c h i e f y Member Posts: 415 From: Surrey, United Kingdom Registered: 03-07-2002 |
See the town shown “ESHER” ?? Well this is where I worked 1997 – 2001, happy days I tell you, I live just a few miles from there … 20 minutes cycling distance in a town (not marked) called WALTON –ON- THAMES So…. Can you see the placed marked “RICHMOND” ? This is where my new job started in 2001 – I can still cycle to work but it now takes me an hour, not 20 minutes !! The 2 aircraft symbols are LEFT … Heathrow and RIGHT .. Gatwick. I worked at Heathrow 1979 – 1984 and thoroughly enjoyed it I tell ya, (even HAPPIER days) :-) Motorway land, see the M3 ? M4? M25 ? M40? I use all of these motorways – in order of highest use M25 then M3 then M40, do you know these motorways? Boy they could double the width of these things easy, it’d be so much better !! See the town marked Woking, I moved there in 1984 with the missus and a 1 year old baby girl, we had a son and stayed around until 1988 when we moved to WALTON !! I loved WOKING, I would get home at about 3.30pm and get hold of my 2 kids aged 3 and 5 and take them out through fields, farmyards, commons – we saw horses, cows, hens, rabbits, I loved it as much as the kids, boy those are the days I miss the MOST ! http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=500000&Y=150000&width=500&height=300&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&scale=1000000&advanced=&multim ap.x=265&multimap.y=85 If you can see “Walton-on-Thames” on the map then THAT’S WHERE I AM NOW !! and see KINGSTON UPON THAMES I worked there 1997 –2000 they were great days too, gotta say I’ve been lucky – always worked quite close to home. KINGSTON our fave big town centre where we always go to buy CDs, slick clothes, playstation stuff, the town centre is BIG. TOP LEFT of the map is Windsor where my missus is completely SOLD on that shopping centre. Similar in size to Kingston, it’s “as good” and has a real CASTLE too !! Okey doh, you saw my maps you read my life history…. Was it interesting ? OK, now it’s your turn, use www.multimap.com if you like but let’s hear whereabouts you live and work !! Why ? Usual reason…. It’s a laugh !! [This message has been edited by c h i e f y (edited November 03, 2002).] |
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
oh here is my hometown.. called Napier in little old New Zealand.. http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=19700000.9213301&Y=-4800000.94429876&width=700&height=400&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&adv anced=&scale=4000000&in.x=9&in.y=8 from the map you can see we are on the coast, and there are lots of good surf spots.. my birth city had a huge earthquake in the 1931, and most of the land we live on now, came up out of the see in that earthquake http://www.directenergy.com.au/FamilyTrees/napier_earthquake_1931_photo_gal.htm in those pictures you can see some of the damage of the earthquake, and also before and after of the sea... and here you can see what the city looks like now http://www.hb.co.nz/artdeco/gallery.htm we have a really nice climate, one of the best in new zealand... we are a city build on the flats, but the surrounding area is vineyards, olive groves, rolling hills and many orchards.. i grew up here, swimming in the ocean and the rivers (and still do).. we have a population of 55,000 , but with our nearby city hastings with a similar population (b.t.w in all truth hastings used to be called Hicksville!!!) and together we are the 8th largest city area in New Zealand.... in my area there are probably about 30,000 people.. and last night, our church of 150 people put on a concert and a $5000 fireworks display,and we got 3000 people turn out.. awesome, espeially from a culture that is quite pagan, where we have many witchcraft shops downtown and a culture which mocks the church and mocks God.. so Glory to God so this is my hometown, where i grew up... but having been married, i also have a new hometown in america, and also a hometown in China, which is a place where my heart often is... ------------------ |
InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
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Mack Administrator Posts: 2779 From: Registered: 01-20-2001 |
Right now I live in a hamlet (which is actually the size of a large town) which is around a 20 min drive from the city I was born in and took my 10 month MSCT training course in (Edmonton) which is about 90 mins from a town where I spent most of my time growing up (Ponoka). :P Hamlet where I am, marked with a red star [url=http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=-12700000&Y=7100000&width=500&height=300&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&scale=4000000&a dvanced=&multimap.x=283&multimap.y=175]Multimap link showing Edmonton[/url] I was going to include pictures of some of the places, but it looks like I'll have to use a digicam to get some shots maybe. I found some of Edmonton: http://www.nycsubway.org/canada/edmonton/ ------------------ [This message has been edited by Mack (edited November 04, 2002).] |
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c h i e f y Member Posts: 415 From: Surrey, United Kingdom Registered: 03-07-2002 |
klumsy - I love your 1931 Napier earthquake photos, very interesting, dunno about the recent photos though, they seem obsessed with NZ buildings don't they ?? those black and white pics tell an amazing story though, what awful devestation, the earthquake is man's biggest threat - second only to WAR eh ? Klumsy I read that a great surfing game is coming out on the PS2 and last week I watched a demo (PS2 mag demo) it was flippin amazing, best surfing game EVER, have you done any yourself ? Insane Poet .... what happened ? Your map never made it to the display Mack do you think Canada should sign up ?? BTW ------------------ |
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InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
I couldn't get the url right, I got annoyed, so i forgot the whole thing. Oh well ------------------ |
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c h i e f y Member Posts: 415 From: Surrey, United Kingdom Registered: 03-07-2002 |
yeah you mean that www.multimap.com  I know EXACTLY what you mean InsanePoet, it took me 30 minutes to finalise my top post in this thread It seems that multimap are saying "Use our maps but check out our adverts as the price" anyway ------------------ |
rowanseymour Member Posts: 284 From: Belfast, Northern Ireland Registered: 02-10-2001 |
I wonder will this work...  [img]http://uk.img.maps.yahoo.com/scripts/gcis.dll?sizex=400&sizey=400&XgoSetLogicalScale=9&_XgoPointWGS=-59341%2c545809&_XgoGCAdrWGS=-59341%2c545809&_XgoGCYouAreHereCircleThicknes s=1&_XgoGCYouAreHereCenterThickness=3&_XgoGCYouAreHereCircleColor=RGB(255,0,0)&_XgoGCYouAreHereCenterColor=RGB(255,0,0)&XgoPageName=XMLOUTUK&XgoAnswer=Bitmap&_XgoScaleMode=1[/img] ...nope, i guess UBB img tags don't recognise urls not ending in .jpg or .gif. lets try something else... [url]http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-660000.629990766&Y=7245000.82766331&scale=500000&width=500&height=300&gride=-660571.629990766&gridn=7246103.82766331&co ordsys=mercator&db=pc&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=BT95AR]My house on multimap[/url] ------------------ [This message has been edited by rowanseymour (edited November 05, 2002).] |
D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Hey Cheify! You should know where i live.... Right down the M3 towards southampton... i think it would be junction 12 of the M25 for you?? I go passed Esher train station on my way to work every morning... isn't it near epsom?? --D-SIPL |
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c h i e f y Member Posts: 415 From: Surrey, United Kingdom Registered: 03-07-2002 |
M3 towards Southampton ? it's on this map !  http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=500000&Y=150000&width=500&height=300&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&scale=1000000&advanced=&multim ap.x=265&multimap.y=85 D-SIPL : don't mention ESHER to me my friend, I love that place, I used to work there a couple of years back, trainwise it is as you guessed, near Epsom alright SO D-SIPL and me are ON THE SAME SCHMEGGIN' MAP who's next for putting their home town on the map/ thread ? ------------------ |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
[URL]http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&db=hcgaz&addr1=&client=public&Submit.x=16&addr2=&advanced=&Submit.y=6&addr3=&pc=&X=435848&quicksearch=totton&Y=113945&scal e=100000&place=Totton,Hampshire&coordsys=gb[/URL] Ok this is where i actually live on a larger/zoomed in scale... it's a village in Southampton called Totton, and calmore is where i went to school, Cadnam is where the missus lives... ummm and thats about it. Please no stalking me, it's not nice, and it's not clever. And if you think cooking my pets is going to make me notice you, your wrong... Take care guys n gals! --D-SIPL [This message has been edited by D-SIPL (edited November 12, 2002).] |
timmonk Junior Member Posts: 4 From: Lewisville, TX, USA Registered: 10-12-2002 |
I live in Kirkland, WA, which is east across Lake Washington from Seattle. I am also about 10 miles from the main Microsoft campus. I am at the end of the left version of 135th Place on this map! http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=-13604500&Y=6029000&scale=5000&coordsys=merc ator God Bless, tim [This message has been edited by timmonk (edited November 13, 2002).] |
GUMP Member Posts: 1335 From: Melbourne, FL USA Registered: 11-09-2002 |
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=8981750&Y=3250250&scale=5000&coordsys=mercator Hopefully no serial killers hang out on these forums... |
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InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
Well as my profile states, I live in Wallingford Vermont. Where exactly that is... Absolutly in the middle of nowhere (although, I can get DSL and cable, go figure) If you don't know where vermont is, it's the state next to New York ------------------ |
ok, who's next ??