Conquercise

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nigelS Jul 2016 9:10pm, 29 Jul 2016 32 posts	0 nigelS Great changes. The new map encouraged me to go out and do a route specifically to pick up some more zones. Was easier to work this out using the new map. Thanks
Pompey Paul Jul 2016 9:21pm, 29 Jul 2016 4,876 posts	0 Pompey Paul Ditto for my run tomorrow
Icelandic Trigirl Jul 2016 9:26pm, 29 Jul 2016 2,652 posts	0 Icelandic Trigirl [I plan a sneaky little run in Borganes now I hope you have a great trip. It is beautiful out there; but lovelier in the North of course. And in all fairness, the South East is probably the most spectacular.]
ChrisHB Jul 2016 11:19pm, 29 Jul 2016 13,572 posts	0 ChrisHB A week's holiday gave me only 16 zones. This is due to having MIL with us and being the guests of BIL. Also because I had no transport but my feet.
Markymarkmark Jul 2016 7:41am, 30 Jul 2016 3,777 posts	0 Markymarkmark Loving the points behind option. And the avatars. I'm not in the least competitive or egotistical, no sir, not me!
Icelandic Trigirl Jul 2016 10:40am, 30 Jul 2016 2,653 posts	0 Icelandic Trigirl Given that the Earth is more or less spherical, why are the wards not square? Since they are rectangular, we can get more wards for our miles going along latitude than up and down longitude.
DocMoye Jul 2016 10:44am, 30 Jul 2016 9,252 posts	0 DocMoye sometimes its best not to think too much!
paul the builder Jul 2016 11:04am, 30 Jul 2016 5,718 posts	0 paul the builder They are square, at the equator. But they can't stay square, without overlapping (or missing bits).
EdJ Jul 2016 11:34am, 30 Jul 2016 178 posts	0 EdJ For the low-down on the challenges of representing the earth, being a three dimensional oblate spheroid (a slightly squashed ball), onto a two dimensional map, you can have a read here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection. Although in his second sentence above PtB has summarised it very well. Personally I'd spare myself the pain and go for a run instead.
Icelandic Trigirl Jul 2016 1:50pm, 30 Jul 2016 2,654 posts	0 Icelandic Trigirl Off for my latitudinal run then