09-05-2013, 02:14 AM | #1 |
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Orbis, a Roman travel guide
An amazing website out of Stanford, ORBIS, estimates routes, travel time, and costs by foot, cart, horse, rivercraft, and sea-going vessel throughout the Roman world.
I guessed this had already been posted somewhere here, but I couldn't find it with search - please forgive me if this is a repeat. (Though this post was prompted by the recent low tech ships thread and its chilling echoes of a few earlier discussions of long-distance travel, I don't mean to wake Hikethulu.) |
09-05-2013, 03:27 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Re: Orbis, a Roman travel guide
I'm getting a 404 here...
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09-05-2013, 03:56 AM | #3 |
Join Date: May 2011
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Re: Orbis, a Roman travel guide
link works for me...
This is a pretty neat resource! |
09-05-2013, 04:20 AM | #4 |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Re: Orbis, a Roman travel guide
Whoa!
This looks sweet. |
09-05-2013, 04:48 AM | #5 |
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Re: Orbis, a Roman travel guide
I haven't said it recently but this internet thingy is pretty cool.
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09-05-2013, 10:48 AM | #6 |
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Re: Orbis, a Roman travel guide
Be aware that the network model they use has a huge number of guesses and simplifications. Make sure you read http://orbis.stanford.edu/#understanding
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09-05-2013, 11:52 AM | #7 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Orbis, a Roman travel guide
Interesting tool. Thanks for posting the link.
(Now we just need a similar one for each of the other 3e settings books -- especially the fictional ones.) |
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