Google Map Showing 100 Years of Cinema

100 Years of Set Locations

Do you ever wonder what films have been shot in your neighborhood? Well, with BoxOfficeQuant's new Google Map you can find all the movies that have been shot on location near your home.

The map displays the top 2,000 films from 1910-2010 according to IMDB. The location of sets used in each film was also obtained from IMDB. In total the map shows 9,736 locations from the 2,000 films.

The map uses Google Fusion Tables. It is a shame that BoxOfficeQuant didn't add the heat map option provided by Fusion Tables as it would be quite interesting to view the world's hot-spots for movie sets.

BoxOfficeQuant were even kind enough to respond to my wish to view a heat map of the locations used in the films.

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Film Locations on Google Maps

Movie Locations Guide

Website Movie Locations Guide has created three Google Maps to show movie locations in three cities, New York, Los Angeles and London.

As well as the three dedicated city maps each film listing in the Movie Locations Guide shows a Google Map for each of the locations listed on the site. For example, if you look up The Big Lebowski five locations used in the film are listed and you can view each on a Google Map.

Filmaps

Filmaps is a film locations website that also uses Google Maps to show the locations of movies. Filmaps want to help movie fans find the locations in their favourite films.

It is possible to search Filmaps for a particular film or it is possible to search a location to see which film was made there. For example, a search for the Eiffel Tower reveals that four films in the Filmaps database have used the famous landmark as a location.

Each film has its own Google Map. When you are browsing a film's locations it is very easy to add another location if you know of one that hasn't already been added. To do so you just press the 'add a location button' and complete a very short form.

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Follow Bollywood Stars with Google Maps

Bollywood Fans Tweets Map

Some of the biggest film stars currently using Twitter are Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra. Thanks to Mibazaar you can now follow all the latest Tweets about these three Bollywood stars in real-time and on Google Maps.

The Bollywood Fans Tweets Map shows the latest Twitter messages posted about Bachchan, Khan and Chopra. You can select either of the three stars and then the map will animate through the latest messages about them in real-time. You can even choose which region of the world you wish to view the fan Tweets for.

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The Easy Rider Route on Google Maps

Mr Zip66's Easy Rider Map

Denis Hopper's Easy Rider is to many the seminal counter-culture movie of the 1960's. Some of us may never get the chance to ride a bike across the States but thanks to Mr Zip we can follow the route on Google Maps.

Mr Zip has pieced together the locations used in the film and managed to put together a rough approximation of the route. The map itself is simple enough, showing the route in blue, with a few map markers showing the locations of some of the main scenes.

However what makes this an essential destination for fans of the film is the accompanying photographs and Mr Zip's knowledgeable commentary of what you can see and do if you are lucky enough to be able to undertake the trip yourself.

Hat-tip: microformats.dk

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Google Map of London Film Locations

Film London Movie Map

Brief Encounters, Notting Hill, Chariots of Fire, The Omen and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade are just some of the films that have been shot (at least partly) in London. Film London have produced this Google Map to help visitors to the city visit the locations in real life.

It is possible to search the map by film genre, from romantic flicks to action-packed movies or period dramas or just explore by viewing different parts of London. Film London say that the map will be kept up-to-date and more information and further layers will be added over time.

Via: Mapperz


The Film Crawl

Of course after trotting around all these famous locations you will want to avail yourself of a pint or two. This Google My Map can help you grab a pint and visit a film location at the same time.

The map shows the locations of pubs that have been used in movies. Some of the pubs in this map have featured in films such as Lock Stock and Two Shooting Barrels and the cult classic Withnail and I.

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Find a Make-Out Spot with Google Maps

Valentine's Day Make Out Spots

OK, so you've bought the Valentine's Day card, the expensive chocolates and you've booked the perfect romantic restaurant, but have you considered the all important make-out spot?

If not romantic comedy film 'Valentine's Day' can help you. The promotional website for the film has created this handy Google Maps mashup that can find the perfect make-out spots in your city. To find the best place to lock lips with your valentine, just enter your location and find suggested make-out locations from other like minded romantic souls.

If you don't mind being disturbed by hordes of other lovers during your most intensely romantic moments you can even add your own favourite make-out location to the map.

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Lord of the Rings Maps

Map of Middle Earth in New Zealand

This Spanish website has been busy mapping the locations used in The Lord of the Rings films shot in New Zealand.

The site has embedded a Google My Map of all the locations they have discovered. They have also included a brief round-up of each location, giving the lat/long coordinates and a description of how to access the location (in Spanish).


Also See

Google Sightseeing discovered this nice Street View of Mount Doom from The Lord of the Rings.



Lord of the Rings Middle Earth Map - A map of Middle Earth using the Google Maps API
Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth Map - Another Middle Earth map imported into Google Maps
LOTRO Lord of the Rings MapTool - Map of a MMORPG game of Lord of the Rings, allows you to view POI's, areas, monsters etc.
LOTRO Game Map of Lord of the Rings - Another map of the MMORPG game of Lord of the Rings

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Awesome NY Times Video Rental Maps

A Peek Into Netflix Queues

The New York Times have created a number of interactive Google Maps to examine Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood, in a dozen cities. For the maps Netflix provided data on the top 50 rentals in 2009 by zip code.

The maps let you see at a glance which movies (and TV series) were popular in which neighborhoods in twelve American cities. For example, Mad Men, Disc 1, Series 1, seemed to be very popular in central New York but was hardly rented in the rest of New York. By contrast Obsessed proved popular in the suburbs but seemed to leave central New Yorkers cold.

It is possible to view the video rental data for twelve US cities. Each city can be viewed on a large Google Map and for each city the other eleven cities are shown with smaller thumbnail maps in the sidebar. The thumbnail maps also show heat maps for the same rentals viewed on the main map.

So, for example, whilst viewing the data for Obsessed in New York you can see at a glance that the film was also popular in Washington and Chicago but not in Seattle and Minneapolis.

Via: @geoparadigm

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