Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Aug 13 2007, 11:23 PM) [snapback]495183[/snapback]</div>

Found it. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&...p;z=13&om=1

Now let me figure out what I found.

Well it is near Battle Mountain, Nevada. Home to human powered (bicycle races) where according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Mountain the record of 81 mph was set.

Let me find something.

Try this one. The key feature is the bridge not the airport! My wife suggested and insisted that I not crop out the airport for the benefit of airportkid. If needed, she will post a hint in the morning.

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Yay, Toups! Yes, this is the site of the World Human Powered Speed Challenge held in the Black Rock Desert in October each year. Here's a shot of the world's fastest cyclist and his machine. If you think that's radical, you should see the ones with no windows, called 'camera-bikes'.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Aug 13 2007, 08:23 PM) [snapback]495183[/snapback]</div>

Even knowing that it's there, I can't quite find the giant "BM" on the hillside....

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mad Hatter @ 2007 Aug 13 09:11 PM) [snapback]495208[/snapback]</div>

Battle Mountain's the town nearby. The area's called the Black Rock Desert. You didn't want me to give it away, did you?

 

Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Well, that is if I am to believe the name painted on the airport's taxiway. :lol:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...p;z=16&om=1

The "Traffic" tab on the map also narrowed the search down to just a few US cities.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&z=...m=1&layer=t

But of course the "Tacoma Narrows" blazoned across the image was a dead giveaway. :lol:

New image:
No hints yet . . . except that airplane (MD80/DC9??? looks to be in a steep turn as the nose gear seems to be visible. FROM A SATELLITE!!!! ) in the image is actually flying and is really of no consequence to the location . . . except maybe that it has airplanes flying over it . . . but when I visited this location, I don't remember any airplanes flying overhead - so no, as far as I know, the location is not in a flightpath close to an airport. I could be wrong though.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Aug 13 2007, 08:41 PM) [snapback]495192[/snapback]</div>

Cheeze Looeeze! It's Galloping Gertie's replacement at Tacoma Narrows as you can see so clearly spelled out on the taxiway in my link, but less distinct in the posting!

I looked at every bridge BUT that bridge because I knew Tacoma Narrows was a twin parallel span, and this image there's only a single span - but I couldn't figure out what the extra tower footings were - until sheer elimination reduced all the possibilties to Tacoma Narrows and then the footings were explained (as well as the twin span) - a new bridge is under construction!!

Good pick, with an evil twist!


The only notable features of the town below are the suspension bridge and the name of the town. The suspension bridge is in Wikipedia's list of longest suspension spans, but it's the name of the town that makes this a landmark of note. It's a name that, in an indirect way, makes it sister or cousin to Boston, or, rather, that other name for Boston ---


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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Aug 14 2007, 12:16 AM) [snapback]495270[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Aug 14 2007, 12:59 AM) [snapback]495272[/snapback]</div>

OK, THIS IS PERT NEAR PLAGIARISM!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think it's time for another rule . . .

RULE C: ("C" for Check)
Just prior to posting your answer to an image, hit the reload button and see if someone has answered just before you . . . or maybe even about 45 minutes beforehand.

I too am guilty of breaking Rule C . . . but that was before there was a Rule C. :mellow:

 

Sufferin' Prius Envy: That is George Washington's Mount Vernon estate... I can't get GoogleMaps to give me a link I can paste---but I did find that particular view, I promise.

I don't have a new image handy, so someone jump in!

 

Here's some more help, since I accidentally stepped on SPE and made the dreaded "Rule C" pop out with a loud whistle, thus making my entry more of a bastard (def. 1) than I had intended (def. 2). (Apologies to SPE - it was 1:00 AM & I forgot to look both ways before crossing what I figured for a deserted street).

Clue: 1969.

No, I won't say what that is, but it should cut down on the trial & error considerably if that's your approach. But work on that "Boston" reference - that might get you there quicker.

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Aug 14 2007, 01:43 PM) [snapback]495575[/snapback]</div>

No need to apologize. I took no offense.
And speaking of looking both ways, do realize there are many Prii in this parking lot . . . even at 1 AM. Looking, rather than going on the fact that you don't hear another, is a very good idea. :lol:


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ChristoB @ Aug 14 2007, 12:59 PM) [snapback]495538[/snapback]</div>

You are correct.
I can help with the link.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll...p;z=16&om=1

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Aug 14 2007, 03:43 PM) [snapback]495575[/snapback]</div>

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=55.518611,9....c=addr&om=1
New Little Belt Bridge
1969 feet

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Aug 14 2007, 05:06 PM) [snapback]495713[/snapback]</div>

Yeah, but you're missing the name of the town! Click on MAP & you'll see the "Boston" connection.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Aug 14 2007, 07:17 PM) [snapback]495720[/snapback]</div>

Middelfart?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Aug 14 2007, 05:20 PM) [snapback]495725[/snapback]</div>

Well it struck me as funny when I first encountered it. I guess you had to be there.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Aug 14 2007, 05:20 PM) [snapback]495725[/snapback]</div>

Datsa repeat, sir. Plymouth Rock's already been done, albeit somewhat closer in.

Have another try.

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Aug 14 2007, 07:33 PM) [snapback]495733[/snapback]</div>

This place was full of "cockroaches"
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Aug 14 2007, 07:37 PM) [snapback]495738[/snapback]</div>

A plane crash started the events that made this place famous.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Aug 14 2007, 05:37 PM) [snapback]495738[/snapback]</div>

Hotel Rwanda - it has a real name, but I can't recall it at the moment - in Kigali, Rwanda

Too good a clue! Excellent pick, nonetheless.

I've already posted more than my share - someone else take the stage -----

MB

 

I'll go! I'll go!

OK this will be considered your average city, allthough capital to at least one frequent poster. Its significance however, is not so much the city, but something that happened above it. It is something that very possibly neverr happened anywhere before or after.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tleonhar @ Aug 14 2007, 09:22 PM) [snapback]495762[/snapback]</div>

Found it. Given it is a capital on a river, it is Jefferson City, MO http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...p;z=16&om=1

Now let's see if I can find what happened here.

Someone else will have to enlighten me. I couldn't find anything with a quick search.

Here is a new site. It is definitely of note. Although there is a similar site almost 5 miles away.

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