Map of the Dead, survive the zombie apocalypse

Spend hours planning what to do when everything goes to hell-on-earth? I know I do. This map just made things a lot easier (planning anyways, I'm not counting on a lot of connectivity post event!)

I have not tried the associated game, yet. The map is far too engrossing!

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peregrinus

Are the red areas republican?
- http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger
  
  Thats Marin County.
  - peregrinus
    
    Ideal. Plenty of coastline, 75% democrat – I reckon I’d be safe there.
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/Louis-Brown/100000890178471 Louis Brown
    
    So the plan is all the yuppies in Mill Valley will take to the Dipsea Trail at once. Yeah instant recognition here too.
John Verne

Ha ha. It has my local “spa” (as in, a place for the wimmins to get their toenails done) as a medical centre.
RedShirt77

Yeah, they seem to have some coding issues. They list a local Tai Restaurant as a Grocery store and our Saki bar a a gun store.
- oasisob1
  
  You just don’t know the code words to shop there.
Architexas

Yeah, I wish it was more like a Wiki where you could add locations. For instance, the gold-buying shop they have marked as a pawn store isn’t going to do you much good, but the enormous Costco that ISN’T on the map would be hella helpful.

I’m also surprised (being in Houston, Texas and all) that there aren’t more gun shops shown around my location…
- oasisob1
  
  Smart planners are keeping the mistakes and unmarked locations to themselves.
Cornan

None of the MANY gun shops around my town are shown.
jackbird

It appears to be a location-based video game (that hasn’t launched yet). Thus, for game balance reasons not every gun store is a gun store, and some gun stores are in reality other sorts of businesses. People complaining about accuracy are missing the point.

My guess is that their business plan involves offering businesses a way to buy into being an in-game location to drive traffic to their establishment.
kraut

In the zombie apocalypse, wouldn’t the recent dead – i.e. your neighbours – be more of a threat than those who’ve been in the cemetery for decades?
- OoerictoO
  
  depends on the zombie legend in your context
http://twitter.com/AdamDavechick Dave

If you don’t have the stuff before things go south, you’ve already failed. Anyone who hightails it to the mall or Costco is going to be fodder for the countless other panicking people with the same idea. Nope.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Louis-Brown/100000890178471 Louis Brown

Time to watch more Doomsday Preppers episodes!
Napalm Dog

Go play DayZ. I will see you there…