Planetary city (Abel Laboratory, Arque) to scale.

[Alec Turner]

Earlier today I posted some images to Screenie(s) of Abel Laboratory (Palin's new base in the Arque system) overlayed to scale on various cities on Earth.

Since then I've redone them slightly better and added a couple more.

London

New York

Paris

Hamburg (apologies, apparently I unwittingly centered on the harbour area)

Huddersfield

I'm taking requests if anyone's interested.

 

[Dagwit]

I'm taking requests if anyone's interested

A quick search for circular cities in Google came up with Palma Nuova, Italy. Canberra's centre is also built on a circular plan.

 

[M00ka]

Repped.

At times I think some here forget just how big the playing field is in ED. I remember just after Horizon's dropped. I decided to go rock hunting and dropped in on what I thought was a relatively small impact crater on some airless planet/moon. Drove round the one small crater for about 3 hours, and probably covered about a third of the crater. So it always amuses me when people want things placed on planets, unless we have specific directions to find them, no body will ever see them unless the accidently find them.

 

[Alec Turner]

A quick search for circular cities in Google came up with Palma Nuova, Italy. Canberra's centre is also built on a circular plan.

Both of those are around 1km diameter. Here's Canberra (the circular center of which is kinda hidden under the domed building at the center of Abel).

 

[M00ka]

Both of those are around 1km diameter. Here's Canberra (the circular center of which is kinda hidden under the domed building at the center of Abel).

That would have ruined my old commute to work …..

 

[Phongsalt]

Cheeses! The mans a ruddy vogon!

 

[Old Duck]

What is this, Independence Day 3? I hope it's better than the last one (gag me with a spoon).

 

[Dommarraa]

How about the Pentagon or Kennedy Space Center ?

 

[zimms]

Repped.

At times I think some here forget just how big the playing field is in ED. [...]

We need a proper city scale thread.

 

[Alec Turner]

Turin

 

[Alec Turner]

We need a proper city scale thread.

I am actually considering doing more scale stuff.

 

[Speedcuffs]

I must say, Huddersfield looks much improved like that.

 

[Aashenfox]

Leamington Spa please!!

 

[Alec Turner]

Leamington Spa please!!

I decided to drop this one in the countryside next to to city.

 

[Aashenfox]

I decided to drop this one in the countryside next to to city.

I was worried it might cover it completely! Pretty mad how big that thing is.

 

[Aashenfox]

Right, last one then please, from where I was born to where I am now...Athens, Greece! Drop the center right on Omonia Square, where the roads extend in spokes! Thanks so much Alec.

 

[Codger]

Interesting. Does it seem that the building in ED are much larger than normal buildings? They seem to take up several blocks each.

 

[Masta Squidge]

Interesting. Does it seem that the building in ED are much larger than normal buildings? They seem to take up several blocks each.

Warehouses and research type buildings are often immense compared to the scale of a "city block".

Foxxconn's manufacturing center near me is planned to be over 4,000 feet on a side. I say planned, because the whole thing is a joke at this point.

 

[Arioch]

Any chance you could plop it in the wet stuff next to Gibraltar?

(had some great nights out there over the years as well as the most difficult run I’ve ever done - I’d love to do the Gib Rock Race in Palin’s tenth-of-a-G )

 

[Barking_Mad]

Repped.

At times I think some here forget just how big the playing field is in ED. I remember just after Horizon's dropped. I decided to go rock hunting and dropped in on what I thought was a relatively small impact crater on some airless planet/moon. Drove round the one small crater for about 3 hours, and probably covered about a third of the crater. So it always amuses me when people want things placed on planets, unless we have specific directions to find them, no body will ever see them unless the accidently find them.

It's only a model*

*but a very big one that takes a lot of time to make