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Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by KineticLensman »

not_alexb wrote: post #32
coldtea wrote: post #21

Sounds more impressive if you don't know Luxembourg is at max 50 miles long...

Wow. As someone who has driven from LA to Seattle without breaks quite a few times (which is around 1,000 miles), that really puts in perspective how small Europe can be at times. I guess that shouldn't be surprising as that's similar to the distance between Berlin and Moscow.

There is a popular coast-to-coast walk in the UK that runs across the top of England that is approx 100 miles in a straight line. No-one in Britain is more than about 70 miles from the sea.

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by famahar »

tkgally wrote: post #28
famahar wrote: post #19

I walked across Tokyo last weekend. Took me 20 hours. I suck at writing so all I'll say is that everyone should walk across a city. It's a magical experience. Turn off your your phone, bring a disposable camera and a compass and just walk. You'll discover so many personal insights.

That’s quite a walk! Where did you start and end? For about ten years, I walked every New Year’s Day from my home near Yokohama Station to somewhere in Tokyo—Ikebukuro or Ueno or Asakusa, about 35 kilometers one way. Very memorable, as you say. I don’t think I would do it in the summer, though.

Started in Hachiōji and ended at the start of Chiba prefecture. The heat made it tough. I was thinking about doing a walk from Tamagawa station to Yokohama this weekend. I love seeing what's between all the stations and building up a new mental map of the area.

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by airblade »

KineticLensman wrote: post #41
not_alexb wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow. As someone who has driven from LA to Seattle without breaks quite a few times (which is around 1,000 miles), that really puts in perspective how small Europe can be at times. I guess that shouldn't be surprising as that's similar to the distance between Berlin and Moscow.

There is a popular coast-to-coast walk in the UK that runs across the top of England that is approx 100 miles in a straight line. No-one in Britain is more than about 70 miles from the sea.

But those 70 miles can take a disproportionately long time!

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by rjh29 »

famahar wrote: post #19

I walked across Tokyo last weekend. Took me 20 hours. I suck at writing so all I'll say is that everyone should walk across a city. It's a magical experience. Turn off your your phone, bring a disposable camera and a compass and just walk. You'll discover so many personal insights.

That sounds fun.

I'd recommend Kyoto too. I cycled around it a lot but never got tired of the little side streets, temples and older houses.

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by pjc50 »

pavlov wrote: post #9

The history of Luxembourg is an interesting microcosm of how the fortunes of states and dynasties have ebbed and flowed in Europe over the past thousand years. There was a time when the House of Luxembourg was the main rival to the Habsburgs for control of central Europe, contributing four Holy Roman Emperors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxemburg The dukes of this area used to be so important to European…

> (Monarchy is pretty weird in practice.)

Friend of mine back-tested the simple "the next king is the first son of the previous king" against the past 1,000 years of English kings and found it to be true only half the time.

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by petepete »

airblade wrote: post #43
KineticLensman wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a popular coast-to-coast walk in the UK that runs across the top of England that is approx 100 miles in a straight line. No-one in Britain is more than about 70 miles from the sea.

But those 70 miles can take a disproportionately long time!

GeoWizard (a GeoGuessr expert YouTuber) dribbed a football the whole way in under 24 hours for charity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzNsfDwhZLM

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by prmoustache »

benoliver999 wrote: post #14
avyeed_desa wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think someone didn't get the joke, or took OP too seriously. No offense to you though.

Yeah it's not 'that' small lol

That is not big either. Most people walking thesantiago de compostela pilgrimage route from the Spanish border, Madrid or Lisbon do walk much more.

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by pavlov »

dalbasal wrote: post #36
pavlov wrote: post #9

The history of Luxembourg is an interesting microcosm of how the fortunes of states and dynasties have ebbed and flowed in Europe over the past thousand years. There was a time when the House of Luxembourg was the main rival to the Habsburgs for control of central Europe, contributing four Holy Roman Emperors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxemburg The dukes of this area used to be so important to European…

>> Dutch law allowed the throne to pass to a female child, but the Grand Duchy was under different laws and was inherited by a claimant rather than the new Dutch queen. (Monarchy is pretty weird in practice.) Game of Thrones, with its campy portrayal of regal titles and announcements, kind of drives this point home. European aristocracy, especially those derived from germanic and other barbarian cultures, held titles…

They did love collecting titles. The kings of England also claimed the title of King of France until 1802, even though they lost the very last enclave on French soil in 1558:

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

Re: I walked across Luxembourg

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Post by elAhmo »

tda wrote: post #15
jvdvegt wrote: post #11

He links to a very nice government site which seems to have an interactive (and somehow coloured) Lidar map of the whole country [1]. Navigation is a bit awkward (you need to double-click to move around), but you can almost make out car models! [1] https://lidar.geoportail.lu/

Indeed https://github.com/potree/potree has a bit awkward navigation, but there are quite a few nice lidar datasets available to explore with it, like the scan of the Matterhorn. I once used it to explore a dataset made by a photogrammetry drone, was quite nice. The entire country of the Netherlands is also available here: http://ahn2.pointclouds.nl/ There is no rgb information, only elevation. But you can make out i…

This is quite amazing, thanks for these links. Do you have any more info about how was this performed? What is it used for?
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