Join Peter Atwood and me as we nerd out on maps in movies (and TV) in an “experts review” (I use that term loosely and reluctantly in my case) bonanza. We chat about what cinematic cartography gets right, what they might get wrong, and what we like about it all.
0:00 Intro
0:27 Indiana Jones (check this retro origin-destination mapping)
2:36 Lord of the Rings (make your own, here)
5:01 Avatar (splat some gaussians here)
6:57 War Games (make your own here)
9:13 Prometheus (Peter tracked flying things and made them glow)
11:49 Harry Potter (conjure a couple parchment layers in and watch the magic happen)
14:04 The Muppets
14:53 Pirates of the Caribbean (make your own, here)
16:36 Game of Thrones
18:25 Moonrise Kingdom (this might get you close, plus a dab of this)
19:42 Goonies (get that pirate coastal effect in Pro here, and piratey labels in vector basemaps here)
21:12 The Emperor’s New Groove
Produced by Christie Collins, Mason French, and Joel Hurst.
May I submit West Wing Season 2, Episode 16 (“On the Day Before”)
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/west-wing-episodes-with-maps-o-X_mTX9M0SmC.d2cExLDHUw
oh yes, the classic! Peters is incredibly impractical though, but food for thought if it’s the first time considering these ideas!
May I also submitted The District when I was in Redlands
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-was-the-gis-role-in-nough-lkC.LSQ2QEuj661_IkcNNA
Lynne Thigpen handled the GIS & tragically died in 2003 mid-series
(aneurism I think)