The Tolkien Gateway: Map project is one which hopes to chart the locations of any and all places relating to J.R.R. Tolkien and his works.
Examples
- Places where J.R.R. Tolkien has lived
- Places where J.R.R. Tolkien has worked
- Anywhere Tolkien was known to have visited, whether a church, restaurant, or university.
- Filming locations for The Lord of the Rings (film series) as well as the upcoming films.
- Locations of past conferences and conventions.
- Streets named after Tolkien and his works.
- Restaurants named after Tolkien and his works.
- Locations which inspired Tolkien
- Locations which played an important part in Tolkien's war time.
- etc.
Upcoming features
- Different icons for different types of landmarks.
- Ability to search for locations
- Ability to search for nearest location from any address.
- More Tolkien-themed styling such as a border and better looking content boxes.
- Ability to link to specific places.
- Form for submitting new locations or corrections.
- etc.