Discussion Forum > Why is there a contour map at the top of this page?
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April 23, 2012 at 9:45 |
michael
michael
It's a pre-design you can choose in Square Space.
April 23, 2012 at 13:23 |
avrum
avrum
sabre23t:
Well spotted!
It's actually a contour map of the traditional site of Mount Sinai, where according to the Bible God gave the 10 Commandments to Moses, with the area immediately around it. The low plain to the left of the Mount is where the episode of the Golden Calf took place. St Catherine's monastery is in the valley running above the Mount.
It's a bit difficult to follow because it's tiled and repeated several times, but if you look it up on Google Earth you'll be able to work it out.
Well spotted!
It's actually a contour map of the traditional site of Mount Sinai, where according to the Bible God gave the 10 Commandments to Moses, with the area immediately around it. The low plain to the left of the Mount is where the episode of the Golden Calf took place. St Catherine's monastery is in the valley running above the Mount.
It's a bit difficult to follow because it's tiled and repeated several times, but if you look it up on Google Earth you'll be able to work it out.
April 23, 2012 at 14:14 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Mmm ... Is it here http://g.co/maps/zdnca on Google Maps? The contour doesn't look too similar. But may be Google's contours at too coarse.
April 23, 2012 at 16:45 |
sabre23t
sabre23t
You need to turn it so that NNE is at the top of the map and zoom out a bit. The bit entitled "St Catherine" on the map is not the monastery but the local village. The monastery is called "Monastery Guest House" on Google, though it's in fact the entire monastery.
April 23, 2012 at 23:36 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
http://www.4sqmap.com/search#/28.538146289732147,33.97398485455324 shows a "Burning Bush" venue near the monastery. Is that https://foursquare.com/v/burning-bush/4ecf5a4899114b4886dfacc8 at the right location?
April 26, 2012 at 8:02 |
sabre23t
sabre23t
For some reason the maps aren't showing up in your links, so I can't tell where they say it is. However the Burning Bush is not separate from the Monastery. It's actually within the Monastery enclosure.
http://uk.memphistours.com/Egypt/files/large/106781609_The%20Burning%20Bush%20inside%20Monastery%20of%20St.%20Catherine.jpg
http://uk.memphistours.com/Egypt/files/large/106781609_The%20Burning%20Bush%20inside%20Monastery%20of%20St.%20Catherine.jpg
April 26, 2012 at 10:23 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Thanks Mark. I just read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Mount_Sinai about Mount Serbal, Mount Catherine and Jabal Musa/Mount Sinai. I believe you meant the latter by "traditional site of Mount Sinai" as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai .
April 26, 2012 at 17:06 |
sabre23t
sabre23t
Is it of an actual hilly/montainous area? Scottish highlands perhaps?
A mapper dabbling in GMM, OSM, 4SQ and other mapping projects, here. :-)