h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

the requested bribe should be on it's way... check the lemony account.

I hope I'm able to justify my membership of the Royal Geographical Society with my first entry on
The City of Lagos, in the Algarve, Portugal A2359569
F48874?thread=388037&post=4936262#p4936262


Watermusic

Just informing of two entries I've submitted.

This one is in currently with the sub-editors and is a short historical vist to Blackpool, UK.
<LINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A2310517

This one is in Peer Review and is a basic tourist guide to the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A2351602

Notrom, when you're putting in links to entries in a conversation, all you have to do is put in the A number like this: A2310517

I forgot to add A2328987 - Tanzania

I'd like to do Namibia, then that's it for the country entries for the moment - too much work trying to get a balanced entry together.

sprout

How about buildings?
I submitted this one last night

A2424872 - The Monastery of Alcobaça, Portugal

It is a World Heritage Site.

I've got this one being edited: A2463851

It's my first Entry and I'm planning a few more sometime soon, been busy.

Jules

I've just dropped this one off in PR: A2919477
thread at: F48874?thread=473512

All comments graciously accepted (and generously rewarded)

I've an entry on Seattle in the Update Forum at the moment: A2895375.

Hi Geographers

I've just put A Brief History of Map Making into PR A2957484

Peerers welcomed as usual


Fb

Great entry on a subject that is close to my heart. Maps have always been a passion of mine. A couple points come to mind that might improve your entry without adding too much;

Early maps, before the perfection of a portable time piece (the chronometer) are quite accurate north and south but have considerable error east and west due the inability of the explores to accurately place their position in this direction.

Also;

George Washington, the 'Father' of the US, greatest general and first President, was by profession a surveyor and map maker before he became famous. He was part of the team that mapped the 'Mason-Dixon' Line that became the border for most of the American Civil War.

F S

Hey folks. I'm a new guy I know, but I've put my article on my hometown (Bend, Oregon, USA) in Peer Review.

It's at A2929872

Critique would be fantastic.

FS... I'll respond to those in the thread in PR if that's okay? Too complicated having two threads on one topic

I have an entry in PR now about the town of Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Might still need some work because it's leaning towards the camp-staff perspective... I'd appreciate any feedback (Jimi X, I know PA is usually your turf, but hey, you didn't write about this place yet ).

Entry at A2947881, PR thread at F48874?thread=484413

I am starting a massive entry on Yellowstone, but it's such a huge subject that I needed to break it out into parts- the first two are human history: Prehistoric and exploration. I'll do one later on Yellowstone after the park was established, another on the geysers and geology, at least one on the Yellowstone Wolves, and maybe more than that. But for now, help me get these two through Peer Review! They are:

A2899443
A3061135

Thanks a million!

You think that's massive, eh? The United States of America A2965133 is now in the Update Forum. It's not much of a geographic entry - because writing a geographic-focused entry on the USA is like opening Pandora's Box... but I thought I'd mention it.

There's one on Bury St Edmunds that might benefit from a few pairs of eyes looking at it... A1922069 if anyone's got a minute.

I've just been taking stock of entries that have been going through PR and into the EG over the last few months and it seems there's been a fair few geographical entries been going on while I was looking the other way.

The vast majority of which were created by the fair hand of certain people within our ranks - or who have since come to join our ranks. Big slaps on the back all round, I reckon.

This is everything else that I've just spotted in PR at the moment, much of it written by some of your good selves...

A3164906 - Yellowstone National Park, USA- Part III: The Park Years
A2315602 - Buses in Bristol, UK
A2986680 - Tartu, Estonia - Where to Eat
A2864694 - Aberdeen's Cafe Culture
A2991558 - Tucson
A2964224 - Ston Easton Park
A3382328 - Upminster
A2812105 - Washington State, USA
A3193986 - The Coledale Inn, Braithwaite
A3261746 - Japanese Toilets
A3154880 - European Cities in Ohio, USA
A3353294 - The Georgia Guidestones

A bout of boredom and a guilty look at my 'To Do' list yesterday resulted in this:
A3452429 Festus, Missouri, USA
which is currently in PR:
F48874?thread=555729

Any thoughts welcome

Torbay (not very exotic) at A3412973