Google map of Middle-earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 05-05-2007, 04:48 AM

http://www.arda-online.com/map/

Not much yet, but could be interesting in a few months time....

I realise its probably been linked to already, but I couldn't find it

piosenniel · 05-05-2007, 01:25 PM

Absolutely lovely!!!!

Thanks, davem

~*~ Pio

Hookbill the Goomba · 05-05-2007, 01:34 PM

A good find, Mr Dave.

I like the fact that it starts up right next to The Downs. I also really like the rendering the Downs has got. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the map plays out. Will there be Movie versions of Rivendell and Lorien? Or new versions or... erm... Biscuit versions?

davem · 05-05-2007, 01:52 PM

Of course, its for the on-line game so its full of stuff which isn't in the books - at the extreme zoom position you can make out a couple of same sex marriages for instance - but I still think its great. When Rivendell, Minas Tirith & Barad Dur pop up it should be a fantastic way to waste a few hours...

Volo · 05-05-2007, 01:52 PM

That's from the MMORPG, right? Funny how the Shire can be seen only from close by.

Waiting eagerly to have more maps.

EDIT: Xd with davem.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 05-05-2007, 04:00 PM

For a long time now I have fought the urge to buy WoW as I have seen how it can make peoble forget about work and University, but if this is a good game I am not sure I can do the same. . .

So is it any good?

Lalwendë · 05-11-2007, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by davem

Of course, its for the on-line game so its full of stuff which isn't in the books - at the extreme zoom position you can make out a couple of same sex marriages for instance - but I still think its great. When Rivendell, Minas Tirith & Barad Dur pop up it should be a fantastic way to waste a few hours...

I ws quite disappointed when this turned out to be untrue!

If it's full of stuff not in the books then I suppose it might have a winged Balrog somewhere, eh?

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-11-2007, 01:28 PM

It's beee-ooo-tiii-fuuul!

But is it me, or are the Old Forest and the Barrow Downs tiny in comparison to the City of Bree?

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-11-2007, 01:33 PM

Actually, scrub that. I just looked again and both have grown since I last took a peek.

I could spend hours wandering round that map, even the small section that has been completed thus far.

Anyone know what the little golf flags are all about?

Mithalwen · 05-11-2007, 01:37 PM

It does seem disproportionate compared to say the Strachey maps which I use normally. I am no geographer/ cartographer but maybe it is because it is Bree Hill. I believe some map projections take the greater surface area of hills/mountains into account.

davem · 05-11-2007, 02:45 PM

Its expanding quite fast - Weathertop & the Last Bridge are on & they weren't when I posted the link originally. At this rate Rivendell should be on there in the next few days. Hopefully at some point the designers will make it possible to remove the game additions so we can have a purely Tolkien map. There is the option on 'Maps' to choose Tolkien's original map.

I'm hoping eventually for something like Google Earth's 3D effect for landscape & buildings...

Mithalwen · 05-11-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by davem

. Hopefully at some point the designers will make it possible to remove the game additions so we can have a purely Tolkien map. There is the option on 'Maps' to choose Tolkien's original map.

..

So that is what the Windview Estate is - I did wonder .

Calan · 05-14-2007, 08:10 PM

Well, the 'Tolkien Map' option is active - it's the map from the book, slightly colourized. I think I would have liked a slight parchment color to the land areas, but that's just a cosmetic thing.

davem · 06-30-2007, 04:31 PM

Well, Rivendell is now on there - but it only shows up on the highest magnification, so you'll have to zoom right in & head east....

Lalwendë · 07-01-2007, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davem

Well, Rivendell is now on there - but it only shows up on the highest magnification, so you'll have to zoom right in & head east....

Just make sure you don't take 110 days to do so and lose your horse....errr....mouse in Tharbad.

05-05-2007, 04:48 AM	#1
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Google map of Middle-earth http://www.arda-online.com/map/ Not much yet, but could be interesting in a few months time.... I realise its probably been linked to already, but I couldn't find it __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

05-05-2007, 01:25 PM	#2
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Absolutely lovely!!!! Thanks, davem ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-05-2007, 01:34 PM	#3
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	A good find, Mr Dave. I like the fact that it starts up right next to The Downs. I also really like the rendering the Downs has got. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the map plays out. Will there be Movie versions of Rivendell and Lorien? Or new versions or... erm... Biscuit versions? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

05-05-2007, 01:52 PM	#4
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Of course, its for the on-line game so its full of stuff which isn't in the books - at the extreme zoom position you can make out a couple of same sex marriages for instance - but I still think its great. When Rivendell, Minas Tirith & Barad Dur pop up it should be a fantastic way to waste a few hours... __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

05-05-2007, 01:52 PM	#5
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	That's from the MMORPG, right? Funny how the Shire can be seen only from close by. Waiting eagerly to have more maps. EDIT: Xd with davem. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

05-11-2007, 01:28 PM	#8
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	It's beee-ooo-tiii-fuuul! But is it me, or are the Old Forest and the Barrow Downs tiny in comparison to the City of Bree? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

05-11-2007, 01:33 PM	#9
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Actually, scrub that. I just looked again and both have grown since I last took a peek. I could spend hours wandering round that map, even the small section that has been completed thus far. Anyone know what the little golf flags are all about? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

05-11-2007, 01:37 PM	#10
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	It does seem disproportionate compared to say the Strachey maps which I use normally. I am no geographer/ cartographer but maybe it is because it is Bree Hill. I believe some map projections take the greater surface area of hills/mountains into account. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-11-2007, 02:45 PM	#11
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Its expanding quite fast - Weathertop & the Last Bridge are on & they weren't when I posted the link originally. At this rate Rivendell should be on there in the next few days. Hopefully at some point the designers will make it possible to remove the game additions so we can have a purely Tolkien map. There is the option on 'Maps' to choose Tolkien's original map. I'm hoping eventually for something like Google Earth's 3D effect for landscape & buildings... __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

05-14-2007, 08:10 PM	#13
Calan Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 16	Well, the 'Tolkien Map' option is active - it's the map from the book, slightly colourized. I think I would have liked a slight parchment color to the land areas, but that's just a cosmetic thing.

06-30-2007, 04:31 PM	#14
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Well, Rivendell is now on there - but it only shows up on the highest magnification, so you'll have to zoom right in & head east.... __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."