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Adam Savage (co-host of MythBusters) has reproduced one of Tolkein's maps of Middle Earth..
http://www.adamsavag...middleearth.jpg
"Okay, so it's obvious by now that I'm a geek. The latest thing I did, was to
draw myself a map of Middle earth. I downloaded one of the maps drawn by
Tolkein's son, and printed it large format (32"x36") and traced the entire thing
on a lightbox. The paper is handmade bark paper I purchased at the art store. "
- Adam Savage
Adam Savage's Hand Drawn Map
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, Dec 22 2008 09:20 AM
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 09:20 AM
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 02:00 PM
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A few years ago I posted a link to a map of Middle Earth aligned to mostly real European geographic features: http://www.cartotalk...hp?showtopic=95
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 04:45 PM
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And let's not forget the Middle Earth DEM project:
http://www.me-dem.or...m...cat&catid=1
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A few years ago I posted a link to a map of Middle Earth aligned to mostly real European geographic features: http://www.cartotalk...hp?showtopic=95
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 01:43 PM
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That's cool.
I hand copied one of the foldout maps from one of the books when I was in junior high school - but I didn't have cool paper to do it on.
I hand copied one of the foldout maps from one of the books when I was in junior high school - but I didn't have cool paper to do it on.
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 07:24 PM
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That's cool.
I hand copied one of the foldout maps from one of the books when I was in junior high school - but I didn't have cool paper to do it on.
I think you should try to create Tolkein's map in ArcMap
. I think you already have the hillforms from you previous historic cartographic work. Why not go a "little" bit further back in history to Middle Earth.
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 10:17 AM
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Maybe I will some day, Matt.I think you should try to create Tolkein's map in ArcMap
I think you already have the hillforms from you previous historic cartographic work. Why not go a "little" bit further back in history to Middle Earth.
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