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Archive => RFF Archived Boards => The Amazing Race 17 Spoilers & Speculation => Topic started by: Neobie on May 26, 2010, 08:58:50 PM

Title: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on May 26, 2010, 08:58:50 PM
Full spoiler map updated.
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Post by: arun1125 on May 26, 2010, 09:02:29 PM
Your Work is Amazing Neobie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How do u do maps like that i need help for Geography class lol!
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Post by: Zack. on May 27, 2010, 11:14:00 PM
Interactive map of Salisbury, England (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/salisbury-map).

And even better, they marked off the Cathedral (possible RB location) and Old Sarum (possible Pit Stop). Amesbury (and Stonehenge), are a shortish ways north of Salisbury.

eta:

Basic map of the drivefrom London to Stonehenge (http://www.britishtours.com/stonehenge_map.html). The tan shape almost directly under Stonehenge is Salisbury.
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Post by: arun1125 on May 30, 2010, 07:24:54 PM
Neobie, it would be great if u made a map of Accra Ghana, with its main areas.
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Post by: Slowhatch on June 10, 2010, 10:19:00 AM
In case Korea pans out: Google streetview doesn't cover Korea; however, the local Daum does a decent job. No English interface I could find, so just a few simple directions (picture below). The left button is map view, the airplane icon is aerial view, the webcam button produces streetview. Click on it and drag the webcam to the spot you want to see. If the screen is blank, look back at the button; if it reads "off," click to enable. I couldn't find "boeson" station, but here's a view of Bosan train station (http://local.daum.net/map/index.jsp?wx=512651&wy=1226162&level=3&panoid=2025326&zoom=0&pan=315.88224977492666&tilt=-5.180493397641198&poi=false&map_type=TYPE_MAP&map_hybrid=true&map_attribute=ROADVIEW&screenMode=normal).
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on October 01, 2010, 09:43:13 AM
Leg 1 maps! Peach, will load it permanently at the end of the season...
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Post by: Neobie on October 05, 2010, 12:15:42 AM
Accra. Thanks to Chateau and Slowhatch!
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on October 18, 2010, 01:15:38 AM
Found the school on Google Earth!
5°54'24"N, 0°01'00"W
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Slowhatch on October 18, 2010, 01:59:03 AM
I'm having trouble connecting to fjellborg.com, but I found some archived pages which list the address of the kennel as being directly across the lake from the Ice Hotel (and I recall one of the locals saying left>left): Poikkijärvi 1, 981 92 Kiruna, Sweden.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on October 18, 2010, 09:51:04 AM
I'll try working on Sweden later today, here's Ghana II.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on October 18, 2010, 10:29:45 AM
I'm having trouble connecting to fjellborg.com, but I found some archived pages which list the address of the kennel as being directly across the lake from the Ice Hotel (and I recall one of the locals saying left>left): Poikkijärvi 1, 981 92 Kiruna, Sweden.

Thanks Slowhatch! I think that's their main lodge, the dog sleds look slightly north of the Ice Hotel, here:
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Post by: georgiapeach on October 18, 2010, 01:27:36 PM
LOve it!! Thanks guys! :hearts:
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Post by: Neobie on October 18, 2010, 04:26:58 PM
Sweden!
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Post by: apskip on October 19, 2010, 09:24:00 AM
this is not a MAPS observation, but since I did not see nay better place to put it, I am putting it here:

June 1, the day That AR17 was in Sweden, would have been a midnight sun period for Narvik and for the border at Riksgransen. It was less than 3 weeks from the summer solstice, longest day of the year and those locations are well above the Arctic Circle.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: walkingpneumonia on October 19, 2010, 01:03:08 PM
this is not a MAPS observation, but since I did not see nay better place to put it, I am putting it here:

June 1, the day That AR17 was in Sweden, would have been a midnight sun period for Narvik and for the border at Riksgransen. It was less than 3 weeks from the summer solstice, longest day of the year and those locations are well above the Arctic Circle.

Really? From 3 months ago...

Some other "cool" facts about Kiruna:
Its above the Arctic circle, so on June 1 they have 24 hours of daylight.
Home to Börje Salming - best Swedish hockey player ever!

3 flights from ARN to Kiruna on June 1:
NAS 3761 dep 10:25 arr 11:55
SK 1042 dep 11:07 arr 12:31
SK 1044 dep 13:25 arr 14:40

I don't have the actual arrival time for NAS 3761 - but it is interesting to note that it changed departure gates in ARN which could account for the teams running around the airport.
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Post by: Kaylynn on October 22, 2010, 11:46:59 PM
so I heard 2 legs in Russia...
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Post by: Blob on October 25, 2010, 07:16:47 AM
I'm having trouble connecting to fjellborg.com, but I found some archived pages which list the address of the kennel as being directly across the lake from the Ice Hotel (and I recall one of the locals saying left>left): Poikkijärvi 1, 981 92 Kiruna, Sweden.

It works for me  http://www.fjellborg.com (http://www.fjellborg.com)
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on October 29, 2010, 04:07:11 PM
I've been pretty busy the past week, but thanks to Chateau, Slowhatch and Peach for digging up the locations!
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Post by: georgiapeach on October 29, 2010, 09:29:10 PM
Thanks Neobie!! I love seeing the locations on a map!!
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Post by: Neobie on November 04, 2010, 05:30:22 PM
Challenge for our intrepid mappers!

I'm trying to find map all our old Pit Stops to as precise a location as possible, but I'm having particular trouble with the Karen Village in TAR 2.6. I've found that the name of the village is Pang Daeng Nok Village, but nothing on it's location other than it being east of Chiang Dao. Help would be much appreciated!
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Slowhatch on November 04, 2010, 07:42:58 PM
It isn't going to be easy because of the spelling variants. Even the producers have their own version.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on November 08, 2010, 08:31:15 PM
These two legs are quite the mess! Super large map to compound your headache!

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5259/map1761greatersaintpete.jpg)

(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2580/map1762centralsaintpete.jpg)

Regarding Thailand: I found the neighbouring village of Pang Daeng Nai (99°02'06"E, 19°20'49"N) by comparing an ethnographic paper's sketch to Google Earth; and going by a rough map on another scholastic journal, I think I have the location (99°01'06"E, 19°20'58"N) of Pang Daeng Nok!
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Post by: georgiapeach on November 08, 2010, 11:14:39 PM
Wow Neobie!! This one is AMAZING!! Thanks for doing it!!
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Post by: theschnauzers on November 09, 2010, 12:17:49 AM
Quote from: Neobie
Regarding Thailand: I found the neighbouring village of Pang Daeng Nai (99°02'06"E, 19°20'49"N) by comparing an ethnographic paper's sketch to Google Earth; and going by a rough map on another scholastic journal, I think I have the location (99°01'06"E, 19°20'58"N) of Pang Daeng Nok!

I actually tried to see if I could pick up a location by seeing where the other venues in that long-ago leg were, but Google didn't seem to agree on the spelling; I knew it wouldn't be easy because as I remember the episode, the road teams traveled on to that village was a dirt road. So if you managed to find it, that is excellent!
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on November 09, 2010, 09:02:09 AM
I actually tried to see if I could pick up a location by seeing where the other venues in that long-ago leg were, but Google didn't seem to agree on the spelling; I knew it wouldn't be easy because as I remember the episode, the road teams traveled on to that village was a dirt road. So if you managed to find it, that is excellent!

For record's sake, here's the map of Pang Daeng Nai.
Ashley, Sean. Exorcising with Buddha: Palaung Buddhism in Northern Thailand. Burnaby: Simon Fraser University, 2004.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Zack. on November 09, 2010, 11:01:26 AM
The long distance between the two detours in St. Petersburg 1, along with the long taxi ride to the first RB, makes it all the stranger that the only teams with documented money issues were those that didn't switch tasks (Jill/Thomas, Chad/Steph, Michael/Kevin). Comparatively, Nick/Vicki, despite double bald snarking, were apparently fine financially.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on November 15, 2010, 05:18:37 PM
Leg 8, thanks to all, especially DrRox!
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Post by: Neobie on November 23, 2010, 04:59:30 PM
Dhaka. If the final two teams went on foot to Lalbagh Fort, it's pretty darned far (about 3.0km/1.9mi), especially in the crowded winding streets!
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: Neobie on November 29, 2010, 01:01:23 PM
A monster map for my home town!

(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5641/map17103victoriaharbour.jpg)
Title: Re: TAR 17 Maps Thread
Post by: DrRox on November 29, 2010, 06:08:03 PM
King of Google Earth.....you make the best maps......and good HK is your home town.......hehehe