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A modern small-scale cattle drive in New Mexico. Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the 19th and early 20th century American West, particularly between 1850s and 1910s. In this period, 27 million cattle were driven from Texas to railheads in Kansas, for shipment to stockyards in St. Louis and points east, and direct to Chicago.
Traffic simulation. Traffic simulation or the simulation of transportation systems is the mathematical modeling of transportation systems (e.g., freeway junctions, arterial routes, roundabouts, downtown grid systems, etc.) through the application of computer software to better help plan, design, and operate transportation systems. [1]
Definition. Vehicle simulation games allow players to drive or fly a vehicle. This vehicle can resemble a real one, or a vehicle from the game designer's imagination. This includes vehicles in the air, on the ground, over water, or even in space. Different vehicle simulations can involve a variety of goals, including racing, combat, or simply ...
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England.It lies on the West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately 17 miles (27 km) north of Liverpool and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Preston.
A 6,500-unit car ship, with 12 decks, can have three decks which can take cargo up to 150 short tons (136 t; 134 long tons) with liftable panels to increase clearance from 1.7 to 6.7 m (5 ft 7 in to 22 ft 0 in) on some decks. Lifting decks to accommodate higher cargo reduces the total capacity.
Driving simulator. Driving simulator developed by University of Valencia in Spain, used in evaluation of drivers, roads, in-vehicle information system devices and other areas. Portable in-vehicle simulator from Drive Square for defensive driving based on a real car and virtual reality glasses (2017)
The average total annual sunshine in the United Kingdom is 1339.7 hours, which is just under 30% of the maximum possible. [165] The hours of sunshine vary from 1200 to about 1580 hours per year, and since 1996 the UK has been and still is receiving above the 1981 to 2010 average hours of sunshine.
Considered the largest online flight simulation network in the world, VATSIM has attracted mainstream media attention. [6] [21] [4] [61] Commentators have praised VATSIM for its realism and quality, [62] describing the network as giving flight simulation an interest and depth it would otherwise lack [63] and lauding its friendly atmosphere.