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Given that you can get from France to Algeria by land and there are extensive rail networks across all the connecting regions, including extensive rail networks

Given that you can get from France to Algeria by land and there are extensive rail networks across all the connecting regions, including extensive rail networks in Algeria itself, built originally by the French, I would be amused to know how you came up with this conclusion.

buboard 7y ago
Last i checked the mediterranean was still there.
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  I just had a look to check what tickets would be needed for the journey and was dismayed to find that as you pass through the Middle East, it does appear that you will have to take some connecting bus services.
rjsw 7y ago
France and Algeria are not connected by land.
- luckylion 7y ago
  They are, it's just a long journey.
  - benj111 7y ago
    Theres the Suez canal. So it depends how you want to define 'connected', theres a continuous body of water (with locks (edit: No locks) ), but, I assume, bridges going over that water.
  - klez 7y ago
    Well, I mean by the same logic also Lisboa and Washington DC are connected by land during some parts of the year.
    - inflatableDodo 7y ago
      I really don't think we are using the same logic, but if people want to argue that Europe and Africa are not physically connected by land, then I'm going to start claiming that England and Scotland aren't either, given the distance between Carlisle and Newcastle is less than from Port Said to Suez.
      - klez 7y ago
        Oh wait, for some reason I was under the impression that the Bering Strait would still dry up or freeze during some parts of the year allowing to reach America going east without taking a boat or a plane. My bad. But even taking this into account, I'm not sure I understand your latest comment (the one I'm replying to right now). EDIT: ok, after reading your comment for the umpteenth time I understood. I just have to admit I'm very bad at geography. EDIT 2: So I'm being downvoted for admitting I was wrong?
        inflatableDodo 7y ago
        I hope I got you to look at a map. Maps are great. As a prize for admitting how bad you are at geography, here's a political map in Waterman's butterfly projection. - https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png
        klez 7y ago
        Well that's... different :) For a moment I thought it was one of those map which for some reason don't include NZ, then I noticed it's actually on the top left. As far as I understand, different projections are more "correct" ways of laying out the globe on a plane, so while I have your attention I'd like to ask what advantage does this has over other projections?
        inflatableDodo 7y ago
        There are no correct projections, only different use cases. Waterman's butterfly is very low distortion, conversely on a Mercator, paths of constant bearing come out as straight lines, as it was developed for shipping.
Mediterraneo10 7y ago
> Given that you can get from France to Algeria by land. The border between Morocco and Algeria is closed, and Libya has been off-limits to ordinary travelers for some years now. So, no, there is no overland travel to Algeria, only plane or ferry.

buboard 7y ago

Last i checked the mediterranean was still there.

inflatableDodo 7y ago
I just had a look to check what tickets would be needed for the journey and was dismayed to find that as you pass through the Middle East, it does appear that you will have to take some connecting bus services.

rjsw 7y ago

France and Algeria are not connected by land.

luckylion 7y ago
They are, it's just a long journey.
- benj111 7y ago
  Theres the Suez canal. So it depends how you want to define 'connected', theres a continuous body of water (with locks (edit: No locks) ), but, I assume, bridges going over that water.
- klez 7y ago
  Well, I mean by the same logic also Lisboa and Washington DC are connected by land during some parts of the year.
  - inflatableDodo 7y ago
    I really don't think we are using the same logic, but if people want to argue that Europe and Africa are not physically connected by land, then I'm going to start claiming that England and Scotland aren't either, given the distance between Carlisle and Newcastle is less than from Port Said to Suez.
    - klez 7y ago
      Oh wait, for some reason I was under the impression that the Bering Strait would still dry up or freeze during some parts of the year allowing to reach America going east without taking a boat or a plane. My bad. But even taking this into account, I'm not sure I understand your latest comment (the one I'm replying to right now). EDIT: ok, after reading your comment for the umpteenth time I understood. I just have to admit I'm very bad at geography. EDIT 2: So I'm being downvoted for admitting I was wrong?
      - inflatableDodo 7y ago
        I hope I got you to look at a map. Maps are great. As a prize for admitting how bad you are at geography, here's a political map in Waterman's butterfly projection. - https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png
        klez 7y ago
        Well that's... different :) For a moment I thought it was one of those map which for some reason don't include NZ, then I noticed it's actually on the top left. As far as I understand, different projections are more "correct" ways of laying out the globe on a plane, so while I have your attention I'd like to ask what advantage does this has over other projections?
        inflatableDodo 7y ago
        There are no correct projections, only different use cases. Waterman's butterfly is very low distortion, conversely on a Mercator, paths of constant bearing come out as straight lines, as it was developed for shipping.

Mediterraneo10 7y ago

> Given that you can get from France to Algeria by land. The border between Morocco and Algeria is closed, and Libya has been off-limits to ordinary travelers for some years now. So, no, there is no overland travel to Algeria, only plane or ferry.