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Title: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on September 28, 2009, 08:05:30 AM
Starting this up for Peach! Credits to all who've helped in the Episode and Spoiler threads, especially the usual suspects!

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on September 28, 2009, 09:06:33 AM
In addition to Google and Diadiem, here are some HCMC political maps (http://www.saigonesl.com/Main_Directory_Pages/HCMC_City_Maps_Page.htm) that show the divisions (district/ward/etc.) at street level.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: mswood on September 28, 2009, 12:48:10 PM
Awesome.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on September 29, 2009, 02:17:20 PM
Thanks to Slowhatch for interpreting the river map! Couldn't get much out of this leg (Cai Be's too small a town to have maps searchable on Google), but we do know the Pit Stop was opposite the Cai Be Church.

If anyone can help with pinpointing the locations please chip in!

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: georgiapeach on September 29, 2009, 06:50:01 PM
Thanks guys! Put anything here and I'll try to sort them out into episodes soon...
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: topaz on October 07, 2009, 04:11:20 AM
finally we have a map but we need infos on the countries they visit, neobie! :hearts:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 07, 2009, 11:28:42 AM
Phnom Penh orientation, from the wiki (http://wikitravel.org/en/Phnom_Penh):
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All of Phnom Penh's streets are numbered, although some major thoroughfares have names as well. The scheme is simple: odd-numbered streets run north-south, the numbers increasing as you head west from the river, and even numbers run west-east, increasing as you head south (with some exceptions, e.g. the west side of the Boeung Kak lake). House numbers, however, are quite haphazard. Don't expect houses to be numbered sequentially in a street; you might even find two completely unrelated houses with the same number in the same street.
Many of the numbered streets have names as well; here's an index (http://www.yellowpages-cambodia.com/maps/phnompenhstreetindex/) (click to zoom; the site also has a good PP interactive map). Another map with specialized pages for the tourist areas is here (http://www.canbypublications.com/maps/ppmaphhr.htm).
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 08, 2009, 12:08:28 AM
A nice (French interface) PP map here (http://www.phnom-penh.biz/web/pp/annuaire.nsf/webpages/carte.html): there's an English version, but it's not as interactive for some reason (click "Plan en Flash" for the zoom-and-scroll type map).
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: thespicdatum on October 08, 2009, 12:25:37 AM
Hi, can you tell me what font type you are using in the map? I love the amazing race font.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 11, 2009, 09:06:11 PM
Dubai:
No map at the official Burj Dubai (http://www.burjdubai.com/) site: they probably figure you won't have any trouble finding it.  :lol:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on October 11, 2009, 09:21:57 PM
I'm using Bank Gothic, they seemed to have switched to this one since TAR 14...

College's been relentless, so I'm falling behind on the maps! Here's last week's for Ho Chi Minh City... (Thanks especially to Boingo!)

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: puddin on October 11, 2009, 09:49:21 PM

College's been relentless, so I'm falling behind on the maps! Here's last week's for Ho Chi Minh City...
For sure you have been notably missed Neobie but we know real life calls  :hugs:
Thanks Neobie and Slowhatch!  :jam:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on October 12, 2009, 07:56:01 AM
Map of Sean Penn! (Any hint where Lance/Keri's Detour could be?)

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 12, 2009, 09:07:50 AM
Not yet. Just a number--203--somewhere within walking distance of the temple.

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: puddin on October 12, 2009, 10:38:56 AM
here are some phone numbers if it helps

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 13, 2009, 12:35:46 AM
The helmet shop was at the Russian Market. First, take this photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/3938608438/), enlarge it to original size, then look for the stall with the helmets and 203 above the door. Second, compare Puddin's final sale cap to the photo in the middle of this blog page (http://www.mumsified.com/2009/07/around-phnom-penh.html); same stall, same phone number. Also, fwiw, a simple map (http://www.cambodiapocketguide.com/Phnom%20Penh%20russian%20mart%20Map.html) of the Russian Market.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: puddin on October 13, 2009, 12:55:56 AM
Perfect Slowhatch!  :jumpy: :jam:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on October 13, 2009, 10:39:55 AM
Whoa, I'm impressed!
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on October 18, 2009, 09:46:51 PM
Thanks, again, to the folks on the episode spoiler thread!

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 18, 2009, 10:37:55 PM
A map of Souk Madinat Jumeirah (http://www.jumeirah.com/Global/Property/MJ/PDF%27s/SOUK%20LOCATION%20MAP%20-%20V2.pdf) and the Atlantis water park (http://www.atlantisthepalm.com/content/pdf/ATP_Directional_Map3.pdf) (both pdf). The ziggurat looks like a clever idea: you ride a conveyer up inside, then take one of several rides from there.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on October 25, 2009, 08:55:49 PM
Location of Gold Centre I found on the Dubai Tourism website, but is it accurate? Looks like a hike from the abra stop!

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 25, 2009, 09:09:42 PM
Looks right. The address I have for Deepu (http://www.yellowpages-uae.com/companydetail.aspx?CompanyName=Deepu+Jewellers&id=104233) is "New Gold Centre" and wiki (http://wikimapia.org/1766350/Gold-Centre-Buliding) has a "Gold Centre Building" in the same place (next to the parking lot).
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: puddin on October 25, 2009, 09:10:03 PM
Location of Gold Centre I found on the Dubai Tourism website, but is it accurate? Looks like a hike from the abra stop!
I think you have it Neobie, it was around that dip in the creek if I recall. Nice job as always  :jam:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: georgiapeach on October 25, 2009, 09:25:41 PM
I had this if it helps? Might not be the right one though...

The Gold Centre
P.O.Box: 5095
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
+971 (4) 226-5011
( akran@mkm.ae )
 
 
 
Hours of Operation
Saturday to Thursday: 9:00am - 1:00pm & 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Additional Contact Telephone Numbers
Phone: +971 (4) 227-9555
Fax: +971 (4) 228-0006

Physical Address
Al Khor Street, Al Rass, Deira
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 
There is a map too:

http://yp.theemiratesnetwork.com/biz/United_Arab_Emirates/Dubai/The_Gold_Centre_10609.html
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Boingo on October 25, 2009, 11:50:35 PM
 ;D

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on October 27, 2009, 10:08:43 PM
A map (of sorts): Martini tower (http://www.fleroux.nl/OverhSubMartinitoren.htm).
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: River on October 29, 2009, 06:25:25 PM
A map (http://www.let.rug.nl/tlt/images/map.png) of Groningen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_%28city%29).
Just like maps a lot!
 :lol:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on November 02, 2009, 02:02:56 AM
Although the Hitta (http://www.hitta.se/) site mentioned previously has adopted Mapjack streetview, it doesn't extend as far as Haggvik. It does have slightly better satellite resolution though, and a neat 3D function similar to Bing. Compare the TAR6 cap below to Vasby Bog, just west of Haggvik station.

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: georgiapeach on November 02, 2009, 02:10:56 AM
Slowhatch!! Wow...you found the exact field!!

AMAZING!! :jumpy:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: River on November 02, 2009, 06:19:48 PM
Wow! It is so massive! Great searching slowhatch! This does bring back bad memories though!
 :tup:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on November 03, 2009, 12:05:20 AM
Once again, thanks to all the folks on the episode thread! Boingo, Peach, Dutch Samedhi... You're making my life real easy here!

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: TARAsia Fan on November 03, 2009, 12:12:29 AM
I love the Neobie maps! :tup:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: apskip on November 03, 2009, 07:35:56 AM
Once again, thanks to all the folks on the episode thread! Boingo, Peach, Dutch Samedhi... You're making my life real easy here!

Neobie:

I note your marking of the Cornelius Lely Monument on the Afsluitdijk causeway. I have been doing a lot of research on the Afsluitdijk and, in spite of the fact that I think few care about these type of details, I offer this information:

1. I believe that World Race Productions has erroneously labeled the Cornelius Lely Statue as a monument. There are not many references to either a statue or a monument there, but the majority clearly indicates that this is the statue completed in 1933.
2. I was incorrect in labeling the Lookout Tower on the Afsluitdijk as a monument. More references do say that it is a monument, but the majority consider it to be a lookout tower. I did see one notation of when it was contructed but did ont write it down. It was either the 1960s or 1970s but build in the style of the 1930s.

Then I went back to my tape of this episode and discovered that the Statue and the Lookout Tower are on opposite sides of the causeway. There is an exit both ways to a built-out parking lot and there is a connecting footbridge so that people ehading north can cross to to statue and people heading south can cross to the Lookout Tower. The clue was at the statue. I do not know how those exits are marked, but it could easily say "Monument" to cover them both.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on November 09, 2009, 04:49:26 PM
Stockholm leg.

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Caelestor on November 09, 2009, 05:04:10 PM
Nice to see they're getting out of the cities for some fresh air now!
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on November 10, 2009, 09:05:55 PM
Some stuff besides google:
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on November 10, 2009, 09:53:29 PM
The Hawaii streetview imagery has finally been processed; shoreline access 118 (the beach luau site) can now be established at the end of Lipoa Road (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=20.747415,-156.456992&panoid=c9VzWaCReS_WzkQON8lFbA&cbp=13,308.02,,1,8.43&source=embed&ll=20.747425,-156.456886&spn=0,359.996516&z=19) in Wailea.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Slowhatch on November 16, 2009, 12:02:13 AM
In addition to GE/streetview, Mapy (http://mapy.cz/) and Praha Mesto (http://wgp.praha-mesto.cz/tms/projects_a/turist/index_en.php#c=-740223%252C-1045983&z=0&l=zm,pop&p=k,vt,poi&) (city server map) both offer good detail and interactivity, and Virtual Travel (http://www.virtualtravel.cz/praha.html) and Virtual Prague (http://virtual.praha.eu/homepage.html) are good places for panos.
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on November 16, 2009, 08:07:11 AM
Special thanks to Slowhatch, John Doe and Peach! And of course everyone on the episode threads...

(Fixed. Thanks Racer!)

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: georgiapeach on November 16, 2009, 06:54:10 PM
Thank you Neobie!! awesome as always!!
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: puddin on November 16, 2009, 07:02:29 PM
Thanks Neobie and Slowhatch. I love the panos Slowhatch!
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on November 22, 2009, 08:43:39 PM
Thanks to the crew who figured out the white-water rafting WHILE it happened! Pretty famous landmarks this time round.

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: georgiapeach on November 22, 2009, 09:11:17 PM
:ty3: Neobie!
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on November 23, 2009, 10:20:44 AM
Would it have been a good idea for Herb and Nate to cross the river to the Nadrazi Holesovice Metro Station directly instead of waiting for the tram? It's about one mile by road...
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: puddin on November 25, 2009, 02:17:38 AM
Thanks Neobie!
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Caelestor on November 25, 2009, 02:36:44 AM
Would it have been a good idea for Herb and Nate to cross the river to the Nadrazi Holesovice Metro Station directly instead of waiting for the tram? It's about one mile by road...

Definitely walking, since there's a bridge halfway between the detour and the tram station. 
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Neobie on December 13, 2009, 10:14:49 PM
Real life has been in the way, but here's the final two legs!

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Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: puddin on December 13, 2009, 10:24:53 PM
Thanks Neobie!!  :kisses
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Caelestor on December 13, 2009, 11:39:46 PM
Hi Neobie,

Just wondering, where did you get the template for your race map? It's really nice... :cmas9

Thanks,
Caelestor
Title: Re: TAR 15 Maps
Post by: Glamazon Racer on December 14, 2009, 11:55:52 PM
Wow, thanks for the awesome maps! :cmas16

Just one thing I noticed; at the top of the first Tallinn, Estonia map, it says "Lithuania". Just pointing it out. Thanks for the great maps, though! :kisses