In Purno's representation he's only using the airport, locally known either as "Leifsstöð" (Port of Leifur) or "Keflavíkurflugvöllur", Keflavík airport. The latter is used internationally, or, in its full form: Keflavík International Airport. Awsome I am actually learning more t...

Geothermal energy is used to generate electricity, not to heat houses. We just use hot water for that. The water runs hot in our pipes ( we tap into geothermal springs , or geysirs), and we just pump it through a ceramic heater to warm our houses. It works beautifully. Nice contradiction there :P I...

According to feedback I got here, Icelandic houses are heated by hot water. Actullay it's geothermal energy used by plants to generate hot water/steam but also taps from hot springs are used Geothermal energy is used to generate electricity, not to heat houses. We just use hot water for that. The w...

Gleðilegt nýtt ár, allir!

plykkegaard wrote:Rather Keflavíkurflugvöllur
Keflavik is located at the coast a couple of kilometers east on the other side of 41

More like a couple hundred meters or so.

There's too much smoke in the cities, it keeps looking like the houses are on fire and it's putting me off slightly. Icelandic houses are heated with water, most (newer) houses don't have any hearths and chimneys at all, and in most of the houses that do have them, the chimney has been blocked with ...

Flúdir is Flúðir (With an ð)
Same goes for Neskaupstaður (Not -stadur).

Other than that, you're in the clear

I don't see any more gmaps mistranslations on that plan. You seem to be in the clear!

Gah, I wish I had known this earlier. Some of you Icelanders should really contact Google to correct their mistakes... Did you check all the other towns I made or plan to make too? The sooner I know any errors, the better. Do you have a list of the towns somewhere? I'll get right on it ASAP! :) Of ...

n4gix.bill.leaming wrote:

TheMrMe1 wrote:It does not offer streetview, but it does have satellite/hybrid.

Strange, using the 360 degree view looks just like "Streetview," including the semi-transparent arrows to shift one's viewpoint...

This is a feature that I'd completely overlooked.. Thank you for showing it to me!