{"id":1819664,"date":"2023-11-02T10:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1819664"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:24:13","slug":"middle-earth-in-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/middle-earth-in-3d\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-earth in 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Micah Vander Lugt\u2019s Esri-powered 3D map of Middle-earth<\/a> is a departure from the usual fantasy-style map in that it uses an elevation layer. It\u2019s a fascinating perspective, and lots of fun to play with. Though not without quibbles: for example, the labels and 3D rendering don\u2019t always agree with each other, and I\u2019m having a hard time imagining either Minas Tirith or Caras Galadhon as 25-30 km across. [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Micah Vander Lugt\u2019s Esri-powered 3D map of Middle-earth is a departure from the usual fantasy-style map in that it uses an elevation layer. It\u2019s a fascinating perspective, and lots of fun to play with. Though… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[486,397],"class_list":["post-1819664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-maps-and-literature","tag-middle-earth","tag-tolkien","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785116,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/christian-tates-transit-map-of-middle-earth\/","url_meta":{"origin":1819664,"position":0},"title":"Christian Tate’s Transit Map of Middle-earth","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 March 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Christian Tate\u2019s map of Middle-earth in the style of a transit map, showing the journeys of the characters of The Hobbit and\u00a0The Lord of the Rings\u00a0(or at least the film versions thereof), was\u00a0commissioned for\u00a0Empire magazine. 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