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.""

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[Bitsy Boffin]

One quick search could have prevented the repeat goodness...

http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=&query=springf ie ld&author=&sort=1&op=stories

Re:old!

[MoeBot]

They beat Slashdot by about three months. That is, for the first time around...

Re:Can you actually create one?

[rokzy]

well remember the town was moved when it got full of garbage so that can account for SOME of it.

Re:missing address

[nounderscores]

123 fake street is on the waterfront between Bart's Demolished Factory and Fake Vomit Inc, off Industrial Way.

Re:Just tell me...where's Moe's

[pdjohe]

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'. :)

Re:State? YES

[wertarbyte]

They don't only "almost" say it - in episode 248 they do say it. It's Kentucky.

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.

Re:As a service to our readers

[darkmeridian]

What kind of slashdotter are you? You should know that "Funny" mods don't increase your karma. Try begging to be modded "Informative" instead. (Hint, hint, mods.)

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[gabec]

Anyone remember the last time we posted this link? :P http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/27/121423 1

Re:MMORPG?

[Dr. Mojura]

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!