Geography/Expert Profile
Expertise
Any question about the Earth and space too! Facts, statistics, mapping, naming, finding places and opinions about the global matters, nature, people, cities, countries, rivers, mountains, deserts, environment, ecology, travel etc. Anything that bothers or confuses you about how our earth works and why?
Experience in the area
Traveled through 52 countries worldwide, researching and planning the next 50!
Organizations
www.globosapiens.net/rangutan
Education/Credentials
BSc
What do you like about this subject?
I like learning (and teaching) about our fragile "mother" earth and it's diverse places, inhabitants; be humans, creatures and plants.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
Ecology is becoming an ever more important subject. I think we should all learn more in this field.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Our Earth is extremely sensitive. Seen from space or the ISS, our atmosphere is only a very fragile thin skin of protection between extragalactic life or death. All astronauts warn this!
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
ALL nations need to sign a NEW protocol to protect our common resources, far beyond just that of others to date!
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Recent Answers from Rangutan
2012-05-24 Spider web like drawings on old maps:
Keywords: "Points of the compass" https://www.google.de/search?q=points+of+the+compass&biw=1440&bih=732&sei=4dG-T8v7FoHNsgbY5NjGCg&tbm=isch "Navigation lines" http://www.flickr.com/photos/10749411@N03/5813672319/
2012-05-23 Spider web like drawings on old maps:
Hallo Remus, The radiating grids on old maps usually show the points of the compass or routes between major cities. In the image you show, each major web has 32 points of the compas; north, south,
2012-04-30 Shape of the Planets:
The planets are a collection af gas and dust. Just like a water-drop, the mass assumes the shape of a sphere due to cohesion of the material and gravitational forces toward the much denser center, usually
2012-04-07 Old maps/new maps:
Hi, I do not know of such a web site. The problem is getting the copyright of other maps. Site usually use only one source. Maps of modern cities are updated regularly that some cities may have over 100
2012-04-03 Swimming Pool Construction on Building Terrace/Roof:
Yes, that is a very accurate way of calculating a buildings weight. In engineering we often need the weight to calculate buoyancy of the under levels during construction. There we use the volume (and
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