Google's Middle Earth Interactive Map

[THOaken]

As a Middle Earth enthusiast (not a fan of the new Hobbit films) and someone who has a growing interest in cartography and collects maps, I was very excited to discover Google's Google Maps Middle Earth experiment.

http://middle-earth.thehobbit.com/map

This is superbly well made and it looks fantastic. Have a look.

 

[mrcharly]

lovely. Thanks for that.

 

[sgtoutback]

cool thanks for that

 

[copper_head]

Nice find, thanks

 

[Elen Sentier]

Does look good.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Cool find.
I'll have a dekko tomorrow
Nice one two spoons

 

[shaggystu]

Doesn't work on my PC

 

[brambles]

As a Middle Earth enthusiast (not a fan of the new Hobbit films) ...
This is superbly well made and it looks fantastic. Have a look.

So, you ARE a fan of the new films ...

 

[ozzy1977]

Looks like a bit of fu for those that think middle earth is a real place

 

[THOaken]

So, you ARE a fan of the new films ...

I'm quite clearly referring to the map...

 

[brambles]

I'm quite clearly referring to the map...

Which is nothing but advertising via stills and graphics from the films ... it's even copyrighted

™ & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit, and the names of the characters, events, items and places therin, are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under the license to New Line Productions, Inc.

 

[mountainm]

Which is nothing but advertising via stills and graphics from the films ... it's even copyrighted

Why pick a fight over something as daft as this?

 

[brambles]

Och I'm hardly picking a fight. I'm just utterly bemused as to why someone would state that they are not a fan of something and then go on to praise it in the same breath .... almost as if they had'nt seen of what they speak

 

[mountainm]

Och I'm hardly picking a fight. I'm just utterly bemused as to why someone would state that they are not a fan of something and then go on to praise it in the same breath .... almost as if they had'nt seen of what they speak

He likes the map, he doesn't like the movie. Regardless of whether he's seen it or not. Why do you care?

 

[THOaken]

Och I'm hardly picking a fight. I'm just utterly bemused as to why someone would state that they are not a fan of something and then go on to praise it in the same breath .... almost as if they had'nt seen of what they speak

I don't understand why you can't differentiate between a film and an interactive map. I'm quite clearly separating the two in my post and the post is clearly about the map, not the films. If it were about the films I would've titled the thread in such a way as to indicate that. I admit my opinion of the film was a little misplaced, but it was still related due to the start of the clause in which I stated I was a Middle Earth enthusiast. However, the map has nothing to do with the film. I simply stated that I thought the map was fantastically rendered.

Anyway, I just wanted to show this great map of Middle Earth and showcase the new technology that is available on browsers these days. Fantastic, isn't it?



Yep, it's as simple as that Mountainm. Not sure what the fuss is about.

 

[brambles]

Why do you care?

Probably for exactly the same reason you care that I care.

 

[mountainm]

Probably for exactly the same reason you care that I care.

But do you care that I care that you care?


Anyhow, it looked like you were antagonising him, which I saw no reason for....

 

[raskusdrotti]

*snip* ...a growing interest in cartography and collects maps...

You might want to get yourself down to Portsmouth Uni library, they have a good map library there. Anyone can go in - providing you have photo ID with you, they will give you a visitor's pass.

Neil

 

[THOaken]

You might want to get yourself down to Portsmouth Uni library, they have a good map library there. Anyone can go in - providing you have photo ID with you, they will give you a visitor's pass.

Neil

Thanks, friend. Will have a look.

 

[petrochemicals]

Looks like a bit of fu for those that think middle earth is a real place

funny, I have thought of doing JRR's tours around Birmingham, the house in hall Green where he grew up, Sarehole Mill and associated park, Moseley Bog, the university copied from the numenor men of the west americans with its great tower and halls, two towers round Edgebaston I believe, perhaps the botanical gardens, the founding place of midland bank (you know it!) the orcs of coventry, the misty mountains are probably the malverns that you can see from the licky hills(the popes home turf), they're probably the watch tower of amon Sul.

Thought I could make a fortune precious.

Edit:

The lonely mountain is probably the wrekin, a huge mound, informous ina saying of having to go around it, completely isolated.