traincrossin Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I was bored one day so I decided to map out every amusement park with a roller coaster in the US. This doesn't include parks where all coasters are SBNO, only parks that have at least one functioning coaster. I have to say thanks to Duane from http://www.rcdb.com because that was the site I used to map all of this out. It took around 1-2 months to finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wow...that's...impressive. lol It really gives you a good perspective of what parks are competing against each other. Amusement Park Drive-In doesn't seem to have much to worry about. But it seems that you left off a few places, such as Dollywood, BGE, Hersheypark, Indiana Beach, and multiple Cedar Fair & Six Flags parks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandluke Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 ^They aren't all written. There are a ton of pushpins that aren't lit up on there. Wow. that East Coast is pretty densely populated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBen Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Great idea, thank you! I love doing this for any trips I might be doing but seeing the whole of the US is going to help work out visually whats near by if I ever get over there with a bit more freedom (ie car...). Would you be willing to put up the link to view it direct instead of a print screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartnz Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I was bored one day so I decided to map out every amusement park with a roller coaster in the US. This doesn't include parks where all coasters are SBNO, only parks that have at least one functioning coaster. I have to say thanks to Duane from http://www.rcdb.com because that was the site I used to map all of this out. It took around 1-2 months to finish it. Someone buy this man a Gameboy! It's actually a really cool chart. I'm amazed you have the patience to do something like this O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slicknixon Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 why no link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I've been doing something similar over the past year: http://tinyurl.com/r37wp6 Don't be alarmed by the color coding. It's just to try and separate the credit stops from the major parks in each region. Green is a big park, red is more of a credit stop! If you see something wrong, or parks that should be there, tell me! Some regions like Scandinavia should contain about every park! Hopefully it will help someone planning their trips, just like it has helped me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traincrossin Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 ^They aren't all written. There are a ton of pushpins that aren't lit up on there. Right, they're just buried beneath other ones. Don't forget that half of these are just kiddie coasters. Would you be willing to put up the link to view it direct instead of a print screen? why no link? Tell me how and I will. I've been doing something similar over the past year: http://tinyurl.com/r37wp6 Don't be alarmed by the color coding. It's just to try and separate the credit stops from the major parks in each region. Green is a big park, red is more of a credit stop! If you see something wrong, or parks that should be there, tell me! Some regions like Scandinavia should contain about every park! Hopefully it will help someone planning their trips, just like it has helped me Wow, that's impressive! The color coding is a great idea. Are you mapping the entire world? I had no idea there was a coaster in Antartica Here are a couple more pics West Coast South Midwest East Coast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wow, that's impressive! The color coding is a great idea. Are you mapping the entire world? I had no idea there was a coaster in Antartica Just because he just proved he's an even bigger nerd than you doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmorton Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Not wishing to spoil your fun too much.... but just to spoil your fun the link at the bottom of this page will get you a file for the whole world; http://www.coasterclub.org/b2evo/index.php/library.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollerboy Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wow, that's impressive! The color coding is a great idea. Are you mapping the entire world? I had no idea there was a coaster in Antartica Just because he just proved he's an even bigger nerd than you doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it How was he being a dick? Great idea dude! Really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traincrossin Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Not wishing to spoil your fun too much.... but just to spoil your fun the link at the bottom of this page will get you a file for the whole world; http://www.coasterclub.org/b2evo/index.php/library.php Now that's EXTREMELY impressive! Wow, that's impressive! The color coding is a great idea. Are you mapping the entire world? I had no idea there was a coaster in Antartica Just because he just proved he's an even bigger nerd than you doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it How was he being a dick? Clearly there's no coaster in Antartica, it was just funny that he put that on his map. "A very little known park, that is locally know as the "Cedar Point of the south Pole"!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamBam36 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Best site you will ever see coast2coaster.com Same thing with links to RCDB for every park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bebes Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Coast2coaster.com is pretty awesome. Nosferatu: I didn't study your map very closely, but noticed that the ORIGINAL DISNEYLAND in California is MISSING! OMFG!!!! I have been working on a similar map as Coast2coaster, but mine doesn't include "credit whore" stops. All parks on my map have at least one legitimate Non-Kiddie coaster. Check it out here (it takes a minute to fully load): http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=105583143516851356071.0004659db4999e1713a31&ll=37.370157,-95.800781&spn=34.96075,54.052734&z=4 You can click on the balloons / thumbtacks for more info and links to the official websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Man and I thought I had too much time on my hands.... But honestly this is pretty impressve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Nice job! It'd be cool if someone could do a map of parks from each year or even decade, so that you could see how many parks there used to be, compared to today's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLY Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Cool project, but already needs an update... Pocono Playpark is now coasterless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Nosferatu: I didn't study your map very closely, but noticed that the ORIGINAL DISNEYLAND in California is MISSING! OMFG!!!! It looks to be there to me. Just that Google Earth only displays a couple of the descriptions. The rest just show up as real light shaded pins. I've been doing this as well in google maps, although as kind of a personal park tracker. It's a fun easy way to track where you've been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercellcoaster Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 And I thought I was the only one....... http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=116975587637306317702.00044a014dcf303201e8f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 This is AWESOME! Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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