Kapiti_Kings
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Reged: 07/29/06
Posts: 4
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Well Done! Fantastic.
However, I'm not sure where you have placed Weta Studios?
whats at the corner of Chelsea St and Argentine Ave? Is that Peter Jackson's house? I thought he was on the Miramar hills somewhere and not on the flat?
Camperdown Studios (Weta Studios) is on Camperdown Rd and Weta Digital's main door is on the other side of the buildings on Manuka St (off Weka St) (see placemarks)
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Kapiti_Kings
Tourist
Reged: 07/29/06
Posts: 4
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Ummmm...
Call me picky but your markers for "Bree" at Fort Dorset and the "Embassy Theatre" are also off a smudge (like down the road and around the corner for a bit) I havent checked many others
The other thing you might want to do is arrange them in order that they are shown in the movies so when people press the play button they fly from location to location like following the movie -but hey, that is being picky ;-)
Did you know Paraparaumu Airport was used for some pickup shots? they wanted some more shots of horses running but with all the rain we had around the time made the gounds to soft so they closed Pram airport and used one of the runways (they didnt want shadows of planes/gliders crossing over)
its amazing what you can do with a green screen and a bunch of shipping containers to hold it up
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Frank4
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Reged: 07/10/05
Posts: 1024
Loc: Cary, North Carolina, USA
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With the new high resolution photos for New Zealand, it's clear some of the placemarks in this collection are off slightly. It would be nice if someone local to NZ who knows these locations were to go in and place them properly and repost the collection. We could then arrange to get the base message updated...
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Grillslinger
Tourist
Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 22
Loc: Irving, TX
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I've been working on an update and it's almost done. I've added pictures to nearly all of the sites, and have deleted some that seemed redundant , were not high res, or locations that were not at all recognizable...I will put it up soon and I would love to hear what needs to be put back in, or other changes you would like to see.
I also gave each location an interesting view to make it feel a little more cinematic.
I moved a few sites (they had shfted when NZ went to high res) and hopefully, everything is in the right place. If not, please let me know.
I look forward to sharing wih you all!
Thanks,
A.
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MoZrOb
Tourist
Reged: 10/15/06
Posts: 10
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Hello dude , ( or dudette?) . Excellent work locating the various sites used as LOTR locations. This belated response concerns , the placing of the Helm's Deep marker . Are you quite certain of it's accuracy ? I'm pretty sure the actual quarry in question is a mile or so south of your placemark. (There are actually 2 quarry sites just south of your marker . I refer to the larger more southernmost of the 2 , the one with the clearly defined step levels) . I have studied still shots from a " making of the movie" DVD which match the layout of the afformentioned site exactly.
On another note , i have recently added a placemark of my own which may be of interest to your goodself . It marks the location of the house ( Gear House colonial homestead ) used extensively in P Jackson's first movie , Bad Taste. It can be found on the Eastern side of Porirura bay directly NorthEast of the quarry site.
Cheers ,
MoZrOb. (uk.)
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anagoman
First Post
Reged: 12/04/06
Posts: 1
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great placemark, NZ going hi res was always going to mean there would be discrepancies with the original placemark, as with anywhere that goes high res, the low res placemark which looked good turns out to be infact quite a lot out.
There are bigger tragedies :-)
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paramuntme
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Reged: 08/07/07
Posts: 1
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like this movie very much. and th sence is beautiful. 
recently, i will be given a set of the book. bacause i attend a knowledge contest onwww.swagvault.com/active. the question is so easy for me. i will be the winner! if you are farmiliar with the film. you also can take part in it. 
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