* 
Welcome Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

*
gfxgfx Home Forum Help Search Login Register   gfxgfx
gfx gfx
gfx
Notifications & Notes
Masterplans/Projects
Dev Maps
Entry Templates
Picture Resources
Language Additions
Pages: [1] 2
Print
Author Topic: Amusing Google Thing (at least to me)  (Read 922 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Deklitch Hardin
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 103
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1.744


Elf friend


View Profile
« on: 28 May 2012, 09:43:56 »
1 Go to Google Maps
2 Click on 'Get Directions'
3 Enter 'The Shire' next to A
4 Enter 'Mordor' next to B
5 Click the walk signal
... see the response you get ... I found that amusing. :)
Logged
"And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, because there's none at all down here on Earth." - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Artimidor Federkiel
Administrator
*****

Gained Aura: 511
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 22.624



View Profile Homepage
« Reply #1 on: 28 May 2012, 22:50:15 »
So the shire is in Belgium and Mordor in the Netherlands, eh? Then what the heck was this Tolkien guy writing about?  grin
Logged


"Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there must be a mediator, and this must be the heart." -- Maria (Metropolis)
Kelancey the Green
Aspiring Member
**

Gained Aura: 26
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 316



View Profile Homepage
« Reply #2 on: 28 May 2012, 23:15:57 »
Then, where does Gondor fit into all this? azn
Logged
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."
--Master Yoda
Athviaro Shyu-eck-Silfayr
Aspiring Member
**

Gained Aura: 64
Offline Offline

Posts: 855



View Profile
« Reply #3 on: 29 May 2012, 02:01:05 »
There's a Mordor relatively near my school, it seems...
Logged
"I don't care what you did as a boy."
"Well, I did nothing as a girl, so there goes my childhood." - Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, The Gay Divorcee, 1934.
The Life and Works of Athviaro Shyu-eck-Silfayr
Kalta'hnk - My ramblings on anything to do with the Glandorians - The Glandorian Men (Proposal)
Ryvic Darkveil
Newbie
*

Gained Aura: 1
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 11



View Profile
« Reply #4 on: 29 May 2012, 08:21:50 »
I hate to change the subject, but..
One does not simply sell sheep in Mordor.
Logged
Altario Shialt-eck-Gorrin
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 127
Online Online

Gender: Male
Posts: 2.272


The Remusian


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: 29 May 2012, 09:24:25 »
Mine gives me a route in Washington State, USA.  From a restaurant called The Shire in Chehalis, WA to Mordor Tattoo in Arlington, Wa.
Logged
"Lather...Rinse...Repeat"   Why has God made my life so complicated?

This is what I'm working on
Val O´Neil
Aspiring Member
**

Gained Aura: 30
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 219


Flutterby Oddity


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: 29 May 2012, 09:29:30 »
I also got the tattoo place in Chehalis. I wonder what kind of tattoos hobbits get...

I lol 'd
« Last Edit: 29 May 2012, 09:32:03 by Val O´Neil » Logged
Nature is our wildest home. It includes the oceans that provide our rain, the trees that give us air to breathe, the ancestral habitats we shared with countless kinds of animals that now exist only by our sufferance or under our heel.-Edward Hoagland
Bard Judith
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 363
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 7.637


Dwarvenmistress


View Profile Homepage
« Reply #7 on: 30 May 2012, 07:28:46 »
On the subjects of maps, Terra, and Middle Earth - I remember seeing this map before, probably in this forum, but for the newcomers:

http://www.bogost.com/blog/where_in_the_world_was_middle.shtml



It's a map of Middle-Earth overlaid on Europe, just for giggles....
Logged
"Give me a land of boughs in leaf /  a land of trees that stand; / where trees are fallen there is grief; /  I love no leafless land."   --A.E. Housman
 
Artimidor Federkiel
Administrator
*****

Gained Aura: 511
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 22.624



View Profile Homepage
« Reply #8 on: 30 May 2012, 22:19:22 »
So that makes the Santharian Headquarters, located in Vienna, approximately at Minas Tirith or so :)
Logged


"Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there must be a mediator, and this must be the heart." -- Maria (Metropolis)
Coren FrozenZephyr
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 149
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 3.268



View Profile
« Reply #9 on: 31 May 2012, 00:47:13 »
So that explains all the trolls, hackers and cyber invaders constantly trying to lay siege to the site and break in!
Logged
"Everything should be as simple as possible and not simpler." Albert Einstein

"Is he allowed to do that?"
"I think that comes under the rule of Quia Ego Sic Dico."
"Yes, what does that mean?"
"'Because I say so', I think."
"That doesn't sound like much of a rule!"
"Actually, it's the only one he needs." (Making Money by Terry Pratchett)
Azhira Styralias
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 132
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 2.761


Mód’dél’áey


View Profile
« Reply #10 on: 31 May 2012, 01:01:01 »
 I don't get what that map is supposed to do.

I don't see Europe at all.  huh
Logged
No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith. And that, I fear, for any reasoning, conscious being, would be the cruelest trick of all.
Altario Shialt-eck-Gorrin
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 127
Online Online

Gender: Male
Posts: 2.272


The Remusian


View Profile
« Reply #11 on: 31 May 2012, 05:08:02 »
I remember that map, Judith.  Always thought it was pretty cool. :)
Logged
"Lather...Rinse...Repeat"   Why has God made my life so complicated?

This is what I'm working on
Seeker
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 445
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1.859


Fire Mage


View Profile
« Reply #12 on: 31 May 2012, 22:48:28 »
That is totally funny.

Azhira, the map didn't bring up Europe for me either but it did show a nice quote from the movie that was quite funny.  Try again and let us now if you see it.
Logged
Every entry deserves a picture.   -Seeker
Artimidor Federkiel
Administrator
*****

Gained Aura: 511
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 22.624



View Profile Homepage
« Reply #13 on: 31 May 2012, 22:59:49 »
@Coren: Yup, the troll situation is pretty clear now where it originates... lol

@Azhira & Seeker: Well, Middle-Earth is the ancient map, and Europe is the new one put over it - you can clearly see the UK outlines, the Spain peninsula and the Italian "boot". Of course the seas aren't there anymore etc. nowadays but some things coincide - like the Shire in the UK, the Alps around Gondor, the coast of North-Eastern Europe as Hithaeglir, the Old Forest maybe as Sherwood Forest etc. But these maps are quite some time apart... ;)
Logged


"Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there must be a mediator, and this must be the heart." -- Maria (Metropolis)
Seeker
Santh. Member
***

Gained Aura: 445
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1.859


Fire Mage


View Profile
« Reply #14 on: 01 June 2012, 00:17:07 »
Art-  I was referring to the google map thing.  when i put in the directions as described by Dek I get a route next to the Puget Sound in western North America.  Probably due to my ip address location.   But I still get a cool little quote from the movie.
Logged
Every entry deserves a picture.   -Seeker
Pages: [1] 2
Print
+Santharian Development   +Forum   +Organization and General Discussions   +Non-Santharian Stuff: Life, the Universe & Everything   +Amusing Google Thing (at least to me)
Jump to:  

Help, I'm a Newbie!
Search
Recent
Stats
Members
Total Members: 1007
Latest: Manticain
Stats
Total Posts: 143138
Total Topics: 10873
Online Today: 17
Online Ever: 226
(05 November 2012, 23:38:23)
Users Online
Users: 1
Guests: 4
Total: 5

ShoutBox!
Last 10 Shouts:
Artimidor Federkiel
23 May 2013, 17:14:39
If it works, sure! :D
Altario Shialt-eck-Gorrin
23 May 2013, 16:47:05
:(  Art, is this your little way of forcing me to do an entry?
Irid alMenie
23 May 2013, 14:01:26
I see the board has been deactivated. Lets hope for a quick solution!
Artimidor Federkiel
16 May 2013, 22:20:50
Files have been replaced again, but the question remains how long this will last. SMF support will have a look at the security problem.
Artimidor Federkiel
16 May 2013, 17:26:47
It has been hacked. The third time in 3 days. I need to replace the changed files again (won't happen before evening) - and then see what the SMF support recommends as a strategy.
Irid alMenie
16 May 2013, 10:06:36
Arti, could you maybe take a look at the RPG board? I got a message from my anti-virus program and now I can't access the column on the right with the list of current threads and the shoutbox. Thankies :)
Artimidor Federkiel
04 May 2013, 13:50:24
:D
Ta`lia of the Seven Jewels
03 May 2013, 19:31:50
got it! :D The menu to the left is so convenient, that I nearly forgot the old souce... ;)
Ta`lia of the Seven Jewels
03 May 2013, 19:23:01
Artimidooor.. could you please add the Northern Sarvonian Tribe's map to the map menu? As you know, my mouse over does not work :( I could't find it right now, though I know it does exist somewhere.
Ta`lia of the Seven Jewels
30 April 2013, 23:32:56
Huhu, huhu, huhu, ..that was my owl..
Show last 50
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.18 | SMF © 2005, Simple Machines
TinyPortal v0.9.8 © Bloc 		Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
Theme based on Cerberus with Risen adjustments by Bloc and Krelia
Modified By Artimidor for The Santharian Dream
gfx
gfxgfx gfxgfx