tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7282208476862683751..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Wayfinding And Stonehenge - Fifth-Most VisitedAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64053010634045913542011-08-06T10:58:44.289-04:002011-08-06T10:58:44.289-04:00I agree with Der Hahn about not giving up on overh...I agree with Der Hahn about not giving up on overhead mapping too quickly. Wouldn't things like the Great White Horse and Nazca Lines indicate a certain amount of top-down spatial thinking?Kittennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-35005135666877163862011-08-01T11:10:40.454-04:002011-08-01T11:10:40.454-04:00I wouldn't give up on the overhead map idea so...I wouldn't give up on the overhead map idea so readily. I think the difficulties in transition to modern mapping might be explainable by assuming that the 'map in the dirt' was done more as a planning reference (first we go here, then head in this direction to there), was not to scale, and might very well have been quite local. Another thing that popped into my head when you started with this series is that an overhead map view is very useful for laying out fields and irrigation systems when combined with landmarking but cardinal direction finding would be less useful in that situation.Der Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967487071137862252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-22054857583030469972011-07-31T22:46:26.889-04:002011-07-31T22:46:26.889-04:00I'd think any place with mountains would give ...I'd think any place with mountains would give people some idea of overhead visualization. On a smaller scale, there are always tall trees and boys dared to climb them.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com