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Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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

  1. nerfer

    nerfer A young senior member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Oct 24 2007, 10:11 AM) [snapback]529689[/snapback]</div>
    Along the same interstate... (Should be getting kinda obvious now)
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Oct 24 2007, 05:44 PM) [snapback]529912[/snapback]</div>
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...205994&z=12
    Wisconsin Dells The Waterpark Capital
    of the World!

    "Well my dog died just yesterday and left me all alone.
    The finance company dropped by today and repossessed my home.
    That's just a drop in the bucket compared to losing you,
    And I'm down to seeds and stems again, too."

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 24 2007, 06:01 PM) [snapback]529916[/snapback]</div>
    This place has no Federal backing.They have $3 billion to alleviate human suffering.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 24 2007, 06:01 PM) [snapback]529916[/snapback]</div>
    I'm not sure I've got the name of what you're looking for, but I have the spot...the ball park was a give away for AT&T park in San francisco.
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&...p;z=17&om=1
    Is it the CalTran station you were looking for?

    Gimme a minute with a new image...
     
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    Believe it or not I found something to post
     
  6. mojo

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 24 2007, 08:28 PM) [snapback]529977[/snapback]</div>
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_In...rative_Medicine
    Embryonic stem cell research.I knew I should have cropped closer.
     
  7. airportkid

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 24 2007, 06:39 PM) [snapback]529984[/snapback]</div>
    Sorry, Evan, we did Loch Ness already. Got any others?

    MB
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 24 2007, 08:39 PM) [snapback]529984[/snapback]</div>
    Never Mind, it's a repeat....as was the other image I had saved up.....
    I'll start looking again, but if someone wants the spot take it...consider this a balk!
     
  9. efusco

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    Ok, found a new one.
    The end for those who don't get it in the end.
     
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    airportkid Will Fly For Food

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 24 2007, 08:18 PM) [snapback]530035[/snapback]</div>
    It would be the last one I looked at after looking at these things all over the globe in Spain, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, but I found it at last ---
    The Pamplona, Spain, Bullfighting Ring, on the Paseo de Hemingway
    Good pick, Evan - a new category!!!

    Take a look at the Bullring in Cartagena, Colombia - now there's a sports-minded country!!!

    Meanwhile, the field's open ---

    MB
     
  11. mojo

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    Easy one[attachmentid=12206]
     

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 24 2007, 11:03 PM) [snapback]530053[/snapback]</div>
    Thanks....it was actually hard to find what I was looking for. I wanted the ring where the running of the bulls ends (the "end"), but it took forever to find that information on google. I finally found a map of the actual course for the run then had to search google earth until I found the ring where it ends and the bull fights ultimately happen.

    Yikes, imagine 3 or 4 sporting events going on simultaneously....not a parking spot to be had!

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 25 2007, 12:44 AM) [snapback]530103[/snapback]</div>
    I figured it out..but I don't know that it would have been easy for someone who didn't go to this place often.
    Branson Missouri, including White Water water park and one of the many outlet malls.

    I think I have another pic saved...but I have to find it.


    Ok, really easy one, maybe we can let someone new give it a shot....
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 25 2007, 08:39 AM) [snapback]530192[/snapback]</div>
    Almost 12 hrs so Im moving on.
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...p;z=18&om=1
    Pyramid Arena in Memphis Tennessee


    This will require a little deduction.
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 25 2007, 06:03 PM) [snapback]530516[/snapback]</div>
    I'm going to suggest another rule here, that when you ID a picture you MUST provide something beyond the raw Googlemaps link, like at least where it is or what it is. Those inscrutable link references sit on the screen like a dumped t**d, if you'll excuse the unpleasant simile, but I find them annoying. If one is concerned about getting the ID posted as rapidly as possible to avoid getting beat by a competing player, by all means post the raw link initially, to stake your claim, so to speak, but then go back and edit the entry to give the rest of us some illumination. OK, I'm done carping.

    Meanwhile, back to deductions: if the picture's orientation is conventional with North at top dead center, those long shadows pointing dead north indicate someplace WELL north of the equator, as those are the shortest shadows of the day at that location, the noon shadows. Even if the picture were taken at Winter solstice (when shadows are the longest they get all year) they're still too long to be at anyplace south of I'd guess about 50 degrees latitude.

    The row housing looks very Londonish (coincidentally just above 50 degrees latitude), but that kind of housing is common in many places so it's not necessarily London.

    Beyond that I haven't any idea what else to go on, but I'll gaze at the shimmering pixels some more and perhaps spot the vital trace of hung laundry or odd chimney that'll ID the place instantly.

    MB
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 25 2007, 08:34 PM) [snapback]530525[/snapback]</div>
    That was excellent detective work.It now houses a museum.

    (Previous one is Pyramid Arena in Memphis Tennessee.)
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 25 2007, 09:25 PM) [snapback]530542[/snapback]</div>
    The character who supposedly lived here would have enjoyed this game.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 25 2007, 07:55 PM) [snapback]530550[/snapback]</div>
    You've given it away with all those clues: 221B Baker Street, of course! Except now I have to go get the image from Googlemaps --- stand by ---- here it is ----
    The residence of Sherlock Holmes

    I highly recommend the Jeremy Brett television series of Holmes' adventures, with Dr. Watson portrayed as man of intellect, not a halfwit as the Basil Rathbone series portrayed him.

    I'm still at work but finally headed out the door, so the field is OPEN!

    (Thanks, Mojo, for filling in the Memphis info!)

    MB
     
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    Are we allowed to post our homes? If so:

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    (hint: my home)
     

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(orionll @ Oct 26 2007, 12:54 AM) [snapback]530598[/snapback]</div>
    I just drove around Albany until I spotted your silver Prius.
    http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=U...002725&z=19
    Garfield Ave & Stannage Ave
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 26 2007, 02:21 AM) [snapback]530617[/snapback]</div>
    Ill leave it open