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Obsessively Detailed Map Of Springfield
An anonymous reader writes "With all these stories going around about governments' abilities to pinpoint our location via various means, it's quite surprising that one group of people have avoided them for so long. That dastardly family, The Simpsons, have been hidden in Springfield for far too long. Which brings us to the following obsessively detailed map of Springfield. From Jerry Lerma and Terry Hogan: "The mapping of Springfield began in the Spring of 2001 when we realized that no adequate map of Springfield existed either online or in print.""
Who knew they were interested in that kind of stuff
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this was on fark like 6 months ago.
One quick search could have prevented the repeat goodness...
f ie ld&author=&sort=1&op=stories
http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=&query=spring
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I emailed the editors to tell 'em it was a dupe, but I guess I wass too late. The original story had better info.
well remember the town was moved when it got full of garbage so that can account for SOME of it.
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no it wasn't, it was created by radical entertainment here in vancouver.
i'm sure that the licensee had input into the game's development, but creative freedom had to come in somewhere...even though it is a rip off of another game...so much so they got sued...
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My thoughts exactly. What's the challenge if all you have to do is go buy a video game and make a map from it? In fact, wasn't there a strategy guide with a map already in it?
Minus the Simpsons, Moes, etc (but *with* the nuclear
... and in 1986 at least it was one of the few places in England where the familiar "bobby" (policeman) carries serious fire power.
plant!). Springfields (or is it Spring Fields) in
Northern England (just outside Preston). They make
nuclear fuel rods.
(At least they did when I visited to do some consultancy work c.a. 1986).
Interesting place. Particularly the signs with "Danger! you are now entering a criticality evacuation area" , and the constant beep bop
of the alarm. You're supposed to panic if it changes from beep bop to god knows what...
In the stonecutters episode, for example, their house was next to the furthest car-parking space in the power plant carpark. I was wondering about that as I was clicking the link - I was bitterly disappointed!
That would be the Springfield Googolplex cinema, which existed well before Google.com :-)
It's scary that I knew that.
It's a tiny beige square downtown, between Springfield Junior High and King Toots on Walnut Street.
123 fake street is on the waterfront between Bart's Demolished Factory and Fake Vomit Inc, off Industrial Way.
There's a de_simpsons map for counter-strike which is a pretty good likeness, including Moe's and the school
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That's what I was wondering. There are several episodes where they refer to the state, and even almost say the state name.
They don't only "almost" say it - in episode 248 they do say it. It's Kentucky.
In another episode there's a line about something being "south of the border", and Bart says "you mean Tennessee?" Which also supports the Kentucky answer - not that it needed to be, as again, it's specifically said in episode 248. But some people believe that episode to be entirely apocryphal - certainly some of it is (I mean the Simpsons are obviously not really a live-action, real-life family as the episode would have you believe), but it's just as obvious that some of it isn't. They did leave that opening for interpretation, but Kentucky is supported in other episodes.
There are definitely still other episodes that contradict this in various ways (Homer's driver's license lists his state abbreviation as "NT" in one episode, for example), but given that they actually say it in one episode, and support it in at least one other episode, I'm going to believe it really is supposed to be Kentucky.
There is a Shelbyville about 20 mi. north of Springfield in real-life Kentucky too, btw, which is more supporting evidence. So either the writers noticed this after the fact and finally settled on Kentucky as the series wore on, or it was the plan all along.
in the bottom right corner of the map sections? The water isnt light blue when not mouse-overed.
I just spent a half an hour trying to find Moe's...
:)
For those interested, it's in between 'Springfild Town Hall' and 'Springfild Junior High School'.
No, they don't. They tell you where the actors playing "The Simpsons" live, but not where the show takes place. Let's see what SNPP has to say about it:
In the first airing of [BABF19], "Behind The Laughter", the narrator gave Springfield's location as Northern Kentucky. For the second and later airings, this changed to Southern Missouri. Neither of these are admissible locations for Springfield, for the many reasons listed later in this document.
What's the explanation? This episode is not canon. It portrays the show not as a cartoon created by Matt Groening, but as a live-action sitcom originally written by Homer and starring his own family. None of what happens is part of the main Simpsons continuity... just like any Halloween Special.
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4. Now, with those words you've remembered (or written down) from step 1, go into the text box in the middle of that www.google.com webpage. Type in the following:
Slashdot Keyword1 Keyword2 Keyword3
Shouldn't that be "site:slashdot.org" ?
Like Keyword1 Keyword2 Keyword3 site:slashdot.org
or springfield site:slashdot.org
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The map has the Matlock expressway as a not completed road connecting Pressboard estates to the Michael Jackson.
The Hammock District was part of Cypress Creek, not Springfield.
-1 to your nerd points.
> even though it is a rip off of another game...so much so they got sued...
Just a quick fact check, I believe that they were not sued over Hit'N'Run, but "Simpsons's Road Rage".
I'm sure if Hit'N'Run was also sued, someone will point out my mistake, but Road Rage was definitely sued.
The PS2 has 2 games now that are fairly detailed: "Crash & Burn" and "Hit & Run." While the maps are not the most accurate, perhaps, they are still immense in their scope and accuracy of detail. (at least in terms of buildings that have been featured in the show).
They already have a GTA-like Simpsons game - Hit and Run. Supposedly the Springfield in the game was completely accurate.
Anyone remember the last time we posted this link? :P
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/27/121423 1
There is a great Simpsons map for Wolfenstein ET. It's not as complete or as detailed as the map here, but it's still pretty cool to be running around through the Simpson house, armed to the teeth!
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The Matlock Expressway was a way for Sideshow Bob to, in his quest to become mayor, get the elderly vote and to evict the Simpsons from their house. As you can see on the map, it was completed up till the point just before the house, and apparently never completed.
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Hardly. Each 'level', of which there about three main ones, is just a loop of road with some side roads/shortcuts and houses around them. Unless Springfield is a collection of three loops of road unconnected in any way, the Springfield in that game was not accurate.