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URBAN RAIL MAP

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RINGSMUTH
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I'm starting an urban rail map for posting locations of urban rails, drops, or anything you can hit on skis.  Check out the map at http://www.flickr.com/map/?q=urbanrails

You can view all the rails by scrolling through the images at the bottom of the map.

If you only want to see rails in a certain location just zoom in and click refresh Click for larger image at the bottom of the map.


ADDING RAILS TO THE MAP:
1. Make a Flickr account.  Go to http://www.flickr.com/signup/ You'll need a Yahoo account to use Flickr, if you don't have one click Sign Up at the bottom of the page.

2. Upload your photos.  Make sure the privacy level is set to public so anyone can view them.

3. Tag all your photos with "urbanrails".  Click Organize, then Select All at the bottom of the page and drag the photo's into the edit window, click Add Tags at the top to tag them with "urbanrails".  Make sure it is exactly this tag or they won't show up on the map.

4. Set their geo-location on the map.  Click the arrow next to "Organize" and click "Your Map", then just drag the photos onto the map and it sets the location.

5. Check the map at http://www.flickr.com/map/?q=urbanrails to make sure it worked.
Jun 9 2009 2:00PM
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Twaddler
Posts: 1197 - Karma: 109
quality idea sir
Jun 9 2009 2:03PM
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franke
Posts: 264 - Karma: 17
this is an awesome idea
Jun 9 2009 2:03PM
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Blandct
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 37
that's pretty nasty
Jun 9 2009 2:05PM
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EH_DUBS
Posts: 3080 - Karma: 969
this should be stickied this is an awesome idea. you travel and can just search up some urban to hit.

il post a few when i get home
Jun 9 2009 2:08PM
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Hovan
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bump for an awesome idea
Jun 9 2009 2:23PM
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...WIBBS...
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GENIUS
Jun 9 2009 3:15PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
Haha, good luck getting people to actually add cool urbans, why would people tell you where they have found urbans at? Urban rails are about finding and hitting not telling the whole world and blowing up the spots.
Jun 9 2009 3:16PM
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deleted5
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dope ++++karma for you
Jun 9 2009 3:18PM
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deleted5
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ooo and this should be stickyed
Jun 9 2009 3:19PM
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james44
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 578
fucking great idea, but eheath has it right i think cuase i wouldnt tell anyone about my spots if i thought they were gonna film them before i do...
Jun 9 2009 3:25PM
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tribefan226
Posts: 2122 - Karma: 209
i dont get this. its not like its gonna ruin ur spot if other people know about it
Jun 9 2009 3:39PM
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h.yfoskett
Posts: 285 - Karma: 219
bump
Jun 9 2009 3:39PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
I had this idea before, but I couldn't figure out how to make it work.

Good job.
Jun 9 2009 3:42PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
seriously... it's not like we're going to run out of rails or something.
Jun 9 2009 3:43PM
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Yeezus
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stickey
Jun 9 2009 3:44PM
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eheath
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You kidding me? When you hit a rail and it doesnt get busted, then its hittable again. When dumbshit kids find out about your rail and blow up the spot, then you cant hit it anymore. Sharing where you have found urban is stupid, no one legit will tell you where rails are. I mean, you guys could probably make a pretty sweet map 5ft bomb drops and 10 stair down rails.
Jun 9 2009 3:45PM
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s_a_m
Posts: 916 - Karma: 58
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Jun 9 2009 3:47PM
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DJay.
Posts: 364 - Karma: 16
Such a good ides, nice thinking
Jun 9 2009 3:48PM
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Keyjibbs
Posts: 1542 - Karma: 96
Horrible idea. Why would you want to tell a bunch of kids your secret urban spots. If you guys want to see new creative urban don't tell people where you find a spot. This happened to skateboarding a long time ago. Most of the time tricks done on the same rail are weaker than the first trick.
Jun 9 2009 4:01PM
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.Capn.
Posts: 1454 - Karma: 152
Yeah because I'm going to fly all the way to VT to hit a rail some kid posted a picture of. Everyone keep your shit a secret or else all the creativity in skiing will disappear!
Jun 9 2009 4:07PM
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finnajon5
Posts: 583 - Karma: 51
great idea dude, we could develope this into a website, someone make it
Jun 9 2009 4:11PM
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Keyjibbs
Posts: 1542 - Karma: 96
If you want a high bust factor create this map. I never said people were gonna fly to hit an urban rail. Its more local kids thinking they can hit it. The more people hit a rail the more attention that area gets making it a lot harder to film that rail. If you don't believe me look at skateboarding and the numerous rails that have been knobbed, cut off, or taken out because tons of people hit them.
Jun 9 2009 4:17PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
fuck that not trynna get busted everytime i go hit a rail
Jun 9 2009 4:19PM
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RICK_ROSS
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i disagree sir
Jun 9 2009 4:31PM
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Zent33zy
Posts: 1546 - Karma: 389
truly genius
Jun 9 2009 4:37PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
you will until every time it snows in the city there are 3 new gangs trynna hit da same shit
Jun 9 2009 4:38PM
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IrideWI
Posts: 2882 - Karma: 316
me gusta
Jun 9 2009 4:39PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
Word so does you and all the other retard 15 year olds in this thread, so its cool.
Jun 9 2009 4:41PM
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dweezileast
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yes?
Jun 9 2009 4:57PM
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SkiingNinja
Posts: 1967 - Karma: 902
i think this should have stayed in the midwest forums, pessimists can't understand the mentality of this.
Jun 9 2009 4:58PM
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RINGSMUTH
Posts: 464 - Karma: 290
i can't say for sure, but i think this will create more opportunities to hit rails than it will cause busts. don't post rails on here if you don't want people to know about them, but there's no way this will make skiing any worse. the more people that hit urban the better because i think it's the sickest part of the sport.
Jun 9 2009 5:05PM
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Tbrody
Posts: 1597 - Karma: 685
I threw in 3 spots that I don't care if they get busted, if you want me to take them down feel free to PM/bribe me
Jun 9 2009 5:26PM
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RICK_ROSS
Posts: 6983 - Karma: 3,343
no, from what i got out of your post your worried about these getting busted, i dont see the cops going on to this site to see where they are. and if your worried about other kids finding you secrete spots, chances are they know it already, if not, whats another 2 kids hitting it 2 times that season?
Jun 9 2009 5:28PM
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Tbrody
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He already explained it. More people hitting a spot leads to a higher likelihood of it getting busted / knobbed. It matters. This debate has been around forever.

I'm happy to contribute a few though. Good spots that are unknown however, I will not.
Jun 9 2009 5:31PM
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GreenHorn
Posts: 4896 - Karma: 1,209
great idea
Jun 9 2009 6:00PM
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Sky.
Posts: 1158 - Karma: 287
Its not even this post in particular, but you are a truly negative person. I would like to see you in person, i feel like the reason you are so negative is because you are insecure about yourself. All you do is hate on everything and I am not trying to sound like a tool, but if are this negative in person i can guarenteeIi would beat the hell out of you. Honestly people like you are just annoying and full of themselfs and I would love to hear you hate on people in front of me because i will shut your ass up.
Jun 9 2009 6:04PM
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rj.
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Jun 9 2009 6:05PM
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Alex_G
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hahahahaha this is just pure gold right here
Jun 9 2009 6:07PM
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Brock.
Posts: 5698 - Karma: 1,332

Sticky this now. its a great idea. il try and get some up

Jun 9 2009 6:23PM
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the-big-lepowski
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haha..  Hey punk, you wanna take this off the internet and step outside?  I see the potential for an epic NS battle royale...

And for the negative nancies out there, if you're a stingy local, don't share.  The dilemna is the same for any sport not restricted to a court/field.  On one hand, you want to help those just getting started, but you also want to maintain the good places you've found yourself.  Donate some to the greater good, but keep some favorites. 
Its a good idea and worth a try. 

Jun 9 2009 7:25PM
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tribefan226
Posts: 2122 - Karma: 209
k so i tried posting a spot and it didnt work. pic is public, tagged as urbanrails. am i missing something?
Jun 9 2009 7:49PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
Hahahaha cool man!!
Jun 9 2009 8:37PM
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RINGSMUTH
Posts: 464 - Karma: 290
i don't know a lot about flickr yet, but you might want to try marking your photo's as safe. otherwise just mess around with the organize options and post up if you find any fix for it.
Jun 9 2009 8:43PM
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Sky.
Posts: 1158 - Karma: 287
Hahaha your an overwieght, negative, bitch. Awesome!

Jun 9 2009 8:48PM
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RoadRash_Skier
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oh word!
Jun 9 2009 8:53PM
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RINGSMUTH
Posts: 464 - Karma: 290
i think you need to chill out a bit. maybe, just maybe this will turn out to be a good thing and people will find more sick rails that don't get busted. maybe more people will end up getting busted because of this, but probably only because more people are actually hitting urban rails. there has been the technology to make a map like this for a long time it's just nobody has done it yet. it's completely voluntary to use so there is no need for you or any other legit people to help with this. it will probably piss off some people that have spent years finding rails but that's going to happen no matter what... it's just people get pissed when something changes the norm. in a couple years if this has spots of rails that you didn't know about and you go hit those rails nobody will care what you said about it now. no matter how much you argue about it there is nothing you can do to stop people from using it.
Jun 9 2009 9:01PM
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Alex_G
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ha he even comes back for more
Jun 9 2009 9:23PM
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.peter
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This is such a good idea!

Good work!
Jun 9 2009 9:27PM
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Peter.
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most of the fun you get from going on an urban trip is finding your own rails, and knowing that you are the first people to hit it.
Jun 9 2009 9:29PM
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