Ypsilon
We share with the beasts a craving for sameness and a gregariousness which makes us desire the company of people of our own age, sex, race, creed, political conviction, class and taste. But it is exclusively human to have a thirst for diversity, i.e., to be happy in the company of those who are different from us in every respect, as well as to travel, to enjoy other foods, hear other tunes, see other plants, beasts, and landscapes. — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
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I'm quite busy for the time being, will still keep WV:Discover running, and updating Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates as needed, but probably won't have time for much else. |
Miscellaneous info
[edit]- Wikivoyager from Vantaa, Finland since 2006 (back then on that other site of course).
- So far I've visited 36 countries and territories on all six populated continents, including a quick circumnavigation of the globe in March-April 2013. However as a kid I've also been on countless almost month-long RV trips around Europe and set my foot in pretty much every European country except the Balkan countries and a couple others.
- Long-term wishlist: Trans Siberian (sadly impossible in practice for the foreseeable future...), Machu Picchu, the remaining European countries, Hong Kong, island-hopping in the Caribbean, return to the land of Oz, plus a lot more.
- I don't want to be an admin because I'm way too lazy. :P
- In w:particle physics the capital Greek letter Υ denotes an Upsilon particle. Note that the symbol should always look like in order to avoid confusion with a Latin Y denoting the hypercharge. Wikipedia
Travels
[edit]Both the design of the flag box and the basic idea of the extreme points are shamelessly pirated from Sertmann's user page.
Extreme locations
[edit]| My records | Place | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Northernmost | Nordkapp | 71.17086N, 25.78408E |
| Southernmost | Montevideo | 34.9377S, 56.1604W |
| overland | Tarifa | 36.01090N, 5.60380W |
| Easternmost | Woolloomooloo | 33.86927S, 151.22116E |
| overland | Vardø | 70.370556N, 31.107500E |
| Westernmost | LAX | 33.94345N, 118.40899W |
| overland | Cádiz | 36.52067N, 6.28281W |
| Highest | Great St.Bernhard pass, 2,469m | 45.86898N, 7.17085E |
| Lowest | The North Cape tunnel, -212m | 70.92640N, 25.69736E |
Longest legs without flying
[edit]| Mode | Operator | Route | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train | VR | Helsinki- Kolari | 995 km |
| Bus | Gold Line | Ivalo- Rovaniemi | 288 km |
| Ferry | Finnlines | Helsinki- Travemünde | 1132 km |
Top 10 longest flights
[edit]| Rank | Operator | Plane type | Route | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Scandinavian | 737 | AGP- ARN | 3018 km |
| 9 | American | 757 | JFK- LAS | 3618 km |
| 8 | American | 777 | LHR- JFK | 5554 km |
| 7 | Qantas | 380 | SIN- SYD | 6289 km |
| 6 | American | 767 | DFW- LHR | 7644 km |
| 5 | British | 747 | LAX- LHR | 8780 km |
| 4 | Korean/Air France | 747/777 | CDG- ICN/ ICN- CDG | 8950 km |
| 3 | Finnair | 340 | HEL- SIN | 9271 km |
| 2 | Air France | 777 | CDG- EZE/ EZE- CDG | 11075 km |
| 1 | Qantas | 747 | SYD- LAX | 12051 km |
| shortest | Lufthansa | ? | STR- FRA | 157 km |
Projects, i.e. Ypspeditions
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Quick link
[edit]- Wikivoyage:Article templates
- File:Template for districts.svg, File:Regions map template.svg
- Wikivoyage:Article status — Wikivoyage:Airport guide status
- [Watchlist 30d]
- Template_talk:Mapframe#optional_show_parameter show markers on Mapframe
- Wikivoyage:Geocoding + http://maps.wikivoyage-ev.org/w/geomap.php + http://torty3.github.io/geobatcher.html
- Toolforge map quicklink: https://wikivoyage.toolforge.org/w/poimap2.php?lat=-54.9349&lon=-67.6066&zoom=13&layer=W&lang=en&name=Puerto_Williams
- {{Marker|type=see|lat=53.55334|long=10.00804|name=Hauptbahnhof}}
- {{Marker|type=go|lat=-34.8367 | long=-56.0165|name=Montevideo Carrasco International Airport|url=http://www.aeropuertodecarrasco.com.uy/en/}}
- [[Wikipedia:{{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}]]
- Dynamic map with search
- <br clear="right" />
- {{mapframe|49.990|36.234|zoom=13}}
- User:Ypsilon/Laboratory
- Special:Contributions
- Wikivoyage:Template_index
- Wikivoyage:World cities/Large
- Wikivoyage:How_to_use_dynamic_maps#Adding_boundaries_and_tracks,
- {{translated|fr|Cayenne|9 Feb 2014}}
- http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikivoyage/w/artmap.php?lang=en
- Markers, Template:TypeToColor, Module:TypeToColor
- {{pagebanner|TT Banner.jpg}}
- #REDIRECT [[Helsinki]]
- Template:Climate
- {{featurenomination|ftt}}
- https://petscan.wmflabs.org
- {{geo||}}
- Category:Previous Destinations of the month, Category:Previously Off the beaten path, Category:Previous Featured travel topics
- {{colorbox|#FFD350}}
- Template:Mapshape
- Mobile phone coverage map for Connect sections: https://www.nperf.com/en/map/FI/-/-/signal
City Guides
[edit]From Wikivoyage_talk:Destination_of_the_month_candidates/Archive#A_guide_is_a_guide_is_a_guide
"Myself I'm very careful with upgrading articles to guide. These are my own guidelines, and they've worked well so far:
For large cities the minimum requirements would be a decent description of the city's history, culture and climate, all "normal" ways for getting in and around, 20 See listings (or 30 See and Do combined) and 20 places in each of Eat, Drink and Sleep (eat and sleep pricified and something in each price class). Buy is for some reason always hard to find meaningful listings for, so a good explanation of where to find shops plus some interesting local things to buy (if there are any) is enough. Overall, all sections with listings should have a paragraph of descriptive text too, if possible. Towards the end precautions for staying safe and healthy, plus ideas where to Go next. There are four sections that are hard to fill; Learn, Work, Connect and Cope, and I don't think it's that bad to leave them empty. Finally, the article should have a banner, a dynamic map and POI coordinates.
Smaller cities (articles using the small city template) have somewhat easier criteria. Most notably they don't need to have as many listings, and the Understand section doesn't need to be as extensive. --ϒpsilon (talk) 16:14, 30 March 2015 (UTC)"
Uploads
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Photos taken and uploaded by me are "licensed" under Public Domain. You're welcome to use them for any purpose, be it commercial or non-commercial. No attribution or anything else needed. The same goes for maps and banners insofar it's possible; when making banners I always favor Public Domain photos. Really, the only case when something I upload isn't PD is when I've made a change to someone else's static map.
For inspiration and information
[edit]- Special:Random - click to draw a random WV page
- Flightradar24 - The planes above you right now, who knows if some Voyager is on board? Includes cockpit view in four directions and all sorts on interesting real time data. Also real time departures and arrivals for airports. Warning: addicting!
- Marinetraffic - If you live near the sea; the ships that are nearby right now. Again, who knows if some Voyager is on board one of them?
- Google Earth - The world in 3D. But they don't have any WV icons...
- NASA World Wind - The little known competitor of Google Earth.
- Great Circle Mapper - Flight distances etc.
- Time and date - and weather and sunset/rise and much more interesting from different places in the world.
- Climate data - average temperature and precipitation, in the case we haven't added it to the article you're reading.