How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

all major cities lying on a perfect straight line of flight...

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I can't see the perfect straight line on the map I look on. :crazy:

hi there,
my geography is very bad,i dont know much than reading a map!!!

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Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

I can't see the perfect straight line on the map I look on. :crazy:

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Likely because you're trying to project a straight line from a curved surface onto a flat map. Look on a globe.

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Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

I can't see the perfect straight line on the map I look on. :crazy:

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GPS Visualizer: Google Maps output

Still not a straight line. More like a "line" I draw without a ruler. :laugh:


So where's the new Q?

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Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

So where's the new Q?

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In your head? ;)

What's the question ?

Ok, here's something that should be fairly easy. People from the following countries have been playing this thread:

Australia, Canada, Estonia (that's you, right Troll?), Germany, India, Italy, Romania, UK, USA

If I've got some wrong there, lets just go with this list anyway.
Put these countries in order from lowest to highest when it comes to maximum difference in elevation.

example - Hightst point in Canada is Mount Logan @ 19551 ft, the lowest is sea level @ 0 ft.
So max. difference is 19551, putting Canada 7th in the list.

I got the complete list from wiki, no peaking.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Canada
8.
9.

9. India
8. USA
1. Estonia
6. Italy
5. Romania
4. Germany
2. UK
3. Australia

You've got all of them correct except for two.
If I tell you which two, you can just flip them around and you'll have all nine.
Would you like to guess which two to flip, or should I tell you what you have correct - in which case you may as well just ask the next question.

By the way, do you always prepare lists in such a random fashion?