tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post2710999422839160694..comments2024-03-27T11:21:40.742+04:00Comments on Muscat Confidential: US Sec. State Clinton visits HM Sultan Qaboos to say "Thanks" on Iran.Undercover Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-42510533811554575222011-11-19T00:21:07.176+04:002011-11-19T00:21:07.176+04:00Dear friends,
Her Majesty the queen of the Nether...Dear friends,<br /><br />Her Majesty the queen of the Netherlands is planning a state visit to Oman. Of course this is giving food for thought in my country. Our prime minister today said the situation in your country is 'stable enough' for a visit of the queen. What is your opinion? Have recent political changes really made a difference? Please mail me at hvbommel@sp.nl with your opinion.<br /><br />Keep up the good work!<br /><br />Harry van Bommel MPharry van bommelhttp://www.harryvanbommel.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-75609146429515000072011-10-29T04:06:54.984+04:002011-10-29T04:06:54.984+04:00Yes, while the area of Oman should be fixed, and A...Yes, while the area of Oman should be fixed, and Al is spot on above, note the error is usually found wrt the coast line length. Coast line is a scale dependent measurement.Undercover Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-31612391076928385352011-10-27T08:10:05.813+04:002011-10-27T08:10:05.813+04:00AZ,
Various methods to measure areas of irregular ...AZ,<br />Various methods to measure areas of irregular shapes, for example countries:<br />1. Overlay the country with a grid of one km squares and count them. Very tedious, but this is how it was done before the planimeter was invented.<br />2. Use a planimeter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planimeter<br />3. Use a computer. Display the country outline in appropriate software. Digitise map border and area is automatically calculated<br />Error will be due to how carefully you follow the outline, so the bigger the map scale, the smaller the error.<br /><br />AlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-39448466812471094592011-10-25T17:35:59.341+04:002011-10-25T17:35:59.341+04:00Al, how do you measure a country? (just curious)Al, how do you measure a country? (just curious)AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287365605865848338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-48672256614444375272011-10-25T15:29:55.034+04:002011-10-25T15:29:55.034+04:00Could be that the mysterious village of Bahla and ...Could be that the mysterious village of Bahla and its surrounds appear one day, and not the next lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-65746381541835550522011-10-24T22:00:39.012+04:002011-10-24T22:00:39.012+04:00By my reckoning:
Mainland Oman 347000 sq kms
...By my reckoning:<br />Mainland Oman 347000 sq kms<br />Musandam 1950 sq kms<br />Masirah Island 525 sq kms<br /><br />Didn't measure with great accuracy, but would be surprised if I was out more than 10%<br /><br />AlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-27526631634685115572011-10-23T15:33:57.722+04:002011-10-23T15:33:57.722+04:00Very strange indeed. I think that UD should look i...Very strange indeed. I think that UD should look into this!AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287365605865848338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-71578927963538560882011-10-23T15:13:21.267+04:002011-10-23T15:13:21.267+04:00The Wikipedia entry for "Geography of Oman&qu...The Wikipedia entry for "Geography of Oman" is also strange: according to official estimates, covers a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers; foreign observer estimates, however, are about 212,000 square kilometers. Are foreign observers thick, or devious. Has someone secretly stolen, or hidden 90,000 square kilometres of Oman. What's going on?Hazchemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-23176164201392835142011-10-23T15:04:57.222+04:002011-10-23T15:04:57.222+04:00Mr. Hazchem, I would never comment on any ironic u...Mr. Hazchem, I would never comment on any ironic use of the word "tiny" by your better half :)<br /><br />You are right, on Google you have to scroll down quite a lot to see something different from 212000 sq km. How peculiar...AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287365605865848338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-34025086026681077552011-10-23T14:46:13.276+04:002011-10-23T14:46:13.276+04:00Er, yes.......apologies AZ, you are right. It seem...Er, yes.......apologies AZ, you are right. It seems the sources I chose to trust are much less reliable than yours! But strangely if you google "size of Oman" the figure I gave comes up quite a lot. Just shows how misinformation can spread around the internet!<br /><br />And Oman is bigger than the UK as well. By the way I used the word "tiny" ironically, in the same way that Mrs Hazchem also does on a regular basis. I think.Hazchemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-84297658268576485442011-10-23T10:27:10.232+04:002011-10-23T10:27:10.232+04:00Hazchem, Oman appears to be much bigger than you t...Hazchem, Oman appears to be much bigger than you think. Both Wikipedia and the (much more reliable) CIA World Factbook, refer to 309500 sqkm.This is confirmed by the UN website. <br /><br />In any event, Luxembourg is a tiny country, Oman is definitely not!AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287365605865848338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-17671480548799873502011-10-23T08:58:45.174+04:002011-10-23T08:58:45.174+04:00Tiny?Tiny?Nadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07216581844756113684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-37783005752365555002011-10-23T07:53:40.882+04:002011-10-23T07:53:40.882+04:00AZ. Er.....no it's not. Considerably.
301000 s...AZ. Er.....no it's not. Considerably.<br />301000 sq km (Italy), 212000 sq km (Oman).<br />Oman is actually tinier even than small European country, the UK.Hazchemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-65353014856337466072011-10-21T11:54:43.079+04:002011-10-21T11:54:43.079+04:00The Italian press (which invaded Muscat for the Op...The Italian press (which invaded Muscat for the Opera House opening), used exactly the same expression: "tiny country". The amusing thing is that Oman is actually bigger than Italy!AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287365605865848338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-67885021464103963122011-10-20T15:07:24.265+04:002011-10-20T15:07:24.265+04:00muscat daily printed the afp article today with th...muscat daily printed the afp article today with the same refernce to oman. What the hell?!mohd trumpetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-71101418590972831632011-10-20T00:06:06.141+04:002011-10-20T00:06:06.141+04:00"...this tiny Gulf state..."
America! F..."...this tiny Gulf state..."<br /><br />America! F*ck yeah!Jet Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244136139124941733noreply@blogger.com