Mapping Red Dead Redemption 2! Landmark Analysis Thread

[D T]

On 6/5/2021 at 9:26 PM, SneakyDeaky said:

I posted this a few years ago, but as you brought it up, I personally think Valentine was visually inspired by the town and surrounding hills from the Kevin Costner movie Open Range, which was filmed at the Stoney Indian Reserve in Alberta Canada. The town was created from scratch, so yeah, a typical livestock town. But both creations are somewhat similar.

 

Check out the general store, building under construction and stable at the bottom of the street. 

 

Church at the end of town, surrounding hills

 

Shot from trailer one

 

Town at night

 

Lone tree

 

 

Here's some other shots from the movie that remind me of New Hannover a lot, especially the green grass. 

 

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That's some next level plagiarism. Good find.

[US Marshal1911]

I see people posting similarities to movies, I think the McFarland's Ranch is pretty similar to the Tyler Ranch in the movie Of Mice and Men (1992) with Gary Sinise. Just had to pause the movie to come type this, its a free movie on youtube now, time stamp is 22:15 if anyone wants to take a look. 

[DuPz0r]

Does this still count as mapping/landmarks? I guess so. I've been working on a Limpany Restoration map mod with the tools available to me right now. I've enjoyed it, I just hope we get better tools in the near future so I can start the bigger mapping projects on my list!

 

[Kirk Lazarus]

On 6/17/2021 at 8:53 AM, DuPz0r said:

Does this still count as mapping/landmarks? I guess so. I've been working on a Limpany Restoration map mod with the tools available to me right now. I've enjoyed it, I just hope we get better tools in the near future so I can start the bigger mapping projects on my list!

 

 

[Middle Class Roadman]

On 6/6/2021 at 5:26 AM, SneakyDeaky said:

I posted this a few years ago, but as you brought it up, I personally think Valentine was visually inspired by the town and surrounding hills from the Kevin Costner movie Open Range, which was filmed at the Stoney Indian Reserve in Alberta Canada. The town was created from scratch, so yeah, a typical livestock town. But both creations are somewhat similar.

 

Check out the general store, building under construction and stable at the bottom of the street. 

 

Church at the end of town, surrounding hills

 

Shot from trailer one

 

Town at night

 

Lone tree

 

 

Here's some other shots from the movie that remind me of New Hannover a lot, especially the green grass. 

 

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This is an outstanding find.

[TheEMP1978]

I found a nice 3D map of RDR2

This is cool for comparing mountains too like the one that I call Mount Olympus which is the tallest mountain excluding anything from Guarma. It’s found behind the large mountain that John was on & is the mountain in the photos below. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/red-dead-redemption-2-3d-map-af68b2398b99446dbf0f7e90f9f104f3

[Jabalous]

New Orleans, 1906.

 

[SneakyDeaky]

On 8/8/2021 at 1:45 PM, Jabalous said:

New Orleans, 1906.

 

That's a great f*cking picture! Funnily enough lately I've been walking around that whole area around the general store, the eastside of the city has a real lived in quality to it. 

[simmun]

Hello @DuPz0r

 

Was re-watching your Exploring Beyond Ambarino video and noticed you were pretty close to the geographical location of the game's intro. Have you been at the exact same location? Do you have a video for it? There should be pathway there able to support wagons and horses. Its just on the north-end of that north-west mountain out-of-bounds that you were exploring. In the intro you can make a marker for the position in the map so you know where to search later on. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

[ivarblaauw]

On 8/8/2021 at 2:45 PM, Jabalous said:

New Orleans, 1906.

 

Oh my, this picture is amazing.

R* really got Saint Denis on point. At first I thought it was an ingame screenshot, but then I noticed the scale, Goddamn this is amazing.

[simmun]

Did ya'll know there's a blanket in the stable called Iron Cloud Blanket? Along with other names from the map. Remember Iron Cloud was in the leaked map. 

[kwul]

13 hours ago, simmun said:

Did ya'll know there's a blanket in the stable called Iron Cloud Blanket? Along with other names from the map. Remember Iron Cloud was in the leaked map. 

old news

[Middle Class Roadman]

Anyone else thinks this looks similar the Little Creek River area in Big Valley? It's in Colorado by a small town called Crested Butte. 

 

[DuPz0r]

Been a while since I posted here. Thought this might be handy for some. Especially modders.

Guarma Grid Zones.

Click the link for the large version.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5dsWDpM6SFYzq7m98

[PanagiotisP]

Any link of hd satelite map?

[andrewlevitt]

I am looking to visit RDR2 locations in real life and am making a Google Map with all the real life locations.

 

Has anyone made a map of these before?

[subvod]

On 4/1/2022 at 1:17 AM, PanagiotisP said:

Any link of hd satelite map?

 

domriccobene has a hillshade render: https://redd.it/hzhz6c

 

And other HQ map rips are available. The most interactive I've run across, albeit online-based, is: https://jeanropke.github.io/RDOMap/

 

5 hours ago, andrewlevitt said:

I am looking to visit RDR2 locations in real life and am making a Google Map with all the real life locations.

 

Has anyone made a map of these before?

 

https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Point_of_Interest

 

Since you seem to be inquiring about landmark maps, I cannot provide any additional map images. However, if you're looking for animal maps:

 

https://github.com/subvod/rdr2-maps

https://gtaforums.com/topic/975790-verified-map-locations-of-rare-animals-enemy-encounters-and-places-you-can-sit/

https://gtaforums.com/topic/968364-complete-map-with-all-discoverable-icons/

https://redd.it/hzhz6c

Edited August 25, 2022 by subvod
Added link for POI fandom ref.

[DarkDayz]

Can anyone explain the geographical logic of West Elizabeth?

 

Sean was picked up by the gang in “North Elizabeth” which doesn't’ make any sense. North, South and East Elizabeth would presumably be left of the map out of bounds. But then that would make West Elibazeth actually East Elizabeth.

 

The only logical thing I can think of to fix this is if other areas, East, South are renamed but West Elizabeth stayed in tact, so New Hanover area would have once been East Elizabeth.

 

[andrewlevitt]

On 11/19/2020 at 1:56 AM, koeklin said:

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop  (941 Bourbon Street)

 

 

600-604 Esplanade Avenue

 

 

 

Same building next to the elevation of the Old Absinthe house IRL (Yellow) and in game (blue)

 

 

Flynn's General Store (rue du sac à lait) / The famous door (339 Bourbon St.)

 

 

Rose & Olivier / 429 Royal Street

 

 

Pekin Chop Suey House (round windows at the ground floor) / 513 Royal Street

 

 

Gaillard Boots & Shoes (Frontier Street, Saint Denis) / 201 Camp Street

 

 

Koeklin I see you've found a lot of RDR2 real life locations. Do you possibly have a Google Map with all the real life locations pinned?

[Jisoo]

13 hours ago, DarkDayz said:

Can anyone explain the geographical logic of West Elizabeth?

 

Sean was picked up by the gang in “North Elizabeth” which doesn't’ make any sense. North, South and East Elizabeth would presumably be left of the map out of bounds. But then that would make West Elibazeth actually East Elizabeth.

 

The only logical thing I can think of to fix this is if other areas, East, South are renamed but West Elizabeth stayed in tact, so New Hanover area would have once been East Elizabeth.

 

While not exactly geographically correct based on the current IRL US map, I always imagined that West Elizabeth is Rockstars version of West Virigina, and New Hanover was once called (East) Elizabeth, but after german immigration was renamed to New Hanover from the german town Hanover.

 

Maybe North Elizabeth could be to the north west of West Elizabeth and to the west of Ambarino. While doing some googling I found a fan-made map of North Elizabeth. 

 

[DarkDayz]

9 hours ago, Jisoo said:

While not exactly geographically correct based on the current IRL US map, I always imagined that West Elizabeth is Rockstars version of West Virigina, and New Hanover was once called (East) Elizabeth, but after german immigration was renamed to New Hanover from the german town Hanover.

 

Maybe North Elizabeth could be to the north west of West Elizabeth and to the west of Ambarino. While doing some googling I found a fan-made map of North Elizabeth. 

 

Yes you are correct about it being West Virginia, Elizabeth is the queens name and the state is named after her irl. The name at least is a homage to West Virginia. And also the image, this is what I’m thinking for it be logical. With that said for me to be comfortable some of Ambarino would have had to fall under North Elizabeth at some point too because as that image sits North Elizabeth is still to West.

 

Edited August 26, 2022 by DarkDayz

[Edward RDRIII]

I think North Elizabeth is just a beta name for the Big Valley area.

[koeklin]

On 8/25/2022 at 6:37 PM, andrewlevitt said:

Koeklin I see you've found a lot of RDR2 real life locations. Do you possibly have a Google Map with all the real life locations pinned?

Sorry, I have no map.

[Christian889]

 

[stag3coach2]

House roofed on spanish clay tiles on Courtenay Street, Saint Denis:

New Orleans, the city on which Saint Denis is based, was a Spanish colony between 1762 and 1803, and during this period many buildings were built in a style that blended French and Spanish architecture. Clay tiled roofs are now an extremely rare appearance as much of those roofs were later reemplaced by more typical american roofs of wood, stone or asphaltic shingles, as old roofs inevitably need periodic repairs, and after the spanish left Louisiana clay roof tiles became a thing of the past. Nice detail from Rockstar.

[andrewlevitt]

I'm the guy who made that video about visiting RDR2 locations in real life. I'm working on a sequel and need your help! Here is a map I made of all the locations posted in this forum of RDR2 buildings in real life. 

 

I need help finding exact matches or the locations of:

- New Austin

- Mexico

- Blackwater

- Strawberry

- Valentine

- Annesburg

 

Also is there anything you would like to see me do in the sequel? Any missions you'd like me to try in real life? Any game mechanics you'd like to see tested in real life?

 

@koeklin you were my biggest resource for the video. Thank you! Are there anymore locations you've found in real life or anything you can add to the map?

[andrewlevitt]

I made a Discord I would love anyone's help finding video game locations in real life: discord.io/VideoGamesIRL

[koeklin]

On 1/23/2023 at 11:40 PM, andrewlevitt said:

@koeklin you were my biggest resource for the video. Thank you! Are there anymore locations you've found in real life or anything you can add to the map?

Bonjour. Nice map!

 

Obvious locations I have posted in this topic and I don't see on your map:

 

Han Horn lighthouse:

 

Doverhill laboratory:

 

Rhodes mansion (Pitot House, 1440 Moss St, New Orleans)