/

Re: Travel the path of the solar eclipse

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Post by _jgvg » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 7:10 PM UTC

hnau wrote: post #5

the orientation is horrible. why is north right-ish? just no.

the orientation is horrible. why is north up? just no.