Australia v Europe

[seth]

Just shows the difference
My biggest trip to date is from north east scotland to florence in Italy
Hardly a scratch on this map

[VladTepes]

Yeah and what's worse.....

Germany - relatively small - speed limits on autobahns - none.  Go for it. Get places quicker.

Australia - big, REALLY big.  It's a long way from anywhere to anywhere else.  Speed limits - mostly 100kph, some limited places on highways 110kph.  Maximum limit in the whole country  (some places in the Northern Territory) 130kph.

It bites.

[Andre]

Germany - relatively small - speed limits on autobahns - none.  Go for it. Get places quicker.
It bites.

A clarification is needed (if only to make you feel a little less bitten). There are speed limits on the Autobahn system! For example, beginning south of Cologne to Frankfurt speed is restricted to 120 or 130 km/h. Here is a map someone put together with the Autobahnen where you can legally ride/drive as fast as your vehicle lets you (green): http://www.oliverhaas.net/autobahn-ohne-tempolimit-deutschland-karte.html

A look at the map shows you a substantial part of the autobahn has a speed limit. You can go "safely" 19.9 km/h above the limit without hurting your wallet much. If the limit is 120 your speedometer can show 150 (assuming your speedo is + 7% off). That's about the right travel speed on the 14 anyway.

[Sweaty]

It really puts the size of Aus into perspective Seth 👍

[Mick_J]

Just cos it's bigger don't make it better 

[Batkwaka]

On that Map I rode from Portuagal to Turkey and back in 10 Days for the MotoGP.

If you haven't seen one, check out a "Peters Map", quite interesting.

[VladTepes]

Yes the OP is based on the Mercator projection which is deeply flawed for such a purpose.  Do you really think Greenland is that big?!  The projection exaggerates the size of things more as they approach the poles.

The Peters Map (or properly, the Gall-Peters projection) is flawed for different reasons.

This page discusses that and also illustrates certain other projections.


There's no getting around it though- Europe small Australia big.

[seth]

Always a problem trying to draw a round/curved planet on a flat bit of paper.

It might big a bigger place but come on you lot have been there a few hundred years now and it's time you get on finishing the place .
Across Europe there are millions of roads and towns ECT.
You lots in the upside down part of the world need to pull your fingers out you've done ok with the sides and bottom edge but the centre has hardly been touched and the top well there are still places up there hardly anyone has ever been.

[VladTepes]

There is a small revenue issue with $ from tax as opposed to kilometres of roads required.  They don't even keep up with the maintenance of most of them anywhere near as much as the should.

[black14]

Yep - you're right - definitely a hole in the tax revenue stream...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-14/why-many-big-companies-dont-pay-corporate-tax/9443840

[Sweaty]

Always a problem trying to draw a round/curved planet on a flat bit of paper.

It might big a bigger place but come on you lot have been there a few hundred years now and it's time you get on finishing the place .
Across Europe there are millions of roads and towns ECT.
You lots in the upside down part of the world need to pull your fingers out you've done ok with the sides and bottom edge but the centre has hardly been touched and the top well there are still places up there hardly anyone has ever been.

We even stuck a big rock in the middle to attract people Seth, but everyone flys there anyway, and the locals are too drunk or high to drive,so no need for roads  😉😀