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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(bestmapman @ Nov 5 2007, 07:04 PM) [snapback]535126[/snapback]</div>
    Clue #3 Peter and Paul
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bestmapman @ Nov 5 2007, 08:01 PM) [snapback]535182[/snapback]</div>
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=59.95,30.317...p;z=15&om=1
    The Peter and Paul Fortress ,St. Petersburg
    Wow it looked very similar to a Portuguese fort.I wasnt even close.

    I'll leave it open
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Nov 5 2007, 08:36 PM) [snapback]535196[/snapback]</div>
    [attachmentid=12346]
     

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Nov 6 2007, 11:13 AM) [snapback]535513[/snapback]</div>
    Probably wouldnt find Placido Domingo here.
    Elvis was told he should go back to truck driving after he made an appearance at the original site of this place.
     
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    Grande Ole Opry Nasville, TN

    I initially didnt find it because when Elvis was told to go back to truck driving,the Opry was at the Ryman Auditorium. When I looked at that it didn't fit.

    I'll post in a moment.
     
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    I saw this on the History channel tonight.
     

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bestmapman @ Nov 6 2007, 08:14 PM) [snapback]535830[/snapback]</div>
    Clue #1: Structure is over 50 years old.
     
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    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Hmmm.. CIA?
    Lemme look it up.

    Oh, crap. mojo beat me to it. :)

    McLean it is. After you, Sir.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Nov 6 2007, 11:49 PM) [snapback]535958[/snapback]</div>
    Heres the City Hall of a major city.[attachmentid=12364]
     

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Nov 6 2007, 08:57 PM) [snapback]535960[/snapback]</div>
    London Town Council on Thames


    This pig's eye view of a parcel of gritty industrial landscape is more famous than you might think.

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Nov 7 2007, 03:35 AM) [snapback]536031[/snapback]</div>
    http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=U...0.0109&z=17
    Puzzle is not solved as I have no idea what it is.
    Shadows looked like London.Found the location just by looking for the railroad tracks .
    Anyone is welcome to take it from here.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Nov 7 2007, 02:59 AM) [snapback]536039[/snapback]</div>
    Looked it up on GoogleEarth
    Battersea Power Station.
    STill say it's your turn mojo
     
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    Evan beat me to it......
     
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    Must be my age made me think Battersea would be well known; I keep forgetting icons like this Pink Floyd "Animals" Album Cover with its inflated pig suspended between the smokestacks had become tattered garage sale fodder years before most of the world today had been born. Now there's an art form whose loss to CD and iPod technology truly has diminished us: the LP album cover (and some would argue the loss of vinyl has too). Ahh well ---

    MB
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Nov 7 2007, 08:17 AM) [snapback]536101[/snapback]</div>
    If it's any consolation to your dejection I did suspect that 'pig's eye' thing might be a 'Floyd' reference...but that got me thinking about Germany and The Wall....not that I had time to search for this particular landmark. I didn't remember that particular image though I do own that CD...and, I think, that artwork does show up on my Ipod...albeit that pig'll be mighty small!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Nov 7 2007, 05:12 AM) [snapback]536046[/snapback]</div>
    Flying Pigs!

    Heres two that everyone knows.They are next door to each other.
    [attachmentid=12369]
     

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Nov 7 2007, 07:10 PM) [snapback]536427[/snapback]</div>
    One of these places is so accustomed to being photographed that their name is emblazoned on the roof for aerial shots.(out of view in this picture)
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Nov 7 2007, 09:36 PM) [snapback]536492[/snapback]</div>
    Heres a slightly different crop which shows a pretty good clue.[attachmentid=12375]
     

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