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ceppault
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Feb 10 2012, 2:47am
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The Hobbit Production Locations
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Hobby of mine following the production locations of these two movies. Most unlikely I will be visiting New Zealand soon, thus I pin the locations on Google Maps and I can give places a virtual visit.
The Hobbit Production Locations on Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/...pn=0.004738,0.009345
I would like to be updating regularly, and I do attempt to provide credit and links to more information. Comments and corrections are welcome.
I may not provide absolute precision in locations and consider this a general guide. Tour companies provide a wealth of information as reported in personal blogs and come highly recommended. Safe bet there will be a book detailing locations around December 2012 
Generated similar maps for The Chronicles of Narnia movies. Paradise, New Zealand is also seen in Prince Caspian.
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Altaira
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Feb 10 2012, 3:00am
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Nice job of not just mapping the locations, but including related information and/or short quotes.
Some of the members here started a list a while ago here. It looks like maybe the only one you don't have that they listed is Mangaotaki Rocks/Denize Bluffs - Trollshaws (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52078)
Thanks for sharing your great efforts with us, and welcome to the discussion boards!
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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ceppault
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Feb 10 2012, 3:29am
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Muchly appreciated, thank you.
Have been lurking the message boards for some time. Still getting accustomed to the navigation.
Edited the Denize Bluffs entry on the map.
Added a location for Rock & Pillar, New Zealand with link. Still looking or more information on this location.
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dernwyn
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Feb 10 2012, 4:17am
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And it's a treasure-trove for anyone planning a visit! Thank you for sharing this!
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Lissuin
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Feb 10 2012, 8:09am
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And thank you for the very good information. Yes, I'm sure there will be a location guidebook written eventually, but we are pretty impatient people at TORn, so this is fun! Thanks again!
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QuackingTroll
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Feb 10 2012, 10:53am
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Now surely, TORn has no excuses?
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Where's our locations list, TORn?? 
(Or maybe we could just sticky this thread?)
"...For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomed at the foundations of the Earth"
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Xanaseb
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Feb 10 2012, 12:16pm
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Absolutely fantastic ceppault!!
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I'v been wanting to see something like this for ages!!!
(just couldn't be bothered to do it!.....  )
Thanks sooo much
Glorious!!
"I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama"
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Let us then continue Tolkien's Legendarium!
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Altaira
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Feb 10 2012, 5:54pm
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There were only 4 or 5 locations
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on the list from the other thread (most thanks to you QT). ceppault has gracefully consented to make this a bit of a feature, so look for it on the Home Page soon.
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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grammaboodawg
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Feb 10 2012, 6:01pm
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*jaw drops* Bless you! This is incredible!
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The old geek-o-meter has just spiked and nailed the needle!
Thank you so much for doing this AND for sharing it with us! I'm truly amazed!
*bows deeply*
Wow!
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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TomthePilgrim
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Feb 10 2012, 7:08pm
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Or for those of use who love maps and want to get an idea of what's happening!
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Good Job! Thanx!!!
(I wonder which location was used for Beorn's . . . Paradise on the SI, maybe?)
"I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me!"
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
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ceppault
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Feb 10 2012, 11:05pm
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Thank you for the nice comments. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling to be in the company of like-minded geeks. *group hug* While I know my wife loves me dearly, she fails to appreciate such things as much as I do. Glad I can share this with everyone here.
Wanted to thank QuackingTroll for a post on the board about locations. That helped.
Pinned the location of Stage B at Stone Street Studios. Various sources suggest this to be the right location.
Added Harwoods Hole which is near the carpark for Canaan Downs. Gave a link to pictures of Harwoods Hole on Flickr. That is one big hole. Makes me think of a Gollum or Smaug home.
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Carne
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Feb 10 2012, 11:12pm
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The latest vlog show a map with loads of locations.
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You could take a look at that and add them to yours
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QuackingTroll
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Feb 11 2012, 2:49pm
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On a less related note, someone mentioned the idea of a countdown to The hobbit on a main page. Any chance we'll see this sometime soon?
"...For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomed at the foundations of the Earth"
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Lissuin
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Feb 11 2012, 8:16pm
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This is google maps, right? Am I right in thinking
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any of us who have visited these places that you've pinpointed can post location photos with the map so anyone else who googles the location can see them? (starts to get really excited at the possibilities, trying to contain the sqwees). I know there are photos posted from sites all over the world, but is this the first dedicated LOTR film list?! So, not only would we have these aerial maps, but fans could also see what it looks like on the ground?
I've started putting together photos for something like this just for the sites around Wellington and want to add cultural/historical info on the locations, too, for another website. We've had lots of TORn forum members take tours of NZ in the past few years, so there must be lots of good photos - with and without action figures. (ha!)
Is this what you were hoping would happen, ceppault; that you and anyone else could take a virtual tour? My favorite book on our shelf when I was a child was the huge World Atlas and my favorite (paper) magazine was National Geographic. It's a new century. Now I have goose bumps.
Editing this now as I went on to your TT list and googled Edoras, and I'd say there were enough photos there already to give an excellent idea of what it is like. That was one of the best days of my life.
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ceppault
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Feb 11 2012, 9:02pm
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You have the idea right, Lissuin
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Indeed, a virtual tour that is readily accessible by any LOTR geek that may come by here. This is Google Maps. The images that are uploaded to Panoramio (http://www.panoramio.com/) will show up on Google Maps and Google Earth. Not sure exactly how to do that, but it is certainly possible. When other members of TORn make the pictures available, it adds much to the personal experiences we can share. 
There are various lists floating around, but none that I have found comprehensive and all in one place such as Google Maps. That experience of watching the movie, seeing a location, and asking, "I wonder where that is?" Go to the respective map and click on the location = virtual tour of sorts.
Generated the same sort of maps for The Chronicles of Narnia movies released over the last seven years. Paradise, New Zealand has had quite a bit of activity over the last 15 years.
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mulubinba
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Feb 11 2012, 9:11pm
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This is great!!
When we were in NZ last year, we tried to imagine which areas might be used in the filming. We weren't too far off in South Island, but I'm still keen to know what Lonely Mountain might look like.
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Xanaseb
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Feb 12 2012, 2:59am
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tis a great idea
"I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama"
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Let us then continue Tolkien's Legendarium!
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Altaira
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Feb 12 2012, 3:21am
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A great idea that *has* been discussed
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I think it's just a matter of finding the time to do it. But, yes, I think it's a 'must have' as we've always had similar count-downs on the site. Stay tuned
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Nightingale
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Feb 12 2012, 10:52am
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Thanks sooo much for this, It really helps with remembering what/where all of the different locations are, and being able to put them in context. Street-view is an added bonus. I particularly enjoyed 'standing' on Pelorus bridge and looking at the river!
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - C. S. Lewis
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ceppault
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Feb 13 2012, 5:26pm
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Looked at the production video. Need to get access to a much higher resolution computer than the ones I have access. It blurs badly when I pause it.
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Scot Down South
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Feb 14 2012, 2:10am
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Mt Crawford - Miramar location
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There was an earlier thread about a site on the Miramar peninsular (site of old movie set). Search threads for "Another set being built (in Miramar/Wellington)" from 11th Jan 2012 as I don't know how to create a link to it.
Having visited a few weeks ago when the set was under construction my guess is it for the "out of the frying-pan into the fire" episode as it is in a clearing partially surrounded by tall pine trees.
I am not aware this has been officially listed so far. No mention either of re-using Kaitoke country park north of Upper Hutt for Rivendell set as in LOTR.
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Following along the production of The Hobbit has given me steam to get back on the task. 
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