Re: The 3-D nature of the flow?

---Jonathan Stevenson  wrote:
>
>      I recently obtained a 2-D chart of the flow from a webpage
>      (http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/ibowley/elljam/flow.html).  This
chart
>      that shows most of the popular/known spheres and four major
Phlogiston
>      rivers (Krynn, Grey, Inner Arcane and Outer Arcane).  It also
suggests
>      significant regions outside the area represented (Scro space
and the
>      Veloni Empire?) I realise this is just a "players map" and
hence may
>      not necessarilly reflect 100% was the true perceived nature of
the
>      'flow is.  Is this the only chart out there?
>
>      Something that I've been thinking about is that the flow is
actually
>      3-D.  I've been struggling with a way to represent this (and
maybe
>      even maintain the same orientation shown on the 2-D Phlogiston
chart I
>      already have).  It would be cool if it could be done, as then
there
>      would be a sort of "hidden" truth buried in the common
knowledge of
>      the players.  I reckon this would be sorta like the situation
in
>      Europe in the 14-15th century when most travellers had a pretty
good
>      idea about Europe but still thought in terms of a flat Earth.

Why do you think that European sailors had this view?  The Romans
didn't...why should their descendants?  Have you ever seen a statue of
Atlas holding a pancake?  I didn't think so.

BP (I'm back!)
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