Story here:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/08/official-map-and-season-2-cast-picture.html
First off, it establishes the fact that Equestria is a land, or a nation, rather than the world. Why? There's arrows pointing different ways to different lands that aren't on the map of Equestria, therefore, if map of Equestria =/= map of the world, then Equestria is not the world
LOL, and I love the "Distance not to scale" bit! Looks like Hasbro has learned there's people like me in the fandom who would've analyzed it pixel by pixel
All we know for scale, is that the train rides from Ponyville to Canterlot, and from Ponyville to Apple Loosa (Which I've always assumed is Appaloosa) are both overnighters. Hard to say exactly how long they were in addition to all night, though. Both in "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" (S2E24) and in S1E21 "Over a Barrel", the train ride was all night, and some of the day before and day after the night.
In "Over a Barrel", we know the train arrived at ~2pm (from a clocktower) but that does us no good because we don't know the departure time...
Anyways, I know someone else made a thread about the countries and such with the map, but this thread is just about anything to do with the canon map at all, now.
Personally, I'm already speculating about the whole planet. In fact, this works absolute wonders for my explanation of what Luna does to keep the moon in orbit. Roughly guessing, this whole thing can't be much bigger than the continental U.S. Given a large land mass South, and a moderate land mass North, both of which extend a good distance east and are mountainous, this fits perfectly.
(The large oceans increase tidal braking, and the gas giant that passes close in my explanation linked above would upset the world geothermally, causing mountain ranges and volcanoes to form.)
Anyways, any comments and/or thoughts about the canon worldmap appreciated
Story here: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/08/official-map-and-season-2-cast-picture.html First off, it establishes the fact that Equestria is a land, or a nation, rather than the world. Why? There's arrows pointing different ways to different lands that aren't on the map of Equestria, therefore, if map of Equestria =/= map of the world, then Equestria is not the world LOL, and I love the "Distance not to scale" bit! Looks like Hasbro has learned there's people like me in the fandom who would've analyzed it pixel by pixel All we know for scale, is that the train rides from Ponyville to Canterlot, and from Ponyville to Apple Loosa (Which I've always assumed is Appaloosa) are both overnighters. Hard to say exactly how long they were in addition to all night, though. Both in "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" (S2E24) and in S1E21 "Over a Barrel", the train ride was all night, and some of the day before and day after the night. In "Over a Barrel", we know the train arrived at ~2pm (from a clocktower) but that does us no good because we don't know the departure time... Anyways, I know someone else made a thread about the countries and such with the map, but this thread is just about anything to do with the canon map at all, now. Personally, I'm already speculating about the whole planet. In fact, this works absolute wonders for my explanation of what Luna does to keep the moon in orbit. Roughly guessing, this whole thing can't be much bigger than the continental U.S. Given a large land mass South, and a moderate land mass North, both of which extend a good distance east and are mountainous, this fits perfectly. (The large oceans increase tidal braking, and the gas giant that passes close in my explanation linked above would upset the world geothermally, causing mountain ranges and volcanoes to form.) Anyways, any comments and/or thoughts about the canon worldmap appreciated
