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  2. ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre - Wikipedia

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    The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is an astronomy centre located at the site of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Headquarters in Garching bei München. It offers exhibitions, guided tours and planetarium shows that feature observations made by the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory.

  3. 35 Awesome Maps That Show The World Through History ... - AOL

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    Image credits: tomaspueyo Even though maps focused on territory lines show exactly where one country ends and another begins, when it comes to cultural issues or such things as language and faith ...

  4. Paranal Observatory - Wikipedia

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    From an aerial view of the Paranal Observatory, the four large units of the VLT with their four small, dome-shaped auxiliary telescopes can be clearly seen. The Survey Telescope, VST, is immediately adjacent to the VLT and seen in between two of its units, while VISTA is located on a secondary peak, some 1,500 m away in the background (see image).

  5. The Elder Scrolls - Wikipedia

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    Map of Tamriel, c. 4E 201 (beginning of Skyrim) The Elder Scrolls takes place in a high fantasy world with influences from real world cultures. [85]: 138 Like most works of high fantasy, The Elder Scrolls games are typically serious in tone and epic in scope, dealing with themes of a grand struggle against a supernatural or evil force.

  6. Robinson projection - Wikipedia

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    Robinson projection of the world The Robinson projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation Map of the world created by the Central Intelligence Agency, with standard parallels 38°N and 38°S. The Robinson projection is a map projection of a world map that shows the entire world at once. It was specifically created in an attempt to find a ...

  7. Thematic map - Wikipedia

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    Based on this work Louis-Léger Vauthier (1815–1901) developed the population contour map, a map that shows the population density of Paris in 1874 by isolines. [ 11 ] One of the most influential early works of thematic cartography was a small booklet of five maps produced in 1837 by Henry Drury Harness as part of a government report on the ...

  8. List of online map services - Wikipedia

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    T Map by SK Telecom; One Navi by KT corporation; Spain. Spanish official cartography website, including National Topographic Maps MTN50 (1:50,000 scale) and MTN25 (1:25,000 scale). SITPA-IDEAS, Asturias regional maps. Sweden. Eniro.se, also covers Denmark, Finland and Norway; Hitta.se; Thailand "Longdo Map", by Longdo.

  9. World map - Wikipedia

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    Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.