Online Map Libraries (Real World Cartography)

[Ascension]

I was looking up reference material on Chateau de Chenonceaux and Chateau de Fontainebleau because I wanted to use them as base images for some sketch up work to ultimately use as a brush when I found this:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bi...178/2.70004/17

This really gave me some insight into trees, farms, roofs, and general layouts. When I got to the Eiffel Tower I took a trip downstream (or was it upstream) to get some insight into riverbanks. By the way, why is it roofs and not rooves like it is with hoof/hooves?

Anywho, ciao 4 now

[ravells]

In British English It's roofs - some dictionaries accept rooves as an alternative, but it does look and sound silly.

[Ofaloaf]

I don't know if I should link this or not- it's the alt. history forum's blank map collection. If any of the other guys see this and object, I'll certainly take it down.

In the meanwhile: http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/dok..._map_directory

Also the basic resources index has a lot of other links to map sites.

[Steel General]

By the way, why is it roofs and not rooves like it is with hoof/hooves?

Anywho, ciao 4 now

Because English, be it American or British, it one of the most stupid and contradictory languages ever developed.

[ravells]

Because English, be it American or British, it one of the most stupid and contradictory languages ever developed.

Of all of the other more logical and easy languages in the world we could have chosen, as a 'world language' we got English. History can be cruel. Reminds me of Geoge Bernard Shaw's fish which he said should be spelled 'ghoti' "gh" as in "cough", "o" as in "women", "ti" as in "nation".