Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Maps of Televsion Places - Part 1 of ?

With much of the World's population under some sort of lockdown a lot of TV is being consumed. I was watching an old (they're all old) rerun (they're all reruns) of The Office the other night when I noticed this map on the wall.
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I had wondered about the frequent mention of these places - wait a minute, where's Stamford? Much more obvious is the giant Pennsylvania map in Michael's office. Both of these maps can be bought on Screenbid.
https://auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/105/lot/64037/

https://auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/105/lot/64037/
In past blog posts I have covered shows such as The Simpsons,
Bonanza,
and Batman.
These are just the ones I remember off the top of my head. There are probably more that I've covered over years of blogging. The world of television is full of maps of places both real and imaginary. One map the caught my attention a few years back but I never got around to featuring it. Here is Pawnee, Indiana from Parks & Recreation.
https://www.zmonline.com/media/16765487/ibn1uoxkhyorft0bng1_6ohucpxyhbx2dttvrzjdqkm.png
An article from New Zealand's zm shows how this map was taken from Christchurch.
https://www.zmonline.com/media/16765487/ibn1uoxkhyorft0bng1_6ohucpxyhbx2dttvrzjdqkm.png
 Here is the Land Use and Important Facilities Map of Pawnee.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/85/a3/1685a34c43593e441aff2015765b4c36.jpg
Image stolen from Pinterest who stole it from Buzzfeed?
There are plenty more of these places to map (I could probably do an entire post on Westeros) and there will probably be future posts. Especially if we're all stuck inside for a couple more months.


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