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Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by boulder_bum, Jun 3, 2007.

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Jun 14 2007, 08:35 AM) [snapback]461483[/snapback]</div>
    Good job! I thought that might stump people a little longer, but I was probably too generous with the clues. I don't think you see border crossings like this on our southern side. Farmers can drive their tractors across the border pretty much anywhere from MN to central MT (until you hit the Rockies). In eastern MN you need a canoe to cross the border, and just west of Lake in the Woods the woods are pretty thick.

    And yes, SPE definitely gets a thumbs-up for finding the valley in Idaho! I found these while looking for Craters of the Moon in Idaho (Lunar Crater in Nevada was the actual target that time). I didn't think somebody would be able to find it, so that's why I broke rules and posted two aerials.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Jun 14 2007, 09:53 AM) [snapback]461526[/snapback]</div>
    It was pretty obvious it was a border crossing. And with the tip of the air strip in the photo I just used google earth and had it display airport icons...then scanned across the US/CN border until I found an airport right on the border...that was the only one that close and the peace garden was, of course, right there.


    compfool, you changed your image after I'd found it. Do you want to try again with a different google image/location? If not I'll go again.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Jun 14 2007, 10:09 AM) [snapback]461543[/snapback]</div>
    So if you ever don't need that medical gig, I have a cousin who interprets satellite photos for the CIA, I think she might be able to get you a job there.... :lol:
     
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    Compfool, not stepping on your toes, go ahead and post an image (we can handle 2 at once for the most part), but I've got one ready....
    One we should all know...
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Jun , 08:24 AM)</div>
    Baghdad International Airport - but you rotated it, you devil. ;)
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...p;z=13&om=1

    Staying with the theme...
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dragonfly @ Jun 14 2007, 08:48 AM) [snapback]461582[/snapback]</div>
    Finally - One I can identify out of hand Edwards Air Force Base

    Only - drat! - I gotta go cook up a landmark and the 2 I had ready to go are on my HOME computer :(

    Well, you guys won't mind if I drop one in a little later on, after I do some work my employers expect out of me from time to time

    MB
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Jun 14 2007, 11:46 AM) [snapback]461721[/snapback]</div>
    Darn! I had it figured out, but my internet connection went down, and when I got it back you already posted the answer :(
     
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    OK, here we are. Let's try this without any clues to start with ---

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    Shoot, you beat me to it!
     
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    You know, a lot of this depends upon your first impression of the clues...I saw that and thought "penninsula"...was too late to guess anyway, but it's still fun to go through the mental gymnastics.
     
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    Booya, Dragonfly, booya. ;)

    Let them eat cake!

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Boulder Bum @ Jun 14 2007, 06:45 PM) [snapback]461972[/snapback]</div>
    Found it in versailles, France but don't know the name of it...

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...p;z=15&om=1


    Also, I'm at work and can't upload an image until tomorrow...so someone please take my turn if you can name it.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(paulccullen @ Jun 14 2007, 04:56 PM) [snapback]461975[/snapback]</div>
    OK, efusco concurs, it's Versailles, France.

    I hope this one hasn't been done already (I haven't gone thru all the pages in this thread). Should be easy...

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    ah, paul beat me to it anyway...

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(paulccullen @ Jun 14 2007, 07:10 PM) [snapback]461980[/snapback]</div>
    yea, it's been done Taj Mahal
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Jun 14 2007, 05:13 PM) [snapback]461981[/snapback]</div>
    Weird! PruisChat went dead for about ten minutes. The other internets worked.

    Anyways, I guess I'll try another one.

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    Relating to Boulder Bum's entry: This is where some of her relatives ended up.
     

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