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[[File:Mannslandmap.png|500px|thumb|right|'''Map of Badlands''']]
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'''Map of Badlands''' or '''Map of Mann's Land''' refer to illustrated background content originally published in the [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/v00.php| Engineer Update page].  Presented as a map taped to the brick wall behind Engineer's drafting bench, it revealed some of the in-game geography.
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'''Map of Badlands''' or '''Map of Mann's Land''' refer to illustrated background content originally published on the [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/v00.php Engineer Update page].  Presented as a map taped to the brick wall behind Engineer's drafting bench, it revealed some of the geography of ''Team Fortress 2''.
 
    
 
    
== Badlands Geography ==
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== Badlands geography ==
This map is taken to illustrate the geography of the in-game region called [[Badlands (Region)|Badlands]]. It locates several facilities in that region that are represented by earlier Team Fortress 2 game maps.  Some of the locations are marked by images of buildings from the relevant game maps.  It is inferred that the map also locates settlements adjoining the facilities; for example, the town of [[Teufort (City)|Teufort]].
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This map illustrates the geography of a region called [[Badlands (region)|Badlands]]. It locates several facilities in that region that are represented by some of the ''Team Fortress 2'' game maps.  Some of the locations are marked by images of recognizable buildings from those game maps, such as the cart ramps in [[Pipeline]].  It is inferred that the map also locates settlements adjoining the facilities; for example, name of the town of [[Teufort (city)|Teufort]] is used instead of the name of the game map [[2Fort]].
== Correspondence to Actual New Mexico Geography ==
 
This map has several features that correspond to features of central northwestern [[w:Mexico|New Mexico]], particularly the surroundings of the Española and [[w:Albuquerque Basin|Albuquerque Basins]] of the [[w:Rio Grande rift|Rio Grande rift valley]].  The following table lists several points of correspondence.
 
{| class="wikitable grid" width="100%" style="text-align: left;"
 
|+ ! class="header" | Correspondence between Map of Badlands and Actual New Mexico Geography
 
| ! class="header" width="40%" | '''Map of Badlands'''
 
| ! class="header" width="50%" | '''Map of New Mexico'''
 
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| '''[[Badwater Basin]]''' || [[w:Valles Caldera|Valles Caldera]], having acid-sulfate hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles[http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr196/rmrs_gtr196_125_128.pdf .]
 
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| '''[[Thunder Mountain]]s''', ''thunder'' references nuclear weapons; note the [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate mushroom cloud] on the map's promotion
 
|[[w:Jemez Mountains|Jemez Mountains]], location of [[w:Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos National Laboratory]] where the first nuclear weapons were made
 
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|Mountains between the two northwest branches of the {{botignore|Badwater Pipeline}}
 
|[[w:San Juan Mountains|San Juan Mountains]], the Colorado-New Mexico mineral range, hard rock mining, gold, silver, lead, zinc, uranium, etc.
 
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|Mountains between Teufort and Dustbowl
 
|[[w:Sangre de Cristo Mountains|Sangre de Cristo Mountains]], the southernmost range of the [[w:Rocky Mountains|Rocky Mountains]]
 
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|Mountains east of The Well
 
|[[w:Sandia-Manzano Mountains|Sandia-Manzano Mountains]]
 
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|Mountains west of The Well
 
|[[w:San Mateo Mountains (Cibola County, New Mexico)|San Mateo Mountains]]
 
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| '''[[Dustbowl]]''' || [[w:Las Vegas, New Mexico|Las Vegas]], eastern New Mexico was the southwestern extent of the historic [[w:Dust Bowl|Dust Bowl]]
 
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| '''[[Pipeline]]''' || [[w:Sante Fe|Sante Fe]] and close to where ''New Mexico Products Pipeline'' crosses the valley (see Notes)
 
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| '''[[Well|The Well]]''' || [[w:Albuquerque|Albuquerque]]
 
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| '''[[Teufort]]''' || [[w:Taos, New Mexico|Taos]], the most agricultural area in the valley
 
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| '''[[Gravel Pit]]'''
 
|Two large, red scoria gravel pits (over 50 acres each) are operating west of Sante Fe (see Notes).  Two more very large gravel pits are northwest of Taos.
 
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| '''The Gravel Sea'''
 
|[[w:San Juan Basin|San Juan Basin]], extensive, unpopulated, barren, and gravely [[w:Badlands|shale badlands]]  (see [[w:Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness|Bisti Badlands]]). Pretty much nothing there except bluffs, [[w:Hoodoo|hoodoos]], and gravel; and the largest natural gas production and second-largest known uranium ore reserves in the U.S. 
 
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|Lower main trunk and upper east branch of the '''Badwater Pipeline'''
 
|Interstate 25
 
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|Upper north branch and fork of the '''Badwater Pipeline'''
 
|U.S. 84, U.S. 285, and U.S. 64.
 
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|'''Hale River'''
 
(This river provides the basis for including river navigation in maps)
 
|Obviously, there are no sea ports in this state, but the northeasterly bend of the Hale River recalls the [[w:San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan River]], which flows westward to the [[w:Grand Canyon|Grand Canyon]].
 
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|'''Mann's Land'''
 
(An alternative name for this map)
 
|This area has little population compared to the Rio Grand valley, but there is some irrigated agriculture and ranching.
 
  
"''No'' Man's Land" is a disputed territory or one over which there is legal disagreement.
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== Correspondence to actual New Mexico geography ==
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[[:File:War11.jpg|Previous references]] in the ''Team Fortress 2'' storyline locate the Badlands in the US state of [[w:New Mexico|New Mexico]]; this map has features that correspond to features of north central New Mexico, particularly the surroundings of the Española Basin and [[w:Albuquerque Basin|Albuquerque Basin]] of the [[w:Rio Grande rift|Rio Grande rift valley]].
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* The arrangements of [[Thunder Mountain]]s and [[Badwater Basin]] suggests, respectively, the [[w:Jemez Mountains|Jemez Mountains]] and the [[w:Valles Caldera|Valles Caldera]], having acid-sulfate hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. 
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* The main courses of the {{botignore|Badwater Pipeline}} follow major rivers or highways in the area. 
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* The mountains surrounding the central valley of Badlands recall the mountain ranges surrounding the Rio Grande valley.  
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* The Hale River follows the general course of the [[w:Jemez River|Jemez River]] and tributaries, or alternately, the generally paralleling highways [[w:U.S. Route 550|US 550]], [[w:New Mexico State Road 4|NM 4]], [[w:New Mexico State Road 126|NM 126]].
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[[Badlands maps (Shadow Boxers)|Other maps]] published in the [[Shadow Boxers]] comic further confirmed that the Badlands area is centrally based on the geography of north central New Mexico; these later maps show recognizable outlines of actual forests, preserves, reservations, highways, rivers,  and lakes located in that part of the state.
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== Correspondence with other U.S. states ==
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There are some features of other U.S. States that are desirable for inclusion in the game, but which are not particularly available in New Mexico.
  
== Correspondence with other U.S. States ==
 
There are some features of other U.S. States that are desirable for inclusion, but which are not particularly available in New Mexico.
 
 
=== Washington and Oregon ===
 
=== Washington and Oregon ===
There are no ocean ports in New Mexico.  If the navigation represented in [[Upwards]] is a depiction of the Hale River, then the point of placing the Hale River is to provide ocean shipping to the game maps.
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''Note: [[TF Industries]] and its [[Valve|Valve Corporation division]] are based in Washington, USA.''
The [[w:Columbia River|Columbia]] and [[w:Snake River|Snake]] rivers in [[w:Washington|Washington]] and [[w:Oregon|Oregon]] carry hundreds of millions of bushels of wheat each year. The Hale River recalls these rivers:
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* The [[w:Columbia River|Columbia]] and [[w:Snake River|Snake]] rivers in [[w:Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[w:Oregon|Oregon]] carry hundreds of millions of bushels of wheat each year. The Hale River depicted on this map recalls these rivers, running a course on the Map of Badlands through geography similar to that of those real rivers.
*The navigable course of the Columbia River rises through forested mountains into near-dessert {{botignore|badlands}}.
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* The navigable course of the Columbia River rises through forested mountains into near-desert {{botignore|badlands}}.
*These {{botignore|badlands}} are irrigated to grow wheat, which is shipped off on the river. (see ocean vessel in [[Granary]])
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* These {{botignore|badlands}} are irrigated to grow wheat, which is shipped off on the river (see ocean vessel in [[Granary]]).
*Past these {{botignore|badlands}}, the Columbia and Snake rivers divide and each river rises up into higher mountains beyond.
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* Past these {{botignore|badlands}}, the Columbia and Snake rivers divide and each river rises up into higher mountains beyond.
*In places, bluffs and mountains exceeding thousands of feet overlook ocean-going vessels. (see ocean vessel in [[Upwards]])
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* In places, bluffs and mountains exceeding thousands of feet overlook ocean-going vessels (see ocean vessel in [[Upward]]).
''Note: [[TF Industries]] and its [[Valve|Valve Corporation division]] are based in [[w:Washington (state)|Washington]], USA.''
 
  
 
=== Colorado ===
 
=== Colorado ===
Some mountains portrayed on the [[Thunder Mountain]] map are considerably higher than and very different in geology from those in the actual Jemez Mountains, which are more of a [[w:Jemez Mountains#Geology|deeply eroded high plateau]] than a range of uplifted mountain peaks.
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Some mountains portrayed on the [[Thunder Mountain]] and similar Alpine environment game maps are considerably higher than and very different in geology from those in the actual Jemez Mountains, which are more of a [[w:Jemez Mountains#Geology|deeply eroded high plateau]] than a range of uplifted mountain peaks as depicted on this map.
* Colorado has 53 peaks [[w:Fourteeners|exceeding 14,000 feet]] -- New Mexico has none.
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* Colorado has 53 peaks [[w:Fourteeners|exceeding 4250 metres]] -- New Mexico has none.
* Colorado is replete with the type of [[w:Gold mining in Colorado#See also|hard rock mine operations]] depicted in Team Fortress 2.
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* Colorado is replete with the type of [[w:Gold mining in Colorado#See also|hard rock mine operations]] depicted in ''Team Fortress 2''.
* The proportions of the Map of Badlands are visually very similar to the map of [[w:Colorado|Colorado]].
 
 
 
== Notes ==
 
* Built in 2003, the [http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nm/field_offices/nmso/nmso_planning/nmso_misc_planning.Par.47244.File.dat/Summary.pdf| New Mexico Products Pipeline], a liquid refined petroleum products ''pipeline'', passes southeast/northwest through the gap between Sante Fe and Albuquerque.''
 
*"America's Gravel Basket" indeed: The main mineral resource mined in [[w:Santa Fe County, New Mexico|Sante Fe County]] is gravel.  Some 80 of gravel pits have operated in that county. [https://nmgs.nmt.edu/publications/guidebooks/downloads/46/46_p0179_p0183.pdf "Sand and Gravel is produced in the the largest volume and has the largest total value of (all) raw materials now mined or quarried in Sante Fe County."]  So, Sante Fe could in reality be called a ''gravel basket'', but the map sets Pipeline in Sante Fe's place and it locates Gravel Pit further west.
 
[[Category:Background]]
 
*[[w:Sandia National Laboratories|Sandia National Laboratories]] is also located in this region, south and southeast of Albuquerque, certainly a model for the in-game focus on missiles and atomic weapons.
 
  
 
[[Category:Background]]
 
[[Category:Background]]

Latest revision as of 07:41, 13 October 2022

This article is about the geographic Map of Badlands. For other uses, see Badlands (disambiguation).
Map of Badlands
Mannslandmap.png
Badlands, New Mexico.

Map of Badlands or Map of Mann's Land refer to illustrated background content originally published on the Engineer Update page. Presented as a map taped to the brick wall behind Engineer's drafting bench, it revealed some of the geography of Team Fortress 2.

Badlands geography

This map illustrates the geography of a region called Badlands. It locates several facilities in that region that are represented by some of the Team Fortress 2 game maps. Some of the locations are marked by images of recognizable buildings from those game maps, such as the cart ramps in Pipeline. It is inferred that the map also locates settlements adjoining the facilities; for example, name of the town of Teufort is used instead of the name of the game map 2Fort.

Correspondence to actual New Mexico geography

Previous references in the Team Fortress 2 storyline locate the Badlands in the US state of New Mexico; this map has features that correspond to features of north central New Mexico, particularly the surroundings of the Española Basin and Albuquerque Basin of the Rio Grande rift valley.

  • The arrangements of Thunder Mountains and Badwater Basin suggests, respectively, the Jemez Mountains and the Valles Caldera, having acid-sulfate hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles.
  • The main courses of the Badwater Pipeline follow major rivers or highways in the area.
  • The mountains surrounding the central valley of Badlands recall the mountain ranges surrounding the Rio Grande valley.
  • The Hale River follows the general course of the Jemez River and tributaries, or alternately, the generally paralleling highways US 550, NM 4, NM 126.

Other maps published in the Shadow Boxers comic further confirmed that the Badlands area is centrally based on the geography of north central New Mexico; these later maps show recognizable outlines of actual forests, preserves, reservations, highways, rivers, and lakes located in that part of the state.

Correspondence with other U.S. states

There are some features of other U.S. States that are desirable for inclusion in the game, but which are not particularly available in New Mexico.

Washington and Oregon

Note: TF Industries and its Valve Corporation division are based in Washington, USA.

  • The Columbia and Snake rivers in Washington and Oregon carry hundreds of millions of bushels of wheat each year. The Hale River depicted on this map recalls these rivers, running a course on the Map of Badlands through geography similar to that of those real rivers.
  • The navigable course of the Columbia River rises through forested mountains into near-desert badlands.
  • These badlands are irrigated to grow wheat, which is shipped off on the river (see ocean vessel in Granary).
  • Past these badlands, the Columbia and Snake rivers divide and each river rises up into higher mountains beyond.
  • In places, bluffs and mountains exceeding thousands of feet overlook ocean-going vessels (see ocean vessel in Upward).

Colorado

Some mountains portrayed on the Thunder Mountain and similar Alpine environment game maps are considerably higher than and very different in geology from those in the actual Jemez Mountains, which are more of a deeply eroded high plateau than a range of uplifted mountain peaks as depicted on this map.