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Choose a mission

drag = look · WASD walk · QE turn 15° · M map · R ruler · B bearing · T fix · H best route

Choose a tool. Ruler: drag between two points. Bearing: drag from a point towards another. 1 cm on the map is 100 m on the ground at 1:10 000.

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Tip: one centimetre on a 1:10 000 map is one hundred metres on the ground.

London Street Explorer: Map Scale, Bearings & Wayfinding

Read a paper map, take bearings, fix your position and compare the shortest walk with the fastest one.

Settings

Quality

Level

Units

Light

Time-lapse

Time-lapse speeds the walk up on screen; every time shown on the clock is true walking time.

Controls

WASD / arrows walk and turn · drag on the 3D view to look · QE turn 15° · 1 street, 2 overview, 3 river, 4 orbit the nearest landmark · M map · R ruler · B bearing · T fix · N north-up / heading-up · H best routes · +- map scale · Ctrl+Z undo the last map mark · ? how to play. Touch: left joystick walks, drag to look, pinch the map.

The science

Independent checks

The same checks are re-computed by a separate Python implementation (see measure.md).

Credits and limits

Independent educational model. Not affiliated with any institution, tourism body or transport operator; landmark names are used only as geographic reference points. Streets, the footway network and the crowd model are stylised; distances and bearings are computed in a flat local plane from the positions of the 3D model, not from surveyed data.

Made with Blender, Three.js and WebGL. London landmarks, river and bridges come from the shared London model kit. History cards: text pending.

Made with 🟠 Blender · Three.js