I recently joined the forum specifically to share a passion project I’ve been working on lately. It’s a free, interactive map of the James Bond universe called Department M (where M stands for Map).
I wanted to build the ultimate geographical dossier for 007 fans. Right now, the map includes:
Cinematic Locations: The exact filming spots across the 60-year history of the franchise. You can browse the locations by Bond actor era or specific film
Literary Locations: Real-world locations used by Fleming in his original novels (like the actual Sotheby’s from The Property of a Lady or the specific casino inspirations for Casino Royale).
The Lifestyle Archive: Pins for tailoring (Anthony Sinclair, Turnbull & Asser, etc.), gear, and historically significant spots for the franchise. You can easily see where each brand is located in case you are planning a new trip to a place like London.
Community: I’ve also started mapping out global Bond fan clubs, content creators and podcasts.
Historical timeline: Where Bond has been according to the films (sometimes actual filming location and the location in the film’s story differ)
Noteworthy Events for Bond fans: The map scans and updates on regular basis events that would be interesting for us Bond fans like concerts, gatheralls, location tours by Martjin Mulder, cinemas showcasing classic Bond movies etc. You can save an event or all the listed events easily to your calendar.
Bucketlist items for Bond fans: evolving list of Bondian experiences (open to your suggestions)
Dossier: You can create your own personal list of favorites from all these categories
And couple other features…
Why I’m posting it here: Honestly, the CommanderBond community possesses such a wealth of accumulated knowledge about this franchise, so I would truly appreciate your feedback, comments, and ideas.
Final note: This is entirely a fan tribute project, and I intend to keep it free (no need to create an account or deal with other modern digital annoyances). The feature set and stored data will grow over the coming years based on your feedback. I hope you might even discover new trivia, locations, or interesting content creators from the map like I did when developing it to this stage.
Cheers and have a great weekend,
J / Map Curator
P.S. There might be a hidden feature for Fleming fans if you zoom in enough on the map…
Welcome to CBn, @MapCurator - congratulations on a most impressive feat!
Minor detail: while Chamonix is the location TWINE’s ski scenes were shot Bond didn’t chase Cigar Girl there, who already died at the end of the pts. That skiing scene doesn’t start out as a chase; Bond simply joins Elektra King on a high mountain heli skiing trip where they are ambushed by the attackers.
The mountains above Chamonix are also the place where litBond’s parents died in a climbing accident.
Thank you everybody for the feedback (you guys are one of the first to see the map in public version).
And Dustin, you made an excellent remark regarding Chamonix and I have now updated the dataset for both the TWINE movie and the You only live twice book (you might need to reload the map to see the changes take place).
It is the Palm Boulder Highway Mortuary & Cemetery in Henderson, Nevada. I will end up either there or in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Filming occurs on the Amstel River (for waterway completists)
Frankfurt Airport masquerades as Schiphol Airport (blessed are those who have stood on that tarmac).
Tropicana Hotel (demolished); Landmark Hotel (demolished); and Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino (extant–formerly known as the Las Vegas Hilton). The last two are combined with Ken Adam sets to give us The Whyte House. Kuleshov lives!!
515 West Via Lola, Palm Springs (Kirk Douglas’ former home) – Tiffany Case’s rental house in Las Vegas
McCarran Airport (now Harry Reid International Airport)
Johns Manville Gypsum Plant, Las Vegas (now PABSCO Gypsum). Original dome demolished, and replaced by:
This is spectacular feedback for improving the DAF entries, thank you!
I just updated the map database based on your notes including adding Frankfurt/Schiphol airport, the Amstel River, McCarran, and the Gypsum plant for the moon buggy chase.
Blessed I am. A few years ago, the German Fan Club had their annual meeting in Frankfurt. One of our members had done an intense research and found out about the exact location where the scenes where shot, so we did the airport bus tour with the club, and as part of our arrangement we stopped at the exact location. The original hangars are long gone, so we stood somewhere on the tarmac in the middle of the airport.
