Maps, Maps, and more Maps!

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to the MAPS for TAR 13!

I'll be depending on everyone's help to make this a success, so please remember the Maps! as you research the race.

If you have a map for any leg of the race that you think is great or have found useful--PLEASE add it here or let me know by PM and I will add it right into the correct spot so we can all use it!  VR /Interactive links are appreciated too!  I'm really happy to be the librarian here but would like this to be a team effort--so please--send lots!

Thanks everybody! 

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NEOBIE's AMAZING YELLOW LINE MAP! THE AYL RETURNS!

Map used with permission and will be updated as new info is obtained.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Since the MAP thread can become slow to load once it is full of MAPS!, I'm going to try having links to each section individually to see if that will help.

Welcome Note

Neobie's AYL (Amazing Yellow Line) MAP!

TAR 13 in Google Maps

Search Ideas and Map Links

Leg 1 --Start City--LA

Leg 1--Salvador, Brazil

Leg 2 Fortaleza, Brazil

Leg 3-- La Paz, Bolivia

Leg 4 --North Island, New Zealand

Leg 5 -- Siem Reap, Cambodia

Leg 6/7 --Delhi. India

Leg 8 -- Almaty, Kajakhstan

Leg 9/10 -- Moscow

Finale to come

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Map store!

Please post your map finds in this thread, and they will be moved to the appropriate leg.

Please label each map clearly with where it is (name of the country, city, town, or park--for example).

Thanks everybody!

Need some ideas on how to find maps?
Here are some search ideas from Slowhatch:  

    Perry-Castenada Collection and links page

    Odden's Bookmarks

    Google search with "location maps"

Others:

    Info Hub--maps

    Google Earth Explorer

    Google Maps

    MAP source for Africa and Central America

    COUNTRY facts --dialing codes, maps, time zones, etc  Thanks to Slowhatch!

    Viagem Portuguese links to major cities Thanks to Slowhatch

    Emporis Maps  "Emporis Maps is a map system. Instead of just searching for addresses Emporis Maps combines location-based information with building data from Emporis." Thanks to Slowhatch!


*** Wonderful MAP Link! *** Thanks to puddin, this interactive link has loads of info on each country, as well as easy, zoomable Google and GE maps. Try it! Worldmaps Infoseek







Flags courtesy of ITA's Flags of All Countries used with permission.

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STARTING LINE for TAR 13:   Episode 1 Airdate:  9/28/08       Filming date: 4/22/08

>>> CALIFORNIA  

       >>> LOS ANGELES Starting Line LA Coliseum Thanks to Slowhatch

           >>>         Thanks to Chateau

           >>> LAX:

               


Neobie's MAP of Locations

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LEG 1:

BRAZIL        Airdate: 9/28/08             Film date: 4/22/08--4/24/08

Quick facts 




Airport connections in Brazil:
Sao Paulo
Rio


         >>> Salvador (formerly Bahia)

                Great VR tour of Salvador! Thanks to Slowhatch!

                Link to neat Bahia Website

                 
"They will be filming tomorrow in the Terminal Maritimo de Salvador, in Comercio. Up until now, they already filmed in Praca da Sé, Plano Inclinado Goncalves, Ordem Tercerida de Sao Francisco (Historic center), Ladeira do Carmo and Paco's Stairways." (Thanks to HiFi for the translation)

Slowhatch's Interactive Map of Task/Clue Locations!!

Preview of Slowhatch's Map (not Interactive)

 

Salvador Interactive Street Map (thanks to Slowhatch)



Slowhatch's Walking Distances Interactive Street Map!


Boingo's "Where is MATT?" Map!


Boingo's Locations!


Downtown Salvador: thanks apskip!



Neobie's MAPs of Locations

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LEG 2

Fortaleza, Brazil   airdate: 10/5/08   film date:

quick facts

WONDERFUL VR Tour of Fortaleza! Has our windmills and cranes! Thanks to Slowhatch!

thanks apskip!



Google Map

Beaches in and near Fortaleza  Maps, descriptions, more



Pitstop:

Parque da Criança/ Cidade Da Crianca.  Thanks to puddin!

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LEG 3

BOLIVIA                    Airdate: 10/12/08            Film Date  4/27-28/08  U-TURN! (not used)

Quick Facts

Great Bolivian site with Maps, VR tours, etc from Slowhatch!
http://www.boliviaweb.com/



Airport connection: Phil spotted on 4/29/08 at Santa Cruz
Thanks puddin!
         >>>> LA PAZ

GE MAP

Chateau's Shot of the park:




Interactive map of La Paz with search feature

Sopocochi Neighborhood map  (Plaza Abaroa) thanks to Slowhatch



El Alto international Airport Thanks to puddin!

**Interactive Street Map**   Thanks slowhatch! This is the most useful one for us...


Maps of South America Thanks slowhatch!

youtube downtown La Paz (puddin)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNbYnF0ldf0

Map of the Plazas:

zoomable Map to the plazas Thanks to puddin!



Plaza des Estudiantes:


Boingo's MAP of Locations:



Neobie's MAPs of Locations:






Chateau's MAP of the multigym:


Bike Route: thanks to Boingo and Chateau!

Start: (Boingo)

Route w/ tunnel: (Chateau)

Route: (Chateau)

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LEG 4


NEW ZEALAND      Airdate: 10/19/08        Film Date: 5/2-3/08  Fast Forward available!

Quick Facts

GE New Zealand MAP

Next 2 maps courtesy of Backpack-New Zealand:



North Island:



    >> Searchable street/suburb NZ Maps


               >>>> AUCKLAND



**Interactive Map of Auckland Area**

                >>>> BAY OF PLENTY

**Interactive Map of the Bay of Plenty**





Boingo's MAP of kiwi360:


Neat Interactive NZ driving directions Map set Auckland to Te Puke  thanks to puddin!


NZ MAP SITES: all thanks to Slowhatch!
Smaps:  http://www.smaps.co.nz/
Yellow Pages:  http://maps.yellowpages.co.nz/clients/places.cgi?client=yellnzyp
Zoomin, online street maps:  http://www.zoomin.co.nz/
NZ Topo online:   http://www.nztopoonline.linz.govt.nz/

Gulf Harbor:


Link to One Tree Hill Map (although the site turned out to be Mt Eden) http://www.cornwallpark.co.nz/flash/map.html Thanks Slowhatch!









Topo Map of the Papamoa Hills: Slowhatch!

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LEG 5

CAMBODIA     Airdate: 10/26/08        Film Date: 5/4-5/5/08 

Quick Facts

GE MAP



          >>>> SIEM REAP

Thanks to Slowhatch!
Here is the map link for this one, you can adjust the size.


Thanks Slowhatch!

Town:

Nice Comprehensive site of Siem Reap with more MAPS Thanks to puddin!

Thanks Slowhatch!





GE of the BusStop Task Location from Chateau!


Route 6: to Airport (west) and towards Bus Station(east)





                 >>>>  ANGKOR WAT

Interactive Temple Map w/photos! Thanks puddin!

Thanks Mrs Shrek!





TEMPLES:

BEST Interactive Map of the Temples!! Hover over the map--see a picture!! http://www.cambodia-photos.com/angkormap.php


Angkor Wat Photo Gallery of the Temples  Thanks to puddin!

Every conceivable Temple Floor Plan and all Site Maps for Angkor Wat  Thanks to Slowhatch!

Ta-phrom layout (trees):



Bayon layout (faces):

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LEGs 6/7

INDIA          Airdate:                Filmdate: 5/6/08??

Quick Facts



      >>>>> DELHI

GE New Delhi



Interactive Map of Delhi by Regions



METRO Lines:


Interactive YaHoo Map of Delhi

YaHoo Local Business Locator


Neobie's "Where Matt went" MAP!



Boingo's rickshaw man and possible Shadipur Depot



WHTour.org World Heritage Tour site w/ maps Thank you Slowhatch!

New Delhi
MAP of Humayun's Tomb & Qutb Minar Thanks to puddin!
http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/south-asia/india/new-delhi/map.html

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KAZAKHSTAN      Film Date:   Air Date: 11/16/08

Quick Facts

Kazakhstan



     Almaty

Interactive Street Map of Almaty:  http://expat.nursat.kz/?1530

Downtown Map of Almaty in English!
Thanks sunny!
Quote from Sunnyca!
Most of the action seems to take place on the left (western) side of this map. The building that Boingo identifed seems to be the Oblast Akimat Building in the Old Square on Tolebi St whereas the former Parliament building aka Akimat House is on Republic square on Satpaev St.

Here's another good map http://kazakhstan.orexca.com/img/map_almaty1.jpg
thumbnail-click-click


 (unfortunately upside down from the last one, ie S up!) with the buildings marked. In this map the mosque is now on the top left corner, with the Green Bazar and cathedral below it, continuing into Dostyk Ave where the restaurant Alasha is (also ID ed by Biongo, off the map where it crosses the river, link here http://www.alasha.kz ).

Panorama of the restaurant

According to the map on the Alasha site, http://www.alasha.kz/index.php?opt=contact 
it's at the corner of Ospanov and Dostyk, right before where Dostyk crosses the river.
On this map (mostly in Russian http://infokz.com/city/eng/empall.htm) you can see Dostyk Av (in Russian looks like AOcTblk!) crossing the river at the top right side, with a street leading off it, which might be Ospanov (not marked).  Downtown is to the left with the Cathedral, Green Bazar  and park at the left end of Dostyk.

Almaty City: Sunny again!


Interactive Almaty, street names and building numbers, POIs, it's all here: and it's all in Russian. Thanks Slowhatch!

Satellite views

Boingo's MAP of task locations:


Chickens:

If it helps with the searches, the rough address of the chicken farm is:

Первомайская Промзона (1st of May Street?)
Илийский район (Iliiskii district)

It's bringing up other businesses in the vicinity, but no location yet...

I was looking for chickens and I got Migs   

Maybe I can help (a little) with both. This page describes the Alel location as

Almaty region, Iliiskii district, Pervomaiskaya Promzona, Almaty ptitsefabrika

. I found this company that claims an airport in the same district. The wikimap is here. There's an industrial area north of the airport that has possibilites; if someone could find Pervomaiskaya village that would help in finding the battery farm ("ptitsefabrika").

Nvm, it's here. Now to look for chickens...

Falcons:

This page states the Sunkar falcon farm is in the Alma-Arasan gorge south of the city; after doing a little translating ("Kennel hunting birds and dogs"), I'll make a guess and say it's here.

Sunkar" falcon farm  excursion tour to the farm of hunting birds and dogs, located at the foothills of Zailiyskiy Alatau.


Green Bazaar: thanks to sunny!
http://infokz.com/city/eng/walk_greenbazar.php

Cow walking: from Boingo!


PITSTOPThanks to Chateau: Old Square:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2534229


Egyptian Islamic Center Mosque --thanks to Boingo!

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LEG 9 and 10

RUSSIAN FEDERATION       Airdate: 11/23 and 11/30/08         Film Date:  5/11 to 5/13/08 , extended Pitstop 5/11

Quick Facts



          >>>>> MOSCOW

Interactive Searchable Street Locator Map Of Moscow

Interactive Map of Moscow with Cultural Attractions

Handy Clickable Moscow Map by Regions w/ Metro Stops

Wonderful Interactive Metro Map--travel times. routes, and more!

Interactive Moscow Map with locations/metro "kartametro"  thanks to Boingo and Slowhatch

Metro MAP:


Boingo's "Where did Matt Go?" Map!



PITSTOP!!

>>>>> All Russian Exhibition Centre

     Virtual Tour Here  Thanks to Mrs Shrek!

Transport info to the exhibition Center:
Main Entrance

VDNKh metro station (first car of the train from the center; exit in the direction to VDNKh) VDNKh Metro Station stop:

buses: No. 33, 56, 76, 93, 136, 154, 172, 195, 239, 244, 803
trolleys: No. 14, 48, 76
trams: No. 11, 17
interurban transportation: bus No. 388 (from Sergiev Posad)

Northern Entrance (VVTs Severnaya bus station)

Severanaya stop:

buses: No. 56, 76, 93, 136, 172, 195, 803
interurban transportation:
buses: No. 6, 392 (from Koroliov)
No. 316 (from Ivanteevka)
No. 317 (from Krasnoarmeisk)
No. 425 (from Sofrino)
No. 451 (from Pushkino)

Southern Entrance (VVTs Yuzhnaya bus station)

VVTs Yuzhnaya bus station

buses: No. 33, 76, 154, 244, 803
trolleys: No. 13, 36, 69, 73
trams: No. 17

Entrance from the Food Market Side (Gorky Cinema Studio)

Cinema Studio stop:

bus: No. 154
trolley: No. 48

Sovkhoz Passageway

Tourist Hotel stop:

bus: No. 33
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Leg 2 Locations: thanks to Boingo!



Tushino Park: location of submarine clue     http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5252079



Speedbump--Sokolniki Park : also Boingo for the map--location by puddin!

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Final City! Finale location!

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Here's something that can go in the Final City info:

Anthony Bourdain went to the Pacific Northwest years ago to do a show; almost half of that show was Portland OR. Most of what he presented on the show was of no interest to the episode 11 finale, but one item struck me as something the AR13 tasks in Portland could have included. This is Underground Portland, which was shown in Bourdain's video as a series of tunnels under Portland leading to the waterfront from which individuals who were Shaghai'ed could be secretly sent on board ships. Here is the list of what is included in teh Walking Tour of Underground Portland:

The last remains of the hundreds of cast-iron buildings that once graced this city until they were ripped out to build a highway.
Locations of the Simpsons-Portland connections, including the polluted river where the Simpsons TV show originated Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish
A 24 hour doughnut shop and wedding chapel
A journey into the bowels of the city to view entrances that once led to the legendary “Shanghai Tunnels” and understand the facts from below the floorboards of neighborhood landmark Old Town Pizza
Obscure shops selling Chinese medicines and herbs that even today face hassles from the government and from skeptics
The site of a famous riot instigator called the "the most arrested man in the Northwest"
Storied sites and buildings, once host to illicit deals and doings, that survived countless floods and remain today as some of our treasured restaurants, clubs, bars and office spaces
The somber monuments and plaza remembering local and nationwide efforts to isolate and evict more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II

The link is PortlandUndergroundTours

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Thanks apskip!

for Salvador

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Peach, here's some information on Mt. Maunganui, which is a grand 250 meters high:

Mt Maunganui
Beach settlement, part of Tauranga city, on the sandy expanse between Tauranga Harbour and the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the mountain (252 m) at the harbour entrance.

This may have been the site for AR13 teams to do tasks on May 2. It is about 125 miles from Auckland, so it would involve a lot of road travel to get there and back, probably at least 5 hours round-trip.

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Peach, another possibility for where AR13 teams were on May 2 is Mangere Mountain, near Auckland International
Airport:

On Mangere Mountain, just minutes from Auckland International Airport, you can see the remains of what was once an extremely large eighteenth century Maori fortified settlement, or pa. Low stone walls radiate out from the base of the mountain, the remnants of the major Maori land boundaries that once divided the landscape into large pie-shaped pieces.

These boundaries marked out gardens, houses and other living areas. There are scores of house and garden terraces, walled garden mounds, stone boundary walls and kumara storage pits around the crater. 

A series of cast iron and basalt sculptures placed around the mountain show what life was like there, including what foods were eaten and how they were cultivated, caught and stored.  A one hour 'land marker' walk follows the sculptures (see the self-guided walk brochures below).

Four large paintings by local artist Chris Gaskin, which are sited near the education centre at the base of Mangere Mountain, also depict life there, from the time of the last eruption 40,000 years ago, through 500 years of continuous Maori settlement, to the pastoral farms of European settlers.

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While searching for photos of siem reap bus stop (no matches yet) I happened to find this map of the city; of course you already have maps of the Angkor Wat complex.