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A Complete Map To Springfield

Posted by michael on from the obsessive-compulsive dept.

neelm writes "If you even needed to know the names of the roads Homer Simpson takes to work, you can find out at Guide to Springfield, USA. On the site you'll find a complete map and guide to all springfield location. The map was put together mostly by watching (and rewatching) Simpson's episodes. The map is even listed in Harvard Map Collection!"

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  1. Been done by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There was a cdrom years ago called "virtual springfield" in which you could wander the streets and see the sites.

    Simpson's Hit'n'Run has a pretty realistic layout of the town as well, from Squidport to Moes, in fact this map looks like it was lifted more from that game than from 'watching episodes'.

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    1. Re:Been done by Pxtl · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Silly me - I was just thinking "if only GTA was actually moddable, this would be a neat setting"... and had forgotten about Hit 'n' Run.

    2. Re:Been done by troc · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Be fun to chuck this design into Sim City and see if it worked ............

      Troc

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    3. Re:Been done by untaken_name · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Silly me - I was just thinking "if only GTA was actually moddable, this would be a neat setting"... and had forgotten about Hit 'n' Run.

      Who says GTA isn't moddable?

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  2. Yea But by the_mad_poster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What state is it in?

    This is the fourth goddamn attempt to post this around that stupid 20 second rule. Thank you CmdrTaco. I almost had it last time, but I had only waited a MERE 19 seconds! THE HORROR!

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    1. Re:Yea But by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 4, Interesting

      That's a great answer to a stupid question.

      Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart) visited my university a while back and someone asked about the state... her answer was something to the effect of, "Springfield is supposed to be a city that could be in any state in the country. If you look at the episodes, and track the cluest, you will see that they've pretty much all been ruled out. There is no secret answer." </paraphrase>

    2. Re:Yea But by magefile · · Score: 2, Interesting

      This isn't proof. Of course a Portland newspaper wants it to be in Portland. When I was in England as a kid (long story; just know that I met a lot of reporters) the Swedish reporter asked if I'd met with the Finnish reporter yet. I hadn't, so they told me to be sure to tell the Finnish reporter that Santa Claus lived in Sweden. And the Finnish reporter told me the opposite.

    3. Re:Yea But by Bzap · · Score: 2, Interesting

      There is an episode where the opening (couch) scene is an overhead view of the house. The view goes zooming out through the skies and into space.

      There has been hundreds of vague hints and clues, the man himself has stated that Springfield is imaginary and so on, but this one definitely shows Springfield, Illinois. On a map!

    4. Re:Yea But by Tharian · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Don't forget that in the episode where Homer, Bart, Ned and Todd get pulled out to sea and find their way to an oil rig that has a Krusty's in business. Based on the map they showed in that episode, the Springfield they were using there could have been placed in Virginia.

      I don't remember the episodes, but there have been a couple others that have alluded to Springfield being in the South East as well.

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  3. but I thought... by H0NGK0NGPH00EY · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is definitely cool, but I thought that one of the running jokes of the series was that the town always seems to suddenly have new major geological features that don't fit with ones they've shown before. It seems like making a map of the place kinda misses the point.

    But, then again, someone must have made a map of it for The Simpsons Hit & Run, right? Speaking of which, does this map match the one used in that game? Hmm...

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    1. Re:but I thought... by ideatrack · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Exactly, like the 'mystery door' which is what writers call the door in the Simpsons' house which is either a door to the basement (see the episode with Burns' son) or the storage closet (chili cook off).

  4. Accuracy across episodes? by enkafan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While this is fun, if they did watch all the episodes multiple times they had to have noticed that something as common as the simpon's home address has had 6 different values, although they have mostly been on Evergreen Terrace.

    Still a fun diversion on a rainy thursday

  5. The Simpsons house by TintinX · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I also found this link the other day.
    Somebody has actually built a full scale replica of The Simpsons' house.

  6. Re:SNPP Parking Lot by British · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We only saw that in one episode. Homer was driving to work, and had to get through a huge traffic jam. Eventually Homer gets there and Bart at home, which is neighboring the power plant parking lot says hi to Homer. Funny joke, but I think that was just a one off.

    I wonder if there's also a web page describing every episode their cars have been wrecked. The earliest I can think of is when the station wagon(not the pink sedan with the crumpled fender) gets eaten by Truckasaurus.

  7. Poster sized by (trb001) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would love this as a poster in my home office/cube at work. Anyone know any resources for printing out the digital version WELL? I use Ofoto.com for most of my digital camera pics, but they only go up to 20x30...I'd really like full blown poster size. I've sent an email to Jerry asking permission, assuming he says "Go for it", does anyone know a good place online to go?

    --trb

  8. you can drive through it by supergwiz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    THere is a console game from EA (xbox, ps2) that lets you drive the entire Springfield. The game goals is identical to Crazy Taxi. Gameplay is so-so, The value of the game is in the creative details around town that a fan of the show can appreciate.

  9. Bart's factory by __aajqwr7439 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't see it. Wasn't it across the street from Moe's?

    The rats didn't seem to have to to travel very far to get there...

    It's filthy, and it's mine!

    xox,
    Dead Nancy

  10. Springfield, KY (?) by brownpau · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sadly, still no answer to the unanswerable question: what state is Springfield in? Because Northern Kentucky sure doesn't have a coastline.

  11. This reminds me by jayhawk88 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Of some of the old classic threads in alt.tv.simpsons, like "Where is Springfield?" and "What's the layout of the Simpson house?"

    In those two cases, it turns out that when you take in all the data from all shows, Springfield can literally be nowhere in the US, and the Simpson's house defies the laws of physics. This map is cool and all, but I suspect that a true map of Springfield is impossible to draw. Heck, off the top of my head I can mention the "Meteorite coming to crush Springfield) episode, where it's mentioned that Springfield has only one bridge going out of town.

  12. Was this before or after Plan "B"? by wcrowe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is this map before or after the entire town was moved (after Homer's untimely stint as town Sanitation Manager)?

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  13. Re:Ironically by gblues · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, my first thought was "Wow, this looks a lot like Portland."

    Which makes sense, since Matt Groening is from Portland.

    Nathan

  14. Re:Hmm by AsbestosRush · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From someone who's driven I10 coast to coast too many times, west texas through new mexico is the *worst* part of the drive. Miles of beautiful desert, but it just gets to be the same after the first couple of hours. Sunset/sunrise is kind of nice, tho.

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  15. Re:Consistancy? by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Were the writers of The Simpsons always consistant?

    Considering that the entire town has been lifted and relocated, it could've had multiple completely different layouts at times.

    And considering that even TIME isn't consistent there (Bart has been 13 for 15 straight years)... you couldn't expect geography to make sense either.

  16. Quite an acheivement... by CrazyTalk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But with anything Springfield, there are too many insconsistencies to make a definitive map. For example, in one episode Homer walks home from Moes and is exhausted, then the "Camera" pulls back and we see that Moes is just a few doors down from his house. So, Moes should be on Evergreen Terrace, but on the map it isn't. Same for the long-running joke over which State Springfield is located in (if you took all the facts from eposide together, the result is an impossiblity). Still, it looks like they did a great job with what they had to work with!

  17. Shøp! by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I see they remembered Shøp (the chain of Danish super stores). That one got lots of laughs, at least when you're from Denmark as I am.

    But besides from that, it seems that a lot of those places are just a wild guess, and it have to be. I mean, even the creators have often forgotten to place the music shop close to Moe's.
    And then there are the relocations that are done just for fun. like placing the power plants parking next to the Simpsons house.

  18. Re:Where is the monorail? by tbmaddux · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The monorail is shown in light gray dashed lines. Easiest to spot just to the right of the Springfield Bridge where I-95 crosses the water... look for the words MONO and RAIL on either side of the street.

    I'm still looking for the Escalator to Nowhere, the 50 ft. Magnifying Glass, and the burned ruins of the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper.

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  19. Re:A Complete Guide To Getting Slashdotted by pbhenson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    yes, thank you /. for making what would have been a calm mundane morning so exciting. When I woke up this morning I had no idea I would be recompiling Apache to increase the hardcoded static limit on maximum server processes and tuning our load balancer to have a shorter failure retry, all while fending off upper management who wanted to simply make the map site unavailable. We are not really scaled (or funded, for anyone familiar with the California State budget)to handle this kind of load, but after some tuning I think we are doing pretty well.

    I have gotten after Jerry to convert his images to optimized PNG, so maybe next time the servers won't smoke quite as much...

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