Okay, a slightly surreal question, but here’s a few thoughts: –
May 27, 2009
If all roads lead to Rome, do all flights fly from Friedrichshafen?
- Of course all roads lead to Rome today, it’s the Champions League Final featuring Manchester United and Barcelona. Rome might be famous for St Peter’s Square, whereas Manchester just has to make do with shouts of Judas at the Free Trade Hall (now the Radisson SAS Hotel), which indicentally is on St Peter’s Street. At least we do actually finish our cathedrals, which is more than can be said for Barcelona. Hopefully their finishing will be just as bad as Gaudi tonight! Then they call in Norman Foster of Wembley Fiasco and Wobbly Thames bridge fame to redesign the Nou Camp, have they learnt nothing? And speaking of new camp, I think Canal Street offers a different version of that in Manchester.
- Do all bikes lead to Barcelona? (The Catalan capital is one of many European cities which has an excellent free bike rental scheme).
- Do all trains go to Turin (TRN)? No, but that is where Virgin’s Pendolini (which operate to and from Manchester) come from, so let’s hope Man-U complete a successful Italian Job (filmed in Turin) tonight.
- How many ships are heading to the Ship Inn in Barbados this summer? (Where there’s a famous plaque celebrating the draining of all beer stocks by Australian cricket fans and a visiting Royal Navy crew.)
- And yes, all flights do emanate from Friedrichshafen in Germany — that is where the (Led) Zeppelins were built. It was only after the Hindenburg disaster that flights in fixed wing aircraft became more popular. However, that’s got no relevance for today, let’s get back to work. What’s this got to do with Flightmapping? Flightmapping is all about showing physical links between two places. Sometimes conceptual links are much more fun
More on our new map concept to follow shortly. In the meantime, enjoy the game tonight!