Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

It seems like some of the posts in this thread had pictures. The Kuwait City one was a picture, wasn't it? I found the image in google.

 

I think pictures can be substituted if you can still find the place in Googlemaps and it is recognizable as the place in the photo. I think Naptown's photo fits into that description because you can find the kuwaiti globes using Googlemaps -- you probably won't see him waving back at you in the Googlemaps satellite image.

Part of the hunt is proving you have the correct place by placing a link to the Googlemaps page after you find it. At least two extremely devious people found locations that were miniatures of real places and they were visible from Googlemaps satellite imagery. You think you found the spot and go crazy when the picture is a little different. They should be the same.

 

Try GoogleMaps, or GoogleEarth. All the better to ogle...edit...with. :blush:
I usually use the earth one, but I think it's the same idea with maps. You have to turn off the compass and overlays so nothing shows up that's going to give away your chosen location. Save the image, again not with a revealing name, and upload it. (But, that hasn't been working so well for some of us lately...I think there's a whole nuther thread on it.) Anyway, the idea is to pick somewhere known for something, if only the rest of us knew what it was, and feed us clues. Have a look back at some of the stuff from before: there are all kinds of themes you could follow.

 

New Image (definitely from google maps):

Hint: Olympus Mons

 

I remember this place when they used to have the continuous reel of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was very tiring to ride Space Mountain, run past Kirk Douglas fighting the giant squid, and try to get back in line as fast as possible. "It's a Small World After All" was just plain annoying!

DISNEY WORLD FL - Google Maps

Good job, Sam! I even liked your clue.

 

This is an easy one but I'll try to remain stone-faced during the hunt.

 

Stonehenge, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Stonehenge, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK - Google Maps

 

It's not easy and can last forever.

 

Too slow for stonehenge

 

Argyle Diamond Mine, Australia
australia, argyle diamond mine - Google Maps

 

That's gotta be the mermaid in Copenhagen...

Let me see if I can post an image...nope, that didn't work. Pardon me while I go find this imageshack thingy.

It worked! OK, assuming I got the last one right and it's my turn...

This place used to be a real blast.

 

Nice try, but NO!

Wrong continent.

The image is totally different!

 

Oops. Sorry, I never even looked at Sam's answer before I carried on. So, we're looking for a diamond mine, not in Australia.

 

Yesir, where else they dig up?

 

Time for another clue.

 

This was dug by hand, initially, of course.

 

Found it Kimberley Diamond Mine South Africa,

Now to find Hyo Silver's post

 

Well done.

 

WTG, Bestmapman! Guess ya lived up to your name, eh?

 

We need a clue.