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Sightline of Saurons Eye

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 4:44 pm
by Asbjorn
I found this intresting post on reddit about how much of middle-earth saurons eye could see.
First post is if the earth is flat.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Maps/comments/ ... he_eye_of/
Second is with the curve of the earth.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Maps/comments/ ... tline_but/

Re: Sightline of Saurons Eye

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:26 pm
by Cimrandir
Ahhh, ArcGIS, is there anything you can’t do?? (Answer - yes but we love you anyway.)

Re: Sightline of Saurons Eye

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:19 am
by Elleth
Hunh.. curious. Derived from elevation data I assume, with a height estimate based off the film's Barad-Dur?

Cool!

I love that there's both a flat and round version, anachronisms be darned. :mrgreen:

Re: Sightline of Saurons Eye

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:51 am
by Iodo
Awesome :P thanks for the link