Questions tagged [map]
For questions about in-universe maps for a work of science fiction or fantasy: requesting a map of an area in a fictional world, or explanations of a feature on such a map, for example.
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What happened to Pelmar and the originally sketched Arda?
I’m currently reading through The Silmarillion, and there is this map's discrepancy that I cannot get my head around.
First, there was this sketch of Arda with a central landmass Pelmar, the west and ...
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Is there an official map of Querencia?
There are official maps for Bienvenido which appears later on in the series and for the city of Makkathran. The map for Bienvenido is featured in the physical books yet I have been unable to find one ...
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Why was the visitor center located on the opposite side of the island from the docks and helipad?
The map in this question about Nedry's exit strategy led me to wonder why on Earth they would build the visitor center on the opposite side of the island from the docks and helipad. This appears to ...
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Are there any drawings showing the routes the three main companies followed in chapter two of the Return of the King?
Are there any drawings showing the routes that the three companies: Théoden, The Grey Company, Aragorn and Halbarad followed in the events in chapter 2, The Passing of the Grey Company, Lord of the ...
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Is this "satellite photo" the only representation of the shape of Gilligan's Island?
From How many independent demonstrations of optical communications between ground and space have been successful?
As everybody knows, the pioneering work of The Professor and his serendipitous ...
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What is the Real Scale of the Breath of the Wild Map?
I am questioning the world as it was built in the game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Consider the following map:
Using the game's own paragliding system, it's been calculated that the map ...
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What was the earliest printed map in the modern (since 1800) fantasy genre?
Like many readers, I was enraptured by the maps in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-55) and The Hobbit (1937). After their 1965 reprinting in a widespread American edition, maps became ...
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What was the earliest printed map in the modern science fiction genre?
Like many readers, I was enraptured by the maps in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-55) and The Hobbit (1937). After their 1965 reprinting in a widespread American edition, maps became ...
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Did Bilbo Baggins draw?
We know that Bilbo was fond of maps and lettering "even though his own writing was rather thin and spidery", but did Bilbo make his own maps or illustrate his adventures in the Red Book or 'There and ...
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Are there detailed maps of the first Death Star available anywhere?
As a way to make fitness more fun, I'm planning a virtual walk on the Death Star, tracking my distance/steps taken and mapping them out on a map of the Death Star, so that I can, for instance, walk ...
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Is there a large map of Tatooine?
I wanted to make the Tatooine globe with my hands, but I realized that a map of it is probably nowhere, and I would like to know if there is a version (whether it is canon or Legends) of this Atlas ...
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Is there a Howard-canon map of Conan's world?
In 1936 "The Hyborian Age: Conan's World", Howard laid out a somewhat detailed "canon" history of Conan's world, pre- and post-cataclysm.
This included verbal description of the world maps and where ...
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How are the Forks connected in the Trident?
In the maps at the beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire books there is something that tickles me: on the map of "The North", the Red Fork and the Blue Fork flow into each other and meet the Green Fork ...
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Ender's Game movie Battle School dimensions and floor plan?
Do a floorplan, dimensions, rotation rates, max population, docking specs etc. exist for the Battle School space station in the 2013 movie version of Ender's Game?
I've found a few deductions based ...
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Is there a canonical map of Babylon 5?
Throughout the TV series Babylon 5, we hear about different sections of the eponymous space station referred to by colours and numbers, e.g. "Green Two" or "Grey Seventeen". These two parts of the ...
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What's the distance between the locations seen on Jakku?
It's pretty clear that Rey depends on her speeder for her livelihood as a scavenger on Jakku. The Star Destroyer that she's seen climbing through is clearly some significant distance away from Niima ...
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Why didn't Frodo take a map with him?
As the Fellowship departed from the Rivendell, all the seasoned adventurers knew they will not follow Frodo to Mount Doom. So, the optimistic version is Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin going to the Mount ...
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Where are the Grey Havens?
I was looking at a map of Middle-Earth earlier, when I stumbled across a location labeled 'Grey Havens'. However, as I understand it, the Grey Havens are supposed to be quite far away, on a separate ...
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Standard map of the whole realm with all cities in Game of Thrones? [duplicate]
I have searched all over internet for exact map of Game of Thrones cities. But every map is different from each other and rather confuses me as they have embedded story-line into it. Can anybody give ...
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Is there a map of Frodo's journey during the Lord of the Rings?
Everybody loves the maps of Middle Earth. But has anyone ever plotted on the map of Middle Earth, Frodo's journey throughout the Lord of the Rings? Seeing as the book gives us a description of where ...
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Did maps in Middle-Earth have west on the top?
If the people of Middle-Earth made a map of their world or an area of it, did they put west on the top of the map? Or did they have north on the top like the map in the Lord of the Rings looks like? ...
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Why is the Westeros map rotated?
In season 6 episode 5 of Game of Thrones, Jon, Davos, Sansa, et al. are looking at a map of Westeros, trying to determine who is friendly to their cause. I didn't notice until I came across a Reddit ...
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Are there differences in the new Star Wars canonical map vs previous maps?
Based on this answer to a previous question, The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary, there is a new map. Are there any differences (e.g. planet/star system locations, etc) from other Star Wars maps?
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Has a new map of the Galaxy (far, far away) been released?
There are many maps of the Star Wars Galaxy floating around. One thing I like about them is that they show the entire galaxy was not controlled by the Empire and that even a large portion of the ...
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Is this map of Middle-Earth reliable? [duplicate]
I want to ask if this map of Beleriand (in the northwest of Middle-earth) is correct. I think it isn't because Beleriand should've been sank, and you can clearly see that there is Beleriand above ...
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Newly discovered map of Middle Earth: does it change anything?
I read this article with interest - in short, a working copy of the Middle Earth map was recently discovered and acquired by Oxford's Bodleian Library:
This map looks fascinating but does this ...
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Is there a full map of Narnia?
Is there any map that shows the whole of Narnia? Each of the seven books seem to include a different map.
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Is there a full map of the Redwall world?
Is there any map which fully covers the world of Redwall? Each book seems to only have a small chunk of it. (And they don't always seem to match up.)
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What does the map of Earth map look like in the 24th Century?
Is there a map of Earth somewhere that shows the various countries that exist during the 24th century? I know it's called United Earth, but I'd imagine it's still divided up into various countries. ...
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Is there a map of Middle-earth during the second age?
Where can I find a map of Middle-earth during the Second Age circa SA 1600 (before the war of the Elves and Sauron)?
The following site (https://middle-earth.xenite.org/2013/01/09/do-any-maps-...
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Unknown feature on Middle-earth's map?
On Christopher Tolkien's map of Middle-earth, one feature has always caught my eye, and to my knowledge has never been explained: The mass in the middle of the Sea of Rhûn:
Has this ever been talked ...
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How much unclaimed space exists in and around Star Trek empires?
One of the most common things that happens in Star Trek (at least TNG, with which I am the most familiar) is that two starships from two nations/empires will encounter each other, and neither seems to ...
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Why is Thangorodrim/Angband not visible in the provided map in "The Silmarillion"?
At least it is not visible in all versions I could lay hands on (German / English).
The map ends in the North with Hithlum and Anfauglith.
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Dark Tower universe inconsistent maps
Refer to the answer in the question Dark Tower world map and the wiki article Can_Calyx
After giving a look at Dark Tower's world maps and reading "Wizard and Glass" I wonder:
Are the maps official (...
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Dark Tower world map
I'm living in Brasil and have no way to find the Stephen King's Dark Tower world map.
I can see parts of this map by googling, but not the entire map:
This map may represent the entire world (...
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Maps of Middle-earth
I am looking for a list* of maps of Middle-earth which appear only in JRR Tolkien's and CT's books and writings or were authorized by JRRT**.
From my reading so far I have:
The Hobbit:
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