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Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

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Re: Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

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Post by pmontra »

Interesting but very difficult to perform in the right way. Example: Italy has maybe 45k buildings that could show on that map https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:Castelli_d%27Italia but they can't be collected by looking at the English Wikipedia so it's almost empty compared to what could be. Other countries, same problem.

Somebody suggested in other comments that the data could be from OpenStreetMap. Or let people add their own castles, but then you have all the sort of problems of content moderation.

Re: Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

#163

Post by stefanka »

pmontra wrote: post #161

Interesting but very difficult to perform in the right way. Example: Italy has maybe 45k buildings that could show on that map https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:Castelli_d%27Italia but they can't be collected by looking at the English Wikipedia so it's almost empty compared to what could be. Other countries, same problem. Somebody suggested in other comments that the data could be from OpenStreetMap. Or let peo…

I can confirm that a lot of castles missing in Germany too

Re: Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

#164

Post by rob74 »

Flightmussy wrote: post #126

Hi thanks for the feedback and thank you Marklit to submit it here! Thecastlemap.com is one of the websites I operate. I also operate trainrouter.com, sunshineatlas.com. and europebeachmap.com. Honestly, I did not want to focus too much on this website due to what I thought of a market of low demand. However, there are so many critical comments. Hence, I will fix it properly and this will be one of the websites I wil…

Nice project, but unfortunately (as others have also commented) a bit incomplete. Some stuff missing in Romania (which I'm reasonably familiar with):

- Arad fortress (similar to Alba Iulia, but less well known, currently a military base): https://maps.app.goo.gl/a2Dw3W2CKCpU7cJA7

- Oradea fortress (same as above, but open to the public): https://maps.app.goo.gl/a2Dw3W2CKCpU7cJA7

- Târgu Mureș fortress (slightly smaller than the ones above, but also notable): https://maps.app.goo.gl/qcwSFL9hGqoCZXWv7

- plus lots of villages and smaller towns in Transylvania also have fortresses or fortified churches: Biertan https://maps.app.goo.gl/VVMkpaFbf7HJjbPQA, Râșnov https://maps.app.goo.gl/1LnB5h2sTj1WRmTk7, Saschiz https://maps.app.goo.gl/Yb5dDz38xXyy8JEZ7, Viscri https://maps.app.goo.gl/318uMB1fEvpqXSzi7, Rupea https://maps.app.goo.gl/6hTM8PtkQhQxXcyG8

Re: Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

#165

Post by Flightmussy »

I am working on fixing the site. It is vibe coded which I understand is a problem. Ai took my career path so I have use it as well although I fucking hate AI. I like creating stuff though.

I have only used English Wikipedia for putting castles on the map. To some degrees using Wikipedia of other languages will fix the problem partially (Which some of you have suggested). The ultimate fix would be a community who does all the suggestions, because all datasets are wrong anyways.

The claim that France does have 45k castles is just so wrong lol. Yes the site does miss many castles and some are defined wrong. I am working on that and I am really thankful for all the suggestions which will be credited in the changelog: https://thecastlemap.com/changelog/

Anyways I am working on the site and updating it rather quickly because I never thought people wanted a castle site.

Re: Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

#168

Post by Flightmussy »

Flightmussy wrote: post #165

I am working on fixing the site. It is vibe coded which I understand is a problem. Ai took my career path so I have use it as well although I fucking hate AI. I like creating stuff though. I have only used English Wikipedia for putting castles on the map. To some degrees using Wikipedia of other languages will fix the problem partially (Which some of you have suggested). The ultimate fix would be a community who does…

I have added more landmarks, but are not yet filtered correctly. Will fix that asap.

Re: Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

#169

Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

MengerSponge wrote: post #151
YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #137

Hey, so, I know everyone is complaining about their favourite castle/fortress/palace missing but... it's missing the Acropolis. The Acropolis, in Athens. There's no more famous castle than that. Or fortress, whatever you want to call it. I get that this is vibe coded but I really wonder how the data was compiled. This will take serious effort to fix if it's so deficient it doesn't include the most famous castle of al…

Bro. The Acropolis is a temple.

"Bro", the Parthenon is a temple. The Acropolis is a citadel.

The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens

In fact, that's what "acropolis" (small a) means: it's Greek for "citadel".

And what is a "citadel"?

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