09.11.2008, 00:50
I know this maybe too late, but when I was in Leyte Gulf in April of this year, I took some pictures.
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?n...ls&id=3556
I was hoping that someone could use these in their maps, and since this is the Philippines map thread, here you go. One thing that you may notice about this part of the world (Singapore and the Malay peninsula too) is that there isn't in fact palm trees everywhere as far as the eye can see.
Going through the Philippines, and having taken liberty in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, I found that the only places that had palm trees were sugar farms and date orchards. Otherwise palm trees were decorative along city streets and and the island in between opposing lanes on the freeway.
While palms occur frequently on Atolls and in the middle and eastern pacific, in the Phillipine Archipaeligo the norm is lush deciduous jungle vegetation right up to the waters edge. Beaches excluded of course. It also seems that the red clay, and the green color pretty well matches the colors that come out with the Burma map. (What a surprise! It's north of the Malay Peninsula).
I intend not to crticize anybody's work, only to offer what I have found in an attempt to better the final product. Great Map! Thank you for the effort.
One last suggestion. Perhaps the Map could also have "online sections" offered. Like the Leyte Area 120kmx120km, or Manilia and Clark Field 100kmx100km for example...
B50
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?n...ls&id=3556
I was hoping that someone could use these in their maps, and since this is the Philippines map thread, here you go. One thing that you may notice about this part of the world (Singapore and the Malay peninsula too) is that there isn't in fact palm trees everywhere as far as the eye can see.
Going through the Philippines, and having taken liberty in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, I found that the only places that had palm trees were sugar farms and date orchards. Otherwise palm trees were decorative along city streets and and the island in between opposing lanes on the freeway.
While palms occur frequently on Atolls and in the middle and eastern pacific, in the Phillipine Archipaeligo the norm is lush deciduous jungle vegetation right up to the waters edge. Beaches excluded of course. It also seems that the red clay, and the green color pretty well matches the colors that come out with the Burma map. (What a surprise! It's north of the Malay Peninsula).
I intend not to crticize anybody's work, only to offer what I have found in an attempt to better the final product. Great Map! Thank you for the effort.
One last suggestion. Perhaps the Map could also have "online sections" offered. Like the Leyte Area 120kmx120km, or Manilia and Clark Field 100kmx100km for example...
B50