Are there any tricks to help me find all the Animus Data Fragments?

I've collected a few of the Animus Data Fragments, but they seem like the feathers in previous games - there are a ton of them, and they're hard to see. I find that without assistance, finding these objects is just too time consuming and irritating. Is there a map or some trick to finding all of them?

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If there's one passing in your field of vision when you are in eagle vision, it will appear on your map. When at 50, you will receive a free map that show them all in your map.

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Actually once you go far enough into the game, they will start to appear on the map for you after you have obtained a minimum amount of fragments. IIRC, I was starting Sequence 6 (some time just after a major break in the story) with ~60 when this happened, though Shinrai confirms the minimum is 50. There was no map to buy.

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This site has maps of each area that mark where the Animus Data Fragments are, and also has a video guide for each location on the maps.

Well the easiest way is to buy some chest location books/maps and activate eagle vision and free-styling everywhere getting the chests (this way you won't be wasting your time, but getting money etc.) and if you don't see any fragments, your eagle vision will and set a marker on the map. Or just freestyle like a maniac everywhere and get the fragments (which takes a long time)