Planetary city (Abel Laboratory, Arque) to scale.

[Old Duck]

So how do we know your scale is the right scale? I could photoshop that city taking up all of Africa if I wanted to.

 

[Aashenfox]

So how do we know your scale is the right scale? I could photoshop that city taking up all of Africa if I wanted to.

Because it's Alec.

 

[Phongsalt]

Spokane?

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Requesting a comparison to R'lyeh or El Dorado.

Nicely done.

 

[Masta Squidge]

So how do we know your scale is the right scale? I could photoshop that city taking up all of Africa if I wanted to.

Go measure it yourself. If you aren't willing to verify the claim do you reeaaalllly care about the answer?

 

[Alec Turner]

So how do we know your scale is the right scale? I could photoshop that city taking up all of Africa if I wanted to.

Someone else measured the diameter of the city for me last night and then I independently verified it myself this morning (basically by targetting things on one side of the city and then flying to the opposite side). The city is just a tad under 4km diameter (I'm going 4km for simplicity). So then I use the Google Earth measure facility to draw a line 4km long on one image (against which I resize the city image I'm overlaying) and then I overlay the city on the indentical image but without the meauring line visible.

P.S. you were right to ask tho!

 

[Phongsalt]

So how do we know your scale is the right scale? I could photoshop that city taking up all of Africa if I wanted to.

pix or it didn't happen.

 

[Alec Turner]

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.

Here you go .. Athens

 

[Aashenfox]

Yeh, Athens is a sprawling city, but it still looks f'ing HUGE! Thanks matey!

 

[Speedcuffs]

Here you go .. Athens

Looks exactly the same...
Ancient Aliens confirmed!

 

[Alec Turner]

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 )

Oooh, good one! (my favourite so far I think)

Gibralta (and the lost city of Arquelantis)

 

[Cmdr Nemo]

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

In addition, those tower's or antenna that rise up above the terrain. On one of my descents to a engineer, the top of the antenna was almost 3k's.

 

[Traxx]

Can i have a Budapest one? Place the center on the citadel. Just type Budapest citadel and it will take you there. Thanks!

 

[Alec Turner]

Requesting a comparison to R'lyeh or El Dorado.

Nicely done.

One more before the end of my lunchbreak (another one that works really well).

El Dorado

Plonked it over the top of the El Dorado correctional facility - now the in-mates can turn the inside into the kind of place that Snake Plissken would hang out at!

 

[Spaceman Si]

Could you do Bristol, please Alec?

 

[zimms]

Can I request Raxxla?

 

[Alec Turner]

Couple more before I go home.

Bristol

Budapest

 

[Alec Turner]

If I've missed someone then apologies and shout again.

 

[AveCandido]

Oooh, good one! (my favourite so far I think)

Gibralta (and the lost city of Arquelantis)

Mr. Alex Turner ... there the base of Palin Spanish Flag (HA HA HA ) Ancient Atlantis is said as "mystery" would be further west in the area of Cadiz (Gades), not in Gibraltar

 

[ekbot]

DC would be pretty cool. Feel free to crush the White House with it.