Where are you from? (with a new twist)

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This idea is “fresh from the garden”, Garden Railways forum that is.

I know we have done the whole where are you from thing before, but the twist comes when we link to a map of the area. No need to go down to the street and house level, just the general area.

Here is where I live. It’s about 15 miles east of St Paul. The dashed line on the map is actually the Union Pacific’s Altoona sub division. I live almost dead center on this map.[:)]

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-10328750&Y=5586250.94138708&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=US&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=200000

Sorry, the link is so long and it doesn’t like to wrap around. For those who don’t know how to post a link to their map, it’s very easy. Click on my link, find your map, and copy the URL from your browser. Then just paste it into your post. The forum does the rest.

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[|(] and they acused me of making wide posts!
hey Elliot you should put a warning in your topic: widescreen & cinemascope viewers only !
well I should be here;
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=435750&Y=6704250.92981202&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=NL&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=5000&left.x=7&left.y=97

across the library, on the square

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Here’s mine

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-10018000&Y=5365000&width=500&height=300&gride=-10017907&gridn=5364500.94383993&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=US&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=Reedsburg&pc=53959&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=25000

I’m in the northern area of this map. In the Bottom Left you can see the UP owned WSOR operated mainline, which is now severed about a half mile past main street.

Noah

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I could actually show you my house if I got a link from Terraserver…[8D]

I won’t go that far though, instead I’ll find a route map of the GM&O or Chicago & Alton…[^][:D]

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http://www.dresden.citysam.de/dresden-stadtplan.htm

the most beautiful city in the world… [:D]

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http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-9241000&Y=4846500&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=US&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&out.x=8&out.y=10&scale=10000

I live just about a 10 minute walk to the 3 tracks by my house, or a 1 minute car ride.

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Update: I just found out that multimaps is also available for germany, so here is a detailed view of where i live:

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=13.8080671142711&GridN=51.0240919980711&lon=13.8080671142711&lat=51.0240919980711&db=DE&GridE=13.8080671142711&overviewmap=&lang=&client=public&advanced=&addr2=Prof.±+Ricker+Str.&addr3=Dresden&pc=&cname=Great+Britain&GridN=51.0240919980711&scale=5000&cidr_client=none&place=PROFESSOR+RICKER+STRA�E,+01277,+DRESDEN

I have also 10 minutes by feet to our currently rebuild 4 track main transit route to czech republic.

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I find that Mapquest is better for me, at least, for this I am the star, literally: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=search&countryid=US&addtohistory=&country=US&address=1113+franklin+st&city=Burlington&state=nc&zipcode=&historyid=&submit=Get+Map The track is the Amtrak and I think NS mainline.
Reed

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Right along the Maryland Midland mainline which used to be the Western Maryland.
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-8571250&Y=4777250&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=US&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=5000&multimap.x=302&multimap.y=195

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Nice twist in this thread. Kind of fun to actually see where some of you are located.
I’m in the center of this map, in the town called Tuxpan. It’s on the coast, about half way down.
The program didn’t give me an option to zoom in any closer. By the way, this is about 10 hours south of the border.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-10750000&Y=2250000&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=w3&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=10000000&multimap.x=219&multimap.y=107

I’d love to say there was a rail line near here, but I can’t.

Regards

Ed

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I live here. That’s the UP 2 track main going through town.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-10450750&Y=5142000&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=US&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=5000&left.x=6&left.y=97

Jeremy

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Where I live now…

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-10005000&Y=4655000.95125633&width=500&height=300&gride=-10005667&gridn=4656185.95125633&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=US&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=troy&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=200000

Where I was born…

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=-0.4630&GridN=52.1344&lon=-0.4630&lat=52.1344&db=freegaz&lang=&addr1=&client=public&addr2=&advanced=&addr3=&pc=&quicksearch=bedford&scale=100000&cidr_client=none&place=Bedford,Bedfordshire

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http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-13280000.0000001&Y=6550000.93144431&gride=-13279269.0000001&gridn=6548189.93144431&scale=200000&coordsys=mercator&db=CA&lang=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&localinfosel=&local=&kw=&srec=0&mapsize=big&db=CA&rt=

that’s where I am. does it help?
Tappen, BC Canada (near Salmon Arm) -
for hockey fans, it’s somewhere between Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames… or think 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver)

cheers,

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Where have I seen that Map before???[;)]
Oh thats right, I’m only 3 miles away!!![:D]

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I live here:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=40.8546&lon=14.3313&scale=5000&icon=x
Bye, bye!

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I don’t know guys!

We’re all colleagues here, however, I’m leery about pointing directions to my home on the internet. Rather risky.

Be careful!

Cheers!

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I live here:

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=6.24544718131256&GridN=53.0999879629541&lon=6.24544718131256&lat=53.0999879629541&db=NL&cname=Great+Britain&pc=&overviewmap=&scale=50000&lang=&client=public&cidr_client=none&advanced=&addr2=&place=Siegerswoude,+Siegerswoude,+9248&addr3=siegerswoude

Gino

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This is where I am.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-11323000&Y=6560000.93131853&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=CA&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=25000&right.x=5&right.y=91

Not exactly what you’d call a large town. They don’t even show the street names on the site. My house is in northwest part of town. It’s on the street on the map that is between the street that heads west to a dead end and the one that comes to a corner and goes south. CP runs right alongside Highway 16.

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Here’s where I am, you can see the commuter train station that’s just a few minutes away, I can actually hear freight train horns in the late evening.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=-73.8317606506391&GridN=45.6322962809877&lon=-73.8317606506391&lat=45.6322962809877&db=CA&state=QC&cname=Great+Britain&pc=J7E+3J5&overviewmap=&scale=50000&lang=&client=public&cidr_client=none&advanced=&addr2=&place=J7E3J5&addr3=

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Well I won’t say get out and meet the neighbors, because it looks like you two are in the same club.
This is cool, because up until now I never made the connection, even though I seen many posts by both of you.