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little_detailsSince other people have posted guides, I hope it's okay to post this.
* A while back I created a guide for writers on vintage passenger rail travel, specifically because the info had been hard for me to find even with librarian help. Some of the books I bought for this were out of print at the time. It's posted here on Historium and I am happy to try to answer questions if I can. A lot of what information is online in various articles is sourced from E. H. Cookridge's book Orient Express, and a lot of those articles have a key misunderstanding of the info there.
* For heist, crime and other writers I'd like to recommend Rainbolt who makes content about Geoguessing. Here is a sample of this work. He is most known for being able to quickly identify locations by the type and growth patterns of grass with amazing accuracy. He has been tested by a lot of other content creators and his methods vetting by people who would know. There is every reason to think his content is 100% legit, this isn't faked for views. He has a lot of variations on being able to get data out of images, both with and without context. You can source dozens of ways to geoguess a location from his content.
If you would like a more jank rundown, I do photography in Portland and find 99% of my shots from walking several hours a week. But sometimes, I want to find a fairy door or something I've seen posted online. People here reliably give fake addresses or locations when posting cool finds. So, when I want to find something I always disregard the location and find it based on clues in the image itself and did before I knew about Rainbolt. Also, I edit some of my photos to make them hard to find. I don't want my galleries to become a guide to finding houses with trans flags or that have the steps painted rainbow colors. I crop/edit past the point where I could find the location. So, if anyone is interested I can give a less professional rundown of how I find local locations.
* A while back I created a guide for writers on vintage passenger rail travel, specifically because the info had been hard for me to find even with librarian help. Some of the books I bought for this were out of print at the time. It's posted here on Historium and I am happy to try to answer questions if I can. A lot of what information is online in various articles is sourced from E. H. Cookridge's book Orient Express, and a lot of those articles have a key misunderstanding of the info there.
* For heist, crime and other writers I'd like to recommend Rainbolt who makes content about Geoguessing. Here is a sample of this work. He is most known for being able to quickly identify locations by the type and growth patterns of grass with amazing accuracy. He has been tested by a lot of other content creators and his methods vetting by people who would know. There is every reason to think his content is 100% legit, this isn't faked for views. He has a lot of variations on being able to get data out of images, both with and without context. You can source dozens of ways to geoguess a location from his content.
If you would like a more jank rundown, I do photography in Portland and find 99% of my shots from walking several hours a week. But sometimes, I want to find a fairy door or something I've seen posted online. People here reliably give fake addresses or locations when posting cool finds. So, when I want to find something I always disregard the location and find it based on clues in the image itself and did before I knew about Rainbolt. Also, I edit some of my photos to make them hard to find. I don't want my galleries to become a guide to finding houses with trans flags or that have the steps painted rainbow colors. I crop/edit past the point where I could find the location. So, if anyone is interested I can give a less professional rundown of how I find local locations.
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Date: 2024-07-18 11:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-18 11:47 pm (UTC)Saying you were taking The Orient Express was kind of like saying you were flying Virgin Air, it was the service not a route or destination.
The book is old, but also very good.
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Date: 2024-07-19 10:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-20 03:32 pm (UTC)How are you going to get to Siberia that way! Answer: you are not.
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Date: 2024-07-19 07:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-19 09:34 am (UTC)