Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Give up? Need more hints?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 12 2007, 01:31 PM) [snapback]494320[/snapback]</div>

I second the vote for some more clues. I thought I was warm, but have gotten nowhere.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Aug 12 2007, 09:32 PM) [snapback]494462[/snapback]</div>

We are losing momentum.Can someone post a concurrent puzzle until HyoSilver returns?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Aug 13 2007, 12:33 AM) [snapback]494591[/snapback]</div>

Try this one out. It's a bit thin on detail so here're some helpful clues:

Its name would be a poor marketing choice, yet its name adds to its attraction.

The same can be said for the surrounding region.

Rain generally falls farther here than elsewhere.

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This isn't an official entry because, as a landmark, this has neither fame nor notoriety - it's probably not even noticed. And I don't think it's unique - there are probably similar regions around the world. But I thought the water traces here were very striking, worth a show, even if useless as a game entry. It's interesting that there are visually attractive landscapes that can ONLY be seen from many miles up.

I won't say where this is in case someone wants to try to find it - I stumbled across it looking for something else. I will say the full breadth of this covers several thousand square miles - what you're seeing here covers very nearly the entire geographic feature it occupies (which does have a name, a well known name).

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Back on the test track:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Aug 11 2007, 05:43 PM) [snapback]494122[/snapback]</div>

It is not the Hurricane Mesa test track. It also doesn't appear to be the 100 million dollar test track GM is building at the Yuma proving grounds - though the Yuma proving grounds encompass a lot of desert, so I'm not positive I covered every inch...


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 13 2007, 08:39 AM) [snapback]494701[/snapback]</div>

Yep. It's the Hollywood Sign, in Hollywood, CA.

This famous piece of engineering should be easy for PriusChat members:

[EDIT}Oops - just noticed I cropped it a little differently than I first intended NEW images below[/EDIT]
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The engineering term for that structure is "basket handle tied arch bridge" but I'll be gadzooked if I can find THAT bridge anywhere in Google or Wikipedia. It's not very long - probably why it's absent - but if the clue says "famous piece of engineering" it oughta be in Google somewhere. Hmmmm.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Aug 13 2007, 10:51 AM) [snapback]494793[/snapback]</div>

There are TWO hints in the first post.

 

Even with the additional "clues" I still can't find that bridge. Gonna have to leave it to someone else to find.

MB

 

These two prominent landmarks share a name.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mad Hatter @ Aug 13 2007, 07:20 PM) [snapback]495031[/snapback]</div>

How about Toyota Stadium in Toyota City Japan!

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=35.0...p;z=16&om=1

Here is a new image.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Aug 13 2007, 04:35 PM) [snapback]495040[/snapback]</div>

Ding ding ding!!! We have a weiner! It is Toyota bridge and Toyota stadium in Toyota, Japan!!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Aug 13 2007, 07:35 PM) [snapback]495040[/snapback]</div>

Time for a few hints: A president, a Red Sox/Cincinnati Reds pitcher, an author, a playwright, a singer/songwriter, an American fashion designer, among many others either were natives or spent time here.

 

Looks like Key West to me. Now I get another one, and I can be really obscure this time. Just kidding.

Sorry about yesterday. We were halfway to the campsite when I said 'Uh oh. I'm in trouble." So , more clues?

edit: Evan beat me by a minute. Your choice - another of yours or back to mine?

 

Giant's Causeway! [attachmentid=10600]

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Aug 13 2007, 10:58 PM) [snapback]495170[/snapback]</div>

OK now that you have the ball again, how about some clues?

 

OK, all together now. Here's the previously unsolved image again.
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There's an event held here every year specifically because of the topography. The line in question is a highway that is very straight and very flat. There's a clue to the name of the surrounding area in the formation to the right. There's a town just off-image to the lower right, whose name I alluded to with my 'struggle' comment earlier.

Sorry, I really hadn't intended this to be so difficult. After all those random ghost airstrips, I thought 'too obscure' would require more effort.